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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1924

Page

2

Daily Market Reports Chicago Hogs Cattle Sheep Prices

Hogs receipts 6 000 uneven with declines to 15¢ lower on light weights. Packing sows steady to 10¢ lower. Killing pigs unchanged. Butchers 7.25 7.35 top 7.45. Hogs by weight 160 228 lb 7.00 7.20. Sows 6.30 6.70. Cattle receipts 1 000 weak vs week ago. Beef steers and yearlings 26 60¢ lower, young stock to 60¢ down. Fat cows 50 75¢ lower, stockers scarce. Veal calves 1 lower. Sheep receipts 2 000, mostly direct. Fat lambs 2.00 2.50, native lambs 14.00 14.25, feeding lambs 11.00 12.00. Week's bulk prices: beef steers 8.25 10.25, stockers 6.65 7.76, fat cows 4.50 6.69, fat heifers 6.60 7.75, canners 2.50 3.25.

Chicago Bbc Omaha Neb

Sioux City Livestock Market Report June 21

Sioux City cattle receipts total 500 with slow market and weak buyers. Fat cattle range 6.00 to 10.60, bulk 7.60 to 9.00. cows and heifers 4.00 to 9.00. feeders 6.00 to 8.00. stockers 6.00 to 7.50. Hogs receipts 14,000 down 5 cents. top 6.85. most sales 6.10 to 6.85. Sheep receipts 100 steady.

Kansas City Livestock Market Report Trims Cattle and Sheep Values

Kansas City cattle receipts reach 560 with calves 100 as week ends. Beef steers and yearlings decline to 49 60c, mores dull grades. Week’s top matured steers 10.00 10.50, yearlings 9.50. heavier cows and heifers ease 50c. Bulk ranges: fed steers 7.75 9.75, yearlings 7.00 8.25, beef cows 6.00 8.26, stockers 7.60. Hog receipts 3,500 with market active and steady to strong. top 7.10, bulk 6.80 7.05. Sheep receipts 250. lambs down about 1.25, best Texas wethers 7.85, native fat ewes around 5.00 5.50.

Kansas City Texas Arizonas

Hogs and Cattle Market Report From Omaha Livestock

Omaha Neb June 21 cattle receipts 375 and hogs 12 500 with uneven demand. Hog prices mixed with butchers 56 10 cents lower and packing grades steady. Cattle market softer with beef steers down and vealers up, stockers and feeders weak. Bulk prices listed for various weight ranges and rounds of sale.

Chicago cash grain prices end of day report

Chicago markets show wheat prices for No 1 hard at 1.17 percent, No 3 hard between 1.16 and 1.21, corn values include No 2 mixed 88 to 89 and No 4 yellow 85 to 87, oats quoted with No 2 white 50 to 51, rye No 2 at 76, barley 77 to 80, Timothy seed 5.00 to 7.25, Clover seed 11.00 to 19.00, lard 10.67, ribs 10.00 and bellies unquoted.

Chicago Dee

Wheat Markets Fall After Mixed U S Trading

Chicago wheat prices eased after initial gains as foreign selling and favorable harvest forecasts weighed. July and September futures slipped from opening lows, setbacks driven by risk aversion and late-day unloading. Corn also declined with weather optimistic, oats barely changed, and hog prices weakened the provision market.

Potatoes Market Dull in Chicago On New Stock

Chicago June 21 Potatoes show mixed movements as old stock remains slack while new shipments rise. Receipts total 696 across the United States with Wisconsin round whites at 1.20 per cwt and Bliss Triumphs 2.40 to 2.70 in Alabama Louisiana and Carolina bar rel cobblers 3.75 to 4.60. Fat lambs and yearlings prices shift with weaker verses. week highs touch 15.50 for fat lambs and 12.75 for yearlings while feeding lambs bring 12.00 to 12.50.

Chicago United States Wisconsin Alabama Louisiana Bliss Carolina Barrel Cobblers

Mrs Jessup Wins Match in Invitation Lawn Tennis

Roelahmpton June 21 Mrs Marian Z Jessup of America defeated Miss E H Harvey of England in the women s singles in the Invitation lawn tennis tournament by scores 6 1 4 6 6 1.

Jessup Roehampton Mrea Marian Z. Jessup America E. H. Harvey England

Fliers Reach Rangoon After Bangkok Flight

Three American army airplanes arrived in Rangoon British India from Bangkok Siam as part of a round the world journey.

Rangoon British India Bangkok Siam

Plan to use poison gas in 1812 war proposal

A March 1812 submission to the British Prince Regent proposed fireships loaded with burning Sulphur and charcoal driven by the wind to wage chemical warfare. The plan was not adopted.

Prince Regent

Announcements from Community Clubs and Social Gatherings

Notice All Rebekahs invite reception at Odd Fellows hall Monday evening June 28 in honor of Mr and Mrs Tom Dowls of Dayton Ohio. Rooster club meets Tuesday afternoon with Mrs Fred Stewart 693. Prairie Flower church hosts strawberry and ice cream social Monday evening June 23 weather permitting. K C Regular meeting Tuesday evening at o clock in the hall J BE Wolfe Rec o9ts Node Wellston club serves ice cream and cake Tuesday evening June 24 everyone invited 693 Rural Woman's club strawberry and ice cream social Young America school house Tuesday evening June 24 everybody invited oots Priscilla club hosted by Mrs G Cherry at her home Tuesday afternoon 11012

Rebekahs Odd Fellows Hall Tom Dowls Dayton Ohio Prairie Flower Church K. C J. BE. Wolfe Wellston Notic Rural Woman's Club Young America

Olympic rifle event to open in Rheims

In Rheims June 21 the Olympic rifle competition will begin Monday with the miniature carbine shooting event. Fourteen nations enter and the Swiss team is regarded as the likely winner.

Rheims France

New York Street Car Line Adopts Coin Changing Slot

The New York City street car system adopts a coin changing slot machine to replace twelve hundred workers at subway entrances who previously handled changing money. Bad coins are retained and no change is dispensed.

New York City Street Car Company New York

Senate approves $7500 for Greene shooting incident costs

The United States Senate passed a bill authorizing seven thousand five hundred dollars to defray expenses of Senator Frank L. Greene of Vermont, a victim in a shooting involving bootleggers and revenue officers on a prominent capital city street some years ago.

United States Senate Frank L. Greene Vermont

Corelli on marriage with three pets as substitutes

The writer Marie Corelli explained she never married saying three pets at home serve as a husband substitute a dog that growls each morning a parrot that swears all afternoon and a cat that comes home late at night.

Marie Corelli

Canal diversions uncover Ming era Chinese burial ground

In Suhjen area China on May 14 a dam altered the Grand Canal diverting water into an old dry bed. Coffins were found, including three of the Giang family dating 400 to 500 years back, with a headstone noting Giang died in 1614 during the Ming dynasty.

Suchien China Sueh Jen Haichow Giang Djeng Dei

Dublin Eyes Modern City Governance

Dublin considers modern administration as the Dublin Corporation is dissolved by President Cosgrave and city affairs are handed to three commissioners with general approval of the government action.

Dublin Dublin Corporation Cosgrave

Seaplanes Eligible In King’s Cup Race

London reports the King’s cup race of 1000 miles around Great Britain and Scotland will admit seaplanes alongside airplanes and be flown in one day rather than two. Start likely on the south coast with land and water airstrips at each stop.

London Great Britain Scotland

Remorseful former congressman dies in Washingtonville park founder

Alexander Billmyer former Pennsylvania congressman died at his Washingtonville home. He had long regretted shooting a fine deer twenty years earlier and used his remorse to create a park housing many wild animals including deer and elk as principal attractions.

Alexander Billmyer Pennsylvania Washingtonville

Things Unusual in Indiana Sand Dunes Landscape

T. T. Maxey notes Indiana sand dunes along Lake Michigan form a changing landscape of live and dead dunes. The area hosts Indian lore, mound remains, and diverse flora and fauna including opossums, raccoons, minks, muskrats, skunks, squirrels, rabbits, and a rich bird life, drawing visitors within a few hours’ reach of five million people.

Indiana Lake Michigan Hoosier State America

Blood orange created by grafting sweet orange onto pomegranate

A blood orange is produced by grafting sweet orange onto the stem of a pomegranate plant. The method combines citrus genetics with pomaceous stock to yield a distinct fruit variety.

Witty Aphorisms and Comparisons From a Chatty Column

A playful set of quips on travel access and fish diversity contrasts with lines about aging, optimism and pessimism, and weather mood. It reflects light social commentary and humorous observations on everyday life and schooling, with a final note on lemonade and milk shortages.

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Daily Market Reports Chicago Livestock Sioux City Livestock Sioux City Kansas City Livestock Omaha Livestock Chicago Cash Grain Southwest Clower Rooster Club Fred Stewart Notie Ro G. Cherry Priscilla Club Pogland Asylum Los Angeles Cal Mre. D. McAnulty South Ave D. On Arthur McAnulty Cb. BP. Macon Ko. Dougherty T. T. Maxey Elizabeth Ponsonby Selwyns Mutual R. L. Gibson W. S. Reister & Sons East Third Se Creameryt East Washington Broilera Atlantic School of Experience Elief
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