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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1925
Page
2
Chicago June 25 market summary shows hog receipts 26 000 steady with Wednesday averages and 13.60 top for 210 pound pigs. cattle receipts 9 000 with fed steers strong to 25c higher. sheep receipts 8 000 fat lambs 25c higher. Wheat corn oats rye barley and seeds prices listed with grain futures and byproducts.
St Louis region sales report shows hog receipts at 9 500 with prices around 13 60 to 13 65 for 10 pounds plus. light weights and sows weaker. cattle receipts 2 000 with steers mostly steady and early loads at 11 25. Oklahoma steers up 50 cents. cows uneven but mostly steady to 25 cents higher. sheep receipts 2 500 lambs strong with top lambs around 15 55 and culls about 9 00. fat ewes at 5 50.
Readable fragments list prices for cream butterfat per pound and hens by weight and breed with cents per pound. Includes leghorn springs ducks geese and notes no market for crippled hides and horse hides priced per item.
Chicago prices show July wheat at about 1.54 with gains near 1.5 percent and September around 1.55. Corn futures hover near 1.02 to 1.05 for July through December while oats and rye move modestly, with lard and ribs edging higher and bellies steady.
Plans announced for the first Town Young People's conference July 13 to 19 at the State fair grounds under the United Christian Missionary society. Co operating churches and societies across Iowa expect several hundred attendees ages 16 to 23. Courses cover vocational guidance home missions young people's methods foreign missions story telling fourfold charting and principles of recreation. Vesper lectures by Drake University figures D W Morehouse J Caldwell LeRoy Huff and pastor W A Shullenberger.
In Chicago on June 25, wheat prices slipped amid cooler northwest weather and Greek political turmoil. Canadian rust denials and Liverpool quotations added selling pressure, pushing July and September futures lower. Corn and oats also declined on rainy belt conditions while grain provisions weighed on overall market sentiment.
Potatoes receipts: new 57 and old 12 cars, total U S shipments new 850 old 720. Trading fair and market steady. Oklahoma-Arkansas sacked Triumphs 2.65 to 2.75, Irish cobblers 2.50 to 2.90. Virginia barrel cobblers 4.50 to 5.50. Wisconsin sacked round whites 1.25 to 1.40. Old stock light.
Official Chicago livestock estimates list hogs at 24 000 cattle at 4 000 and sheep at 7 000 for the next market day.
Rome reports a surge of Holy Year visitors taxing language skills of policemen taxi drivers hotel staff and workers who must communicate in many tongues. Posters menus and notices now appear in six or seven languages as hotel staff rely on gestures to bridge gaps with visitors. Even multilingual philologists struggle with dialects from remote parts of Italy and Germany.
In Seattle on June 23 the cat Snowball owned by G H Jensen of Silver Fox Farm near Tacoma fosters two baby foxes after their mother rejects them. The Associated Press reports a Cherokee county banker's association rifle club contest offers cash prizes for top scores, open now and ending October 1, with shooting allowed in any district and any firearm style.
Des Moines Iowa June 24 Ex Secretary of Agriculture E T Meredith of Iowa will head national conferences on advertising during Columbia university summer sessions. He will discuss advertising from his field experience and expertise.
Torrential rains pound Java causing heavy surface flooding and widespread traffic delays. Officials warn of slick surfaces and damaged highways as commuters seek alternate routes and authorities mobilize drainage efforts.
Iowa City reports drilling gear purchased for an oil well on the Spicer farm nearby. Drowning case in Des Moines linked to canoe leaks. fiancé Anne Campion cites the canoe’s leak as cause. Multiple local items cover arrests, elections, rescues, accidents, and a divorce suit involving prominent social figures.
A Leavenworth Kansas long distance operator Mrs O W TuieL reports nervous fatigue and listlessness improved by Lydia F Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says the remedy quieted her nerves boosted energy and health and she would use it again if needed. The letter notes the product is for sale by druggists everywhere.
Mrs Bertha Buck, charged with the murder of her wealthy husband by throwing burning oil on June 2, was released on $15,000 bonds posted by her mother and two brothers. At a preliminary hearing before Justice Wells she waived examination and was bound over to the grand jury.
About 5,000 Kansas veterans abroad hold claims to the remaining 2.5 million in the soldier bonus fund but risk losing it after June 30 as the legislature will not extend the filing period again. State bonus director Edmonds notes about 1,000 claims have been paid since the extension. Many payments have gone to veterans in other states or abroad who were Kansas residents at enlistment.
The Iowa secretary of state authorized five new companies on June 25 with capitalization figures. Royal Specialty Shop for Women in Muscatine registered at 16000 dollars, Dubuque Piggly Wiggly in Dubuque at 100000, Golf View Realty in Sioux City at 30000, Hull Co-Operative Gas and 681 in Hull at 45000, Paint Creek Farmers Telephone in Waterville at 30000, and The George Hummer Mercantile in Iowa City at 20000.
A fragmentary report notes an 8 foot long spiral tooth fragment allegedly from Severn with claim of great age. The text also mentions a prehistoric dentist and a reassurance that the experience would not be painful.
By June 25 a total of 502 reservations have been made by residents of Iowa Missouri Nebraska Kansas and California to join the Kiwanis sponsored pilgrimage to Niagara Falls. On July 17 motion pictures of the auto caravan will be filmed at points of interest by Harry Simons of Red Oak. A little windup will follow.
The notice asserts that Indestion is easily removed when combined with other invigorators in liquid form. It promotes Popsin as the best option within the combination.
An advertisement claims J E Lemmon guarantees and dispenses Dave's Mentha-Pepsin to relieve gas, indigestion, and dyspepsia. It promises rapid breathing relief, reduced heart pressure, and restored comfort, with one bottle proving the remedy.
A dispute grows as residents in Tama and Benton counties circulate petitions to move primary road No. 6. They urge the Benton County Board of Supervisors and Iowa Highway Commission to re locate the route through parts of Tama and entire Benton counties. Opposing residents in the current path organize counter petitions to keep the road as is, with Belle Plaine the sole Benton county town affected today.
Train timetable listing westbound and local passenger and freight services. Includes Golden State Limited No 3 and No 11 Express departures arrival times, local passes, freight trains, and agent signatures for Knoxville and surrounding routes. Daily and Sunday variations noted with station times.
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