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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1909
Page
6
Sufferer from stomach trouble feels relief after using Dr Kink's New Life Pills. Dyspepsia and indigestion vanish and appetite, nerves, vigor improve as stomach liver and kidneys function better. 25c at J B Lemmon's.
Market wrap from Chicago notes weak start for July wheat with shorts covering on export optimism lifting September and December futures. Corn and oats see mixed moves as demand improves and rust and bugs affect crops. Provisions show hog product declines early but rebound later. cattle and sheep prices range with weekly highs and outlook for higher demand and tighter supplies. Mon price levels cited for beef veal cows hogs and lambs.
Grain market listing shows Wheat, Corn, Oats, Rye, Barley and Timothy prices with multiple grades and cash, July and September futures. Values include No. 2 red wheat at 1.50 to 1.55, No. 2 corn 72 1 4 to 78 cents, oats No. 2 white 55 51 cents, rye cash 0. Sic, futures shown for July and September.
Cattle demand this week is stronger and prices advance by 15 to 25 cents per cwt due to continued light supplies. Market activity shows improved bidding and firmer tone across livestock grades.
Des Moines reports steady hogs with strong demand and prices ranging from 6.75 to 7.25 for good to choice. pigs 5.50 to 6.25. sows discounted. Cattle show steady to improved demand with choice steers 5.50 to 6.10. medium to good 4.50 to 5.50. cows and heifers 3.25 to 4.00. canners 1.50 to 2.50. bulls 2.50 to 3.50. veal calves 2.50 to 5.50.
Cattle markets show light to strong trade with heavies slow. Native steers range 5.25 to 6.75, cows and heifers 3.00 to 6.05, western and Texas steers 3.25 to 5.85, calves 3.00 to 7.00, bulls 3.00 to 5.25, and stockers 3.00 to 5.50. Hogs mostly 7.55 to 7.75, lambs 7.00 to 8.50, sheep 4.00 to 5.80.
South St Joseph cattle steady to 10c lower with steers 4.50 to 6.75, cows and heifers 2.50 to 6.25, calves 3.50 to 7.25. Hogs rise 5 to 10c, top 8.00, bulk 7.65 to 7.85. Sheep steady, lambs 6.50 to 8.00.
Butter Best creamery prices 28c for fresh packing stock 19c for No 1 candled eggs 21c curb stall. Poultry lists hens and pullets at 10l0c and ducks at 8c with old cocks 5c and spring chickens 22 23c. Eggs No 1 candied 21c No 2 19c checks 18c.
A listing of fruit prices including apricots at two dollars per case, bananas with unclear price, blackberries at forty one cents, cantaloupes four fifty per crate, cherries in California, grapefruit at fifty cents, lemons five dollars, oranges two fifty to four, Valencia four, pineapples three per crate, plums one seventy five per case, peaches one twenty five to one forty per case, strawberries three dollars per twenty four quarts, and watermelons noted.
Prices shown for cucumbers cabbage coconuts turnips cauliflower lettuce beets carrots eggplant corn onions potatoes parsley tomatoes wax beans and other vegetables. Items are quoted per dozen box crate bag basket or per bushel with figures in cents dollars and specific regional descriptors.
The listing shows hay timothy pricing at 13.00 to 13.50, uplands at 12.00 to 12.50, straw at 6.50 to 7.00, wheat straw 5.50 to 6.00, feed chop 32.00, cracked corn 32.00, coarse meal 81.00, brown shorts 28.00, bran 27.00, middlings 29.00, oats 1.15 to 1.20, and wheat 1.15 to 1.20 per unit.
Market notices show hides and tallow pricing with grades for horse hides, sheep pelts, and tallow. Quotes include No 1 and No 2 grades for hides, price ranges from 8 to 10 cents per unit, and tallow figures at 4 to 4 1/4 cents, with mention of full wool pelts and rendered tallow.
Oarsmen from Ottumwa St Louis Quincy Iowa Sioux City Minneapolis St Paul Chicago and Detroit will gather July 12 and 13 at Ottumwa for the Central States Amateur Rowing Association regatta on the Des Moines River. Over 200 competitors vie for prizes medals and trophies with junior events on the 12th senior events on the 13th an illuminated water pageant and grand ball planned as part of the festival. Dr E J Lambert is secretary and in charge with an amphitheater and course described as an inland lake at the river bank.
Mrs. Adolph Shane resigns as secretary to President A B Storms and will leave Aug 1. Miss Lillian Storms, the president’s daughter, will take over and inherit the large silver key chain worn at the waist whose jingling notes have attracted seven men to secretaries.
Richard A. Ballinger secretary of the interior under the president, in Boone this week for a visit with his uncle Charles Tucker. Ballinger, born and raised in the region, stopped by during his travels and was seen in town and social circles.
River progress reported at Dubuque amid search for Bar Taylor after her disappearance as authorities work on body dragging operations along the Mississippi River.
Zelia Nuttall directs Reid Crocker expedition in Mexico excavating sun and moon pyramids. Keith Spalding gifts 18 000 dollars and forty acres for a tuberculosis sanitarium at Naperville. Alfie Akyroyd of East Boston, fifteen, swims a mile, amazing youth feat. Edith Morley lands third Massachusetts contract to index vital records with eight to ten female assistants. Isabel Finlay of Norristown earns honorary Italian royal board membership after aiding hospital work post earthquake. Mrs David Warfield, a cultured New York social figure, renowned for oriental rug collection and scholarly taste.
Report describes guest gifts at Norwegian weddings, often a keg of butter and, in winter, salted or frozen meat offered as a customary present.
Sage tea and sulfur compounds restore natural hair color and prevent shedding. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur, sold by druggists for 50c or 1.00, available via Wyeth Chemical Co New York or McElhinney Drug Co as local agents.
A collection of brief notes describes freezing a soup bubble with liquid air, a gyro-scope based auto equilibrium device by a French engineer for aircraft stability, a new ozone-making apparatus using a heated Nernst red tube with a fan, and French experiments linking forehead patterns to radio wave effects on photographic plates wrapped in three layers.
Local testimonial from E. W. Tardy editor of The Sentinel Gainsboro Tenn proclaims Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as best on the market for cold relief in babies. Available for sale by F L Stolte and Lemmon's Pharmacy with shoppers urged to buy.
The excerpt reviews cases on title passing to a vendee and a partner’s authority to bind a partnership. It notes Acme Food Co v Older W Va and Merchants and Farmers Bank v Johnston, citing that title may not pass until delivery and that a single partner can sign a sealed promissory note for the firm’s business to bind the partnership.
Advertises Foley's Honey and Tar as a universal cure for coughs and colds and pneumonia. Claims druggists will refund if it fails to cure and notes no opiates. Mentions genuine yellow package and lists Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co as sellers.
E Morris of Dexter Ky reports his elderly father suffered kidney and bladder trouble diagnosed as prostate enlargement and advised operation. After starting Foley's Kidney Remedy the first bottle brought relief and the second ended the trouble. Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co.
The Rev. Charles R. Brown will lecture at the M E church in this city on Tuesday evening July 6. The speaker travels north and speaks here while visiting his parents Mr and Mrs B F Brown. The address is expected to draw strong local interest.
Quote from Puck notes that foresight can seem to stumble into success and that people may appear surprised by outcomes. It captures a paradox about progress and perception in a concise aphorism.
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