Daily Market Reports Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Chicago market report lists estimated receipts for hogs cattle and sheep with holdovers and price ranges. Notable figures include hogs 7,000. cattle 3,600. sheep 11,900. total receipts about 29,000 with holdover 14,677. Prices vary by weight class and grade. beef steers to 10.20. light calves to 9.00. lambs to 13.50. feeder and stocker categories shown with multiple ranges. Official yesterday totals and shipments given for hogs cattle sheep calves.
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Chicago
Grain market report from Chicago June 30 1922
Chicago market summary shows wheat futures opening around 1.16 to 1.19 with slight gains and steady closes. Oats and rye follow similar pattern with modest fractions. Cash wheat and corn markets list cars traded and unchanged tone. Livestock tomorrow’s projections include hogs 8000 sheep 1000 cattle 4000.
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Chicago
Fires of incendiary origin blamed for Iowa losses
Iowa fire marshal J A Tracy cites six months of 1922 averaging $1 million in fire losses per month, with many fires believed incendiary for insurance motives. He notes more investigations requested, and warns about radio receiving sets as fire hazards while urging strict fire regulation and removal of inflammables to cut losses.
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DPS
J. A. Tracy
Tracy
Fragmentary remark from children on porch sparks confusion
A five year old girl and her friend were on a back porch discussing a weighty matter when one child claimed God made everything but a specific item and that Betsy Boss made that. The casual remark appears in a distorted OCR segment from a historical page.
Interstate order allows 10 percent rate cuts for carriers
Washington reports an interstate commerce commission ruling grants all common carriers including electric lines and water carriers, plus steam railroads, the authority to implement a ten percent rate reduction effective Saturday with no more than one day advance schedule notice.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce
Steam Railroads Authority
Senate OKs naval bill authorizing $289 million
Washington June 30 final action in the senate on the naval appropriations bill. The measure carries $289,000,000 for the navy and provisions for 85,000 enlisted men and now goes to the President for signature.
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Washington
Senate
Privy Council Passes Naval Treaty For Regent Robing
Tokyo June 30 The privy council approved the naval treaty adopted at the Washington conference and submitted it to the prince regent for ratification.
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Tokyo
Washington
Privy Council
Denies Trotter Is Father
Miss Florence Moody says Melvin R. Trotter did not father her child born in 1917. She confirms the child’s alleged father was a man connected with the Grand Rapids Mission but refuses to name him due to his married status. The denial appears in a deposition read at a separate maintenance hearing against Trotter by his wife Mrs. Lottie M. Trotter.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Melvin R. Trotter
Grand Rapids
Florence Moody
Moody
George EK
Walker
Lottie M. Trotter
Trotter
Optimist Sees Bright Lining in Others’ Clouds
A wry saying notes that an optimist is someone who finds a silver lining in other people’s misfortunes. The line frames optimism as a perspective guiding interactions and morale.
Pilgrim’s Progress Halt Delays Mail Route Amid Muddy Roads
A mail carrier’s delivery route hit a snag when the Dastardly Engine failed, leaving cars stuck and roads muddy. This morning the carrier plans to persevere, navigate the mess, and resume service with a hopeful outlook.
Concrete Dipping Vat Aids Hog Health And Profits
An Iowa extension official touts concrete dipping vats to curb necrobacillosis and filth infection in hog herds. The article describes vat construction in a 30 by 10 foot trench, exit and entry chutes, and the use of cement wallows to improve hygiene and efficiency on corn belt farms with hogs, cattle, and horses.
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Iowa State
Agricultural Extension Service
Town State College
Iowa County Farm Associations Reorganize and Plant Aid
Winnebago farm bureau helps Lake Mills Scarville association restart in its second year. Forest City Thompson to organize this month. County agent J R Foster notes profits from improved cows and better rations. Cedar County potato work praised by Prof C L Fitch. potential annual farm savings and higher quality spuds highlighted. Plymouth county to hold three day tenancy meetings with landlords and tenants to foster fair contracts and soil fertility. Floyd Valley may gain a new association under RB Finley and Plymouth bureau aid.
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Thomson
Winnebago Farm Bureau
Lake Mills-Scarville Contest Association
Forest City- Thompson Association
J. R. Foster
Cedar County
Tipton
C. L. Fitch
Amees
Cedar County Farm Bureau
Fitch
Cedar County Association
Obye
Iowa
Rehbelen
LeMars
Plymouth County
Plymouth County Farm Bureau
Farm Management Department of
Iowa State College
le Mars
Farm Bureau
RB. Finley
Towa State College
Plymouth
Floyd Valley
Plymouth county boys to keep 1922 farm accounts
Twenty four Plymouth county youths will maintain home farm business records for 1922 as part of the farm bureau program with Iowa State College cooperation. County Agent G L Gunnerson notes the records reveal farmers' earnings and aim to improve agriculture while addressing concerns about privacy and transparency.
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le Mars
Plymouth County
Farm Bureau
Iowa State College
G. L. Gunnerson
Uncle Sam
Plymouth county club work expands in townships
Bert township and four in Union township are included in this branch of club work in Plymouth county.
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Bert Township
Union Township
Plymouth County
Poultry Culling Plans In Worth County Schedule
B W Lodwick Worth county agent to manage poultry culling for the county this year for the farm bureau. Demonstrations will be held in each school district. Lodwick attended Ames short courses for poultry men. The program saves county expense and frees a poultry specialist for other duties.
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Worth Northwood
B. W. Lodwick
Worth County
Farm Bureau
Town State College
Lodwick
Ames
Striped Potato Beetle Reported in Worth County
Worth County agent B W Lodwick notes the striped potato beetle has appeared in Worth county. Residents pick them in jars or smash them, but spraying is the easier and most effective eradication method to apply poison to the leaves.
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Worth Northwood
B. W. Lodwick
Worth County
Borrowed Smiles and Soda Fizzings in 1900s Journal
A collection of comic exchanges and verses from a Confectioners' Journal style page. The dialogue riffs on office life, Saratoga springs, and a playful toast to a soda fountain girl, blending humor with casual social observations of the era.
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Confectioners’ Journal
Centenarian Deaths and Light-Hearted Vignettes
A 101-year-old death underscores the fragile toll on centenarians while a London humor piece notes a passing show. In a domestic quip, Mr Jones quips about hair and jewelry as Mrs Jones replies with a playful demand for diamond earrings.
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London
Mr. Jones
The Thing That Counts and Other Snippets
A compact collage of quips and exchanges from misfit editors, clever comebacks, and a university student joke. It includes home front humor about rationing, a sharp jab at a Morning Misfit editor, a cartoonish exchange about a canary trainer, a Macbeth reference on a funeral cry, and a freshman theme dating error.
It Is A New Big Land With Growth Potential
A reflection on perception of a nation as vast and promising. The author discusses how a land can be seen as new and full of potential for colossal development, while noting the presence of commonplace and conventional views beneath the surface.
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Enaland
America
T. S. Ellet
The
Dial
cambric discourse on Cambray cambric fashion 1530
In 1530 a purse of gold offered by Henry VII rewarded workmen who produced the king s shirts. Cambrai weavers won using cambric material named after their town. The linen was so fine that over 120 threads appeared per lunch. It soon set a fashion for fine underwear collars cuffs handkerchiefs and baby dresses.
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Henry VII
England
Cambrai
Cambric
Scotch thrift as joked by Birmingham Age Herald
A dialogue mocks Scotch thrift with a remark that the thrifty person who laughs at others saving money often fails to respect his own head. The Birmingham Age Herald commentary uses humor to critique frugality in social behavior.
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Mr. Geumpsen
Birmingham Age-Herald
Ostrich Placard Draws Critique at Franklin Park Visit
A visitor at Franklin Park Zoo scolded a placard reading This specie of ostrich for poor grammar. The incident prompted a note that Breston’s standard is higher, reflecting local interest in accurate signage.
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Franklin Park
Desten Evening Transcript
Moose sheds antlers and grows new shovel horns
The older moose dropped large shovel antlers in early January and the younger one followed weeks later. By mid May the new horn growth extended less than an inch from the skull. In about three months the 70 pound shovel is fully developed, often six feet across.
Boone Overcomes Ailing Health With Tanlac
Jesse J. Boone of Des Moines describes five years of stomach, kidney, and rheumatic pain. He reports Tanlac cured his stomach troubles, relieved back pain, and rheumatism, and claims a ten pound weight gain. The advertisement notes Tanlac sold by all druggists.
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Des Moines
Tanlac
Jesse J. Boone
Ridge St
Iowa
Taniac
Adot
Ginger Poultices Use and Safety Notes
Instructions discuss using ginger for poultices and its properties. It notes that ginger is strong but does not blister when applied topically and mentions potential preparation methods and cautions.
Philosophical musings on happiness and circumstance
A quip by Sydney Smith reflects he will endure hardship with acceptance if content, yet vows to strive and be cheerful if able to soar. He notes that even with a pleasant wife three children a house and farm many books and friends bearing goodwill happiness remains elusive. He concludes his fate matters little in the grand scheme.
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Sydney Smith
Smallest perfectly formed baby born in New York
A baby weighing two pounds one ounce at a New York hospital is described as the smallest perfectly formed normal infant on record. Doctors attribute the tiny size to a peculiarity of the pituitary gland at the base of the brain and note discoveries about this condition have emerged in recent years.
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New York
Wage War on the Fly Infectious Bacteria Found in Flies
Investigators identify eighteen organisms from house fly bodies including infantile diarrhea typhoid fever anthrax foul poisoning amoebic dysentery leprosy tapeworms hookworms bubonic plague conjunctivitis summer complaint tuberculosis enteritis trachoma erysipelas gangrene stomach worms pinworms and ophthalmia in a historical study warning of disease transmission by filth.
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Iowa City
W. H. Deming
Consigr
SOENA
Babcoce Commission
Main Floor
Yard
Illinois
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NAVAL
Fising
Denies Trotter
Girl Clearing
Grand Rapids City
Goores
H. J. Metcalf
W. T. Barr
Story County
Towa
Russell Dunn
Saratoga
Dean
Hansen
Pelican
Mooney
Baby
Kansas City Star
Dellicatessen
Fargo Post
Pat
Mike
Awewan
Duncan
University of Hesperus
Mary Jones
W. S. Reister & Sons
East Third St
Creamery
East Washington St
J. E Colver
Labor Temple
Los Angeles
Cal
Boone
Hone
Mutual
R. L. Gibson
Ise
W. A. Hutton & Co
Hershey
Muscatine
Laws
Chicago Board of Trade
Correspondence
Bartlett, Prasier & Company
Logan & Bryan
Kansas City
St. Louis
Pacific Coast
Devonport
Property Owners Federation, Inc
Yue Tax
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