Market roundup for hogs cattle and sheep in Chicago
Estimated receipts 21 000 hogs 6 000 cattle 7 000 sheep with 21 000 total. Early hog bids 25 to 40 cents higher but later turned weak 20 to 25 cents lower. top hog 18 55. Cattle strong with calves firm top steers 39 50 and beef classes higher. veal 17 50 to 18 00. Sheep and lambs bid steady to higher with choice 19 50 for prime and feeders 14 50 to 15 00. Receipts and shipments given for yesterday.
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Chicago
Teady
Grain futures close with modest gains at Iowa City market
Closing grain futures report from Wagner & Co Iowa City shows corn futures up slightly with March at 1.35, May 1.29, July 1.24. Cash corn up 1 cent, yellow corn 1.34 to 1.55. Cash oats strong at 50 cars with 12 cent rise. white oats 59. to 60. Clover price listed at 25.50.
Owen Talks to Governors at White House Conference
Senator Owen of Oklahoma, chairing the banking and currency committee, warned U S governors at a White House meeting that unrest could trigger revolution unless business autocracy is avoided. He received a long ovation after his forceful address as reports from governors closed. Mayors then discussed labor turmoil and recent strikes and steps to steer them toward peaceful outcomes.
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Washington
Owen
Okahoma
Committee On Banking and Currency
United States
White House
Congress
Cit Fen
Prussian Military System in the Franco German War
The Franco German War of 1870 led to Prussian control over allied German state armies. The Prussian king and general staff commanded in the field, unifying the German forces. After the war states handed over army direction, and the empire soon adopted the Prussian system.
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Prussia
Almere
Public Farm Sales Start Across Washington County
Journal notes farm department sales dates in Washington county with auctions for Fishback Bros Nichols and Shalla along with W A Phillips and Tom O Flaherty. The piece also explains a new Farm Service program with county meetings and expert talks on crops soils dairying and marketing led by Farm Bureau directors and County Agent Fedderson.
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Rees & Simmons
Winfield
Fishback Bros
Nichols
Iowa
N. J. Ralston
Riverside
Washington County
Farmers’ Institution
Farm Bureau
Fedderson
Ainsworth
Crawfordsville
Washington
Brighton
West Chester
Wellman
Washington County Livestock Breeders Meet at Courthouse
Members of the Washington County livestock breeders association will meet at the courthouse next Saturday at 2 PM on the call of Ernest Carlson president. Breeders are urged to bring stock materials for the county breeders directory to be printed soon.
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Washington County Livestock Breeders Association
Court House
Ernest Carlson
Husked Silage Bypass Backed by Some Farmers
Farmers in Columbus Safeguard discuss husked corn stalks as a basis for silage claiming it yields nearly as good feed while preserving the corn for harvest. They seek practical farmer opinions on this proposition.
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Columbus
County Agent Work Involves Farm Visits And Demonstrations
The County Agent spends much time with farmers on their farms and at local farmer meetings. He assists with specific farm problems when called upon and provides practical demonstrations.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Montgomery County
Ohio
Lee County
Gage County
Nebr
Iowa Leads in Beef Cattle and Shorthorn Herds
The Davenport Democrat notes Iowa tops the nation in beef cattle production with 5 376 registered Shorthorn herds, nearly twice as many as Illinois and ahead of Minnesota Nebraska Missouri and Kansas. It credits regular remittances to the American Shorthorn Breeders Association and praises Iowa farmers for cattle improvement.
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Illinois
Minnesota
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Davenport
Marshalltown High School boys register for 1919 summer labor
One hundred thirty four Marshalltown high school boys join the boys working reserve for 1919 ready for productive labor. Forty five prefer agricultural work, 51 industrial, 32 commercial, with some having no choice. Experiences vary: 76 farm, 58 industrial, 47 commercial. 103 driven horses, 132 handled autos or farm machinery, 67 cow milkers. Over a hundred will leave home to work if needed.
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Marshalltown
Holstein-Friesian Sale Sets World Record In Waterloo
The Waterloo Holstein-Friesian sale closed with a total of 107000 dollars and an all time high average. Senator J M Hackney of St Paul paid 8100 dollars for one animal, buying 24 head for over 29000 dollars. Louisiana buyer W L Moulton led in head count with 35 animals totaling 20000 dollars. Iowa buyer John Waidelick paid 9225 dollars for six animals, forming a foundation herd. The sale drew bidders from South Dakota and Wisconsin and was managed by H E B Colby with J J Miller handling finance at the Waterloo Savings Bank.
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Louisiana
W. L. Moulton
New Orelans
John Waidelick
Bassett
Iowa
South Dakota
Wineconeit
J. J. Miller
Waterloo Savings Bank
H. E B. Colby
Holstein-Friesian Breeders’ Association
Locusts Won't Occur in Iowa This Season
Iowa City March 5 The seventeen year locusts will visit Indiana and parts of Milneis this year but Iowa remains unaffected until 1922 Eastern Iowa will see a recurrence in three years and southern Iowa in 1929 Entomologist H F Wickham of the University of Town notes the insect mainly as curiosity and recalls the 1871 outbreak when damage occurred before the insects emerge from underground after seventeen years of life
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Iowa City
Indiana
Iowa
Towa
H F. Wickham
University of Town
Swarm of Locusts Threatens Young Trees in Eastern Forests
The paragraph notes locust swarms overhead and on twigs causing temporary pruning. It states the danger is to young trees and nursery stock, with broods limited to the US east of the Rockies and absent in northern New England or pine-dominated areas. Clearance of woodlands and settlement reduce their reach.
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United States
Rocky Mountains
New England
Waterloo Men Plan Large Scale Pet Stock Raising
On the Boyagain farm between Waterloo and Cedar Falls, Jack Case a veteran restauranteur and Harold Sorenson will raise pet stock on a large scale. They are buying Belgian Giants Flemish Giants New Zealand and Black Siberian rabbits ferrets and cavies to supply a growing market in Waterloo and vicinity.
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Waterloo
Boyagain
Cedar Falls
Jack Casebeer
Harold Sorenson
New Zealand
Foley's Honey and Tar Adverts Influenza Cough Remedy
A testimonial from E B McDowel of Arlington Tennessee praises Foley's Honey and Tar as the best cough medicine for influenza related coughs. The note claims the product cleared a two day cough and lists Lemmon's Drug Store as the advertiser.
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Foley
E. B. McDowel
Arlington, Tenn
Lemmon’s
Advt
Hearts of the World at Graham amid award praise
The stage hails D W Griffiths Hearts of the World as the year’s greatest photo play, with critics calling it superior to Birth of a Nation. It opens today and runs through March 6 with daily matinees, alongside Oh Boy previews and Kay Comstock William Elliott touring company.
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D. W. Griffith
Carlton W. Miles
Minneapolis Journal
Griffith
Hearts of the World
Graham
Lemmon
New York
Princess Theatre
Kay Comstock
William Elliott
Fury and wedding tensions echo in verse from a novel
A published line from a novel quotes the heroine declaring hatred to the hero in chapter fourteen as their forthcoming marriage looms, reflecting cynical romantic drama cited by the Bir mingham Age Herald.
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Birmington Age-Herald
Willis-Darwin struggle for existence in today’s prices
Brooklyn Life remarks that Willis and Darwin explored the struggle for existence long ago and suggests a modern book could be made using current prices, noting the contrast between past ideas and present cost of living.
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Willis—Darwin
Gillis
Brooklyn Life
Tom’s Tiger Hunt Joke Echoes in Tit-Bits
A Tit-Bits quip plays on a hunter named Tom who seeks tigers in India but avoids encounters. The exchange riffs on luck and expectation, ending with the twist that no tigers are met.
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Tom
India
New Light Opera Shows in Paris? Missed Details
Dialog snippets suggest a Cleveland leader discusses a light opera seen last night with questions about originality. The fragment hints at a Paris setting or influence, but specifics are unclear.
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Cleveland
Artist How the Dickens Can You Afford to Do That
An illustrated humor item parodies financial worry with a streetwise artist doubting affordability while a piqued model contemplates hopeful thinking as a coping mechanism. The exchange uses brisk, punchy dialogue to sketch social satire.
Private Furniture Sale At My Residence
I will offer at private sale for a short time various household items including 2 dressers 2 bedsteads 2 springs 1 mattress 1 commode 1 sanitary couch 1 up holstered settee 2 rockers 1 refrigerator 1 gas range 1 cabinet sewing machine 19 by 12 rug fruit jars dishes and more. See me for price at a seven room modern residence with good terms.
Borrowed Smiles Could Afford It
A Detroit Free Press line notes a man of immense wealth having undergone every operation doctors could imagine. The comment questions true abundance versus visible vanity in medical excess.
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Detroit Free Press
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