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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1925
Page
2
Market quotes show slow receipts across cattle sheep and hogs with prices mostly steady to lower. Hog prices range broadly with bulk and heavyweights down while cattle steady to lower on light demand. sheep bids weaken slightly from Monday.
Chicago reports official livestock estimates with hogs 16000 cattle 7000 and sheep 15000 for tomorrow's market.
The London Daily News reports American industry benefits from moving pictures as fashion and goods like clothing and shoes spread globally. Percy Nash notes British manufacturers now alter designs to American models familiar to overseas customers through the film.
A fragment quotes Moore noting the heart quickest to wake to flowers is first touched by the thorns. The line implies beauty brings pain and awakening.
Advertisements tout Joint Elase as a remedy for swollen inflamed rheumatic joints. The ad claims it removes agony and swelling after other cures fail and promotes quick relief when rubbed on. Sherman Bros. and druggists sell the 60 cent tube.
Chicago market figures show wheat prices for several grades with mixed and yellow corn values, oats and rye levels, barley and seed prices, plus lard rib bellies figures. Included are No 1 hard at 1.84, No 2 hard 1.85, corn No 2 mixed 1.22, oats No 3 white 48, rye around 1.44, lard 16.97, ribs 18.75, bellies 21.50.
In Chicago on March 10 brisk grain price movements followed heavy wheat buying. May wheat climbed to 1.894 dollars a bushel, an overnight gain of up to 5 cents. Corn and oats followed wheat strength with modest gains and some late restraint. Provisions edged higher amid light selling. In Des Moines anti administration candidates claimed school election wins amid Klan endorsement allegations.
Sale dates set for March 12 to March 14 across Titus, Washington, and Ainsworth. Carnl L Miller and Carl M lay closing out sales 1 and 7 miles away, with E P Hayes on West Monroe Street in Washington and Mrs R L Stephens selling dairy cows in Ainsworth.
Weather Bureau review finds long range forecasts for a severe winter 1924 25 were inaccurate. Winter began late, ended early, with January warm across most of the nation and February unusually mild, advancing fruit buds northward and blooming in the South.
U S Department of Agriculture collects farmer comments on improving herds and flocks. Leaders urge careful sire choice and high producing cows, with emphasis on accountability to buyers, purebreds’ value, and practical results over pedigrees.
Writers note that production costs in hid-class animals are only slightly higher than ordinary stock. Early maturity and improved breeding offset higher investment factors, with savings from efficiency and faster market readiness highlighted in this analysis.
Ray Martin recently moved from the Stouffer farm to Rochester for Mayo Brothers care. Romoser handles farm duties in absence. Walter Fisher moved to Frank Martin place. Albert Dayton family spent Sunday with Bruce Moores. Neighbors discuss recent moves and visits. Gaile Herr obituary noted.
A Dayton Grove report notes several neighbors listened to the president via radio from homes of Walter Leet Bruce Moore and Will Embrees. Mrs James Embree and Forest visited Will Embree Thursday. Roy Gardner Florence and Pauline traveled to Washington on Saturday.
Iowa City notes that four University of Iowa teams will finish their seasons this week. Ambruster’s swimmers head to the Big Ten meet in Evanston on Thursday and Friday while Bresnahan’s track squad travels to Evanston for the Big Ten indoor meet Friday and Saturday. Neither squad is expected to place in the top three. A highlight is the Illinois Iowa wrestling meet Saturday featuring two undefeated contenders.
Ruth Leet and the Strums heard the Iowa and Northwest basketball game on radio from the Walter Leet home Saturday evening. Walter Fishers moved to the Dayton farm on Tuesday. Miss Jennie Strum and Lucile Strum visited Washington Saturday. Bernice Gardner visited the Flynn home Friday night and Saturday. Mr. Disney and family spent Sunday at Oliver Rife's.
The Hawkeye mat squad travels to Illinois at Urbana for the final meet of the season. Hline’s last year ends without a championship as Iowa hopes to salvage pride in the weekend showdown.
Dispatches from the Dutch East Indies describe a peace rite among Dyak tribes in Borneo. About 4,600 Dyaks gathered with a few Dutch and British officers as war dances songs and medicine man prayers accompanied the ritual pig blood curse to halt inter tribal feuds.
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