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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1921
Page
2
Wheat prices edge between 1.56 and 1.61 as March and May futures hold near 1.60. Corn mixed with May and July around 69 to 72 cents, cash corn 2.25 per bushel. Chicago hogs and cattle open lower but mostly steady. hogs see heavy receipts and varied dressed costs. cattle mixed by weight with bulls and veal calves showing broader ranges. Sheep and feeder markets weaken with substantial weekly receipts and official yesterday totals listed.
Farmers discuss seed beds with deeper discing and ground preparation. Frank Miller praises a Smalley recutter and Hart Parr and Samson tractors for field work. Advertisements list belt lacing, churns, feed grinders, plows, discs, and farm equipment prices with March notes and local names.
Neal Hart, American film star and Wyoming rancher, is described as a real Western hero with military like discipline and humane nature. Born in New York, he rode from Bucknell University football star to ranch foreman and lawman before rising in cinema. He heads a producing company and stars in Skyfire, showing Saturday at the Graham.
Weekly marketgram reports weak demand and lower values for uinseed meal and cottonseed meal with mill offerings rising. Wheat and corn futures show volatility from crop reports with futures bought in Chicago and Argentine sales to Europe. Dairy and cheese markets soften while butter futures edge lower. hog and beef prices decline in Chicago with mixed results for cattle and lambs.
The Ideal Use of Your Bank explains multiple banking services including checking accounts saving facilities certificates of deposit vault boxes letters of credit foreign drafts and a by mail department. It emphasizes using these services to manage daily finances save for emergencies and invest idle funds.
Fresh meats showed a mixed week yet trended higher than last close. Beef advanced 50 cents to 1 dollar, pork loins around 2 per 100 pounds, mutton steady, lamb and veal varied by market with some declines. Prices for good grade meats list beef 17 to 18.50, veal 18 to 23, lamb 18 to 23, matton 11915, light pork loins 23 to 27, heavy loins 18 to 99, noting overall variability.
A long passage notes that a condor can survive without food for ten days while an eagle can for twenty days.
Quote attributed to Horace Greeley urges focus on earthly duties over speculation about the afterlife. The text cautions that those who fulfill prompty duties and live righteously have little time for poking into death.
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