Daily Market Reports Opening Summary Hogs and Cattle
Chicago reports opening hogs receipts about 14,000 with holdover 6,869 and cattle receipts near 7,000. Beef prices range 8.50 to 10.60 for heavy and light weights with steady to higher bids, while lambs and yearlings show mixed gains and declines. Official yesterday receipts totaled 19,522 hogs, 616 cattle, 1,523 sheep, 7,086 calves. Wheat and corn futures edge with minor shifts as cash grain shows small tonal changes. Estimated tomorrow Hogs 23,000 cattle 8,000 sheep 18,000.
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Chicago
Washington Iowa City Ordinance Appropriates Funds
City of Washington Iowa adopts an ordinance for the 1921 fiscal year beginning April 1, outlining appropriations from the Consolidated Fund for salaries, police and fire maintenance, street labor, health department, public works, sewers, and street improvements, with allocations from other funds and input from the city treasurer’s report.
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Washington
Iowa
City OF
Coun
Sexton
Health Department
City Bond Funds Authorized by 1921 Ordinance
A city ordinance adopted March 21 1921 authorizes multiple bond funds including Bond Fund Water and Light Plant Fund Cemetery Fund Fire Fund Sewer Outlay and Purifying Fund Sanitary District Fund City Hall Fund City Building and Fire Station Fund Road Dragging Fund Fire Equipment Fund Park Rond and Comfort Station Fund. It directs the treasurer and clerk to open accounts and, at year end, transfer any balances to the General Fund. The ordinance takes full effect after publication as required by law. J Bover mayor and S Kellogg clerk attest.
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J. BE. Bover
J. Kellogg
Savings stamps outrun all others in Cherokee post office
The Cherokee post office led the state in selling government savings securities, earning a special gold button for the top postmaster. Claude M. Sullivan wears the badge for meritorious service. John W. Maine, Shenandoah pioneer, died aged, noted for an eight foot two inch beard and a Chicago World’s Fair display. A DAR bronze tablet marks Lewis and Clark’s 1804 Monona county camping ground. Man H C Bursum named to New Mexico Senate. Grace Statemen, 29, dies from burns in Sioux City hospital.
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Treasury Savings
Cherokee
Treasury Department of the United States
Claude M. Sullivan
John W. Maine
Shenandoah
Page County
Chicago
Iowa Building
Iowa Day
Daughters of the American Revolution
Lewis and Clark
Monona County
Missouri
Pacific Coast
W. L. Corrough
Grinnell
State Historical Committee
Society
Missouri River
Iowa Society
Monona
Man. H. C. Bursum
Senate
Mechem
New Mexico
A. B. Fall
Fort Dodge
Towa
Webster County
M. F. Arey
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Grace Statemen
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Cattle Feeder's Day Speakers And Iowa Farm News
Cattle Feeder's Day at Iowa State College on April 11 will feature speakers from Clay Robinson Co. Chicago and Wilson and Co. Chicago with topics on feeder cattle and beef market prospects. Iowa highway officials gather at Ames March 23 24 25 for design construction and maintenance discussions.
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Iowa
Iowa State College
John M. Evward
John Paxson
Clay Robinson Co
Chicago
Wilson and Co
F. Curties
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Ames
John Bovard
Livestock Committee
Farm Bureau
Evvard
State Highway Commission
Clifford Older
Illinois State Division of Highways
F. H. Lang
Minnesota
New Iowa apple varieties to be distributed to nurserymen
Ten promising apple varieties bred at the Iowa State College pomology section under S A Beach will be distributed this spring. Names reflect Iowa towns Ames Adel Afton Earlham Edgewood Monona Secor Sharon Macy Hawkeye Greening. Scion wood now available. requests from 20 states and Canada.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa Experiment Station
S.A. Beach
Adel
Afton
Earlham
Edgewood
Monona
Secor
Sharon
Macy
Canada
Beach
Cattle Condemned for Tuberculosis In Iowa City
Ten milk cows and a Holstein bull were condemned to death by veterinarians in Iowa City due to tuberculosis. Animals shipped to Sinclair packing house in Cedar Rapids for slaughter. all infected. Two animals completely condemned. nine partially saved. Officials Dr. F H Edwards and Dr. Paul A Reed lead the fight. Town City council adopts ordinance to combat disease. Mesquakie Indian lineage note on Young Bear, Tama county reservation.
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Iowa City
Sinclair Packing House
Cedar Rapids
F. H. Edwards
Paul A. Reed
Town City
Market Prices for Farm Poultry and Birds
Price list shows per pound values for hens staggy springs old roosters geese ducks and turkeys with Ib as the unit reference. Reads like a brief agricultural market update from the Ib district.
Suit Over Burial Box Damages in Bremer County
Mrs Minnie Shrader sues W F Reinhart undertaker at Sumner for 15000 dollars claiming the body of Ruth Shrader died in Waterloo about April 6 1920 was shipped to Sumner for burial. The defendant allegedly removed a specially made burial box from the casket and substituted an inferior box then placed the casket in the grave against the plaintiff's protest. She seeks 5000 compensatory and 10000 exemplary damages.
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Bremer County
Waverly
Minnie Shrader
W. F. Reinhart
Sumner
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Daily Market Reports
Wagner &O
Hunt, Mer
John A. Babcock
Compmission
Journal’s Farm Department
M. H. Fedderson
T. L. Dodds
J. M. Maxwell
Crawfordsville
John Adame
Lime Creek Township
Lord Endicott
Highland Township
O. C. Patterson
Cedar
Wm. Darbyshire
Frank Libe
Clark Wright
Marion Township
Homer Birney
Jackson Township
O. K. Scott
English River
Harry Anderson
Jackson
R. BE. Brown
Frank Melinsky
Brighton
al Morgan
Clay
I. B. Rabenold
Highland
Ed DuVall
R. V. Mannat
Co. L. Stannard
John Gretter
76 Township
Vegetable Growers Association
Prof. Fitch
Ames Co
T. Johnson
Court House
Jim Howard
National Federation of Farm Bureaus
United States
Wm. Hesseltine
Marion
Fenton
Kendall
Des Moines
William Leaf
Tama Reservation
Young Bear
Edgar R. Harlan
State Historical Society
Clarinda
Middle West
Charles City
W. C. Keith
Traer
Tama County
Howe
Kei
Sergeant Bluffs
Cedar County
Hoover
West Branch
Herbert Hoover
President Harding
Waterloo
Louise Henry
Charles Henry
First National Bank
Hi. M. Jessen
Onawa
Jessen
West Hotel
West Lake
Mr. Fairchild
Blue Lake
Ream Station
Grete
Esh Bayers of
W. S. Reister & Sons
Hotel
Colenso Bloc
Washington, Lows
Indian Department
Mutual
R. L. Gibson
Oil Company
Indiana
Standard Oil Company
St. Michigan Ave
Grove’s
BROMD
Oildag
John Striegel Jr
Harper, Iowa
Edwards
Property Owners Federation, Inc
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