Market Report Hogs Cattle Sheep and Receipts
Chicago market data show estimated hogs receipts 8 000 and cattle 2 000 with 3 000 more estimated. Prices mostly up 10 to 20 cents, heavy weights 13 50 to 14 90, light weights 15 00 to 16 50, sows 12 60 to 13 65, pigs 13 50 to 16 25. Compared with a week ago fat lambs up 1.00 to 1.25, sheep 66 higher. calves down 1.50. Official yesterday: hogs 28 168, cattle 6 832, sheep 9 976, calves 2 427. Shipments to packers. Stockmen on strike. possible return Monday.
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Chicago
Riverside Rebekah Lodge celebrates 25th anniversary
Riverside residents and members of the Rebekah and I O O F lodges gathered Tuesday night to mark the 25th anniversary with a program of papers readings and music followed by dancing and refreshments. Local changes include Fred Mace taking over the east pool room and plans to remodel into a modern garage. Rev J J Yost resigns from Riverside M E church with Rev Collier expected to succeed him.
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Riverside
Rebekah Lodge
Riverside Rebekah Lodge
Frank Schillig
Pasadena
Calif
Richmond
Kirksville
Fred Mace
Farmers’ Union
Melo Havel
Mace
Mavel
Frances Flannagan
St. Paul
Minn
Helen Flannagan
Ernest Meeks
Keot
Albert Meeks
Henry Hahn
O. B. Overholser
S. F. Walker
Comstock
Eva Petersen
Washington, D. C
Rock Island
Government Arsenal
J. J. Yost
Riverside M. E
Dubuque College
Dubuque
Iowa
Yost
Collier
Wayland
California
Roger Williams Arrives in Boston in 1631 for Religious Toleration
Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, arrived in Boston on February 9, 1631. He led Puritans advocating religious toleration and separation of church and state.
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Roger Williams
Rhode Island
Boston
Public Sales Dates From Journal's Farm Department
Public sale notices list Mrs. Marie Carkuff to sell farm goods March 31 and Mrs. B F Boling to hold a household goods auction April 1 at 1202 North 2nd Ave. The report notes wool prices rose to 60 cents in 1918 then fell to 47.9 cents in 1919, with January 1918 at 58.1 cents, January 1919 at 55.2, and January 1920 at 53.3. Producers' price moved from 16.7 to 58 in 1918 and down to 51 in 1919 per US Department of Agriculture.
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Marie Carkuff
Washington
B. F. Boling
North 2Nd Ave
Bureau of Crop Estimates
United States Department of Agriculture
Proper wool handling and packing guide for buyers and shippers
The guide details careful shearing, fleece handling, and packing to preserve wool value. It covers keeping wool clean, minimizing second cuts, rolling and skin side out, proper tying with paper twine, separating grades, storage in dry wool sacks, and avoiding wet storage to prevent damage and weight loss at market.
Route two carrier struggles with bad roads
Eureka reports route two is served by a substitute carrier who struggles daily to traverse the road. Mail south of M. Kuhn's is left in the box when the carrier cannot reach the route. Mrs. J. M. Snider rents to Mr. Perry of Washington who moves in today and faces uncertain plans for the children. Grosscup Bros. announce a May 1 Hereford cattle sale at Brighton with other cattlemen involved. Joe Wolfer’s son returns to school after illness. Neighbors note the engagement of Miss Mary Tresidder Rogers of Oak Park NL to Rev. Charley Bloomquist and offer best wishes.
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Eureka
M. Kuhn
J. M. Snider
Perry
Washington
Grosscup Bros
Brighton
Joe Wolfer
Mary Tresidder Rogers
Oak Park
Charley Bloomquist
Charley
Misses Rhue Strain Irene Holmes and Lucile Sipe visit Crawfordsville
March 27 Crawfordsville reports Miss Rhue Strain Irene Holmes and Lucile Sipe and Cloyce Huston are home from Iowa City for a week. Miss Margaret Mathin arrives to visit. Ralph Borman Alfred Nash Glen Duncan and Clarence Moor returned from Chicago. Will Clemens heads to Rupert Idaho. Mrs James McFadden of Washington spent the day here. Monmouth college men's glee club will entertain at United Presbyterian church next Wednesday with 25 and 15 cent admissions.
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Crawfordsville
Rhue Strain
Irene Holmes
Lucile Sipe
Cloyce Huston
Iowa City
Miss Rhue
Margaret Mathin
Ralph Borman
Alfred Nash
Glen Duncan
Clarence Moorhead
Chicago
Will Clemens
Rupert
Idaho
James McFadden
Washington
Dr. Lease
Monmouth College Men’s Glee Club
United Presbyterian Church
Riverside Couple Are Married at Iowa City
The marriage of Miss Clara M. Dvorak and Mr. Henry F. Prymek occurred Wednesday afternoon, March 24, at Iowa City with Justice Koontz officiating. Attendants were Miss Alice Prymek and Frank Dvorak. The couple will establish a home on the groom's farm southwest of Riverside.
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Riverside
Clara M. Dvorak
Henry F. Prymek
Towa City
Justice Koontz
Alice Prymek
Frank Dvorak
James Dvorak
Frank Prymek
Leather-Stocking Reappears in Cooper's The Prairie
Leather-Stocking, Natty Bumppo, the half savage half Christian chevalier of Cooper's Leather-Stocking tales, reappears to close his career in James Fenimore Cooper's The Prairie set about a century and a quarter ago.
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Natty Bumppo
James Fenimore Cooper
Chevalier
Cooper
Marys and lambs in Iceland and Danish ties
An Icelandic note on Mary as a popular name and pet lambs, describing Icelandic culture, language, and a Latino in American life. It references Icelanders migrating to the United States, settling in North and South Dakota, Minnesota, and Washington, and mentions the Interchurch World Movement surveying aliens to aid naturalization.
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Mary Tlad
Maria Skoppadi
Teeland
Mary
Wall Street
United States
Americas
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
Washington
Interchurch World Movement
More Good Horses Needed for Farm Work
Animal husbandry experts urge stricter selection of stallions and brood mares to raise high quality work horses. They warn of a large drop in farm horses and mares bred in 1919, predicting a depleted supply in coming years unless breeding improves and farmers replace stock with better lineages.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
What If Farmers Were to Strike
A Marshalltown farmer contemplates a hypothetical sixty day strike by farmers over prices, arguing farmers could quit at planting time, and noting public response and comparison to workers in other trades. The piece discusses costs, production, and potential government action.
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Marshalltown
Marshall County
Extravagance in the Midwest stressed by Chicago bank
The Chicago Federal Reserve reports extravagance remains in the Midwest despite policy to curb money use. It notes inflation pressure from luxury goods and a sharp farm land surge with March settlements nearing a billion dollars. Labor shortages, high feed costs, and rising rents push farming toward reduced acreage and more land purchases funded by liberty bonds.
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Des Moines
Middle West
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Price hikes at fashion mags spark reader interest
Harper's Bazaar raises its price to 6.00 effective April 1 while Pictorial Review increases to 3.00 on April 15, 1919, signaling a column of rate changes in fashion publishing.
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Harper’s Bazaar
Pictorial Review
Themselves Miserable Quote by Goethe
A brief Goethe quotation notes that impatience, not happiness, prompts men to claim misery as a personal state. The line reflects on the choose to feel unhappy when calm joy slips away.
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Goethe
Bride Wears White Chrysanthemums for Wedding
The Boston Transcript notes a bride in a gown of white chrysanthemums with autumn leaves as decorations, highlighting a wedding scene that blends floral symbolism and seasonal styling.
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Boston Transcript
Men confess robbery motive to start business plan
A London Passing Show item notes that several men guilty of robbery confessed they committed the crime to fund a business venture. The quip suggests they should have started with legitimate business first.
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London
Muscatine Aims For Strong Grid Team Next Fall
Muscatine high school plans a first class eleven next fall as spring football practice draws interest. Nine candidates joined spring training last week and more players may start workouts Saturday. Supervisor H R Franklin notes readiness and states the squad will be built around Hyiik and Hanley who bring prior experience.
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Muscatine High School
H. R. Frank
Hyiik
Hanley
Pariah Water Drawers Sing Counting Song in India
Missionaries in India face a counting dilemma as Pariah water drawers rely on a lengthy chant to tally buckets drawn. A Dutch Reform Missionary notes the current 10,600 line song limits counting and outlines plans to replace it with a 16,000 line song about Christ’s life and teachings.
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India
Pariah Water Drawers
Pariah Water Drawer
Christ
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Babcock
Wae
Illinois
Goums
Close OF Grain Futures
FE. W. Wagner & Co
B. Hunt
Mar
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Iceland
Chase
Indiana
American Magazine
Woman’s Home Companion and
American
Nita Belle McKoon
Mutual
Cream Station
Green Hotel
Colenso
W. S. Reister & Sons
Washington, Iowa
Wmenianadauna Asain
Second Avenue
Davenport
D. F. Macon
Muscatine
Evening Journal
Walter F. Scudder
Fe Ogese
Mannhardt Bros
Washington, la
Choice
Tewart
Stewart
White Way
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