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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1925
Page
2
Daily market report notes hog receipts around 15 000 with mixed bids and weaker prices for some weights while cattle receipts near 4 000 show steadier to higher bids for fed steers and yearlings. Lambs and sheep trading dull with little early action and some California spring lambs around 17.00 averaging sixty five pounds.
In Liverpool England Rev J J Armitage reports Sunday papers have an aggregate circulation of 11000000 and 887 columns of reading matter only six mention Christian religion. He says readers are urged to shed faith and adopt paganism.
Vienna reports that a large portion of wartime marriages ended in divorce. Many unions began or ended as officers and soldiers returned on short leaves from the front.
Sale dates announced include March 31 for Gaile Herr property in Keota April 4 for W W McFarland on Mast Main Street Eckerman residence sale and April 4 for Triange Auto Co in Washington with details pending.
Wheat grades No 2 hard No 2 mixed No 3 mixed No 4 mixed No 5 mixed No 6 mixed and yellow and white varieties with prices shown. Oats and rye quotes unquoted with timothy and clover seed noted. Lard ribs bellies quoted at 16.20 17.75 21.57.
Berlin reports a sharp drop in mercantile court cases since January 1924 when the rentenmark appeared. The stabilizing of the German mark reduced widespread disputes over exchange rates and eased commercial litigation among businessmen.
The Vienna dog count rose from 40 000 in 1919 to 96 302 in 1924, while the Vienna Pasteur Institute reports daily examinations for dog bites averaging 20 to 100 people. The note ends with a promotional line about advertising.
London vehicle drivers led by taxi-cab drivers earned special mention and council badges after 8,399 last year completed the safer first competition without an accident. Members prize the recognition as a distinction in wear.
Detroit News reports a garbled naturalization question with a misquoted inquiry about the vice president and the president’s fate. The piece notes confusion over who held the role and implies uncertainty about burial location.
A fragmented timetable lists various trains including Golden State Limited Nos 32 29 49 and local passes 450 430 429 in Knoxville and westbound routes. It shows departures arrivals and freight/passenger designations with several times and notes daily service and exceptions.
Hoxie's Flying Hoofs unfolds at the Pox Saturday with a sheriff losing prestige for failing to capture The Raven. His younger brother becomes a suspect, and the elder arrests him after a bank robbery. The brother claims The Raven will save him, prompting a gallows gamble to test the truth.主
In Berlin radio license fees bring in about 5 million marks yearly to the post office. There are 550,000 subscribers paying two marks monthly for listening rights, with fines for listening without a license.
American grapevine stock grows well in Bulgaria with more and better fruit. European vines are fading in the Bulgarian soil as thousands of acres are planted with American vines in recent months.
Plainly written request for name and address to Des Moines Iowa yields a trial set of Chamberlain's cough remedy tablets and salve. The offer highlights remedies for coughs colds croup bronchial throat burns wounds and skin conditions with prices in cents.
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