Farming It: Concrete Silo boosts Missouri farmer's safety
A Missouri farmer built a 120 by 13 by 8 to 11 foot concrete walled trench silo, capacity 250 tons, to prevent caving. He improved wheat and red clover yields after spending 1.10 per acre on superphosphate. Clinton Geiger of Lehigh County Pennsylvania uses an 21 foot 4 inch wide two wing weeder on a powerful tractor to hoe potatoes at high speed.
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Missouri
Clinton Geiger
Lehigh County
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt names George Marshall as army chief of staff
President Roosevelt selects Brigadier General George Marshall to succeed Major General Malin Craig upon his August retirement. Marshall, age 58, becomes the new top officer in the U.S. Army.
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Roosevelt
George Marshall
United States Army
Malin Craig
Marshall
J. C. Penney Store in Ottumwa Catches Fire
A $95,000 blaze hit the J. C. Penney Co. store in Ottumwa. Fire equipment battled the flames for hours as smoke filled the downtown. Firefighters could not enter the building for long due to dense smoke from the three story brick structure. This is the third major fire to damage the store in recent years.
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Ottumwa
J. C. Penney Co
Sumerians Pioneered Stone Craft in Mesopotamia
Early Mesopotamian people the Sumerians first valued semi precious stones and developed stone cutting for cylinder seals signet rings beads and jewelry. Excavations at Kish by the Field Museum and Oxford University unearthed vast beads of agate carnelian and lapis lazuli from ancient ruins.
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Mesopotamia
Kish
Field Museum
Oxford University
News Notes of Our Neighboring Communities
D F Macon reports brief local items from nearby towns. Short notices include church events, school activities, and community updates gathered by the Journal subscription representative. Contains names, dates, and places typical of a syndicated notes column.
Town sees Saturday gathering and farm updates across counties
A Saturday visit in Ainsworth and Crawfordsville notes farm improvements at Earl Wood’s property north of Crawfordsville and private lane work by John Krantz. Entries mention hospital news for Jesse Marr and a serious condition of E L Swisher, with numerous local residents stopping by town and renewing Evening Journal subscriptions.
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Jesse Marr
Ainsworth
Town City Hospital
Rudy Wagenknechts
Mr. Marr
John Krantz and Son
S.E
Crawfordsville
Wyman
John
Evening Journal
FE. Frey
Bougton
Haskins
R. A. Beauchamp
J. M. Stone
J. A. Marsh
W. J. Edgar
Edw
Petratz
Washington R
Frank Anderson
Cloyce Snider
Patty
Community notes mention locals visiting and a funeral
Names of residents including Linas Lowash, E D Lowash, Frank McAvoy and family, Ernest Carlson, H G Jarrard, Melo Kallous Rast, Elmer Guenther, Ed Thomas, Lester Macons, Bob, Albert Fellendorf, Lloyd Wint ten family, Roy L Miller, J M Davis, Wm Owens. Ed Thomas funeral at L A Jones home. Springfield building project noted. Owens residence fire reported south of Cotter.
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Lester Macons
Bob
Springfield
Albert Fellendorf
Lloyd Wintten
Here
Market snapshot Chicago hogs cattle and sheep trading
Chicago markets report May 19 shows hogs at 13 000 head with top 7.10 and 170 to 250 lb bulk 6.90 to 7.10 while packing sows 5.50 to 6.25. Cattle receipts 12 000 calves 1 000 with fed steer trade very slow and undertone 25 cents lower. early top 8.75 to 11.25 for weighty steers. yearlings 11.00 to 12.00. best heifers 10.50 and weaners 10.00. Sheep 10 000 with fat lambs slow and undertone steady to stronger. good to choice wooled lambs 9.75 to 10.00, now 10.25 to 10.40. California shorn ewes 4.75. shorn native ewes 4.25. Estimated Tuesday receipts cattle 7 000 hogs 10 000 sheep 6 000.
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Chicago
California
Chicago Cash Grain Prices Report May 1
The Chicago market shows Wheat at 2 hard 79 percent, 5 hard 75 percent, and 75 to THM. Corn ranges from mixed 50 percent to yellow 49–50 percent, with white 56 and 55–56 in spots. Oats at 31–34 percent, and Soybeans with no sales. Corn receipts total 237.
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Chicago
Chicago Produce Market Report May Day High Receipts and Varied Poultry
Chicago May 1 UP produce market shows receipts at 54 582 cases with fresh graded firsts and extra firsts at 16 each and current receipts at 14 and dirties at 12 percent. Poultry markets remain steady with trucks of ducks geese hens and leghorn hens listed with varied percentages and prices for spring chickens broilers and turkeys.
Little Things We Miss in Life’s Small Moments
A reflection on valuing daily trifles rather than chasing grand milestones. The text urges attention to simple joys often overlooked in pursuit of major achievements.
Land of 150000 Islands Coastline Question
A trivia line asserts Norway as the nation with a 12 000 mile coastline studded by about 150 000 islands, highlighting Norway as the sole answer in this intelligence quiz.
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Norway
Death of Senator J Hamilton Lewis Felt Across Washington
Passes From Senate. Death of Senator J Hamilton Lewis of Illinois mourned by official Washington and thousands of friends. Lewis was a veteran of the senate and died of a heart attack in the capital at age 72.
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J. Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Washington
Lewis
Senate
Grain Table Shows May Wheat Corn and Oats Fluctuations
Chicago May 1 grain table lists Wheat May and July futures with mixed highs and lows, Corn May and July figures hovering around 43 to 50 percent, and Oats May and July bids ranging from 29 to 31 percent, with September values showing modest shifts.
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Chicago
Friendship Renews Joyful Bonds in Shared Remembrance
A reflection on friendship from St. Chrysostom praising the deep union of mind and soul between friends. Joy arises from mutual connection, whether in meeting or the simple act of calling a friend to remembrance.
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St. Chrysostom
REISTER'S MARKETS Prices Paid Tuesday
Prices paid at Reister's Markets for dairy and poultry include 21e per pound sweet cream, 1ge for No. 1 sour cream, 1ge for No. 2 sour cream, and 14c for dozen Hennery Brown Eggs. Delivery to plant available. all No. 2 poultry with defects rejected at value.
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Hennery
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