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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1924

Page

2

Daily Market Report Chicago May 2 Hog and Cattle Prices

Hog receipts 22 000 fairly active 5 to 10 higher light weights leading gains big packers inactive bulk good and choice 250 to 325 pound butchers 7 40 to 7 55 top 7 55 160 to 225 pound avg 7 30 to 7 50 top 7 55 120 to 160 pound 6 90 to 7 20 packing sows 6 75 to 6 90 slaughter pigs 4 50 to 6 50. Cattle receipts 3 000 active meager supply fed steers and yearlings better fat cows and heifers up to 16 higher best handy steers 11 60 bulk fed 9 00 to 9 75 few southwestern steers 9 25 and below your loads choice beef heifers ~750 pounds 10 25 fat cows and heifers above 6 50 to 6 50 active others slow canners and cutters odd heavy bulls 4 50 to 4 75 newer weights 7 00 to 9 00 100 head Montana Shorthorn steers 1 100 pounds late yesterday 9 90 bulk stockers 6 75 to 8 50 meaty heavy steers 9 00 to 9 76. Sheep receipts 12 000 fat lambs 25 higher sheep 26 higher scarce few early sales fat clipped lambs to 18 25 outsiders good wooled lambs 16 26 choice fat wooled ewes 6 75

Chicago Jogna Imost Montana Kansas City Texas Omaha Neb Sioux City

Kansas City Livestock Market Report May 2

Kansas City market totals show cattle receipts 1500 with Texas steers commanding higher kill prices. Hogs receipts 6000 with typical lighter weights 6.30 to 7.30. bulk 7.00 to 7.25. Sheep run described as lambs up 25 to 40 cents and no sheep offered.

Omaha Livestock Market Report May 2 Hogs Cattle Sheep

Omaha stock market notes show hog receipts at 16 000 with 210 to 300 pound butchers at 7.00 to 7.10 top 7.15 and sows rising to 6.50 6.60. Cattle receipts 1 050 with two loads 7.60 to 9.25 and top steers at 10.35 while cows and heifers move 6.00 to 7.50. Sheep receipts 4 000 with fat lambs up to 16.60 and clipped lambs 14.25 to 14.50 as sheep remain scarce and light lambs 15.00.

Sioux City Market Report Shows Mixed Livestock Activity

Cattle receipts 1,000 with steady to strong demand across classes. Fat steers and yearlings bring 7.00 to 11.00, bulk 8.00 to 10.00. fat cows 6.50 to 9.00. bulls 4.00 to 5.25. Hogs receipts 14,000 steady to 5 higher, top 7.05. sheep receipts 2,600 steady to 25 higher, lambs 14.50 to 16.50, ewes 7.00 to 8.25.

St Paul Livestock Market Cattle Receipts Steady to Strong

St Paul Minnesota May 2 cattle receipts 1 500 fairly active with market strength at spots 25 cents higher for choice classes and steady tone for others noted by market observers in South St Paul sales report

St. Paul ST. Paul, Minn

Chicago Grain and Provisions Prices in Early May Report

Chicago market wire lists wheat prices for various grades with No 1 hard at 1.12 to 1.13, corn mixed grades 75 to 79 percent, oats 47 to 50, rye 65 to 66, barley 70 to 88, timothy and clover seed ranges, and lard and rib offerings around 10. For buyers and sellers, the report provides specific bid ranges across commodities and seed grades.

Chicago

Chicago May 2 Wheat Prices Rise Amid Tariff News

Quotes from Chicago show wheat futures advancing on news that U S imports are restricted by the emergency tariff and on Argentine labor reports. May and July contracts moved up with firmer closes, while corn and oats also gained on export demand and scarce offerings. Provisions firm with hog market strength.

Chicago Liverpool United States New York

Potato Market Slows as Receipts Reach 559 Cars

Chicago dealers report a slow market with 559 cars of U S potatoes shipped. Wisconsin sacked round whites sell 1.00 to 1.25 a bushel, bulk 1.10 to 1.35. Minnesota and North Dakota Red River Ohio’s priced 0.85 to 1.40.

Chicago United States Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota Red River Ohio

Pension bill sent back to President today

The Bur sum bill raising pensions for Civil and Spanish American War veterans was returned to President Coolidge with reports from the commissioner of pensions and the director of the budget bureau. The ten day period for action expires next Wednesday. Also included are livestock and market notes with receipts and price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep.

Associated Press Washington Coolidge Commissioner of Pensions Lord Budget Bureau

Mineral Mixture Yields Best Market Cattle in Iowa Tests

The Iowa Experimental Station reported that cattle fed a mineral mix of limestone, bone product and potassium iodide, along with shelled corn and flax by products, produced the best market carcasses. Tests compared seven rations over 120 days with 70 steers, suggesting linseed meal outperformed soybean meal and oats proved less economical. The study found linseed meal generally more profitable than cottonseed meal across multiple experiments, with figures showing higher gains and costs.

Associated Press Uries Iowa Experimental Station Iowa State Colege Iowa Ames College

Briton Finds Prohibition Has Benefitted America

After a four month tour in the United States Dr Charles Porter medical officer for Marylebone reports prohibition seems beneficial He notes fewer chronic diseases from alcohol and cites Harvard Medical School observations that cirrhosis cases are scarce and tuberculosis cases are declining due to improved drinking habits He compares prohibition to a Shakespearean failings remark and says the New York initial contact was drinking but it does not prove failure of prohibition

London United States Charles Porter Marylebone Bernard Shaw Porter New York Harvard Medical School

Election Issues in France Confused With Personalities

Paris April 14 The French general election centers on the presidency and the government as Rossi Radical Socialist leaders argue. Poincare’s shifting support, Miller’s veto threats, and a cabinet split complicate campaigns with voters split between taxation costs, security concerns, and postwar reparations, affecting industrial and rural blocs differently.

Paris Poincare Miller Ruhr Germany France Union” of Pardes

Campaign to Curb Highway Signboards Seeks Scenic Value

New York April 24 The National Committee for Restriction of Outdoor Advertising campaigns to cut mass signboards on public roads. Indorsed by 16 national advertisers and backed by Chambers of Commerce and 41 civic groups. Focuses on restricting ads to commercial sites and removing unsightly displays along the Lake George Adirondacks stretch as Standard Oil and others extend actions nationwide.

New York National Committee For Restriction W. L. Lawton Federation of Women's Clubs Garen Clubs of America Chambers of Commerce and Merchants’ Associations Lake George Highway Adirondacks Standard Oil Companies California Kirkman & Son Kelly- Springfield Tire Company Pilsbury Flour Mills Company Washburn Crosby Company Champion Spark Plug Company B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company Sun Oil Company Hood Rubber Company Aj«* Rubber Company Ward Baking Company Dodge Brothers Gulf Refining Company Texas Company Fleischmann Company

Knox Relays and Military Tract Meet Open in Galesburg

Five hundred athletes from 45 high schools in Illinois and Iowa gather in Galesburg for the Knox relays and the nineteenth annual military tract meet. Contenders include Ottumwa LaGrange and Knoxville as strongest prospects. Declamation oratorical and typewriting contests add to the program with both girls and boys competing.

Galesburg Ill Ilinois Iowa Ottumwa LaGrange Knoxville

Want Ad Rallying Cry Sparks Opposition

A fragment from a historical page hints at a political clash where a simple want ad becomes a central rallying cry for the opposition against the principal. The brief reads like a note on campaign rhetoric and public messaging.

Lone Star Ranger Stars Tom Mix In Zane Grey Tale

New York critics hail Tom Mix as a superb horseman and highlight The Lone Star Ranger as his best film. Billie Dove, famed Ziegfeld performer, co stars opposite Mix in this Texas Rangers adventure adapted from Zane Grey. The film has drawn a massive audience.

Mix New York Billie Dove Tom Mix Zane Grey

Flivver Replaces Rangers Horse in Texas Tales

Tourists in Texas note the flivver outpacing the old ranger horse once used to patrol the plains. The piece recalls 70s and 80s thieves, compares Texas to New York and Pennsylvania state police, and mentions the 1923 Rangers in pairs. It also notes a William Fox film The Lone Star Ranger starring Tom Mix at the Fox theater.

Lone Star State Texas Ranger Plains Texas New York State Police Pennsylvania Constabulary Rangers Lone Star Ranger William Fox Zane Grey Tom Mix The Fox

Building Companies Prosper in Cleveland

Miss Ann E. Rae of Niagara Falls says 10,000 loan companies serve over seven million people in the United States. Ohio associations lead with assets above 650 million dollars and about 1.7 million clients as preparations for the July 23 to 25 convention begin.

Cleveland Ann E. Rae Niagara Falls United States Miss Race Ohio

Heed Nature's Warning Before It Is Too Late

A health warning notes pains in the side back and kidneys signal system illness. Nervousness loss of appetite and sleeplessness are advance signs that, if addressed, may prevent serious trouble later.

Tanlac Helps Thousands Regain Normal Health

Over 100000 persons testify Tanlac corrected stomach trouble indigestion rheumatism nervousness and related ailments It builds up the system and starts rich red blood coursing through your veins All good druggists sell Tanlac.

Lifeboats to Have Radio for Colmbus Aboard

Lifeboats of the new German liner Colmbus will be equipped with radio. Power will come from on board motors and the wavelength will range from 300 to 600 meters. The Colmbus operates between Bremen and New York. A Journal Want ad brings results.

Bremen Colmbus New York

Also Mentioned on This Page

Daily Market Reports Chicago Grain Omaha Livestock Sioux City Livestock John A Babcoocer Chicago, Illinois Chicarco Cash Grain Ames America Pri J. C. Bauer Ross L. Coulter C. M. Maxwell Crawford Township Board of Supervisors Washington County Ferguson J. D. Glasgow Buffalo Bill Texas Rangers Plivver Mutual R. L. Gibson Uce W. S. Reister East Third St. Vhone East Washington St Ste Oe Inelle Tanlac A. B. Carr Charles Brown
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