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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1910
Page
7
A Pearson's Weekly vignette recalls a tea party where a winner asks for a slice of cake as a prize. She vows to force the cake on her husband Vince to prove there is a worse cook than he thinks, crumb by crumb, in the wider world.
A traveled girl recalls a curse after avoiding tipping in London last summer. She describes tipping servants widely, then a man covering her wheel with a soiled cloth, cursing and swearing as the boat voyage to New York began wobbling but not sinking.
Chicago May 2 report outlines heavy weekly trading with May wheat prices down about a half cent due to weak demand. Corn markets are mixed with private shippers cleaning up stocks, May versus July carry burdens, and potential May deal outcomes shaping delivery. Oats face ample supplies and cautious outlook while provisions rise from weekly lows with a bullish hog market underpinning strength.
Beef steers weakened to 7.00 to 8.50 with 26 to 35 cent weekly drop, cows and fat heifers fell, bulls rose to 15 to 25 cents, calves up 25 cents, feeders down 25 to 35 cents. Hog receipts fall to 63,564, bids near 9.50 to 9.60 for others. Sheep and lambs slipped 25 to 50 cents though some lambs held by selective buyers. Receipts: cattle 64,745. hogs 63,564. sheep varied.
Washington May 3 secretary Wilson promotes garden sass as a solution to high prices. He urges Americans to grow their own food and abandon dependence on beef, butter, and stocks, while Upton Sinclair endorses wind and water fasting as another remedy. The piece also notes Hughes elevated to the supreme bench shifting New York politics toward Roosevelt.
Cattle receipts at South Omaha on April 30 range from 3.00 to 7.75 for various classes with hogs at 8.00 to 9.25 and sheep from 7.00 to 9.00. Des Moines figures show cattle from 1.30 to 6.00 and hogs weaker at 7.50 to 8.55 with veal calves 5.50 to 6.00.
On April 30 cattle receipts totaled 100 with steers selling from 6.00 to 8.00, cows and heifers 4.00 to 7.50, calves 4.00 to 8.50. Hogs receipts reached 1,500 with top at 9.50 and bulk trading 9.25 to 9.40.
Market pricing shows apples at 3.70 per unit and cranberries at 6.50 per barrel. Grapes Malaga priced 6.50 per keg, lemons 5.00, cabbage 4e per pound, carrots 2e per pound, celery 65 to 85 per dozen. Butter eggs poultry listed with No 1 creamery 30c, eggs No 1 21c No 2 18c, various poultry prices.
Mrs. Etta A. Smith of Goldsboro North Carolina credits Cardui the women’s tonic with relief from neuralgia around the heart head pain and bodily distress. The ad urges other women to take Cardui for illness and to consult the Ladies Advisory Department for Home Treatment for Women and a 64 page booklet.
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