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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1924

Page

2

Daily Market Reports Chicago Hog and Cattle Prices May 3

Hog receipts 4 000 fairly active steady to 5 cents higher. Bulk good and choice weighty butchers 7 50 7 60 top 7 60. Feeder hogs 180 225 lb averages 7 20 7 50. Cattle receipts 1 000 beef steers and yearlings 50 75 cents higher. Fed steers and yearlings 8 50 10 75. Veal calves 7 00 8 50. Sheep receipts 4 000 direct week totals around 19 000 direct. Fat lambs around 5 0 6 cents higher. Bulk prices fat wooled lambs 15 76 16 86. Ewes and clipped lambs 7 00 15 00.

Chicago

Omaha Livestock Market Report May 3

House receipts reach 16000 with better butchers and mixed cattle demand. Beef cattle and lambs show gains while cows and feeders soften. wholesale ranges listed for steers, yearlings, cows, vealers, stockers, and lambs across weight classes. Sheep supply none. weekly top lambs reach 16.65, clipped lambs 13.60–13.75, wooled lambs 15.75–16.60.

Sioux City Livestock Market Report May 3

Sioux City market notes cattle receipts 400 with mixed changes from last week. Fat cattle mixed with steers and yearlings firm. cows and heifers steady. veal steady with top at 14.00. bulls steady. feeders strong. stockers near steady. Hogs 15,000 with prices steady to higher. top 7.10, frequent 6.90 to 7.10, lights 6.75 to 7.00. Sheep receipts 100 with lambs up 0.25, wool lambs 16.50, ewes mixed changes, clipped 14.65 to 7.00 for various lots.

Omaha Sioux City

Kansas City Livestock Markets Week in Review

Kansas City today reports cattle receipts at 250 with calves fifty for the week. Beef steers weak to 25 cents lower while better grades of stockers hold steady. cows weak. bulls steady and calves down to 25 cents. Hogs show 17,300 receipts with steady to strong prices. top hogs 7.30. Sheep receipts 5.60 with lambs up to 16.65 and clippers 14.00 to 14.25. Texas springers 16.60 16.50. overall weaker sheep prices.

Kansas City Fed Texas Arizona Springers

Chicago Cash Grain Prices May 3

Wheat No 2 hard 1.07 to 1.11. Corn No 2 mixed 79 No 3 mixed 77 No 4 mixed 75 76 No 5 mixed 77 No 2 yellow 80 No 3 yellow 77 77% No 4 yellow 75 76 No 5 yellow 75 76 No 6 yellow 74% No 3 white 77 77% No 2 white 75% Sam ple grade 70 73. Oats No 2 white 49% 49% No 3 white 48 48% No 4 white 46 47%. Rye no sales. Barley 65 85. Timothy seed 6.00 7.50. Clover seed 13.60 21.00. Lard 10.57. Riba 16.12. Bellies 10.37.

Chicago

Wheat Prices Ease In Early Chicago Trade May 3

Favorable new crop weather and large May deliveries eased wheat prices in early Chicago dealings despite political uncertainty over farm legislation. May closed about 1% lower, July around 1.06. Corn and oats followed wheat lower with weak closes. provisions remained easy with light demand.

Chicago Washington

Potato Market Report Chicago May 3

Potatoes trading moderate market slightly stronger receipts 40 cars total US shipments 554 Wisconsin sacked round whites 1.05 to 1.30 bulk 1.10 to 1.85 Idaho sacked russetts 2.25 to 2.50 Michigan bulk round whites 1.15 to 1.35.

Chicago United States Wisconsin Idaho Russetts Michigan

Sheep market prices and sheep categories listed

Wethers traded around 8.25 with others at 7.50 to 8.15. Shorn ewes mostly sold from 7.25 to 7.50.

East St. Louis Livestock Market Report May 3

Hog receipts 6 000 with early sales steady to higher, later market 10 to 15 lower on light hogs. heavier weights steady to 10 lower. Desirable 110 to 140 lb averages 6.25 to 7.25 per cwt. Cattle receipts 400 with native beef steers 25 lower. yearlings and calves mixed. tops for mature steers 10.20, yearlings 10.10, cows 5.25 to 6.75. Sheep receipts 150 with fat lambs steady, sheep about 1 lower. top wool lambs 16.10, bulk 16.00 to 16.50.

Texas

Beware Self Love And Tyranny Risks

A cautionary note on self love leading individuals to idolize themselves and potentially become tyrants if given power or fortune.

Mhem

Iowa Automobile Registrations Gain in Early 1925

Iowa registrations show a strong start to 1925 with nearly 300000 more in fees collected by April 1 than a year earlier. Passenger cars, trucks, motorcycles and trailers all rise year over year, and March receipts exceed 1924 by about seven thousand dollars as total registrations reach 432907 passenger cars and 28849 trucks by April 1 1925.

Des Moines Iowa W. W. Calladay Automobile Department Calladay

San Francisco Vigilantes of 1851 End Evils After Gold Rush

A volunteer citizen committee known as the Vigilantes formed in San Francisco in 1851 to address post gold rush disorder. They enforced quick justice until conditions grew stable and orderly.

San Francisco California

Angler Fish Exhibit Odd Flags Like Sensing Aids

Angler fishes inhabit deep sea flats with minimal swimming apparatus. Their bodies are small compared with heads and tails, while the dorsal fin ray features a flag like skin flap at the tip used to detect touch and aid in prey capture.

Readin' the Good Book Keeps Men Steady

Uncle Eben asserts that the true benefit some men gain comes from continuing to read the Good Book, as long as they keep reading. The line emphasizes steadfast reading as a guide to proper conduct.

Eben

Inventions of the Chinese and their notable feats

The passage lists Chinese innovations such as the compass printing lithography suspension bridges and gunpowder highlighting a range of historical inventions attributed to Chinese civilization.

Cattle Thresh Wheat in Corsica

Cattle thresh wheat in Corsica with hooves beating heads and a sieve separating grain from chaff. Grain is threshed from the heads by cattle and refined by a sieve.

Corsica Corsiéa

Hard to Please Woman Frustrated by Awkward Lover

A unnamed woman grows angry at a man who treats lovemaking as practiced before. She resents his awkward technique and the sense he fumbles with unearned confidence. The piece conveys frustration with mismatched intimacy and expectation.

Poisonous Snakes and Their Deadly Bites

The passage notes that among thousands of snake species only about one third are venomous. It states that no more than 159 bites would prove fatal to a man, outlining the danger of venomous snakes.

Lowlanders Taller on Average for Army Recruits

Study measures 80.1 Swiss army recruits showing lowland men taller than mountain counterparts by about two tenths of an inch, linked to geographic altitude.

Clergyman’s Jeremiah Commentary Draws Witty Bishop Note

A clergyman wrote a commentary on the Lamentations of Jeremiah and sent it to a bishop for judgment. The bishop returned it with a witty regret that Jeremiah is not alive to write a new lament on the commentary.

Jeremiah Boston Transcript

Sawdust and Ashes Box Material Promises Novel Packaging

A new substitute for cardboard and wood uses a chemical mix of sawdust and ashes to make boxes. The finished product is light, washable, sanitary and nonpoisonous. It is waterproof and asbestos fireproof, offering varied textures from hard as oak to pliable as cardboard.

OD CHEROCH COLLEGE OPENS PORTALS TO GIRL STUDENTS

Manila April 1 Women will be admitted to Santo Tomas University beginning with 1924 25 in the college of pharmacy The change follows papal approval and ecclesiastical planning to enroll women at the oldest American flag university in the Philippines. Towers of St Marys church Munich to close to public due to suicides by love sick individuals.

OD Cheroch College Manila University of Santo Tomas College of Pharmacy University of Santa Tomas Munich St. Mary’s Church Bavaria

Business talks end with Arthur joining Danforth family

After a long meeting Danforth and Arthur plan further talks at ten, while Eleanor watches and Arthur presses his proposal about Eleanor. Arthur becomes vice president of Excelsior Light and Power and president of the Duttonville Butter Tub company and is now related by marriage to Danforth.

Mr. Danforth Arthur Dutton Duttonville Arthur College John Danforth Eleanor New York Danforth John Lfe Prince of George Kickimuru Electric Power Company Excelsior Light and Power Company Ile Dutton Mr. Dutton Dad Metor Duttonville Butter Tub Company

Declare War on the Crows Accused of All Sorts of Crimes

Pennsylvania game wardens report crows as destructive vermin harming eggs and young birds and poultry. A statewide survey notes crows eat eggs pull up crops and kill young rabbits and quail and grouse. Wardens from thirty seven states report similar damage.

Washington Delware Pennsylvania Game Commissioners Seth K. Gordon Board of Game Commissioners of Pennsylvania Gordon Pennsylvania Harrisburg Mr. Gordon Keystone

Doan's Pills Aimed at Kidney Backache Relief

Backache and kidney discomfort prompt use of Doan's Pills a stimulant diuretic. L K Glasgow a Washington resident endorses quick relief from kidney soreness and irregular function, purchased at Herman Bros Drug Store 60 cents at all dealers Foster Milburn Co Mfrs Buffalo NY.

Doan Washington L. K. Glasgow S.C Ave Doana Herman Bros Foster-Milburm 7 Co Buffalo N.Y

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