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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1924
Page
2
Hogs receipts 68 000 with price ranges across weights and grades from 6 00 to 7 56 per cwt amid moderate activity. Cattle receipts 18 000 with steady to strong demand, varied feeds and weights trading 10 00 to 12 50 for steer offerings. sheep and lambs show firmness in clipped and fat types. Grains list futures style quotes for wheat corn rye barley and seeds with multiple grade splits and prices.
Cattle receipts 14 000 calves 2 500 better grades beef steers and yearlings strong to higher top matured steers 11 20 bulk fed steers 8 00 10 75 cows and heifers 4 50 8 00 fed heifers up to 9 00 canners and cutters 2 25 3 75 hogs receipts 14 000 slow 5 to 10 lower to shippers top 7 20 packers bidding 1 5 lower bulk sales 6 95 7 15 160 180 lb 6 75 7 00 136 156 lb mostly 6 50 6 65 bulk packing sows 6 40 6 55 stock pigs 10 higher 5 40 6 15 sheep receipts 4 000 killing classes 25 higher wool skins 16 90 clippers 14 25 14 50 odd native springers 17 00 17 19 6
Hogs receipts 16 000 market slow and lower with 160 lb butchers 6 90 to 7 00 top 7 05 and 160 to 210 lb grades around 6 65 to 6 59. Cattle receipts 7 800 with beef steers and yearlings active rising. heavier weighty steers 11 69 and long yearlings 7 75 to 10 25. cows 5 25 to 8 00. veal 8 50 top. stockers and feeders steady to strong. Sheep receipts 8 500 wooled lambs slow, medium to good 16 50 per 1 lb. fat spring lambs 16 00 to 16 50. ewes 6 00 to 7 00.
Cattle receipts 3000 fully steady with spots strong yearling and steer runs. Calves receipts 1800 real calves steady to 25 cents lower. Hogs receipts 17000 down 15 to 20 cents with bulk 150 to 250 pound averages around 6.85 to 6.90. Top prices not shown due to cutoff.
Wheat prices rose in early Chicago dealings as lack of selling and watching Washington developments supported a general advance. May and July futures opened slightly higher, then steadied and rallied. corn and oats followed wheat higher with mixed closes. hogs eased, boosting provisions.
Potatoes trading slow and market steady in Chicago marked by 49 car receipts. United States shipments totaled 565 Saturday and 19 Sunday. Wisconsin sacked round whites quoted at 1.10 to 1.03 per unit, bulk 1.10 to 1.35. Minnesota and North Dakota sacked Red River Ohios at 1.20 to 1.40.
San Francisco May 5 The next California legislature will consider a bill to punish persons who throw cigarettes or cigars from automobiles. P G Redington of the U S forestry service says many forest fires are started by careless motorists.
Plans for a railway in Iceland from Reykjavik to Olfusa at an estimated cost of 7,000,000 crowns have been completed by a Norwegian railway engineer. Work is not expected to begin before 1925.
The practice of wearing a black band on the sleeve to signify mourning originated in Pegland as a mark for liveried servants who did not require full black uniforms.
The market lists sow and pig prices with 6.25 to 6.95 range for various pig categories. Sheep receipts total 400 with direct sales and lambs quotable up to 16.00, and top wooled ewes at 8.30.
Elizabeth Ellen Taylor Abbott born December 26 1853 in Crawfordsville. She married Jacob Willis Abbott January 1 1873. he died fifteen days before her. They lived in Chapman Nebraska for decades. She served as church caretaker for 24 years at Chapman Baptist Church and belonged to several fraternal orders. Surviving: nine children Ida Bishop Allen Abbott Lizzie Scott Melbourn Chapman Platte Abbott Blanchard Palmer David Oshkosh Ilva Stephenson and Juanita Powers. 32 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. two brothers and sisters and many friends. Passage notes 1924 death on April 27 at age 70 years four months.
Crawfordsville May 6. Local residents visit Washington for pictures of the 1924 high school graduating class. Invitations go out for commencement on May 22 with a listed class roll and motto Build for character not for fame. Visits by Milton Davidson Mabel Crooks Doris Maxwell and others are noted along with church services and local greetings from Rev W C Porter and Rev W C Allen.
Tokio children in primary schools and other devastated cities write letters of thanks to peers abroad for sympathy after the September earthquake. Teachers let students choose topics. letters will be translated into English and sent to children in America and Europe, with hundreds of names held by Japanese students and teachers.
Marquis Kuni hisa Kuni, son of Prince Kuniyoshi Kuni and brother of the crown princess, will attend the Paris Olympic Games this summer as part of a world tour. He recently relinquished his princely title and assumed the marquisate.
Sam Jordan, early Mis veri county agent, is praised for spotting dodder in red clover seed samples. Dr. A Merriman of the American Steel and Wire company notes the practical value of vigilant agents. The incident arose after a seed company protested a shipment and praised Jordan’s watchdog role.
A crusty guardian schemes to profit from three children left to him as guardianship. Wes Barry Spec O Donell and Baby Bruce Guerin star in Warner Brothers film directed by William Beandine. The backwater tale blends humor with lively child performances to keep audiences amused.
Dublin reports that discontent over the mobilization or demobilization of about 45 000 Free State troops could have political ramifications. The labor market is strained as many veterans lack civil employment. The 18 000-strong remaining army backs the government, while Republican leaders distance themselves from mutiny claims.
The Journal announces its service to Wesley Barry and his juvenile supporters with a promotional message urging intelligent advertising and action.
J E Nye of Lincoln, a warehouse foreman, touts Tanlac with two personal testimonials. He says it cured his catarrh of the stomach and later helped him regain energy, appetite, and weight. He urges readers to buy Tanlac from reputable druggists and notes over 40 million bottles sold.
Supreme court meets. Senate and House convene. The Daugherty committee is called as the Senate Agriculture Committee continues the Muscle Shoals hearing. The House Shipping Board inquiry proceeds. The House Insular Affairs Committee resumes consideration of the Philippine bill. The House Public Lands Committee to start work on the reclamation service.
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