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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 10, 1924

Page

2

Chicago May 10 Cattle and Hogs Market Summary

Daily Market Reports show cattle receipts at 1 000 with mixed price shifts across classes. Beef steers mostly 26 to 40 cents lower with high quality grades down, vealers up 1.00 to 1.25, stockers and feeders firm to 26 cents higher, and fat cows and heifers varied by grade. Sheep receipts 5 000 direct with lambs around steady, fat sheep modestly higher, hogs uneven with lighter weights weaker and top hogs at 7.60. Overall week totals include substantial direct movements and broad price ranges across beef, veal, sheep and hogs.

Omaha Livestock Market Report May 10

Hogs receipts 12 500 mostly 10 cents lower with bulk 210 to 300 pounds at 7.00 to 7.15 and top 7.15. lighter weights 6.70 to 7.00. Cattle receipts 100 with mixed changes. beef steers and yearlings down 15 to 26 cents, vealers up 1.00 to 1.25, week’s averages for beef steers 9.00 to 10.50, yearlings 7.75 to 7.90, top weighty steers 11.60, cows and heifers 5.00 to 8.00, vealers 8.25 to 8.75. Sheep receipts none. fat lambs 40 to 50 cents higher. top wooled lambs 17.20, clipped lambs 15.00, clipped ewes 7.00, shearing lambs 14.70 to 15.00, 6.00 to 6.75 for clipped ewes.

Chicago Omaha Neb

Sioux City Livestock Market Report May 10

Sioux City receipts totalled 1000 cattle with fat steers and yearlings 25 to 40 cents higher, top heavy steers at 11.00, cows and heifers up 25 cents, canners and cutters 10 to 15 cents higher, yearlings strong with top 11.96, bulls firm, feeders and stockers steady. Hog receipts 13,000 with prices down 10 cents, top 7.10, most 6.85 to 7.10, lights and sows varying. Sheep receipts 300 with lambs 25 cents higher, wool lambs 17.00, clipped lambs 15.00, wool ewes up 25 cents, clipped ewes up 1.00, and clipped ewe totals to 8.00.

Sioux City

Kansas City Livestock Market Report May 10

Kansas City Missouri cattle receipts total 8066 and calves 150 for the week. Beef steers steady to lower. other red steers down 15 to 25 cents. Best yearlings and Texas grassers up 10 to 15 cents. medium yearlings about steady. Week’s top matured steers 11.26. yearlings 11.00. stockers and feeders steady to strong. hogs receipts 5000 fully steady.

Kansas City Texas

Chicago Grain Prices Report May 10

Chicago cash grain quotes show no wheat sales. Corn mixed across several classes with No 2 mixed 77 to 78 and No 6 mixed 72 to 73. Yellow and white corn variants range 73 to 79. Rye and seed prices listed. lard rubles and bellies noted with varied values.

Chicago Harley Timothy Clever

Wheat Prices Edge Lower on Frost Fears and Farm Policy Bets

Wheat futures eased in early trading Chicago May 10 with May 1.04% to 1.04% and July 1.06% to 1.06% as frost worries faded and farm measure prospects tempered declines. Corn and oats showed weak support with May or July contracts dropping while cash demand remained sluggish. Provisions followed a downward tendency.

Chicago Lord Kansas Washington

Packer and Shipments Seeums in Weekly Market Report

Sheep receipts reach 1,000 for the week with lambs up by 5 to 5 cents. Top lambs 17.25 and bulk 16.65 to 17.15. Desirable 215 to 300 pound butchers 7.20 to 7.30, bulk 160 to 210 pound averages 7.00 to 7.26. Packing sows 6.00 to 6.65. Best clippers 15.00, natives 17.60. shorn wethers at 9.00 top, ewes 8.35 to 8.90, bulk around 8.00.

Arizona Springers

St Paul Livestock Market Shrinks Prices Across Classes

Cattle receipts 300 with fat steers and yearlings down 2 to 5 cents. fat sheep and stockers weaker. canners and cutters 25 cents lower. Calves unevenly 1 to 2 dollars higher. hogs steady to weak with top around 7.15. Lambs and sheep about steady with wooled lambs at 15.25 and wooled ewes up to 8.50. A Little Want-ad will do it.

Scotland Yard Begins Crusade Against Illegal Drug Trade

London police have intensified a postwar crackdown on illegal drugs, expanding the narcotics squad and rounding up traffickers. The Limehouse docks area is identified as a hub, with a Chinese-operated restaurant front and luxury upstairs quarters used to distribute drugs to West End venues and sailors.

Scotland Yard Associated Press London England West End Limehouse Limehouse Docks Oriental United States Holland Germany

Potato Market Report from Chicago May 10

Chicago market report notes unsettled new potato stock with 40 car receipts and total US shipments at 413. Florida Spalding Rose No 1 barrels bring 8.25 to 8.50, few sales at 8.75, Texas Bliss Triumphs sold at 5.25 per sack.

Chicago United States Florida Texas Bliss

Radio Program For Tomorrow Listings

A compact schedule of radio programs across multiple stations. The list includes WSB Atlanta and WGN Chicago with choir and music segments, various sermons and services, organ and quartet performances, weather and talks, and church activities across cities such as Detroit Cincinnati Dallas Houston Philadelphia and Winnipeg.

Radio Digest Associated Press WSB Atlanta Journal WGN Chicago Tribune WDAP Chicago KYW WLW Cincinnati WSAIT WFAA Dallas News Orchestra WOC Davenport Musical Wex Detroit Central M. BE WBAP Fort Worth Star Telegram WLAG Minneapolis-St. Paul KLX Oakland WOAW Omaha WDAR Philadelphia WIP WFI KGW Portland KPO San Francisco WGY Schenectady Church Albany WEAP Washington CKY Winnipeg

Radio and Concert Schedules Across CitiesBolded

Monday program listings show a mosaic of radio stations and venues from Atlanta to Washington, featuring Cuban panists, orchestras, lectures, dances, talks, and theatrical reviews. Notable entries include WGR Buffalo concerts and WCAP Washington WEAF joint broadcasts, with diverse musical acts and discussions across numerous cities.

WSR Atlanta Journal WGR Buffalo Teachers of WLW Cincinnati WFAA Dallas News WOC Davenport Sandman S& Musical Ww4j Detroit News WCX Detroit WOR Newark Hollywood McCosker KLX Oakland Uni

Lack of Rain Hits Iowa Crops Across Counties

The May 6 week report from Iowa agriculture and weather bureau notes dry conditions delaying growth in many counties. Farmers report corn planting underway or near completion, oats emerging, and pastures improving in some areas, while several counties seek rain to sustain crops and orchard bloom.

Associated Press Ors Iowa Estate Department of Agriculture Iowa Weather and Crop Bureau Fayette Dubuque Floyd Lyon Buena Vista Woodbury Shelby Washington Pottawattamie

Maine to honor intrepid lumberjack with bronze fountain

Bangor remembers Colonel Luther H. Pierce by a bronze relief on a fountain near the public library. The design shows three log drivers breaking out a jam to free millions of logs, inspired by Bangor native Patrick Conners, 84, and guided by Pierce's will.

Bangor Maine Luther H. Pierce Chicago Pierce Charles E. Té New York Patrick Conners

Zev Misses Pimlico Meeting In Spring Handicap

Hopes for a Zev and My Own clash in the $7,500 Pimlico feature faded when Sam Hildreth withdrew the Rancocas stable world champion from the spring handicap. Zev is listed for the $7,500 Excelsior handicap at Jamaica today carrying 133 pounds.

Baltimore Zev Pimlico Sam Hildreth Rancocas Jamaica

Iowa Supreme Court Decisions In May 9 Iowa

The Iowa Supreme Court handed down multiple decisions including State of Iowa vs Herbert Bige affirming larceny from a building, State of Iowa vs Dave Masters affirming larceny verdicts, First National Bank of Missouri Valley vs J G Sarvey affirming promissory notes, and Bennett vs Chicago Lumber reversed. Other cases involve foreclosures, foreclosures of mortgages, mandamus to pay warrants, and damages for death or injury with several affirmations and reversals.

First National Bank of Missouri Valley Iowa J. G. Sarvey Harrison County DeGraff BE. R. Bennett Polk County Chicago Lumber and Coal Co Vermilion Samuel T. Bussard A. F. Parker Tatha KE. Parker Page County de. Graff Jacob Colyn, Jr W. J. Vander Wilt Mahaska County de Graff Otto Conrad Mame E. Shearer Washington County Justice de Graff Des Moines John H Newton O. A. Young Loren Hite W. H. Johnson E. F. Myer Vermillion

Watters Learn Continental Art of Serving Abroad

English waiters increasingly travel to France Italy and other countries to master languages and the so called food sense. A London survey shows continental trained staff dominate the citys restaurant trade while English waiters earn far less, prompting owners to sponsor overseas experience to level the field.

London England France Italy London County Council School For

Mexico President Allows Sale of National Properties

President Obregon authorized the finance ministry to auction national properties not required for public service. Proceeds will pay overdue salaries of federal employees and settle vending accounts amounting to 600,000 pesos. A commission will select the properties. bidders include foreigners and Mexicans.

Mexico City Mex Obregon Finance Ministry Mexico

Also Mentioned on This Page

Daily Market Reports Chicago Livestock Chicago Grain Omaha Livestock Sioux City Livestock Kansas City Livestock John A Chicago Cash Grain St. Paul Livestock South Paul Minn Bologna Chamberlain Versity California WOAR WOO KFAE Pullman KSD St. Louis Post Dispatch WCAP WEAF WCBD Zion Corbert Edward Berry General Medtine Company P. K. Devers Wallace Wright Supreme Court Ernest Fyfe James C. Davis Walter D. Hines United States Railroad Administration Dallas County Ethel A. Hansen First National Bank of Benton County Lang Orville Lee Board of Supervisors Sac County Lozier Automobile Exchange Institute Casualty Co Des Moines Municipal Court O. S. Meyer Appelant Albert Myers Mutual R. L. Gibson Itc DIS TRICT Republican D. C. Kilgore Watters Continent W. S. Reister & Sons East Third St East Washington St C. F. Letts Itor A. L. Griffith
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