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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1924
Page
2
Chicago markets report May 14 with hog receipts 15 000 higher prices for hogs and pigs across weights. Cattle receipts 8 000 active with top steer prices around 11.76 and Nebraskas 10.75 11.25 while fat cows and stockers show firmer bids. Grain futures and cash values listed for wheat corn oats rye barley and seeds with various No 2 and No 3 grades and specific price ranges.
Kansas City cattle receipts 3,800. calves 1,000. steer and heifer prices mixed with gains in yearlings. Texas yearlings 10.25. top heavy weights 11.10. Hogs 9,000 head steady to 5e higher. bulk 6.90 7.20. 170 200 lb averages 6.90 7.15. Sheep receipts 10,000. native lambs near steady, later sales weaker. clipper lambs 14.50 14.75. native springers up to 17.25. Texas wethers 8.75.
Sioux City cattle receipts total 2700 with killers strong and stockers steady. Fat steers and yearlings bring 7.00 to 11.59, bulk 8.00 to 10.25. fat cows 5.00 to 9.75. feeders 7.00 to 9.00. Hog receipts 16,000 up 5 to 10 cents, top 7.05, mixed 6.80 to 6.95, butchers 7.00 to 7.96. Sheep receipts 200, steady to 25 cents lower.
Hogs receipts 9 500 mostly higher with bids 7.00 to 7.15 top 7.15. cattle receipts 6 200 active with beef steers and yearlings up 0 26 and top 11 75. stockers and feeders scarce steady with butcher cows and heifers 5 90 to 8 25. vealers to packers 9 50 to 10 00. sheep receipts 2 400 active with woolled lambs steady to strong.
Chicago May 14 Wheat prices held firm on scattered buying sparked by reports from Illinois and neighboring states and higher Liverpool quotes. Argentina strikes and cool northwest weather supported gains, but selling by commission houses trimmed gains before closing mixed. Corn and oats moved with wheat, corn closing a shade to a penny higher and oats firm, while hog price rises steadied the provisions market.
Prices listed include clipping lambs at 17.00 to 17.20, top 17.26, clipped lambs 15.00, clipped ewes 7.00 to 7.50, and shearing lambs at 16.50. These figures reflect current sheep market values.
Official live stock estimates released for Chicago list 22 000 hogs 10 000 cattle and 9 000 sheep for tomorrow. The figures reflect market forecasts and supply expectations across the city.
In Chicago on May 14 potatoes showed firmer tone on old stock with 42 car receipts. United States shipments totaled 575 cars. Wisconsin sacked Round Whites moved at 1.10 to 1.30 per cwt, mostly around 1.25.
Dennis A. Merriman of American Steel and Wire Co argues during Girls Week in Chicago that modern girls are naturally athletic and competitive. He asserts camps and boys and girls club work foster sportsmanship and self discipline, dispelling fears of the flapper and stressing the value of the club spirit in shaping the coming generation.
A down-at-heel tramp asks a farmer's wife for permission to lie down in a barn corner and die. She calmly directs him to the straw and assures there is plenty more, while he mutters about waking to eat.
Gap Johnson confronts a distressed Runt who wandered into a hornet incident. Banty explains the boy tangled with hornets and ripped his britches, then hid behind an ash hopper begging for new pants. The Kansas City Star reports the odd farmyard scene.
An escaped panther was spotted near the Nondod palace in Raipipla state. A family of three panthers including a cub was hunted and killed by sharpshooters after a garden chase as a crowd gathered nearby.
Augusta Kansas Police Judge Geo W Ohmart and his wife credit Tanlac with curing stomach trouble and restoring health. He praises the remedy as surpassing all others and urges all to try it. Ad promotes Tanlac and its makers with claims of extensive sales.
A guide explains silver tarnish from sulphur in air and in gases. Regular brushing with a cotton flannel keeps silver bright, reducing polishing needs and extending life. Store silver in cotton flannel cases to avoid sulfur compounds in dyes or bleaches.
Our prices for poultry today list fresh cream and poultry grades by weight per pound with fees for hens roosters ducks geese and swans. We do not buy cull sick or crippled poultry and offer a percentage extra for poultry delivered.
Fragmentary clipping shows a judge’s erroneous forecast about a lawyer with a note on a man’s decline and a morphine treatment. An advertisement touts Mayr's Wonderful Remedy claimed to cure digestive ailments including appendicitis and offers a money refund.
A shopper prompts merchants by declaring I saw your ad in the Journal to verify advertising. The line signals reliance on local newspaper notices for promotions and price offers.
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