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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1923
Page
2
Chicago May 17 1923 market reports show estimated receipts hogs 36000 cattle 10000 sheep 12000 with mixed activity. Beef steers and veal strong, top steer price around 10.54, top hogs 7.95. Packers seek large lots while stockers and feeders slow and lambs steady. Liverpool Cable Wheat notes slight higher moves for May July and October futures.
Nature Magazine notes the polar bear is an expert swimmer, seldom venturing more than a day inland, yet capable of traveling about 40 miles from shore in ice packed seas, as claimed by Nansen.
Breeders in Bracke Belgium praise rooster throwing tournaments as a popular pastime and claim such contests improve chicken quality and vigor amid long standing local traditions.
Thousands of years before the machines in Europe, cotton work relied on grills spinning wheels and looms. The historical note outlines early textile tech and suggests little change in early cotton processing methods over time.
More than thirty denominations are expected at the Southeastern Iowa Training School for Sunday School workers to be held June 18 to 29 at Penn College Oskaloosa Iowa. Courses cover Old Testament values Sunday School administration and organization history of religious education and child instruction. Faculty includes Prof E H Stranahan head of Penn College religious education department and Walter Hutton O G Herbrecht and Elizabeth Dean council officers.
A playful exchange in the Boston Transcript ponders whether a wife really gave her husband a hundred dollar bill for his birthday. The humor hinges on whether the note was genuine or a prank, reflecting light domestic wit from a bygone era.
William H Barr of the National Founders Association and John E Edgerton of the National Association of Manufacturers launch a national foundation to develop non- theatrical films for church use. Barr warns of a social danger as youths lack religious or moral education and calls for cinema to accompany preachers and print to counter demagogues.
Washington Do Farm Bureau reports the third spray for pruit trees should come two weeks after the second spray to combat codling moth apple scab and curculio. Dosage covers liquid and dry lime mixes with arsenate, cautions non bearing trees need not be sprayed but should be watched for canker worms. Also notes pig feeding tests at Iowa Experiment Station showing mineral mixes on bluegrass pasture reduce days to gain and improve feed efficiency. details mineral blend and feeding guidance. Wool market remains strong with higher London and Australian prices, pooling date planned, and a USDA forecast praising cooperative marketing for faster price recovery.
Goldwyn’s Remembrance directed by Rupert Hughes shows at Fox theatre. Claude Gillingwater plays the patient father whose health crisis exposes a reckless family obsessed with status and money. The film’s depth and sincerity leave a lasting, moving impression on the audience.
The piece discusses Phoebe as an ideal neighbor per Nature Magazine. It notes the bird’s diet is composed of 90 percent animal food and 10 percent vegetable matter, with most insects eaten categorized as injurious species.
A Toston Evening Transcript notice warns drivers that removing more gasoline from the tank than is added will cause the tank to run dry and the car to stop, urging prudent fuel management and awareness of tank levels.
Henry Horace Peausey relents to his wife Mary Annabel as she writes his story while he labors by the wash tub. He mocks her, she proves herself, and a $200 check arrives for her tale about the wash tub, revealing role swap and editor jokes.
Fresh laid eggs per dozen, cream first grade per pound, second grade per pound. Hens four pounds and over per pound, under four pounds per pound. Leghorn hens per pound. 1923 hatch springs and related items noted among other listings. Old roosters and horse hides priced per unit. Fragmentary terms and spelling indicate a general livestock and farm product price sheet from a past newspaper page.
Henry Horace Peasey labors at the Washtub with a painful back and red hands from steam. Upstairs Mary Anna bel pounds on a typewriter, having earned seven hundred dollars that month.
The text explains that in the United States the word grocery can mean a retail grocer's store and supports pluralization to refer to grocery stores without saying the phrase. It notes that terms like bakeries serve as comparable plural forms.
The article notes that England published more than 10,000 books in the previous year. It highlights a surge in output and references publishers and literary trends shaping the industry.
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