Market Report Helps Hedged Hogs and Beasts in Chicago
Estimated receipts today hogs 27 000 cattle 9 000 sheep 16 000. total 52 000. Early sales strong to higher with top near 21.30. bulk sales 20.90 21.10. Beef steers and other cattle mixed. calves and feeders steady to higher. Sheep and lambs openings steady to lower with top lambs 14.75 and spring lambs 16.50 19.00. Official yesterday receipts 33 852 hogs and 19 260 cattle with 12 239 sheep shipped 1 183."
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Chicago
Texas
Grain futures close report from Iowa City market
Close of grain futures shows corn gains with No 2 white corn around 1.82 to 1.83 per bushel. No. 3 white oats mixed slightly, October clover noted at 2000. Market data supplied by E W Wagner & Co with B Hunt as manager.
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E. W. Wagner & Co
Iowa City
Iowa
B. Hunt
W.C
W. O
Catacombs Beneath St Louis Describe Hidden Chambers
The city’s clay mining and brick production have created numerous underground chambers and tunnels beneath outer districts. Quarrying stone for building materials in the past has undermined several European cities, including St Louis.
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St. Louis
Paris
Stingless Bee Breed Raises Hoosier Honey Hopes
Indiana beekeeper breeds stingless bees from Cyprus Groves and Malian queens in eight cross line. The new bees reportedly produce more honey and resist disease better than stinging varieties, offering a promising advance for apiculture.
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Indiana
Cyprus
Milton's Diction Eloquence in Arching Verse
A brisk, critical note praising Milton's grand diction as it winds through arches and labyrinths, awakening musical echoes with every turn and variation of his poetic progress.
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Milton
B. P
Farm Bureau office moves to new Angus breeding rooms
The Farm Bureau office relocates this week to the old Press office rooms on the square’s northwest corner. Mr. Fedderson and assistant Miss Willits will set up in the new, large comfortable rooms tomorrow, highlighting careful breeding favored by other Angus breeders.
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Farm Bureau
Tudor Sale Sets Angus Price Records in Iowa Auction
The J. M. Tudor & Son Angus cattle sale near Washington and Iowa City drew $92,800 across 58 head, averaging about 1600. Hilda Blackcap, a seven year old cow, sold for 6500 to R W Plummer, the highest U S price for a female Angus. A cow resold for 6600 to Roy Franks after initial sale to Plummer. Bulls topped at 2600. The first twenty head averaged near 3500. This fourth Tudor sale continued season price records for the breed.
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Tudor
Washington County
J. M. Tudor & Son
Here
Iowa City
Hilda Blackcap
United States
Angus
R .W. Plummer
Marshalltown
Tudor & Son
Marry the Girls Prosecution Ends in Iowa
Ottumwa Iowa May 21 two soldiers Steve Vegh and Floyd Crane arrested with two local girls Myrtle Hammersty and Gladys Albertson were released after Fort Oglethorpe Georgia authorities confirmed furlough status. The four were in custody awaiting district court hearing and habeas corpus releases followed. A double wedding was held at 10 am in the law office of J A Lowenberg after marriage licenses were issued, uniting the couples and removing the charges.
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Ottumwa
Steve Vegh
Floyd Crane
Centerville
George Giltner
Fort E Oglethorpe
Myrtle Hammersty
Gladys Albertson
Newton Roberts
Mitchellville
District Court
J. A. Lowenberg
Thomas Brown
Tusant Faces $2000 Damages Suit After altercation
Ed Tusant allegedly intoxicated struck Edgar Brown with a pop bottle in a Des Moines drug store at West Fifth Street and Grand Avenue, cutting his lips and knocking out three teeth. Brown filed a $2000 damages suit in district court.
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Des Moines
Ed Tusant
West Fifth and
Grand Avenue
Edgar Brown
Brown
Tusant
Mutual 12 W S Reister & Sons Produce Prices
Mutual 12 W S Reister and Sons advertise paying rates for cream butter fat 400 hens per dozen 22e per lb for turkeys geese ducks and other poultry with requirements for empty crops and good health. Hides priced per lb beef 16c calf hides sheep pelts and tame rabbits listed with per unit ranges.
Arkansas farm groups push standard bred poultry drive
A USDA poultry extension leader leads efforts in south and southwest Arkansas to replace mongrel flocks with pure bred Barred Plymouth Rock and Rhode Island Reds. Drew county places 50 pens on farms with youth clubs, Monticello banks fund purchases, and 100 plus pure bred hatch eggs distributed. County agents in Ashley Union and Desha expand clubs and target enrollments to double last year.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Arkansas
Drew County
Plymouth Rock
Rhode Island
Monticello
Miss Lilian Scott Troy Deported From England
The British government has deported Miss Lilian Scott Troy an American writer and former correspondent of several American newspapers. Troy had lived in England for years and was active in suffrage. She was a known friend of Baron Von Horst formerly of California who was recently repatriated from government.
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Lilian Scott Troy
Miss Troy
England
Baron von Horst
California
Sir Francis Fox Named Designer for Baeteh Channel
Sir Francis Fox, a leading engineering authority to Rogland, has been chosen as designer and engineer to build the Baeteh end of the great channel.
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Sir Francis Fox
Rogland
Great Channel
Tiannel
Not a Game of Chance at County Carnival Shell Stand
At a Muscatine carnival, a shell game operator told Sheriff Wiley there is no gambling and that the public has no chance. The sheriff questioned the setup and ordered stalls to close, but as it was the carnival's last day, operators faced only light concern despite directives.
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Muscatine
Wiley
Ben Good
Knights of the “Golden Fleece
Return of Globe Gazette Employees Honored at Banquet
Returned soldiers and sailors formerly employed by the Globe Gazette were honored at a banquet at Cerro Gordo hotel in Mason City. Delmar Eggert, of the 165th Infantry and wounded in action, spoke of Rainbow division battles before co-owners W. F. Muse and D. M. Conroy hosted the event. Fourteen workers serving in WWI were welcomed back to their old positions.
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Mason City
Globe Gazette
Cerro Gordo
W. F. Muse
D. M. Conroy
Delmar Eggert
165Th Infantry
Eggert
Rainbow Division
Globe-Gazette
Army
Navy
Costly Barn Blaze Destroys Stanwood Farm Barn
Fire at Ernest Goldsmith’s farm in Stanwood on Sunday night destroyed a new barn along with seven horses two colts and one horse spared after being shot. One thousand bushels of oats wagons harness and hay were lost. The blaze followed a prior windstorm that had damaged the earlier structure.
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Stanwood
Ernest Goldsmith
White Robin Seen Near Jefferson Inspires Local Bird Study
M E Hall, a noted naturalist, reports a distinctly robin like white sparrow at Jefferson. The bird is almost pure white with a faint pink breast and may stay around all summer, prompting locals to watch for more sightings. Hall notes albinism occurs in various animals and sometimes humans.
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Jefferson
M. E. Hall
Largest gold coins in circulation named in colonial set
The article notes the giant gold loof of An nam, a French colony in eastern Asia, valued at £275. It also mentions the Japanese ebang as the next largest coin, weighing over two and a half ounces and worth about $50.
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Annam
Asia
Ebang
Uses for Ground Glass In Various Applications
Ground glass can be used in powder form for multiple purposes. Some glass is melted to create dew glass objects. The text notes a variety of uses including finely ground and melted forms.
President Wilson urges end to labor unrest and tariff reforms
President Wilson presses for ending labor unrest while safeguarding business activity. He calls for keeping inheritance taxes in federal fiscal policy and urges tariff adjustments to counter German dominance in dyes and chemicals. He supports women’s suffrage and outlines plans for return of telegraph and telephone lines to owners, plus railway transfers.
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United States
House of Representatives
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Curious 1779 law diverts grape culls to French poor
A feature notes a long standing Resiers France rule where leftover grapes after harvest belong to the poor. It warns a strict enforcement could haul the vineyard owner to court for picking the culls.
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Resiers
France
Time as Healer: Daily Thought Cites Physicians of Patience
A brief daily reflection notes that time serves as the general healer, echoing an old proverb about patience in remedy. The line suggests that with time, many ailments improve or resolve without active intervention.
Rathbun pardon probe witness fees unsettled in Des Moines
Attorney George H. Clark of Ida Grove and Mrs. Clark refused state warrants for Rathbun pardon probe witnesses. They claim higher sums due under the law, with Clark seeking 63.65 dollars on a 38.50 warrant and Mrs. Clark 36.60 on an 18 dollar warrant.
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Des Moines
George H. Clark
Ida Grove
Clark
Rathbun
Legislative Committee
Staite
Shaw
Advance Party of 88th On Way Home
May 7 marked moving day for the eighty eighth division with advance unit records showing departures toward Le Mans and Camp Dodge for muster out. A full camp discharge list includes Camp Dodge and Jefferson Barracks among many others with hundreds of officers and men assigned to each site.
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Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Jefferson Barracks
Funston
Grant
Upton
Custer
Devens
Dix
Meade
Lee
Jackson
Sherman
Taylor
Ft Ogiethorp
Gordon
Shelby
Pike
Bowie
Travis
Fort Bliss
Ft. Logan
Fort
D. A. Russell
Kearney
Presidio
Camp Lewis
Child Killed in Accident Near Reinbeck Iowa
Horace Henry Witt four year old son of Mr and Mrs Albert Witt Reinbeck died at Presbyterian hospital after injuries from a manure spreader incident Saturday. He was born August 3 1914. Funeral services will be held in Reinbeck tomorrow.
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Waterloo
Horace Henry Witt
Albert Witt
Reinbeck
Presbyterian Hospital
O'Keefe & Towne
Albert Visits Mr. Brown’s New Dining Room
A Household Hint notes Albert should view the dining room set Mr. Brown purchased for his wife. The remark suggests admiration for the room and its wallpaper as a focal point.
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Albert
Baseball scores from major leagues and minors
National League results show Chicago 3 Brooklyn 2 and Pittsburgh 3 Boston 2 with New York 7 Cincinnati 5 and Philadelphia and St Louis 7. American League notes Chicago 2 Philadelphia 1. rain affected games including Washington Detroit and New York Cleveland. Minor leagues list Kansas City 4 Minneapolis 6 Milwaukee 2 St Paul 5 with several rainouts and no games in Three League Bloomington 6 Moline 4 Rockford Terre Haute Louisville Peoria Louisville rain.
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Perch
New York
Ween Wenn
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Ceeedel
Renee
Soda
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Arabes
Cleveland
Eiheereet Sacrespesbaae
Washington
Veeneee
Detroit
Bloomington
Moline
Rockford-Terre Haute
Louisville-Peoria
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Illinois
Close OF Grain Futures
Catacombs of
Journal’s Farm Department
Moving Farm Bureau
Vhone
Mutual
W.S. Reister & Sons
Towa
Lillian Scott Troy
Hall
Daily Thought
Horace Witt
Lemmon’s
J. E. Lemmeon
Washington, Iowa
Sherman Brothers
McKenzie & Shilling
W. J. Wilkinson
Riverside
J. D. Duncan
Cotter
Red
Washington Rendering Works
H. L. Clark
Fort Oh
Dior
Fednthue
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