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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1924
Page
2
Receipts mix of hogs and cattle uneven with lower prices on hogs and steady to slightly weaker cattle. Bulk weights and grades vary with feeding, sows and pigs showing mixed trends. Cash grain quotes steady to higher for wheat corn rye and barley with minor regional price spreads.
Hogereceipts rise to 18000 with better grades. top hogs 7.20, 210 230 pounders 6.75 7.00. Cattle receipts 6200. beef steers 7.50 10.86. stockers scarce. vealers 10.00 10.60. Sheep receipts 3000. fat lambs bid 14.35, native Spring lambs 16.00, ewes 7.25, wethers 9.25.
Cattle receipts 1 690 with active trade. Fat steers and yearlings 7.90 11.00 and bulk 7.75 10.00. Fat cows 6 56.00 9.25. Hogs receipts 12 000 steady. top 7.10, bulk 6.90 7.10, light 6.75 7.05. Sheep receipts 100 steady.
St Paul Minnesota cattle receipts 2800 slow with fat steers 7.75 to 9.25, fat heifers 4.50 to 7.00, calves 9.25 to 9.50, hogs 1050 to 710 with prices 6.25 to 7.10, sheep weak to lower with spring lambs at 16.90 and clipped ewes 7.00 to 17.50. Canadians comprise about 30 loads part billed direct to yard traders.
Kansas City Mo May 22 cattle receipts log shows 3 500 head run, calves 300 head. Beef steers and yearlings hold steady as market activity remains moderate.
Kansas wheat crop reports warned of a shrinking yield fueling early price upturns for July and September futures. corn and oats followed with firmer or mixed moves as weather and planting news influenced sentiment while hogs pressured provisions.
The cattle market shows best matured steers around 10.50 with mostly steady sentiment, beef cows and heifers 5.00 8.25, bulls steady, and calves steady to weak. Hog receipts near 9,000 with light weights 5 to 1c lower, packer tops 7.35, shipper tops 7.30, sows 6.60 6.75, stock pigs 5.25 6.10.
Official estimates for Chicago on May 22 project hogs at 34000 cattle at 5000 and sheep at 6000. A little Want ad will do it.
Mason City hosts the 32nd annual P. E. O. state convention with about 450 delegates and visiting members from across Iowa. Mrs. Adda L. Von Horne of Sioux City presides as officer elections are held later today. Musical programs feature Mason City artists and Rachel Senior, Sousa violinist, performed this morning.
Kiev dispatch reports seventeen Russians sentenced to death at Zhitomir for banditry. Two women among the condemned. ten others given ten years in prison.
Potatoes firm with fair trading as receipts reach 40 cars and total U S shipments 541. Wisconsin sacked Round Whites range 1 16 to 1 36. bulk 1 25 to 1 50. Minnesota North Dakota Red River Ohips sell few at 1 50. Idaho sacked Russell 1 85 to 2 10. New stock Alabama Louisiana Bliss Triumphs 2 86 to 3 25. Florida Spalding Rose barrels 7 50 to 7 75.
A historical filing outlines the Articles of Incorporation for West Chester Telephone Exchange, a Iowa corporation in Washington County West Chester. It details corporate name location objects capital stock and conditions for issuing shares and adding capital, plus officers authorized to execute real estate transactions.
The document outlines the incorporation terms dated March 3 1924 for a Iowa company. It lists initial directors W L Ralston Ed Duvall A A Augustine W S Munro R C Wells and officers President Ralston Duvall Munro Augustine. It covers term length, annual and special meetings, voting rights, and amendments.
County Supervisors in the Tenth district and adjoining counties urged drastic changes to Iowa motor bus laws. They called for higher operation fees, restricted service into rail territory, stricter safety enforcement, and empowered highway officials to regulate buses as a public necessity.
Andy Augustine and others acknowledged the articles of incorporation as their free and voluntary acts. The statement is witnessed and notarized by Irvin FE Coffey in West Chester Washington County Iowa, at the date last written.
Authorities may stop all traffic when foade conditions threaten heavy travel, issuing warnings and enforcing curfews to prevent incidents. The measure aims to reduce risk on major routes during severe weather or road hazards and protect motorists.
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