Chicago livestock and grain market report May 24
Hogs total 6 000 head with 4 000 at restocking weight. top around 10.40 for 200 lb pigs. Heavyweights slow. few loads 160-310 lb at 9.90 to 10.15. Cattle show weekly gains. fed steers up 25-75 cents, stockers steady, bulls and vealers stronger. Sheep about 3 000 head with price shifts. lambs up to 50, springers up 50-75. Grain: Chicago cash grain mixes with wheat around 101.5-102, corn 78-80, oats 41-49, rye scarce, barley 50-54. Toledo seed prices listed for clover and timothy.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Toledo
Ur— Grain Close
Clover Domestic Cash
Prime Choice
Alsike Cash
Local visitors and engagements noted in Kalona area
KALONA residents report visits from Cedar Rapids Wellman and Washington couples. Nurse student Mildred Grady from Mercy Hospital Iowa City visited her parents. Vists continued from Town City Daisy Bush and W. H. Clark family. The piece mentions Miss Helene Miller and Alvin B. Slagel marriage in Ashley, with travel plans to Mason City.
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Town City
L. C. Dawson
Veda Ehrenfelt
M. B. Ehrenfelt
School of Nurses Training
W. H. Clark
Stanley
KTNT
Muscatine
T. J. Sparks
Wm Welte
A. J. Wotruba
Anthony Sharp
Mason City
Helene Miller
Alvin B. Slagel
Ashley
Wedding at Kalona Mennonite Church Ends Joyfully
Sunday morning ceremony at the D J Fisher home north of Kalona was led by Pastor D J Fisher of the Fast Union Mennonite church. The event connected local residents in a quiet rural setting with a traditional rite.
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D. J. Fisher
Kalona
Fast Union Mennonite Church
Winnie Lightner Shines In She Couldn't Say No At Fox
Winnie Lightner claims the title of female Al Jolson as she appears in She Couldn't Say No at the Fox Theatre. The Warner Bros Vitaphone film shows her entertaining from a nightclub to a lavish club, with her magnetic persona and musical numbers anchoring the picture. Chester Morris leads a supporting cast including Johnny Arthur Tully Marshall and Sally Eilers.
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Winnie Lightn
AL Jolson
Winnie Lightner
New York
Fox Theatre
Warner Bros and
Vitaphone
Jolson
Mrs Lightner
Rans Trrom
Chester Morris
Miss Lightner
Johnny Arthur
Tully Marshall
Sally Eilers
Graham theatre to stage Barbara Stanwyck film
The Graham theatre opens Monday with Barbara Stanwyck in a Belasco stage adaptation by Jon Herbest Groper of a story about an artist who hires a street girl to model. Subconsciously she falls for him, his father insults the girl, and a dramatic sequence of love and separation ensues ending in a thrilling dénouement as the pair reunite. The show promises a big night and a lively cast of shapely ladies and Broadway daddies.
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Manon
Graham
Grama
Aaren
Local Social and Farm Notes From Braden May 20
Braden Mra C M Maxwell reports community updates from Wellman and Washington. Local families, school program attendees, Legion convention visits, and farm life notes are shared alongside a brief note on fur values and seasonal hunting.
First Generation and Love Set Against Class Barriers
John Williams and Edith Montague confront a class clash over marriage as he recalls a past love and she urges acceptance of differing backgrounds. A neighbor girl’s budding romance with education and culture shifts John toward a hopeful future, hinting at a planned engagement.
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Tohn
Edith Montague
John Williams
Faith
John
Edith
Grace
Kahn
Gray
Tough One What is the hardest job you ever tackle
The line asks about the toughest challenge faced while striving to survive during hard times when opportunities were scarce. It probes resilience and personal endurance amid adversity.
Origins of republics from ancient times to American independence
The article traces early republics from Israelite commonwealths circa 1491 to 1005 B C to Greek city states and Rome. It notes medieval Italian and German free cities, San Marino and Switzerland, and cites the American Cyclopedia on sovereignty. It claims genuine republican government begins with the American Declaration of Independence and notes class influence persisted in the U.S. into the 1800s.
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United States
B.C
Athens
Carthage
Rome
Italy
Germany
San Marino
Switzerland
American Cyclopedia
Early Mennonite Colony in America 1660s
A draft recounts the 1660s settlement led by Pieter Cornelius Plockhoy in the Delaware area, with 24 followers who made a contract with Amsterdam authorities. The venture failed under English action in 1664, and fate of colonists remains unknown. Plockhoy and his wife later reportedly reached Germantown after thirty years wandering.
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America
Pieter Cornelius Plockhoy
Delaware
Plockhoy
Amsterdam
Sir Robert
Germantown
Gasless Sunday Sparks M P Patrol In War Measures
Wise Old M. P. among conservation efforts of World War I era notes a Sunday when motorists left cars in garages. In a southern camp, gas powered vehicles were barred at gates. An electric car was halted by an M P who labeled it gasless Sunday, prompting a quip about a trolley.
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M. P
Indy
Pacle Power and Light Bulletin
Moon's Behavior at the Poles and Polar Regions
The Naval observatory notes the moon stays above the horizon for about two weeks at either pole then below for about two weeks. Around the Arctic and Antarctic Circles some years include days each month with moon not setting and days it does not rise. In winter the moon is above the horizon when full and below when new, with the reverse in summer.
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Naval Observatory
iAretie
Antarctic
Polar
Fuel for Smoking Moment
The Department of ag reeance states that the best fuel for smoking meat is green hickory or maple wood smoothed with sawdust of the same material. Hard wood is preferred to soft wood and resinous woods should be avoided to prevent bad flavor. Corncobs are a good substitute for hard wood and juniper berries or fragrant woods may flavor the meat. Maintain a slow fire with temperatures between 70 and 90 degrees.
Imposible Calamity at Theater Prompts Personal Investigation
A celebrated actor exits the theater when a pretty girl pins a crimson carnation in his buttonhole. The next morning she asks for two seats. He replies dryly that MS should be delighted and hints at a personal investigation after finding all seats screwed down.
Smoke from Mother's Breath Stuns Little Boy
On a cold winter morning a toddler, two years old, watches smoke-like breath from his mother as she talks. He dramatically exclaims that he has swallowed a piece of fire, prompting a quirky moment between mother and child.
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Junior
Riverside social notes from May weekend
Riverside residents report visits and family events. Mr and Mrs R H Heitzman drove to Muscatine while daughter Helen returned to Davenport for work. A ten pound boy born to Mr and Mrs Ed Schaeiter May 18. A group attended the American Legion auxiliary convention in Washington. Mrs Henry Maha hosted a farewell dinner for Mrs Willis Howe. A baby girl of 11 pounds arrived May 20 at Carl Luckey’s home. Dr George Younkin of Martinsburg visited relatives. Mrs G H Miller returned to Town City after a visit with Mrs J L Meeks.
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Riverside
R. H. Heitzman
Muscatine
Daugher
Helen
Davenport
Ed Schaeiter
M. J. Wilkinson
P Quinn
Leona Kueren
Washington
American Legion Auxiliary
Henry Maha
Willis Howe
Supt
R.K. Knight
Bertha Schnaider
Gladys Page
Lucy Bruty
Carl Luckey
George Younkin
Martinesburg
Town
John F. Younkin
G. H. Miller
Town City
J. L. Meeks
Going Concern in American life motives and starts
A concise look at how young hopefuls rely on parental support to launch careers, with emphasis on the role of fathers in funding and sustaining early opportunities. The piece reflects on social expectations and economic realities shaping early independence.
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Tnahetilo Repnhitean
Market Prices From Washington Produce Markets Hides and Poultry
Washington Produce Markets list prices for e and Colt hides and various poultry categories. Includes eggs hens heavy breeds Leghorn broilers by weight and pricing for ducks geese and horse hides with notes on market quality and no market for sick or crippled stock.
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W.S. Reister & Sons
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Lowel Sherman
Ralp Graves
Braden
Harl Pershite
Donald Sit
Orley Pare
Wellmanre
John McConnehey
Av Ie Siath
Claude, McCoy
Mary Francia
Cleo
AeCoy
American Legion ‘Unity
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Mre
C.M. Maxwell
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MU Pleasant
Chas
Btrothman
Baby
Memorial Hove
New Lonton
Guy McCa
Peepee
McAvoy
Washi Ton
Asta
Edgar T. Monfort
Evening Journal
John May and Son
Beulah Me
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Green
Columbus Junction
Martha Butler
HS. Busby
C. W.crull
Hoaglin Company
Mt Pleasant
Ayers
George Hingst
Columbus City
Phillipsburg
Kans
Norma Lewis
Burlington
Charles Eliason
Elnora Duncan
Willard Ganoe
Ottumwa
Johnston
Wykert
Ford
B. W. McWilliams
D. C
William Sink
Springfield
Henry Berdo
Internation Electrical Engineer Brary
Batt
Barri Rock
White Rock
Buff Rock Chicks
Vincent Hate
Aarph Robertson
John Dittmer
Dexter
Win Smouse
Thomas R. Gilles
Partuy
Journal
Rene
West Second — Street
Paved Street
Orr Land Co
Pri-Sat-Mon
Square
Toad
J. A. Marsh Almworth
Towa
Algo Spo Us
Woman's Home Companion
Washington Produce Markets
R.L
Gibson Produce
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