Daily Market Reports Hogs and Beef Cattle Price Ranges
Chicago market wrap shows livestock receipts estimated at 13 000 hogs, 41 000 cattle, and 38 09 sheep with prices steady to higher. Hogs top likely 8 20 to 9 00. beef steers command 9.00 to 11.10 with various weight classes and feeder activity improving. lambs and ewes show strength in feeder and slaughter categories. Chicago May corn and wheat futures trade near steady with limited gains. cash grain tones show modest discounts. Receipts and shipments by hogs and cattle, with Iowa City and Chicago reports.
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Chicago
James
Consign Your Livestock Direct to John A Babcock
Advertisement invites consignors to direct livestock to John A Babcock Commission Merchant at Beoms 27-20 Main Floor Exchange Co and Yard Chicago Illinois seeking sales and handling services for livestock consignments.
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John A. Babcock Commission
Main Floor Exchange Co
Chicago
Illinois
October livestock sales listed with buyers across Iowa farms
A series of public auctions across Iowa from Oct 7 to Oct 25 lists Loveland Stock Farms Mt Pleasant Ollie Breeders T C Deal Mahannahs Evert Emde Benn Marner P J Welsh Ernest Carlson and John Wagner selling Chester White Hogs Jersey Polands China Duroc Jerseys and Mixes. Buyers include Washington Wellman Kalona and Ainsworth with sale dates in early to late October.
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Loveland Stock Farms
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
R. L. Burns
Washington
Ollie
Poland
China
T. C. Deal
West Monroe
Duree Jersey
Evert Emde
Wellman
Benn & Marner
Kalona
P. J. Welsh
Ernest Carlson
Duroc Jersey
John Wagner
Frost Gris Shark of Nova Scotia Ice Cream Legend
A Nova Scotia tale describes a freshwater fish called the frost Gris that can be frozen solid and revived in water. Locals reportedly use it to make ice cream by freezing the fish with the cream and its thawing action beating the mixture smooth. The account notes the fish is freshwater but the story needs much air.
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Nova Scotia
German Hearing Device Fits In Ear Hidden Telephony
A telephone set for the deaf invented in Germany is small enough to fit in a person’s ear, with a transmitter that can be worn in a headbag or attached to clothing for discreet use.
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Germany
Moonlit street lights spark small town tale
A town in a lighted era faced a curious decision not to turn on electric street lights when the moon shone brightly. One evening a child noticed the neon glare and cried out that officials waited for the moon to shine instead.
World's Oldest Man 146 Weds Fourth Wife in Turkey
Paris report says Zaro of Constantinople aged 146 has married a 25 year old Turkish girl for his fourth wife. A former street porter for ninety years, he later worked in a munitions factory. Despite aging, he reportedly remains active and has been offered to tour America after his honeymoon.
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Paris
Zara
Constantinople
King of
Zaro
America
Vamp Not Husband Punished By Court
Mason City reports Judge jail for Cleo Woods after logic the officers supported. George Leffingwell was released on probation to his wife and six children. The wife accused a henna haired Cleo Woods of stealing her husband’s affections who was living in Minneapolis. Cleo Woods arrived from Minneapolis and was jailed while Leffingwell was freed.
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Mason City
Cleo Woods
George Leffingwell
Leffingwell
Minneapolis
Iowa Village Scene of Western Hilarity
Oct 5 at McNally in Sioux County the county attorney and two plain clothes men joined the sheriff and deputy from Orange City to raid a large dance run by Albert Miller and helpers. The pool hall stayed in full swing. Miller and aide were jailed for the night and fined the next morning.
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Sioux Center
Orange City
McNally
Albert Miller
Hawarden
Hawaii Hearing Reveals Diversity of Languages on Phones
At a public utilities commission hearing on Mutual Telephone’s rate hike, Honolulu officials cited 68 languages and dialects used over local lines. The list includes 11 national languages, 49 Japanese dialects, seven Filipino dialects, and English, with officials noting difficulty separating business calls from social ones amid the babel.
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Honolulu
Public Utilities Commission
Mutual Telephone Company
Didache Foundry’s Early Church Text Reveals Two Ways
The Didache or Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, discovered by Bryennius in Constantinople and published in 1884, written in Greek about 1055 AD, describes early Christian organization belief and worship. It details the two ways of life and death as routes for conduct and high esoteric values.
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Bryennius
Constantinople
Johns Hopkins on Carfare and the Value of Saving
A story recalls Johns Hopkins, founder of the university bearing his name, continuing to walk to his office even in old age. When asked why, he said a carfare costs an entire year's interest on a dollar and the interest on a dollar is worth saving.
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Johns Hopkins
Farm Bureau drives for 130000 membership in Iowa drive
The Farm Bureau reports strong statewide momentum and campaigns for a one day October 12 membership push. It cites a 5 dollar dues structure shared by local, state and national federations and notes 120000 Iowa farmers backing the movement while 86000 have yet to join. The article discusses poultry culling education, district conferences, and cost of production studies showing oats costs at 46 cents per bushel, highlighting tax and marketing efforts.
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Farm Bureau
United States
Iowa
Lowa
State
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau Movement
Iowa State Federation
Marshall County
Washington
Ed Cunningham
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congressional
English River Township
Lou Feldman
State Federation
Executive Council
Farm notes on soybeans poultry and feeding practices
PARM BUREAU NOTES highlights LeFever plans to plant black eyebrow soybeans with Columbian next year for staggered harvest. Duke reports mixed results from corn soybean grazing. Emphasizes protein feeding before turning hogs onto beans. Hens with oily plumage. laying workhorses. Mrs Phillips incubated a thousand chicks this season. Brighamton and Harve Wilson and Homer Birney observed.
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al LaFever
Cedar ‘Township
Hog
Mr. LeFever
J. N. Phillips
Kk. M. Kile
Kile
Brighton Township
Rhode Island
Harve Wilson's
Homer
Birney
Short courses to aid livestock shipping managers
The Agricultural Economies department and the Cooperative Livestock Shippers Association announce fall seminars for managers directors and officers statewide. Ottumwa hosts the session November 3 and 4 with specialists detailing shipping association problems and practical experiences.
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G. Nourse
C. W. Hammans
Nourse
State Federation of Farm Bureaus
Iowa Co-operative Livestock Shippers
Agricultural Economies
Co-Operative Livestock Shippers Association
Ottumwa
Co-operative Shipping
Health is Women’s Greatest Asset in Daily Life
The ad contrasts the healthy cheerful woman with the ailing sufferer harmed by backache headaches dragging pains nervousness and despondency. It touts Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound as a remedy that has helped many women regain health and strength and urges readers to try it.
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Lydia FE
Pinkham
Child Welfare Leadership Urged by Dr Seashore
Iowa City report notes proof of Iowa's Child Welfare Research Station value from a Washington Eugenics Congress telegram. Dr C E Seashore urges large plans for leadership in self determination shaping health, character and values, stressing leadership as essential for the nation.
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Iowa City
State of Iowa
University of Iowa
Eugenics Congress
Washington
C. E. Seashore
Psychology
National Research Council
Bird T. Baldwin
Iowa
Dr. Seashore
Social awakening shapes plans for child welfare program
Movements toward a social conscious direction of national evolution take shape as a large program is planned to aid state law. The Child Welfare Research Station receives encouragement from a major inspection tour led by Anna Gordon and Ida B. Wise Smith, with Elizabeth A. Perkins, highlighting strong support and a $10,000 annual grant shared by the WCTU.
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Anna Gordon
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Mra
Ida B. Wise Smith
Iowa W. C. T. U
Elizabeth A. Perkins
Department of Child Welfare
Few Insects Harmful to Man Insects largely beneficial to mankind
The article notes that only a small fraction of insect species are harmful to humans, less than 7 percent. It emphasizes that many insects are beneficial, aiding crop pollination for clover and enabling gardens and fruits to thrive through their visitation.
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Efton
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Art Rathmel
Charlie Schafer
Mr. Schafer
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Ames
Bureau
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Harding
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Cooperative Livestock Shipping
W. S. Reister
Mutual
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Lade
New York
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Walter Carpenter
National Stock Yards
Ill
Timothy
Bruns Seed CO
Washington, Iowa
Uhone
R. L. Gibson
L. H. Orr Land Co
Safeguard Or Gazette Office
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W. A. Hutton & Co
Hershey
Muscatine
Chicago Board of Trade “Correspondence Bartlett, Frazier & Company
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Kansas City
St. Louis
Pacific Coast
Davenport
North Ave
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John Striegel, Jr
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