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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1921
Page
2
Chicago market report shows hogs and cattle trading steady to lower with mixed beef prices. Officials list estimated today receipts for hogs 25 000 cattle 5 000 sheep 15 000 and fat lambs strong with lambs 16 to 25 cents higher.
A real estate and commodities listing advertises consigning livestock directly to John A A Babcoc e at the Exchange Yard on the booming main floor in Chicago Illinois.
Public and household goods sales listed by date and seller across Iowa towns including Mt. Pleasant Ollie Wellman Kalona Washington and Ainsworth. Entries cover Poland China Duroc Jersey and Chester White hog sales with multiple Oct dates.
Wilbur Glenn Voliva told 3,000 Shiloh tabernacle followers in Zion Ohio that the world is flat and motionless and posted a $1,000 prize for anyone who can prove the Earth is a sphere or moves. He blamed the devil for evolution and Copernican astronomy and urged critical questions from the crowd.
Tom Mix stars in The Night Horsemen a Fox film adaptation of Max Brand Wild Geese sequel to The Untamed. Whistling Dan darkly wild against landscape of frontier life hinders his wedding day but love with Kate Cumberland tames him. May Hopkins plays Kate.
Spectators should halt if walking or rise and stand at attention and salute as the flag passes. Civilians remove hats, with women only standing respectfully. Men in any military branch must stand at attention and salute after the colors have passed.
The report shows a global wheat downturn with exports rushes and new seasonal lows. Chicago cash prices: No 2 Red winter 1.17, No 2 hard winter 1.13, corn 47 cents, oats 33 cents. Wheat futures: Dec and May contracts drop to new lows. world crop estimates rise while Russia and India shift to imports. Livestock prices edge higher for beef and hogs but sheep lift. October 5th pricing noted for beef, veal, lamb, and pork loins. Hay receipts steady with limited demand. alfalfa and timothy prices listed. feed prices depressed overall.
Weather extremes produced uneven harvests across the globe with a bumper wheat year and sharp fruit losses. US apple output plunges from 244 million to 109 million bushels while cotton declines due to boll weevil and drought. World bread crops rise 57 million bushels over 1920.
A lawn dress vendor reassures a customer about imperfect goods with a humorous note that perfection would leave nothing to look forward to in heaven. Landen Answers.
Mrs. Duncombe of London, founder of the Guild of Blind Gardeners, says blind men are capable gardeners. She notes a blind worker who identifies roses by touch alone while others rely on scent.
Velmer Hendrick of Sunnyside Ky reports lasting relief after two years of cramps backache and nervousness. She used about ten bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and gained health weight. The testimonial urges other women to write Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass for health guidance.
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