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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1923
Page
2
Chicago market reports show hogs mostly 15 lower with top at 25 cents. cattle and sheep receipts and prices vary, with fat lambs around 12.75 to 138.00 and ewes near 4.00. Estimates for tomorrow list hogs 25,000 cattle 12,000 sheep 24,000. Saturday receipts detailed for cattle calves hogs and sheep.
Our north window shows wool dresses for kids ages three to fourteen. They come in black blue brown and red with embroidery and attractive color combinations. Prices start at 3.75 dollars. Tell the merchant I saw your ad in the Journal.
The notice lists multiple sale dates in October for Jazeler Bros Rock Island yards Washington R F Smylie Columbus Junction Chas Nicola Son near Washington Brighth on Ernest Carlson Duroc Jersey Hog sale and a Big Type Poland China hog sale by Knotek Bros near Washington Household goods sale near West Chester Geo Wright near West Chester Mrs Riley Miller near West Chester Magdiena Rich near Crawfordsville Duroe Jersey hog sale. Also included is a note on Cuba blind fish and early wireless direction finders on transatlantic liners.
A sequence of local sales and auctions through late October and November includes Arthur Romine closing out sale 4 percent northwest of West Chester, J C Bridges milk cows 2 percent east of Washington, Cal Underwood public sale 1 percent east of West Chester, Easley Estate 325 acre farm at auction October 27, T C Deal Spotted Polands Chinas and Spotted Poland China sale in Washington, Bisley Estate residence property on Iowa Ave, L F Woodburn land sale 1.5 miles north of Haskins, and Lord & Son Duroes Ainsworth listed for November 14.
The report highlights Isle of Man roads with hairpin bends and thrilling motorcycle racing. A Scot, J A Porter from Glasgow, built his own machine and set a new first lap speed record. He won the race at an average of fifty two miles per hour despite wind and rain.
Des Moines history recalls Dennis duplex typewriter and George Jewett who adapted it into the Jewett machine. Manufactured in a large Des Moines plant, it earned a Chicago world fair gold medal and sold 6,000 yearly before stock buyouts ended the factory. Jewett and others kept some units in use today.
A humorous quip from a Ladies' Home Journal piece contrasts child teasing and parental reactions. The speaker laments perceived double standards as a baby’s habit is treated as cute while a child’s finger biting earns punishment. The tone mixes sarcasm with social observation about parental expectations.
Brander Matthews notes that forms like ballade and rondeau in poetry, and sonata and symphony in music, impose rules that guide structure yet still grant composers wide freedom to express individuality within those forms.
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