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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1925
Page
2
Markets report hog receipts around 20 000 with moderate activity and lower prices across weight classes. Cattle receipts about 4 000 with fat steers slow and lower, cows steady, stockers and feeders firm, lambs steady to higher with good ranges and odd lots of fat native ewes.
Chicago on October 9 reports official live stock estimates for tomorrow with hogs at 4,000 cattle 1,000 sheep 5,000. Remaining hogs total 11,000 and are noted as left over.
A London discovery reports a first edition copy of Poems by Two Brothers from 1827 valued at 60 pounds. The work is by Lord Tennyson and his brother Charles, found among a sack of books sent as waste paper to a bookseller firm.
The article states the minimum feasible airspeed for flight is 81 miles per hour, indicating performance limits for aircraft during operation.
Chicago reports cash grain prices for wheat corn oats rye and barley with various grades and percentages. Lard ribs bellies and seed prices are also listed. The data provide bid ranges for No. 1 hard wheat No. 2 mixed corn No. 2 white oats and other categories along with seed and meat prices.
Open high low close figures for wheat corn oats rye lard ribs and bellies in Chicago on Oct 9 show December and May contracts with price ranges and percent changes for wheat and corn. The dataset lists partial figures for rye lard ribs and bellies with October and November maturities.
Toledo Ohio prices show Clover seed cash and October 18.00 December and February 16.00 March 15.85 Timothy seed cash and October 3.80 asked December 3.80 March 3.90.
Wasner and Welch announce their fall sale on Saturday October 17 featuring 20 head of males and 20 head of sired gifts from Armis tice Bob Superior Sunbeam and Winner Buster. The top Polands from two herds will be offered to longtime customers and new buyers, with catalogues available by contacting the owners or the Journal fieldman. Sale proceeds regardless of weather in the Glenn Hayes sale pavilion.
Advertisements announce the L. H. Rinner sale of Duroc Jersey hogs at the Rinner farm next Monday. Fat hogs from a well known herd will be offered, including prize winners from Winfield and other fairs. The sale begins at 1 30 PM with 22 males and 18 females in the lineup.
Sheriff notices a public sale of the real and partial lots in Grace Hill tied to Addie Belle Blickensderfer and Robert L. Blickensderfer. The sale is set for October 9 1926 in Washington Iowa with cash terms and times from 1 PM to 4 PM.
In Muehlheim on September 16 Franz Struzina built an improved rotative ship. The design features two stationary towers and adjustable air funnels directing wind from any compass point. The vessel achieved a markedly higher speed than the Flettner ship during a trial voyage.
In Copenhagen on September 12 Professor Niels Bohr told a meeting of Scandinavian mathematicians that counting the atoms in one cubic centimeter of air would take 1,000 years for all the people of the earth to finish, and the task would still be incomplete.
Local sale notices list Pure Bred Duroc Jersey hogs by Knotek Bros on Oct 9 and Oct 12 entries for L H Rinner. Poland Chinas appear Oct 10 by W R Gamon & Sons and Oct 16 by Wagner & Welch. A Laird Woodford hosts Oct 15 and Oct 17 sales near Washington and Brington, with additional Duroc and Poland hog sales noted.
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