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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 11, 1924

Page

2

Daily Market Reports From Chicago

Market notes show hog receipts around 3,000 with mostly steady demand and prices near 11.86 for top butchers 260 pounds and around 11.89 for bulk cutting sows. Cattle receipts 500 with mixed gains and losses. yearlings up to 11.50 to 12.25, grassers steady, fat cows slow, veal calves 10.60 to 11.00. Sheep receipts 500 with steady to firmer fat lambs 13.85 to 14.90, natives 13.25 to 13.75, feeding lambs and ewes also noted with varied tops.

Chicago Montana

Kansas City Livestock Market Report Highlights Mixed Movements

Kansas City cattle receipts 1,200 with calves 250 and hogs 2,500 show mixed shifts. Fed steers and yearlings gain 15 to 25 cents, heavies strong, top yearlings 7.60, grassers steady to strong, calves 25 to 60 cents lower. Hogs mostly 25 cents higher, top 11.70, bulk 10.86 to 11.50. Sheep receipts 5,700 with lambs steady, top 13.65. ewes 6.40, bulk 5.50–6.25. feeding lambs up about 25 cents.

Kansas City Livestock Kansas City

Omaha Livestock Market Report October Prices

Hog receipts 6 000. better demand and higher prices for 180 to 350 pound hogs with top 11 25. Cattle receipts 350. fed yearlings and medium steers mostly 25 cents higher while weighty steers ease 25 cents. Grass cows and heifers and canners lower. vealers steady. Week’s bulk prices show grass cows 3 15 to 5 25, stockers and feeders 5 75.

Omaha Neb Barcheria

Washington Produce Markets Poultry and Butterfat Rates

Listing of Washington Produce Markets pricing for cream per pound, fresh eggs per dozen, hens by weight category, leghorn and black varieties, springs, geeks, swan geese, hides, and notes no market for cull or sick poultry. Prices shown in cents per pound or per dozen with specific weights and bird types.

Chicago Grain Prices Report October 11

Wheat prices range from No 2 red 1.64 to No 8 hard 1.44 percent. Corn values cover No 2 mixed 1.22 percent and multiple grades. Oats rye barley and seed and meat products listed with varied bids and prices.

Chicago

Wheat Declines Then Recovers On Argentina Frosts

Chicago reports opening wheat prices down but a brisk rally followed as frosts in Argentina provide a bullish factor outweighing lower London quotes. December futures dipped to 1.44 and May to 1.48 before recovering to close near yesterday. Corn and oats stayed mostly easy with a later upturn, while provisions rose alongside hog values.

Chicago Argentina Liverpool

Livestock Market Close Prices and Trends Report

Quotes show top feeders at 8.60 with lambs 25 to 50 cents lower week over week while sheep and yearlings rise. Bulk closes list fat lambs 13.00 to 18.25 natives 12.60 to 13.00 fed clipped lambs 11.26 to 11.40 yearling ranges 8.50 to 9.90 with weth ers 6.50 to 7.70 Meht and handy weight ewes 56.60 to 6.25 feeding lambs 12.00 to 12.75 feeding ewes 3.50 to 5.50 full mouthed breeding ewes 6.00 to 7.00.

Official Estimates for Livestock in Chicago

Unofficial figures issued in Chicago on Oct 11 show Monday livestock estimates with hogs at 36 000 cattle 27 000 and sheep 33 000. Hog projections for the coming week total 136 000 head.

Chicago

Poland China Sale Dates From Iowa and Montana Listings

Sale dates announced for Poland China breeders across Iowa and Montana. C C Cunningham plans timber sale two miles south of Havre on Oct 16. Washington hosts C W and H E Busby Poland China boar sale Oct 16. Keota hosts Rot Sheetz Pure Bred Poland China Sale Oct 18. Oct 21 features Wagner Welsh and W R Gamon & Sons combining purebred Poland Chinas in Washington Iowa.

C. C. Cunningham Havre C. W. and H. E. Busby Poland Washington Rot China Keota Iowa Wagner, Welsh and W. R. Gamon & Sons Waekington

Unique Poll Reveals Why Voters Back Coolidge

Washington voters across twenty states respond to a poll asking why they favor Calvin Coolidge. Letters praise his honesty, square deal, truth telling, faithfulness, home life, and constructive policies, with many stressing religion, law upholdment, and support for farmers.

Washington, D. C Literary Digest Calvin Coolidge Washington Oregon California Montama Idaho North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Nevada Minnesota Kansas Michigan New Mexico Arizona Oklahoma Missouri Ohio Indiana Illinois Tennessee Kentucky Maryland Delware Pennsylvania New York New Jersey Connecticut Rhode Island Massachusetts New Hampshire Vermont Maine Coolidge labor @ square Seno Masachusetts White House Irving

Canadian sheep produce good crop of fine wool

Canada expects a wool clip of 13,000,000 pounds valued at about 4,000,000 dollars with the quality described as the best in years. About half the fleece will stay in Canada for manufacture, while the rest is slated for export, mainly to the United States and Great Britain.

Winnipeg Man Canada Dominion Department of Agriculture Dominion United States Great Britain Cooperative Wool Growers Elip

Radio Program Listings From Various Cities

Radio Digest notes broadcast times for church services concerts and sacred programming across stations in Atlanta Buffalo Chicago Cincinnati Des Moines Detroit Jefferson City Kansas City Dallas New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh Portland Schenectady Shenandoah and St Louis with multiple services and musical acts listed by city and station.

The Associated Press Radio Digest WSB Atlanta Journal Wesley Memorial Church WGR Buffalo Central Presbyterian Church WGN Chicago Tribune WLS Chicago WQJ WLW Cincinnati WSAI WFAA Dallas News Wendell Hall WHO Des Moines WCX Detroit Free Press Central M. BE WOS Jefferson City WHB Kansas City WDAF Kansas City Star Newman Theater KFI Los Angeles KHJ CHYC Montreal WJY New York WEAF WCAE Pittsburgh KGW Portland Oregonian WGV Schenectady KFNF Shenandoah KSD Louis Post-Dispatch Woar Philadelphia WOO Philadelphia WIP Philadelphia WFI Philadelphia KQW Elks Quartet Kfae Pullman Kfoa Seattle Seattle Post Intelligencer WGY Schenectady KSD St. Louis Post-Dspaten Whaz Troy WRC Washington Childden

Radio Listings and Concert Schedules Across U S Cities

Radio stations from Atlanta to Washington and across the Midwest list evening programs including orchestras, concerts, talks, and dances. Entries note station call letters, cities, times, and featured acts such asMozart Choral Club, prison orchestras, and vocalists.

Harvard Economist Praises Employee Ownership Revolution

Harvard economist T. N. Carver told the American Electric Railway association that employee and customer ownership is the path for public utility firms and broader business. He argued joint stock firms best serve workers who own plants, predicts labor gains from capital and notes politician accountability in democratic ownership shifts.

Atlantic City Oct United States T. N. Carver Harvard University American Electric Railway Association Carver Warver Atock Corporation Carter

African Chief's Wives Vies to See Movies in London

The Emir of Katsina in London attended a moving picture show for the first time. He came with his two favorite wives who remained veiled and waited in the manager's office until the film started to avoid being seen by others.

London Emir Katsina Nigeria England

Record Rye Growth Warns German Harvest Feat

A village teacher in VIRCHOW Pomerania planted a single rye seed in spring. From 19 stalks grown, 900 grains were harvested making a claimed German record. Agricultural experts questioned the fertilizer used by the schoolmaster.

Virchow Pomerania Germany

Quotations on Optimism Pessimism and Witty Sayings

A collection of comic aphorisms by Fon Sims and others from 1924. Notes on optimism and pessimism contrast everyday items with attitudes and social commentary. The pieces poke fun at misers, lovers, and shoppers in brisk, humorous lines.

Loyal Berean Halloween Social At Brighton

The Loyal Berean class held an October Social on Thursday to celebrate Halloween with about 40 attendees. Wallace Savage won best masked man for dressing as a woman and Alverta Carter won the women's prize for dressing as a Negro.

Brighton Wallace Savage Alverta Carter Clarence Locke Ina Morrow New London Iea Reed Thompson Malcolm James Jones Ira Saunders R. H. Saffer Clarion Laura Shafit

Valley Valley News Notes and Social Roundup

Oct 10 report from Valley Valley with trains of visiting families, including Emma Augustine Alois Belter W J Pfeifer Joe West and others at various homes. Valley school girls prepare a program for Friday October 24 with a candy social and boxes requested.

Tom Deal Zieglowsky Baby J. E. Deals Walter Meyer Charles Breitenbach Pleasantville Breitenbach Chas. Churchill George Myrtie Frank Andy Sheetz Talleyrand George Hotle Agnes Bucher Grace Hill The Valley School

Home Talent Play At St Mary’s Church Titled And Home Comes Ted

The Holy Name society of St Marys church will stage a comedy drama on Thursday evening October 23 titled And Home Comes Ted. The cast includes Edith Dautremont Imelda Deutsch Viola Gerot Grace Mottet Rose Dautremont and Mrs Edward Bushek Norbert Beatch Norbert Dautremont.

Local residents active in club and church circles

Charles Swift, Robert Heitzman, Edw Bushek and Joseph Quin lead a group coached by Mrs R H Heitzman. Mrs Norbert Dautremont visits Cedar Rapids with sister Mrs Clem Schnoebelen. Mrs Bushek and others attend a Burlington district W W convention where Bushek serves as delegate. Rev G W Heer of Dubuque visits here with Rev Jacob smear. Mrs Nick Schnoebelen stays with niece Mrs Hartman in Keota.

Charles Swift Robert Heitzman Edw. Bushek Joseph Quin R. H. Heitzman Norbert Dautremont Cedar Rapids Clem Schnoebelen John Knittel C. V. Dautremont Burlington Bushek G. W. Heer Dubuque Jacob Smear Nick Schnoebelen Keota Hartman

Hagerty's Barn a Welcoming Stop on Lincoln Highway

Hagerty's Barn on the outskirts of Altoona, a famous hobos’ stop since Hagerty owned it, remains open to travelers. His heirs kept the doors for tramps, with two to a dozen visitors nightly, meals cooked, and clothes hung to dry, preserving the nomadic shelter’s legacy.

Altoona United States Hagerty’s Hagerty Knights of the Road Lincoln Highway California

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