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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1921
Page
2
Daily market reports from Chicago show estimated receipts for hogs at 17 000 and cattle at 18 000 with strong to higher prices. Sheep receipts total 14 000 as fat lambs and yearlings post gains and mixed demand. Local items note residents returning from Ottumwa and Fairfield visits alongside general ads and local business notes.
A 120000 head Monday cattle run aids a busy Chicago market as good cornfed stock grows scarcer and prices rise, while grassers decline. Swine hogs firm with a move from 7.03 to 8.05 per cwt, and pork demand stays healthy as beef demand shows tentative signs of strengthening with winter outlook uncertain.
Washington Iowa's The Monkey Wrench The Mason Transfer and Storage Co reports customer sales and notes from Oct 7 to Oct 18. The entries list lace leather elevator parts wire belts rollers and various tools plus cargo moves and customer names. prices range from 1.50 to 25.00 with equipment like a Quaker Round Oak theater stove and a 58 foot cable.
The notice lists multiple administrator and public sales in Iowa with dates in October for Poland China pigs and other stock, including Oct 15 Oct 19 Oct 22 and Oct 29. A side remark follows from the Washington Star where Cumrox jokes about political distinction and his daughter’s cartoons.
Miss Frances Stewart and Miss Eleanor Bailey will spend a week in Chicago visiting Miss Mildred Stewart. Also noted is a closeout on Roberta corsets at 3 to 5 dollars to escape tax, offered by New York Store in sizes 23 to 36 as manufacturers replace the line. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jugenheimer of Silvis, Illinois, arrive to visit his mother Mrs. William Jugenheimer and brother Oscar. Dr KR W Greg, dentist, announces office at room 10 percent Farmers and Merchants Bank Building. phone 254.
In one instance the shells used by Italian ice vendors are sold broken in London streets. They are pierced at each end and blown by the mouth, with a perfect eggshell sold to shooting gallery proprietors.
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