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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1925
Page
2
Markets in Chicago show hog receipts 18 000 with mixed gains up to 20 cents, 40 pound hogs at 12 10, cattle slow and weak with few fresh western grassers around 14.00, veals steady while sheep receipts 10 000 with fat lambs slow and best western lambs above 15.25, uneven overall demand across categories.
Chicago on October 16 releases official live stock estimates for tomorrow. Hogs total 3 000 head, cattle 1 506 head, and sheep 1 000 head.
Toledo crop market notes list cash bids and February through November futures for Clover seed at 16.00 and 15.50 contexts and Timothy seed at 3.60 to 3.65, with October and December price markers.
A San Francisco Argonaut item explains a misleading sign seen from a hotel window. The phrase Dam Bad Rum appeared to advertise goods but actually referred to a bathhouse for ladies at a nearby building. The note warns observers that foreign style notices can mislead an untrained eye.
John Flynn aged 62, a long time conductor, was killed when he slipped between two freight cars at Madrid Iowa and was run over. The incident occurred after he left a defined home area in front of the garage.
Chicago price report lists cash grain values across cereals and seed types with bids for wheat corn rye oats barley timothy and clover. Lard ribs bellies meat cuts are also priced with current ranges and percentages.
Open high low close figures for wheat corn oats rye lard ribs and bellies show Dec and May contracts with mixed percentages and price points across wheat corn oats rye lard ribs and bellies as of October 16 in Chicago markets.
No 36 Mr John Anderson of the Ainsworth neighborhood gut 100 lbs of Green Seal Gypsum this week. Mrs Orr Maple of Wellman neighborhood got Egg o Shell and Green If you want a better lawn use Green Seal Gypsum. Vitacreme has come to town with Vitacreme Chipped Wheat Breakfast Wheat Pancake Flour and Whole Wheat Flour.
The Iowa County Agents Association passed resolutions in Ames praising the agricultural extension department and the Farm Bureau federation. They denounced the County Agent and Farm Bureau publication and urged extension specialists to credit the Farm Bureau as fostering the service. Committees named for state and county fairs and education.
Explanatory remark suggests women dress better than men and adds a quip that they would not if men paid for their clothes. The Street Journal quote implies gendered fashion opinions and a social commentary tone.
New York October 14. Dr Davis Wesson former president of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers describes making synthetic beefsteak from cottonseed meal after oil extraction. He says the meal is 40 to 50 percent protein while beef is about 20 percent. He reports experiments yielding hamburger like results when cooked with onions potatoes condiments and oil and notes cost around six and a quarter cents per pound.
The Maumee valley, where Toledo stands, is called the Bloody Ground for its historic battles and heavy treasure expenditure. Indians clung to this region as their strongest hunting ground and a dominant part of Ohio’s frontier history.
A writ of special execution directs a public sale from the Washington County Iowa courthouse. Addie Belle Bivkensderfer and Robert L Blickensderfer face the auction of Out Lot One and parts of Lot Five in Grace Hill to satisfy the judgment in J. E Booth v Addie Blickensderfer and Robert Blickensderfer. Sale begins 1 PM with cash terms. Sheriff Charles M. Denison notes dates October 9 and 16 1925.
A Chicago report traces a rise from office boy to general manager at ten thousand dollars yearly, crediting ambition and typing skill. It notes a Chicago mail order house that sells typewriters on small installments and teaches use in about three weeks, with contact at 184 W Lake Street, Chicago.
Sale dates listed for livestock sales include Oct 17 near Waslington by J. F Garrett, Oct 17 by Wagner & Welch in Po land, Oct 28 Duroe Jersey Hog Sale four miles east of Richland by C. E. Wolcott, and Oct 28 Rob't Sheetz Big Type Polands at Keota Iowa.
Market rates show hens under four pounds at 14 cents per lb and over four pounds at 18 cents. Leghorn black hens, springs and ducks priced per weight or unit, with geese and horse hides listed. No market for cull or sick poultry.
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