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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1923
Page
2
Chicago market report shows hogs receipts 86 000 with uneven prices mostly 15 cents off with light weights 230 325 lb. butchers 7 40 to 7 50. Cattle receipts 4 000. sheep 6 000. Fed steers and yearlings rally steady. bulls and stockers mixed with weaker showings. Official yesterday totals Cattle 17 027 calves 4 475 hogs 44 529 sheep 15 211.
Sale dates list multiple auctions around Washington Iowa and surrounding areas. Reports include milk cows, estate lands, farms, household goods, and timber with vendors such as J C Bridges Cal Underwood Essley Estate T C Deal and L F Woodburn.
The article explains that at least six sheep are cut to produce strings for high grade tennis racquets. It notes that gut quality depends on sheep health, and color is not a factor. It mentions racquet wood mainly uses second growth white ash with substitutes like cane, hickory, steel, and aluminium tried but largely unsuccessful.
A line describes the patient selector who reviews a crowd and picks the best candidates. The wording hints at a slow, deliberate process of choosing among many. It emphasizes the value of patience and discernment in making a final choice.
A streetcar quip hints that only minor mischief is allowed slowing a stranger by removing a spider from a shoulder. The line adds color about urban manners and street life while noting a reader’s tip about seeing an ad in the Journal.
Sweden plans to redirect ore shipments as Ruhr conflict settles. Ruhr district had supplied about two-thirds of Sweden iron ore exports before French occupation. Swedish ore sales shift to America. stocks built up. German demand may return, while Swedish machinery makers face price pressure from renewed Central European competition.
Eight years of stomach and liver trouble left me a walking skeleton with yellowed skin and constant pain. Doctors failed to help until Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy revived me, restoring strength and weight. The simple preparation purges catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract calming inflammation across stomach, liver and intestines. One dose proves it, money refunded at Lemmon’s Pharmacy and other druggists.
A local notice urges readers to sign names on news tips before publishing. The paper cannot print anonymous items such as a claimed birth, citing potential harm if facts are incorrect.
A proposed Bulgarian bill would subject profiteers to public beatings with tashes confiscation of property and permanent business disbarment. The definition of profiteering or illegitimate speculation would be determined by communal councils under the measure.
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