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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1921
Page
2
Chicago market notes show hogs estimated receipts 31 000 with mixed bid ranges across weights 7 8 per cwt and heavy sows 8 6 7 2. cattle receipts 16 000 with beef steers bid 6 15 12 15 and butcher cattle 3 75 6 75. lambs and sheep quoted with primed ranges and feeder categories. Chicago grain and livestock totals listed with 1921 figures for receipts and shipments.
Ernest Carlson of Washington schedules a Duroc Jersey sale on October 29. The event details appear in the notice for buyers and breeders.
Sheriff Ira J. Reed of Town County faces ouster initiated by six Marengo citizens on charges including striking a prisoner maltreating an insane patient and billing the county for help in destroying confiscated liquor without aid. Trial set for October 31 with Judge Anderson of Linn county presiding and H M Havner of Des Moines to defend.
The report shows a tentative rise in Chicago wheat to $1.07 and corn to 48 cents, with Minneapolis and Kansas City prices also advancing. Hog prices eased while cattle and sheep gained, and wholesale meat values held steady to higher. Potatoes onions and fruits fluctuated with mixed regional signals, and hay and feed markets remained steady to soft.
Local market listing at 120% East Third St and Phone 116 i Virginia shows buy and sell rates for poultry and eggs. Fresh eggs per dozen, cream butter, henns and roosters priced per pound with species and weights listed. Ducks and geese priced per pound with regional rates included.
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled city councils may bar buses from all streets. The decision, handed down in Des Moines, stems from an appeal by a jitney owner of Sioux City and supports a district court ruling in favor of the city authority.
An old ad extols Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a liver and bowel aid. It claims a pale face dull eyes pimples and coated tongue improve after nightly use. The tablets priced 15¢ and 30¢ are presented as a safe popular remedy.
A local ordinance faces doubt over whether the city has the right to license buses to operate on public streets. The debate centers on legal authority and potential implications for public transport licensing.
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