Daily Market Report Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices
Hogs receipts 29 000 slow trading mostly 10 to 15 cents lower with top at 10 20 killing pigs unchanged. Cattle receipts 10 000 trade active with most killing classes up about 25 cents. Beef, yearlings, stock under broad demand. light yearlings scarce. fat cows 4 50 to 6 50. grain fed heifers 8 00 to 9 00. canners up to 3 00. Sheep receipts 31 000 dull with fat native lambs 13 00. culls 9 00 to 9 50. westerns weaker. feeding lambs 12 75 to 13 00.
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Chicago
New Haven Community Notes Include School Returns and Visits
Mr and Mrs Dan Ploughman and family visited Mrs Chas McKinstry in New Haven as Marion Glen Robertson and Pine returned from Des Moines state fair. Emma Pine and Cecile Robertson start high school. Bessie Smith returns to teach and attend school. Neighborly calls, nursing updates, and a postponed Ladies Social Union due to threshing season. A new girl, Nova Jean, arrived August 28 and is cared for by Della Neal.
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New Haven
Dan Ploughman
Jay Ploughman
Leando
Iowa
Chas. McKinstry
Marion
Glen Robertson
Pine
Des Moines
Emma Pine
Cecile Robertson
Bessie Smith
Marion Smith
Bert Smith
Emily
West of Brighton
Davenport
Robert Carlie
Della Neal
Earl Galloway
L. F. Saunders
New Sharon
Frank Smith
Louisa County
Walter Edwardes
Merle
Gladys
A. J. Robertson
Maggie Enrle
Royal Robertson
Neva Jean
Poets Draw the Line in Red Bone Weekly
The Red Bone Weekly jokes about capturing wandering poets and forcing them to work to earn the so called fire of genius, arguing their supposed talent is nothing but bragging and not a real achievement.
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the Redbone Weekly
Desert and jungle in the Gila river region described
A survey report labels southwestern Arizona as an arboreal desert where underground water sustains abundant flora. Clyde P. Ross, interior department engineer, notes the mixed desert and jungle conditions in the Gila river region.
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United States
Arizona
Gila River
Clyde P. Ross
Interior Department
Silly Belief About Compliments Cited From Grit
A saying notes that a man who expects only compliments fools himself into believing he cannot make mistakes. It insists humans err and that people should be glad they do not always err.
Laying Linoleum Over Hollow Kitchen Floor Boards
Instruction on laying linoleum in kitchens notes filling hollow or worn board spots with paper to even the surface. Neatly fit paper around knots by cutting holes for a smooth underlayment and prevent wear lines.
Grain futures rally as drought boosts demand in Chicago market
Wheat futures rise amid Argentine drought and strong buying by commission houses. December contracts edge up to 1.29, corn gains persist with firm close, oats hold steady, rye and barley shown at modest levels along with meat prices.
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Chicago
Weekend visitors and teaching assignments span Crawfordsville
Mrs. Dayton and daughter from Iowa City visited the Mak home for the weekend. Miss Mabel Crooks returned from Bellevue. Miss Zelda Blake will teach at West Branch this year. Miss Lois Edgar will teach at Cherokee. Miss Marian Davidson visited Ainsworth. Mrs. Ruth McElroy and son Verle headed to Iowa City to settle before school. Verle will return for the fall festival. Mr. and Mrs. John Wooley left for Columbia Missouri.
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Crawfordsville
Iowa
Dayton
Iowa City
Leo Mak
Mabel Crooks
Bellevue
Zelda Blake
West Branch
Lois Edgar
Cherokee
Marian Davidson
Ainsworth
Isabelle Wolfe
Ruth McElroy
Verle
John Wooley
Columbia
Missouri
Growth of the Cabinet Since Washington's Time
The article notes that Washington's first cabinet had five members, while the modern presidency has ten department chairs. It lists the current departments as State War Navy Treasury Justice Post Office Agriculture Commerce Labor and Interior.
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George Washington
State
War
Navy
Treasury
Justice
Postonce
Agriculture
Commerce
Labor
Interior
Ivory Carving Through History and Its Unbroken Line
A study notes ivory carving as the only art with a continuous production sequence from ancient eastern civilizations through the Roman era and the dark ages to today. The observation is attributed to M B Levick the Mentor.
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M. B. Levick
Fletcher’s quip on laws and songs echoes in Detroit
A Detroit News excerpt notes public weariness with the rapid passage of laws and political activity. The quoted scholar Fletcher declares indifference to who writes laws as long as songs can be written. The article records a broader sense that many voices favor restraint over further legislation.
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Fletcher
Detroit News
Elephant Swim Skills Highlighted By The Men tor
A fragment notes elephants as excellent swimmers and capable of five to six hours in water without touching bottom. The source attributes these claims to The Men tor, though context is unclear.
Sahara water myths trace ancient abundance to early Arab entry
The tradition holds water was plentiful when Arabs entered the Sahara in the seventh century and that the drying up completed by the thirteenth century.
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Sahara
Only Girl Left in the World Ends in Wakeful Reality
Judy Blair recounts a dreamlike tale of Kitty O Hara the last girl on earth amid a world of men and machines. A dramatic wedding, a kidnapping, and a rescue unfold before Kitty awakens to workday life as her lover Michael jokes about oyster banquets and aftereffects.
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Kitty O'Hare
Kitty
Kitty O'Hara
Amiles
Mars
Michael O'Rourke
United States
Michael
Red-head
Kit
Radio Program Schedule Highlights Across Major Cities
A listing of radio stations from WGR to WCB detailing daily programs, including music, news, orchestras, talks, and special performances across cities like Buffalo Chicago Detroit New York and more with specific times and acts such as Isham Jones Wendall Hall and Goldkette.
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Associated Press
Radio Diegst
WGR
Buffalo
WMAQ
Chicago News
KYW
Chicago
WLS
Isham Jones
WLW
Cincinnati
WWJ
Detroit News
News
Goldkette
WTAS
Elgin
WDAF
Kansas City Star
School of the Air
Whas Courier Journal
Louisville Times
KFI Los Angeles
Wendall Hall
WMC
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Ckac Montreal
WHN
New York
WJZ
WJY
WEAF
WOR
Newark
KGO Oakland
WTAV
Oak Park
Waaw Omaha
Woaw Omaha
Wdar Philadelphia
WFI Philadelphia
WIP Philadelphia
WCAE
KGW Portland
KPO San Francisco
WGY Schenectady
Pouched Opossum Unique North American Mammal
The opossum is a pouched North American mammal with a abdominal pouch that acts as a nursery. Six to twelve young are born blind and hairless, weighing 18 to 25 grains each, and stay in the pouch for six to eight weeks before venturing out. They cling to the mother’s fur and may return to the pouch for weeks after first leaving.
Seventy six residents share Sunday visits and school talk
Seventy six Iowa notes a busy Sunday with visits among the Huber Mayer Romine and Henderson families. Birthday celebrations for Richard Mayer arise and Miss Hazle Huber and Corinne Powell travel to Washington for school work as neighbors comment on the return of school bells.
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Iowa
Everette Huber
Washington
Richard Mayer
Birney Gretter
Betty Mae
John Gretter
Alice Bell
John Powell
Arthur Romine
Walter Mayer
Carl Mayler
Earnest Strums
Valley
Harry Huber
Everett Green
Nora Gallagher
Washingston
Seba Fleenar
Lera Romine
Fury Henderson
Paul Pasch
Evertte Green
Sweden Launches Preserve for Endangered European Buffalo
In Stockholm a 100 acre preserve opens to breed the last European buffaloes. Of about 56 insents remaining worldwide seven live in Sweden. Consul-General Axel A. Johnson donated wild estate land for the new reserve where a bull insent and two females are released to roam as their ancestors did.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Axel A. Johnson
Farmer Schomberg Found Dead in Barn Near Letts
Prominent Letts farmer Schomberg, about 50, ended his life yesterday by hanging in a barn. Neighbor Tom Manning discovered the scene. Officials cite temporary insanity as the probable cause. Roy and Mrs. Mallory bought the Berdo place and will move in by early September, currently residing above the Democrat office.
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Schomberg
Letts
Tom Manning
Roy Mallory
Washington
Berdo Place
Democrat
Funeral for Danbury Priest Revered 41 Years at St Patrick
Eighty Catholic priests and many parishioners attended the funeral of Rev Timothy Meadger pastor of St Patrick's in Danbury Iowa and dean of the Danbury deanery He died suddenly Friday while walking on the rectors lawn He had served Danbury 41 years which is said to be the lawn record.
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Sioux City
Danbury
Iowa
Timothy Meadger
St. Patrick's Church
Tanlac Endorsed by Graduate Nurse as Superior Stomach Medicine
Mrs. I A Borden of Seattle a Tanlac advocate cites seven years use for charity patients and two success cases of improved appetite and digestion. She says Tanlac has no equal among stomach tonics and urges buyers to accept no substitute. Advertisement notes 40 million bottles sold and lists uses for stomach liver kidneys.
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Tanlac
Nature
I. A. Borden
Pontius Ave
Seattle
Wash
National Temperance Hospital
Chicago
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John A. Babcock
Main
Exchange Commission
U. S. Yard
Illinois
Chicago Cash Grain
Judy Blair
Western Newspaper Union
WCX
Detroit Free Press
WOC Davenport
WBZ Springfield
WRC Washington
WCB Zion
R. L. Gibson
W. S. Reister
East Third St
Mutual
Creamery
East Washington
McCook Field
Fred C
Van
Buick
ISANP
Tucker & Eicher
White Way Garage
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