Chicago Livestock Market Report Sept 5 1923
Hogs estimated receipts today about 6000 with holdover 16236. Cattle projected 19000 and sheep 31000. Market slow mostly 15 25 lower with good lights down. hog top 9.50, sows 7.40 7.70, va lue pigs down to 9.00. Cattle and sheep show broad declines. killing stock 25c lower, feeders steady. Official yesterday tallies show hogs 53805, cattle 27772, sheep 32069. tomorrow's forecast hogs 29000, cattle 12000, sheep 15000.
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Chicago
Greatest Masonry of the Washington Monument Noted
The Washington monument is praised as the world’s best masonry with an interior two feet square and exterior fifty five feet square. Its foundation measures sixty feet square and sits in solid rock eight feet beneath the ground. Stones from many nations, cities, states and individuals enriched its walls.
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Washington Monument
Sale dates and sellers list for Washington Iowa auctions
A sequence of planned sales and closing out auctions around Washington Iowa outlines dates from Sept. 8 to Oct. 11. Entries include household goods residence sales and multiple hog and livestock auctions led by sellers such as Geo McAvoy A L Brookhart H G Jeffrey T L Finley Frank Bruty Jr W C Hotle W R Gamon Welsh Wagner Chas Nicola Ernest Carlson and others with locations in or near Washington and nearby towns.
Royal Welsh gold mine fuels royal wedding treasures
A hidden Welsh gold mine continues to operate to supply England’s royal weddings. The treasure stores are used for rings, plate, and other ceremonial pieces, reinforcing the tradition that all bride use comes from England or its dependencies.
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England
Wales
Timber waste from tires measured to New York to Chicago
A graphic calculation shows annual timber loss in the United States due to preventable tire wear equals enough lumber to build five room bungalows feet apart on both sides of a street from New York to Chicago.
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United States
New York
Chicago
Jod Tunkins on talkative neighbor and farm purchase
Jod Tunkins notes a neighbor who constantly discusses the adjacent farm and its potential sale but seldom saves enough money to buy it, highlighting frustration with the ongoing chatter over ownership.
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Jod Tunkins
Toan
Ron
Watch Big Things
A brief reflection on prioritizing life’s major goals over minor concerns. The author urges honest effort to cultivate true values and perspective, warning that many miss the bigger picture by focusing on trifles.
Sunset park praised as finest natural park in town
WEST CHESTER IA Sept 5 Our note book visits Sunset park calling it the nicest park we ever saw with a natural setting and a superb swimming pool area. Rev Aldridge moves to Massena IA. Rev Nash attends Newton IA conferences hoping to return. Local figures discuss speeches on selfishness and national confidence as Iowa touts farming, gas, sugar and growth. Labor Day activities include rural carriers picnic at Wayland.
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West Chester
Washington
Sunset Park
Frisco
Los Angeles
United States
Aldridge
Massena
Iowa
Nash
Newton
Dayton
Hike
H. F Wagner
the Lion Club
Towa
Calif
Herman
Washington visitors fill Crawfordsville area diary note
Miss Ida Gordon of Washington visited Crawfordsville yesterday afternoon with Mrs. J. B. McCleary. Attendees at the Washington institute included Harold Ross Leland Pruitt and several Misses Leota Adams Zelda Blake Nina Eva Spangler Gladys Strothman Biklen Greiner and Mrs Packer. The Bullers Huston McElroy Johns Rosina White Bert Orris Ollie Blake Davis White Daisy Huber Ella DeLong and Will Fisele households are listed among yesterday’s visitors. Robert Shaffer J J Anwyl were in Wayland yesterday.
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Crawfordsville
Ida Gordon
Washington
McCleary
Harold Ross
Leland Pruitt
Leota Adams
Zelda Blake
Nina
Eva Spangler
Gladys Strothman
Biklen
Greiner
Packer
Institute
Harry Kettrick
Davenport
Iowa
Gus Smith
Oskaloosa
John Bull
J. C. Huston
McElroy
David Johns
Prudence
Rosina White
Anna Mae
Bert Orris
Myrtle
Ollie Blake
Evan
E. L. Davis
John
David White
Daisy Huber
Ella DeLong
Robert McCall
Will Fisele
Edny
Mary
Robert Shaffer
J. J. Anwyl
Wayland
J. C. Mitchell
Local News Briefs From Ainsworth Community
Mr and Mrs Frank Chihak visited Muscatine Sunday. Mrs J A Clege and Pauline returned from a Cedar Falls Waterloo trip with sister Mrs Georgia Williams. Mrs W L Alcorn and daughter Helen were Town City visitors Monday. Rodney Davis of Washington and wife became parents of a baby girl born Sunday evening weighing eight pounds. Mrs Davis and baby stay with her parents Mr and Mrs Gosling. Frankie Bennett of Washington visited Nel lie Hoyle between trains Sunday evening. Millard Chambers of Cedar Rapids visits before entering Coe College for the new year.
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Gosling
Frankie Bennett
Washington
Nellie Hoyle
Unclear Indian Letter Address Puzzles Post Office
Postal workers faced confusion in Hasnabad to Ramnathpur as they tried to deliver a letter addressed to Babu Sibnath Ghose and Babu Praganath Ghose. The note asks the postman not to deliver to anyone but the addressee and mentions Twenty-four Perganas district with a request to Tila.
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India
Babu Sibnath Ghose
Hasnabad
Ramnathpur
Babu Praganath Ghose
Perganas
Postman
Tila
Preserving Pant Colors by Quick Boiling Dip
The text notes that colors in pants can be preserved by quickly dipping the material in boiling water. It adds that delaying drying causes colors in leaves and flowers to fade gradually if a plant dies slowly.
Origin of crests traced to the Carians
The Carians are credited as originators of crests. Richard I of England wore a crest on his helmet like a plume of feathers. In the Fifteenth century the crest was described as a figure on a coronet.
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Richard I
England
Uncle Eben on hunger strikes and seasonal fare
In a drawn anecdote Uncle Eben muses that someday he may join hunger strikes but notes the timing would clash with seasonal foods. He says it would be too late for spring chickens and too early for watermelons, shaping a humorous urban vignette.
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Eben
Frisking the Sergeant Gets Playful Line From Legion Weekly
A humor line from American Legion Weekly features a soldierly prank where a sergeant is frisked and a playful remark is made about going over the top. The casual gag echoes WWI era trench humor and military camaraderie.
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American Legion Weekly
Dreams and Reality Dreams and Reality
Louise Winters faces a rainy evening of chores and child care as she reads a true story to her two children Kenneth and Elsie. A fairy tale romance ends tragically when her imagined prince dies in a train crash, leaving her to confront being an old maid living alone yet feeling the dream persists.
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Hale
Louise Winters
Kenneth
Oisie
John
Elsie
June
Laziest People Claim From Remote Mountain Range
A caricatured claim suggests Svantians in the inaccessible mountains between the Black and Caspian seas are the laziest people, having made no progress toward civilization in 2,500 years and observing holidays four times a week with saints' days as extras.
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Black
Caspian Seas
Prayer in a Mine near Duquoin Illinois
Daily prayer services are held in the Walier Coal company mines near Duquoin Illinois each morning before work. Miners lead the service at the bottom of the shaft with heads uncovered, sometimes six taking part, as reported by the Exchange.
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Walier Coal Company
Duquoin
Brightening Gilt Frames with Sulphur Tincture
To brighten gilt frames use a dilute sulfur solution. Mix flowers of sulphur to color a pint and a half of water in a thin ball four onions. Strain when cool and apply with a soft brush to the gilding.
Furniture Polish Formula From Old Text
To make furniture polish dissolve two ounces of shellac in one pint of boiled oil. Shake well and add two ounces each of ammonia and turpentine form. Shake and apply with a soft cloth without rubbing.
View of Sleep by French Scientist
A notice reports on a Sleep view by a French scientist noting women sleep more lightly than men. The Indianapolis News summarizes the finding as common in errant studies and comments on male drivers and rest.
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Indianapolis
Piles May Be Cured Without Surgery Says Doctor
A Kansas City rectal specialist Dr A S McCleary publishes a book claiming piles can be cured quickly without cutting or hospital care. The method allegedly succeeded in over eight thousand cases in twenty four years and the book is offered free postpaid to interested readers who mail their name and address.
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A. S. McCleary
Kansas City
McCleary
Parkview Sanitarium
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