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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1924
Page
2
Chicago reports cattle receipts 600 with fed steers up to 11.50 for long yearlings and vealers up 26c. Hogs totals 3,000 with top at 10.00 and bulk 7.60 to 10.00. Sheep receipts 1,000 and week totals around 4,500 direct. Wheat futures No 2 red 1.29, corn mixed values around 1.19 to 1.21, oats 49% to 52c, rye 92%. Market weak for wheat, oats in good demand, December futures little changed.
Unofficial figures show Monday hogs at 46 000 cattle 30 000 and sheep 232 000. Next week hogs are predicted at 140 000 with cattle and sheep not specified.
A fragmented 1924 NEA column mix includes mischief about a Chicago barber shooting, canal age musings, Lake Erie drying fears, German optimism, Port Sudan clash with monocles, cotton crop notes, fashion jokes, weather quips, forest fire worries, and light social anecdotes about autos, salaries, and manners.
E Hogue budget director proposed to the state executive council that offices stay open until 5 pm instead of 430 pm. He argues hourly service costs drop if staff work regular business hours and is preparing a report on current hourly labor costs.
Des Moines reports that virtual thousands of Iowa American Legion members will travel by special trains from several centers to the national convention in St Paul September 15 19. The Iowa Legionaire estimates 10000 Iowans will attend with every post represented and some sending entire memberships. An Iowa night is planned on opening day and a mammoth parade will feature an Iowa band and members in special caps.
Des Moines reports eighty five thousand dollars spent in Iowa last year on educational work against tuberculosis. Funds came mainly from Christmas seal sales. The state board of control and the Iowa Tuberculosis Association will continue joint efforts, including a monthly health magazine.
Sioux City Iowa ranks as the world’s second largest hog market for two consecutive months, surpassing Omaha in July and August while Chicago remains the leader. August receipts reach 246,546 hogs with Omaha at 241,000. yearly totals place Sioux City fourth overall among seven leading markets.
Moscow officials release an official statement to foreign correspondents saying Russia views China affairs seriously and suspects a power-players deal. The form of action is undecided possibly a conference Russia would join if invited. In Washington Hughes calls the Rothstein claims false and ridiculed.
Post master W R Prewitt says his brother A N Prewitt of Los Angeles vanished in April and is believed murdered for his valuables. The badly decomposed body was found Wednesday and identified by shoes underwear and an inlaid tooth. He carried 210 dollars and a diamond ring worth 1000 at the time.
A compact digest of radio station airings across major cities listing times for concerts sermons Bible classes and sacred chimes. Stations include WQJ WEED WLS WSAI WLW WHK WFAA WOC WHO WTAS WDAF KFI WOQ KHJ WOS WCAW Fiedler entries show orchestras choirs organ soloists and church services with morning and evening blocks across Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Detroit Dallas and more.
A dense catalog of radio station call signs and schedules showing programs from 4:30 p.m. to 12 a.m. across cities including Buffalo Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Detroit Dallas Davenport Des Moines Elgin Los Angeles Oakland Philadelphia Pittsburgh and more with concerts orchestras lectures dances and talk segments listed by station and time. This archival snippet captures era specific programming emphasis on music orchestras educational talks and variety acts per station.
Des Moines notes from the Iowa American Legion convention in Ottumwa report Mrs. Daniel Steck congratulated Mrs. A Webster with sympathy on her election as state commander. The piece notes commanders’ demanding schedules and a plan to delegate speeches to vice-commanders. It covers Webster’s pledge in Mason City, the St Paul convention dates, and Audubon’s vice-commander withdrawing to avoid holding public office.
Local posts report strong follow up after a successful get out and vote campaign with evident enthusiasm and momentum for upcoming elections.
Mrs J W Teeter travels to Keota to spend a week with her brother M Bickford at his home.
Mrs Hert spoke at the opening of Women’s National Headquarters in Chicago. She said eastern elements are active and that they aim to mobilize young women to vote for President Coolidge and General Dawes. Utah’s Mrs Jeannette A Hyde and Pennsylvania’s Mrs Barclay H Warburton joined the executive committee picture.
The sermon argues that Christ offers the only remedy for social ills and urges faith in action. It cites Jesus healing the nobleman's son, notes the need for practical faith, and urges living by Jesus words like the golden rule and law of love to improve society.
A string of wry quips and small-town cartoons runs from a failing play to theater lore. A child pleads for an American flag as a curtain falls, while jokes about European stages and egg-throwing back seats ignite light hearted banter.
A Washington reader, A. J. Kallous, aged farmer, reports long lasting kidney relief from Doan's Pills after years of issues. He bought them at Lemmon's Drug Store and notes back strength and regulated kidneys with no attacks for over four years. Doan's Pills priced 60c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. made them in Buffalo, New York.
A countryman famed for horse care answers a farmer asking what a owner does if a horse is slightly or seriously ill. In a cinema, a young man sits between a girl and her arm on his shoulder, thinking with a tugging heart, until a seat dispute reveals the girl’s real beau returning.
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