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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1924
Page
2
Chicago market report shows hog receipts around 60 000 with wide spreads and top at 9.95, feeders and sows varied. cattle receipts 28 000 with slow trade and mixed moves, best steers and yearlings near 11.00, stockers steady. sheep receipts 23 000 with fat lambs steady to strong and best natives 13.50 to 14.00, Western run light.
Fragmentary text mixes phrases about impossibility in industry with a reference to a Greek sage. The garbled wording makes it difficult to identify persons, events, or a coherent news item. No concrete details or verifiable entities are present.
The quote declares fate favors the worthy and active, rewarding the man who is bound to win with prizes not given to the idle or indifferent. It emphasizes effort, zeal, and perseverance as keys to success.
A collage of whimsical vignettes and quips from a British writer about gender, love, cars, politics, and summer life. Skewed observations include a New York artist affair, streetcars becoming obsolete, a St Louis drug clerk shooting, pond mosquitoes, money troubles, and playful riffs on leap year and presidential races.
Chicago trading notes indicate wheat rose on frost damage in Canada and firmer Liverpool quotes, with December and May futures mixed before a firm close. Corn and oats followed market hedges and export concerns, while weather hints and export demand influenced price moves.
In a subdued campaign Colorado voters head to the polls for Senate and governor races. Incumbent Lawrence Phipps faces a Republican bid from Moynihan Waterman and Means while Democrat Adams runs unopposed for the Nicholson seat. Robt F Rockwell Morley Cooley and Earl Cooley seek governor as Klan ties spark clashes.
Description of unusual physical traits with hanging arms and limp, listless posture attributed to a feature story in the Portland Press Herald.
The text explores a superstition that immortality depended on a man’s name living on earth. It notes that monuments and naming sons after fathers arose from this belief and that foes uttered the curse may his name perish.
A brief dispatch warns that drivers who consider knocking a railroad train off the tracks should remember they only get one chance.
Radio Digest schedules show WGR Buffalo through WRC Washington listing evening musical programs. Multiple stations provide concerts, orchestras, news, dance, theater acts and children's segments with varied air times from 4:50 p.m. to after midnight across Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and others.
Mrs. Alvin T. Hert, vice chairman of the Republican National Committee, urges women to vote on Election Day. Born in Indiana, she broadcasts from Chicago stressing social progress and the common good, aligning government with justice and domestic tranquillity.
New York report on Luis Angel Firpo, the Argentine heavyweight challenger to Harry Wills, famed as the "Wild Bull of the Pampas" for his rugged style and 32 pro bouts, his rise from dock laborer to contender, and the pending bout at Boyle's Thirty Acres on September 11.
The Piedmont board of education announces a new school term program to train girls in the arts and duties of the perfect housewife. The course includes interior decorating house planning care of furnishings and clothing and etiquette for all occasions Miss Roxana Elliott supervised this branch with training at Columbia and the University of Chicago.
A Melbourne deputation from fruit districts reports the Australian dried fruit industry in a grave position due to California competition and cheap labor, plus Imperial preference rejection. They seek immediate financial help as a cabinet convenes to craft a permanent solution, with former federal MPs backing growers' efforts.
Yumindo Kushibiki, widely known as the P T Barnum of Japan, died at his Kamakura residence. He gained fame for running the Japanese concession at the 1904 St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition and helped introduce Japanese entertainment to the United States and film to Japan.
Miss Anna Brady of 255 West First St Dubuque Iowa says Tanlac quickly restored her energy appetite and general health after spring fatigue headaches upset stomach and sleep loss She reports her digestion nerves and appetite remain improved and urges acceptance of Tanlac from druggists over 40 million bottles sold Manufactured by Tanlac creators Adv.
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