Chicago hog and cattle market report with varied bids
The market shows mixed hog trades with top hogs at 12.10 for 1.90 to 220 lb ranges. light weights and sows also moving, while heavier hogs recap 10.65 to 11.85. Cattle prices trend uneven with best heavy steers at 15.25, yearlings around 15.00, and slaughter cattle at 12.50 to 15.00 for 1500 lb plus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
A. H
Harry) Herbold
Pritchard Commission Co. Union Stock Yards
Washington County
Live cattle and sheep market prices show varied bids
The report lists price ranges for steers and heifers by weight and grade, plus cows calves and stockers. Sheep and lamb prices move with fat lambs up and range lambs high, with ewes and feeding lambs showing steady bids across categories.
Commodity price quotes for wheat corn oats and more
Market report lists Sept and Dec futures for wheat at about 1.26 1.28 and 1.29 1.31 with various daily figures. Corn options show Sept around 90% to 94% and Dec near 92% to 96%. Oats futures for Sept Dec and Mar hover around 43 44 46 47 48 50. Rye and barley futures show Sept values near 92% to 96% with March around 98 1.00%.
Grain market prices reported for Chicago commodities
Chicago grain prices show wheat and oats variations with multiple Hard and Yellow categories and mixed percentages. Barley ranges noted from 70 to 78 with oats and white oats quoting several futures-like figures.
Washington Produce Markets Poultry and Hides Listings
A historical market list shows prices for poultry including heavy and light hens ducks muscovy and other birds per pound or each. Also listed are prices for geese beef hides horse hides and guineas with a no market note for hens that are thin sick or crippled.
Mules Win Big at State Fair and Local Sales
Mike Trier reports at Bethel church events in September including his two year old mules fairs with first, two thirds and one fourth premiums. Nearby sales feature Jer sey cows selling up to 200 dollars. Vendors Smouse Barnes Edwards George and Finney attend the gatherings with notes on prior auctions and plantings.
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Mike Trier
Mike
Bethel Church
Washington
Jim Baird
Barnes
Iowa City
Baird
Oscar George
H. C. Finney
Ainsworth
Jim
Clover Prices Rise From 18.00 To 26.00
Timothy moves from 2.60 up to 3.35 while Clover climbs from 18.00 to 26.00 in a market update reflecting price shifts for the two items or entities.
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Timothy
Clover
Double Vision Tale of Lord Aberdeen in Edinburgh
Sir James Taggart recounts a tale from Edinburgh where a tipsy man bumps into Lord Aberdeen and Temair. A patrolman chastises the offender asking if he knows the marquis and Temair, while the drunk replies whether there are two of them.
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James Taggart
Lord Aberdeen
Edinburgh
Aberdeen and
Temair
Boston Transcript
Culture in America in Pleistocene Age
The article reports that Scientific Monthly and the Colorado Museum of Natural History argue that primitive Americans lived in the Pleistocene era far earlier than commonly thought. Discoveries include arrow heads metates and stone tools found with extinct animals, with mammoth remains near Frederick Oklahoma suggesting great antiquity.
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America
Scientific Monthly
Colorado Museum of Natural History
Southwest
Asia
Frederick
Okla
Early nail-on horseshoes and Gaulish origins
The article notes nail-on shoes used before Roman Gaul conquest and suggests multiple centers for their manufacture. It credits Gauls with pioneering horseshoeing, describes a light slender shoe fastened without clips, and mentions Druids forging and attaching shoes for Gallic warriors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaul
Meeting Amy Lowell at a New York literary supper
Retort Courteous C Lewis Hind recalls meeting the New England poet Amy Lowell at a New York literary supper. He notes sitting beside a tall, self-assured woman who dominated conversation and finally guesses Lowell, receiving a sharp, witty rebuke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Lewis Hind
Amy Lowell
New England
New York
Miss Amy
First Horse Footgear Evolves From Sandal Like Shoes
Ancient writers note early protection for animal feet with sandal like coverings and leather soles. Xenophon and Aristotle describe footwear for baggage horses and war camels. Hipposandals followed as oval plates with backward extensions and hooks. Wings with eyes and rings connected by straps.
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Xenophon
American cosmetics output climbs to 141 million in 1925
Commerce department data show perfumery cosmetics and toilet preparations reached 141.5 million dollars in 1925, up about 10 percent from 1924. Breakdown lists creams rouges dentifrices powders and various cosmetics with hair tonics and dyes among top items.
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Washington
Sol
Commerce Department
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Chicago Livestock
Iowa Livestock Commission Company
Union Stock Yards
John A. Babcock
Ainsworth Stock Yards
Harry Hazlett
Charles Brown
Alva Sande
W.S. Reister & Sons
Chicago Grain
Washington Produce Markets
Aercheoes Ince
Laos
Evening Journal
Westphal
Inquire Journal Office
Harry Davidson
Inquire Journal
Royal
Dodd Printing Co
Ft. Madison
Walter Little
Frank J. Vandicka
Kalona Mutual
Phone
Kalona
Dick's
C. C. Randall
Ralph Moore
J. H Baird
D. C. Russell
Ralph Minick
Chilcote
D. A. Boyer
Telephone
Eod
Glenn Anderson
West Chester
Iowa
Rod
Doyle Smith
Chester White
Clark Wagner
Nellie Harding
Hampshire
Old Loan and Trust
McElhinney
J. W. Meyer
John Erlenbush
Journal
Mary Harding
W. 3Rd St
Si Bush
H. L. Whittaker
Plart
Crawfordsville
R. A. Beauchamp
John Shatlla
Lowell
Pennsylvania
Valvoline
Washington Oil Co
U. S
R. L. Gibson
Spain
England
Elizabeth
London
Wayne A. Limerman
Roach, Conwell & Hugill
Live Stock Commission CO
Drovers National Bank
Chicago Union Stock Yards
J. Ben Roach
A. Gilly
Conwell
Walter
P. Roach
Jim Beal
B. R. Hugill
W. A. Limerman
J. L. Merrion
Pritchard Com. CO
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