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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1910
Page
3
The Markets Chicago September 15 1910 reports estimated hog receipts 12000 with prices to 9 65 for light hogs and 9 50 for mixed packers. cattle 6000 and sheep 25000 steady. Second report notes tomorrow's receipts 12000 with hogs 9 70 and 9 55 for heavy packers. cattle 6000 and sheep 25000. no grain market due to Chicago election.
Hogs receipts 23 000 with heavy prices 8 9.5 dollars. Cattle receipts 18 000 with steer and cow ranges from 3 5.8 to 9 50 dollars. Sheep receipts 35 000 with lambs 6 7. Sheep prices mixed. Omaha market steady to easier lambs and hogs trending lower. East Buffalo reports two car cattle slow, hogs 20 cars lower with heavy 9 50 dollars.
Receipts show strong market activity across species. Sheep lambs yearlings wethers and ewes listed with prices. calves trade at five dollars. pigs and Yorkers noted with nine to ten dollar figures. multiple cars of cattle and lambs indicate robust demand.
Reister & Son quotes prevailing Washington City prices for oats and straw. Listed are straw by load and bailed at 4.50, flour per sack 1.69 to 1.70, bran and shorts per hundred 1.35 1.50, corn meal at 10% skim, with oats and other grains noted in quotes.
A lower grade teacher instructs pupils on hyphen use. Paul replies that the hyphen in bird cage is so the bird can sit on it, a witty misinterpretation from The Delineator.
The London Chronicle reports pipes found embedded in church mortar from times before Europe knew tobacco. The article suggests ancient peoples may have smoked herbs for medicine or pleasure, possibly using pipes. Coltsfoot was used for asthma, though pipe use is uncertain.
Adolph Rothsbarth, America representative of Rothbarth & Co of Frankfurt, admits bank fraud harming Mercantile National with 58 000 dollars and Liberty National with 75 000 dollars. He seeks the stiffest sentence, sixty ten years, after the 1907 panic exposed his scheme.
Two burglaries reported totaling about 30000 dollars in diamonds and jewelry. Judge Lebaron B. Colt of the U S circuit court lost twenty thousand dollars in jewels at his Bristol summer home. Other losses included Intermere in Watch Hill owned by Mrs E M Burrall of Waterbury and Miss Thatcher of Boston amounting to ten thousand dollars.
Washington observers see Poindexter's senate primary triumph as a rebuke to Secretary Ballinger by Republican participants. Poindexter faced Ballinger in a campaign where Ballinger issued a critical statement. In Congress he aligned with Pinchot’s allies and Democrats to deny Speaker Cannon the power to name joint committee members investigating the Ballinger Pinchot controversy.
Tampa mayor pledges to protect life and business as cigarmaker strike in Tampa escalates to guerilla warfare. Non‑union forces move into nearby towns while a Jacksonville branch recruiter is shot and a factory owner is targeted in street violence. The mayor warns state troops may be deployed to restore order.
A 50 cent box promises instant relief for stomach upsets and ongoing digestive improvement. Lemmon's Pharmacy guarantees to cure indigestion or money back, citing a testimonial from Dennis Stephen of Coudersport Pa.
Thieves entered the Royal Alexandra hotel in Winnipeg between midnight and 8 am Wednesday and stole diamonds and other jewels valued at 100000 dollars belonging to the Countess of Antrim. Many pieces were heirlooms and gifts, kept in a special bag with a unique key.
The petition for John R Walsh a former railroad builder and ex banker imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth will be filed with the department of justice in Washington in about two weeks. Attorney George T Buckingham says he will personally deliver the petition for the presidents consideration.
Mrs. Albert Woeltge, widow of Prof. Albert Woeltge, died in Walpole New Hampshire where the couple spent summer. Prof. Woeltge died there Monday and his wife’s condition worsened until her death last night. She was the daughter of a former New Hampshire governor and was socially prominent.
Gov Campbell dispatched Adjutant General Newton and a squad of rangers to San Antonio to suppress gambling games reportedly running openly. Local authorities are accused of allowing a resumed wide open order as part of the Mexican Centennial celebration underway in the city.
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