Daily Market Reports Hogs and Cattle Prices Chicago Sept 15
Estimates show hog receipts 21 000 with holdovers 6 354 while cattle receipts reach 12 000. Market trends: better grades steady to 10 higher, most others 10 to 25 higher. calves and beef steers show varied gains up to 10.60 for prime 1100 lb plus, hogs near steady in parts. Chicago grain fenced with wheat and corn futures, cash wheat and corn prices listed. tomorrow livestock forecasts call for 16 000 hogs 10 000 cattle 15 000 sheep.
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Chicago
Leese Return From Visit and Local Church Service
Mr and Mrs Cecil Leese returned to Ft Madison after an overnight visit with Dr N J Lease. R E B Davie a grand jury member spent the day in Washington. The United Presbyterian church ladies offer their annual bank offering service next Sunday at 11 with Miss Sallie Dickey a missionary from India giving the address. A Scottish custom notes that a rift of heather from a Highland lassie equals a marriage offer.
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Crawfordsville
Cecil Leese
Ft. Madison
Dr. N. J
R. EB. Davie
Grand Jury
Washington
United Presbyterian Church
Sallie Dickey
India
Farm land sales hurt Franklin county buyers by high costs
A Franklin county land sale report shows total 1920 sales of 20.0 million dollars with only 1.5 million paid in cash. Average acre price is 207.07 dollars, down payments around 15 dollars per acre, and annual interest about 9.6 dollars per acre. Taxes lift costs to about 12.50 per acre, double current rents. The piece notes large mortgage layering and dairy and livestock price trends amid uncertain futures, plus government marketing plans via the War Finance Corporation under the agricultural relief act.
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C. EB. Wilson
Hampton
Franklin County
Iowa
United States
War Finance Corporation
Eugene Meyer, Jr
Market Report Highlights Livestock Receipts and Shipments
Official yesterday tallies show hogs 16 085 head and cattle 11 161 with sheep at 21 922 and calves 2 773. Shipments include hogs 2 493 cattle 4 232 sheep 10 08¢ and calves 619, with feeder lambs and yearlings listed in ranges.
Monkey Wrench Retail Pitch Tracks Sept 9 14
The report chronicles Sept events in Washington Iowa with shop offers and sales. Hart-Parr tractors parts and gear, a 23-bottom plow, a Curtis saw, and other farm implements are advertised. Local figures buy items like lickers buggy whips and paint, amid farm and hardware trade chatter.
Poland China and Jersey Livestock Sales Listed
A series of livestock auctions is scheduled with buyers in Washington Crawfordsville Noble and surrounding areas. Events include Duroc Jersey and Poland China sales by Knotek Bros., J C Huston, P J Welsh, John Wagner, Ernest Carlson and others on Sept. 17 through Oct. 25 at various locations such as the Southeast corner square and 719 N. 7th Ave. and related addresses.
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W. R. Gamon
Poland
Chas, Brown
Southeast Corner Square
E. Frechin
N. 7Th Ave
Washington
L. H. Rinner
Noble, Durocs
J. C. Huston
Crawfordsville
Knotek Bros
Duroe Jersey Sale
E. J. Paul
China
P. J. Welsh
John Wagner
Ernest Carlson
Duroc Jersey Sale
Fisherman Hooks Green Heron With Frog as Bait
The report from Waterloo on September 15 describes Joe Schiel catching a green heron at Union Bridge while fishing. The bird struggled to swallow the frog bait and later to free itself from the hook, with affidavits from Walter R. French county attorney and Ed Chapman deputy game warden corroborating the tale.
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Waterloo
Joe Schiel
Union Bridge
Walter R. French
Ed Chapman
Schiel
Mr. Schiel
Heron captures frog then aids fisherman in surprise scene
A heron spots a frog on a stream bank and captures it then eats it on a sandbar. Joe reels in a fishing line as the bird’s aerial display and awkward flops unfold, finally freeing the hook as the heron escapes, leaving onlookers amused and astonished.
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Mr. Schiel
Cream of Society Quoted Across Reno Divider
Miss Blase asks where the cream of society hides and a cynic quips in Reno that society passes through a separator. The exchange reflects sharp social commentary on class and location in a brief quoted exchange.
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Miss Blase
Reno
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promoted By Letters
Vermont and Illinois women report relief from female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound avoiding surgeries. Letters describe improved mobility, restored health, and avoidance of operations with continued use and recommendations to others.
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Vermont
Lydia E. Pinkham
Burlington
H.R. Sharon
Apple Tree Point Farm
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Kk. W. Wagner & CO
Iowa City
Iowan
L. B Mont
Met
Journal’s Farm Department
E. H. Mallory
Geneva
Iowa Falls
George Hettler
John A
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Mason Transfer & Storage CO
Washington, Iowa
Atore
Moore Bros
W. H. Richards
Ainsworth
Moose Hall
Gus Bramer
Walter Duvall
West Chester
En-Ar-Co
O. K
Samson
Lee Foster
Sherm Swartzendruber
Noble
Harve
John Barleycorn
John Morrison
Waugh & Fal¢kman
J. W. Canby
Winfield
Charlie Cunningham
Havre
Wm. Jugenheimer
C. A. Pratt
Opera House
G’s Pickett
Pickett
Dunndale Pilot
Terrall
Trojan
Smooth Big Bone
Baron Clansman
Big Bob
Yankee Jr
East End
Cooper, Henss
Macon
W. R. Gamon & Sons
W. S. Reister & Sons
East Third St
Mutual
East Washington St
Boone
Pothins
Nk Heral
Land of the
Free
Cea
Sterling
Illinois
Sherman Brothers
Toda E. Pinkham
FE. H. Haypock
St. Lawrence Ave
Chicago, Ill
Might Blue
R. L. Gibson
Hampshire
Boars
C. A. Ruebsam
North Ave
L. H. Orr Land Co
Safeguard Or Gazette Office
Columbus
Oildag
John Striegel, Jr
Harper, Iowa
Property Owners Federation, Inc
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