Daily Market Reports First Hog and Cattle Summary
Chicago market report shows estimated hog receipts around 4 000 and cattle about 1 005 with sheep near 500. Prices: heavy hogs 9 6 to 10 0 per cwt, light weights 9 70 to 10 00, heavy sows 8 25, pigs 9 25. Official totals list hogs 18 646 cattle 46 256 sheep 6 672 calves 1 481. Grain prices included for Wheat 50 car, Corn 380 car, Oats 65 car with assorted yellows and whites. Livestock totals projected for Monday: hogs 40 000 cattle 24 000 sheep 20 000.
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Hoge Gricago
Iowa Coal Prices Not Fixed by Officials
Des Moines reports quote John Ker assistant attorney general saying coal prices at Iowa mines are not fixed by any fuel administration or price fixing body. He notes mines tell buyers prices are set by operators and states a detailed probe on capitalization output and production costs is underway to uncover profiteering, with potential criminal prosecutions if a price fix is found.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Johner
Kendall
Fletcher
Youth Saves $14 and Elopes With 12 Year Old Girl
Sioux City report: Harold Tice a 17 year old Des Moines boy saved 14 dollars over months and eloped with Edna Hennigan 12 from Sioux City. Their plan ended in Fort Dodge where authorities intervened and Edna’s mother brought her home.
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Sioux City
Harold Tice
Des Moines
Edna Hennigan
Harold
Fort Dodge
John Maroony
Webster County
Gretna Green
Rail Man's Home Bombed in Birmingham Suburb
In Boyles Alabama near Birmingham the home of William G Brabazon an assistant foreman at Louisville and Nashville shops was bombed five family members escaped injury front of house wrecked Investigations urged into strike disorders at Needles California San Bernardino officials led by Sheriff Shay called for action during the unauthorized Santa Fe walkout marooning trains weeks earlier.
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Birmingham
Ala
William G. Brabazon
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Boyles
Eedies
Cal
Stephens
San Bernardino
Shay
Needles
Santa Fe
Attack on Dublin Depot Statement of gunfire and bomb assault
Irregulars tried to seize key sites in South Dublin including Wellington and Portobello barracks the telephone exchange and the King's bridge of the Great Southern Western railway. Firing lasted three hours with rooftops snipers and the telephone exchange guard smoked out and bombed.
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Belfast
Ireland
Dublin
Wellington
Portobello
King's Bridge
Great Southern & Western Railway
McAdoo Hooks 17-Pound Rainbow Trout at Yellowstone
Former treasury secretary William G. McAdoo surprised Yellowstone Park fishermen by landing a rainbow trout weighing 17 pounds. He fishing from a raft during a Snake River trip in Idaho before leaving for California.
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Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Wilam G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Snake River
Idaho
California
Train kills woman and child in stalled car on tracks
In Champaign Illinois on September 16 Mrs George Weeling and her year old grandson were killed when their automobile stalled on the Big Four tracks and was struck by a locomotive.
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Champaign
George Weeling
No danger in Palestine says colonial office
The colonial office denies rumors of an imminent revolt in Palestine and reports the country remains tranquil. In Argentina, Paraguayan rebels fight government forces near Chicipunte, with rebels falling back after a half hour of sharp combat.
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British Colonial Office
London
Colonial Office
Palestine
Buenos Aires
Chicipunte
Glen-Coats Estate Valued at Eight Million Dollars
London reports Sir Thomas Glen-Coats the J P Coats chair died July 12 leaving an estate valued at £1,000,000 about $8,000,000. The figure was learned in London.
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London
Thomas Glen- Coats
J. & P. Coats, Ltd
Advertising to Sell Farm Products Aids Iowa Growers
Iowa State College agricultural journalism urges farm product advertising to connect surplus growers with buyers. Ames reports advertising cuts time and fuel, citing a farmer near Ames using small for sale ads and display space to sell apples cider and vinegar. The Hessian fly project expands with three field stations to count flies and eggs on wheat and guide winter wheat planting times.
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Agricultural Journalism Department
Iowa State College
Iowa
W. F. Beckman
Ames
Towa
Towa State College
H. EB. Evans
Onawa
Monong County
R. J. Brubaker
Spring Hill
Warren County
Bert McClintock
Kesex
Page County
B. M. Harrison
Monona
Wallace Colma
F. D. Kntcher
F. A. Fenton
C. J. Drake
Winter and Summer Calf Growth Compared at Towa Station
The Towa Agricultural Experiment Station reports winter dropped dairy calves gain more height and overall weight, with 1383 percent weight gain to first freshening and 72 percent withers height rise versus 1370 percent and 71 percent for summer calves. Winter calves cost about $109.89 to produce and average 1010 pounds, compared with $102.43 and 941 pounds for summer calves.
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Towa Agricultural Experiment Station
Calves Fetch Record Price at Iowa State Fair Auction
Two hundred seventy five calves raised by Iowa beef club members sold for 29476.34 at Des Moines closing the Iowa State Fair. Average price 11.12 per cwt. top price 20 and bottom 9. Weight averaged 963.9 pounds with 3 percent shrinkage. Many calves held for private sale or future shows in Sioux City and Chicago.
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Iowa
Des Moines
John Day
Iowa Beef Producers Association
United States
Rye buckwheat eyed as strong green manure
A new rye buckwheat strain shows promise as a green manure crop after trials at the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station. Discovered in West Virginia mountains and grown well in Pennsylvania, it yielded up to 45 bushels per acre on ordinary land and suits poor soils, improving texture, with quick growth and winter hardiness for orchard use.
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Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Polish China and Jersey Hog and Cattle Auctions Listed
Sale dates spanning September to October in Washington Iowa and nearby towns list Poland China hog and Duroc Jersey cattle auctions. Notable sellers include Welch Wagner Cunningham Canning Rinner Sheetz Krebs Hillhouse Nicola and Son Gammon Shalla Knotek and Jones with times and locations across Havre Keota Riverside and Brighton.
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Welch & Wagner
Washington
Poland
C. C. Cunningham
Havre
A. Canning
L. H. Rinner
Duroc
Sebe Jones
Rob't Sheetz
China
Keota
Ernest Carlson
Iowa
John Krebs
Riverside
Duroe Sale
Hillhouse
Brighton
Chas, Nicola & Son
W. R. Gammon
Women Gamblers Haunt Ocean Liners In New York
A New York dateline describes women gamblers aboard ocean liners replacing men at cards and bridge. Deck detectives report travelers are wary and officers vigilant, while one aristocratic passenger nicknamed the Duchess teases suspicion and wins at sea. Nearby, Lewis Peak school district notes winter vacations pull kids out for hunting in deer and bear country.
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New York
Dddie
Malion
Eddie
Hua
Lewis Peak Schoo
Walla Walla
Wa'ington
Harvest Home Dinners and Bazaar in Lexington
The Lexington Ladies Aid Society invites all to the Harvest Home on September 21 at Lexington. A dinner starts at 11 o clock with meals priced 25 and 40 cents. The bazaar offers many articles and an exhibit of chickens with prizes for top pair and ribbons. Various contests award best loaf bread cake jelly butter apples potatoes turnips corn squash pumpkin popcorn and a ball game will close the day.
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Lexington Ladies Aid Society
Building boom brings 373 new Ames homes this year
Ames records show 373 residences built or underway boosting housing for Iowa State students and citizens. Last year 223 new homes. The surge includes large fraternity houses and a large apartment building near campus, easing crowded attic and basement rooms and reducing dorm demand.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Ct Eee
Myers Confesses Killing Wife During Harsh Plea to Walk
William M. Myers allegedly killed his wife near Pauls Valley Oklahoma after she refused to continue walking from McKinney Texas toward Versailles Illinois while he planned a foot journey. She carried their year old baby in her arms. the infant is in relatives care. Myers surrendered to county officers. The body bore four bullet wounds.
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Myers
Market Prices For Produce And Hides Listed
The column lists current prices for dairy and poultry products including heavy and light hens, leghorn hens, springs, and old roosters per pound, plus eggs and butter rates. It also notes prices for beef hides by the pound and a bulk price for horse hides at 83.00.
Farmer's Wife Held for Murder in Des Moines Farm Case
Burlington report states Mrs. Catherine C Schurtz wife of farmer J W Schurtz of Des Moines has been formally placed under arrest after an inquest ruling murder occurred Wednesday morning. A letter from Roy Spees to Mrs Schurtz suggesting the act was admitted in evidence and a warrant issued for Spees. Spees, a former farmhand, was seen near the farm Monday while Schurtz was found shot in bed.
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Burlington
Catherine C. Schurtz
John Catherine C. Schurtz
J. W. Schurtz
Des Moines
Fount
Arest
Rsoner
Roy Spees
Schurtz
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Chicago
Beach-Wickham Grain Co
Iowa City
Town
W. H. Deming
Como
John A Babcock Commission Merchant
Bachange J. & Yard
Crucago, Ilaanois
Oatman
Arizona
Journal
Washington County
Rail Man's
Exchange
M’adoo
Rainbow
Train
Paraguay
Glen-Coats
Journal’s Farm Department
Mr. Day
Lexington Harvest Home
North Marion Ave
John Greiner
Mutual
Hickory Grove
Jersey
Guernsey
Kinsley
McGregor
Seee Jones
Macon & Rinner
Boy Scouts
Eagle Scouts
R. L. Gibson
Farmer
New York Public Library
W. S. Reister & Sons
East Third St
Creamery
East Washington
Property Owners Federation, Inc
Service Corporatie
Scofield
D. F. Macon
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