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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1925
Page
2
Markets report Chicago September 17 shows hog receipts 19 000 slow unsettled weights 160 225 top 13 50 others steady to strong cattle receipts 13 000 feeding steers weak to 26 cents lower western grassers steady sheep receipts 18 000 lambs selling 23 to 50 cents lower native lambs 15 75 to 15 90 strong while wheat corn oats rye barley and seeds with varied bids across grades and qualities.
Chicago Sept 17 official livestock estimates list 15000 hogs 4000 cattle and 16000 sheep with 7000 hogs left over.
East St. Louis sale results show hog receipts around 10 500 with gains of 10 to 15 cents, mostly light to heavy weights trading around 13.70 to 13.75 for lights, and 12.10 to 13.50 for heavy carcasses. Cattle receipts near 2 500 with steady demand, western steers unchanged, hides trading near 8.00 to 9.75 for mixed lots, fat cows and bulls varied with top around 14.75.
Heifers bring 4.25 to 11.50 per hundred. Canners range 2.60 to 3.25. Sheep receipts 1,500 with fat lambs slow and weak. few at 15.50 and small lots to butchers at 15.75. Cull lambs up 0.50, packers pay 10.00, aged sheep steady. fat ewes 5.00 to 7.50.
Sept 17 Clover seed cash bids listed for Oct 15 20 bid Dec 16 10 bid Feb 15 25 bid Mar 15 05 bid Timothy seed cash bids shown for Sept 5 70 Oct and Dec 3 80 Mar 3 95.
Des Moines Sept. 17 The Iowa Farmers Union conven tion shifts to elect new officers and wrap up two days of business with Milo Rene seeking re election. MW Thatcher of Minneapolis spoke on brain marketing while J C Lewis Iowa Federation of Labor president urged closer labor farmer cooperation. Howard Clark urged cooperative marketing as well. La Folette Wisconsin primary victory praised as a win for working people.
Council Bluffs reports Mrs Lydia Mathews 71 widow found unconscious in gas filled room Saturday and died. In Des Moines the State Firemen’s Association named J E Jonoyles Cresco president J J Lynch Vinton treasurer and Jr Norris Ames secretary selecting Manning as next convention ally. Des Moines also notes 26 towns and four counties have met their national American Legion endowment drive quota and will finish ahead of schedule. Red Oak reports automobile with Lee Newman wife and son performing a double somersault landing on all four wheels with no injuries. Mount Pleasant: Rev Noyes Denmark Ila elected moderator at the Denmark Association of Congregational churches closing session.
Closing out sale notices list buyers and dates for Duroe Jersey hogs Lloyd Martin J M Lord and son and Wegner Welch Poland China pigs. Locations include West Chester Poland China items and dates span Sept 22 Sept 30 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 17 with multiple sellers.
Cable from London reports fifty Christian Zulus drowned when their leader invoked prayer and commanded water to part. The incident occurred during a local attempt to reproduce the Hebrews Red Sea crossing as depicted in The Ten Commandments at the Graham Theatre, where the film features a dramatic modern miracle of water and fire.
Shirley Mason leads an all star cast in The Talker at the Fox theatre. She began stage work at age two and later played the lead in a propaganda film Children Who Labor for the Department of Labor. The Talker is directed by Alfred B Green and features Anna Q Nilsson Tully Marshall Gertrude Short Barbara Bedford Harold Goodwin Lloyd Whitlock Charles West and E H Calvert Lydia Yeamans Titus.
Wide swath of rain dominates Rubio with mud and travel woes for local students and families. In Des Moines, the congress club urges Governor Hammill to uphold parole and constitutional principles amid reelection debates.
Belle Plaine Iowa September 16 rank Sankot Jr was held to the grand jury under 5000 bonds charged with manslaughter in connection with the death August 30 of J T Herring railroad employee killed when Sankot s car slid into a railroad embankment finker was hurt It was charged both men were intoxicated.
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