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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1924
Page
2
Daily market report shows cattle receipts 1,000 with large Western grass runs of 16,000. fat steers 8.10 to 11.60. western grass steers 6.40 to 7.50. hogs steady to 10 cents higher with top at 10.10. fat cows 3.76 to 6.60. veal calves 10.50 to 11.00. stockers and feeders 5.25 to 7.25. sheepReceipts 2,500 with fat lambs 12.75 to 13.50 and top 13.85. ewes 6.00 to 6.65.
Official estimates from Chicago dated Sept 20 give Monday receipts of hogs 38000 cattle 30000 and sheep 3000 dollars. Projections for next week show hog receipts at 125000 with detailed live stock totals for the period.
Wheat cash quotes at 4.33 and 1.34. Clover seed cash at 14.50 October 16.05 December 16.20. Alsike cash new at 1.16 October 16. Seed cash at 3.50 October 45. Representative of Toledo market notes dated Sept 20.
Prices moved irregularly higher at the opening as weekly mercantile reviews hint at expanding business. Strong demand supported specialties and tobaccos while several issues reached new 1924 highs including American Tobacco A and B and United Drug.
Falk of the White Sox, Baylor alum, stands second in the American League batting race with .357 after 127 games and 171 hits. Babe Ruth leads at .385. Walter Johnson notches his 22nd win as Eddie Collins tops steals with 41. Other leaders include Speaker, Basser, and Myatt.
Chicago futures show mixed shifts on Sept 20 with wheat No 3 red at 1.35 percent and corn across grades from No 2 to No 4 mixed around 1.13 to 1.17. Rye barleys and seeds listed with varying bids and lard ribs bellies meat spreads noted for commodities trading.
In Chicago wheat eased late as buyers exhausted demand amid forecasts of a growing U S visible supply new Canadian crop weakness and frost damage. December futures fell to 1.31% May to 1.37% with declines of 2c to 2%c. In Waterloo Iowa infat ile paralysis claimed Sax ton Pettit 17 and cousin Thomas Buchannan Jr also ill with the disease, both isolated.
Judge J Foster Symes fixed seventeen million nine hundred thirty five thousand seven hundred dollars as the minimum sale price for the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad The sale must occur at auction within 38 to 70 days from today with at least 6 5 million dollars in cash required by the court order
Detroit .334 Boone Boston .334 Jimmy Bottomley Cardinal slugger sits among NL’s top hitters with .331 average gaining eleven points in a week. Hornsby, injured, returns to action posting four hits in four games and holds a commanding lead. Hornsby tops total bases with 350 while Fournier leads homers with 27. Cy Williams 21. Max Carey has 43 steals as Wheat .372, Cuyler .363, Young .354, Bressler .346, Roush .848, Fournier 3835, Kelly .333 show strong followings.
Honorary memberships in the Japan Red Cross and medals of merit have been conferred on Admiral Edwin A. Anderson Us NAVY and Major General George W. Read U S Army for relief services after Japan's great earthquake. Anderson commanded the US Asiatic Fleet delivering first outside aid. Read led the Department of the Philippines shipments. Other foreigners honored include Giacomo de Martino the Italian Ambassador.
A compiled rail of radio station schedules shows church services sermons concerts and organ recitals across multiple cities including Atlanta Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas Davenport Des Moines Detroit and more with varied times from early morning to late night and events at Capitol Theater and Capitol Theatre.
Karl Burkshire and family autoed to Burlington on Sunday. Lavern Hazen and wife of Washington dined with James Long on Thursday. Wm. Ferguson and wife of Memphis Tennessee honored by Twinan and Maxwell families. Delbert Maxwell helped Wallace Carson with a tractor. Gait Edwards and wife of Iowa City visited C M Maxwell on Sunday. Herman Towman and wife shopped in Washington and attended a Masonite picnic. Floyd Maxwell and wife joined James Long for Sunday dinner. Donald Smith and Henry Fredrickson rode to Iowa City. Fredrickson will enter university next year. Herman Twinan and wife visited Iowa City. Wm. Ferguson joined from Tennessee. C. M. Maxwell visited Tipton on Wednesday. Ollie Blake spent Sunday with Delbert Maxwell. Delayed threshers picnic held Friday with a hamburger fry at Clyde Maxwell home. about 35 guests enjoyed games and music. Bob Long and family and Shannon Lantz and wife of Olds spent Sunday evening with James Long.
Delores Droll, year old daughter of K C Droll of this county, died after eating medicine tablets found at the Droll farm home. The tragedy occurred in Iowa City on September 20.
The revised statute requires boards and councils to clear county and primary roads of noxious weeds with annual destruction deadlines set by April resolution. Townships, landowners, and carriers face enforcement, with penalties up to 100 dollars and costs assessed to property, plus required annual weed location reports to the state agriculture secretary.
A dense catalog of radio station call letters and scheduled programs spanning cities from Atlanta to Zion. It lists times for concerts talks orchestras educational lectures and variety shows with entries for WSB WGR WMAQ WLW WTAM WHK and others, noting music news and special broadcasts.
Sept 23 Edward R. Rees Apple Sale Crawfordville and Sept 24 Mike Trier Keota Duroe Sale. Sept 24 H W Cassel east of Ainsworth. Sept 25 Knotek Bros River side Duroe Jersey sale 8 miles NE of Washington. Sept 25 Walter A Mayer NE of Keota closing out value. Sept 27 A Canning Milk cow sale Washington. Oct 21 Wagmer Welsh and W R Gamon & Sons combination sale Washington Iowa.
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