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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1929
Page
2
Hogs receipts 16 000 including 3 000 directs, tops to 1160 for large loads, mediums to 1150, 250 to 350 1100 to 1160, packing sows 1000 to 1060. Cattle mixed steady to higher with steers 1300 to 1485, yearlings 1100 to 1500, heifers 1250 to 1446, cows 775 to 930, milk-fed 1200 to 1600. Sheep receipts 15 000 with openings 500 to 2050, stock and choice bidding active.
Indications show fat lambs 25¢ lower with bulk fat lambs at 1700 to 1725. Fat ewes steady while lighter lambs fall about 2 dollars per 100 pounds. Medium and cull categories range 1200 to 1575, with common 425 to 925. Feeder lambs and good to choice 1500 to 1675. Also notes on May July wheat, oats futures, and Chicago grain bids amid local cement work in Ainsworth.
In this fragment the text describes traffic congestion east of Ainsworth on 161 and a large work crew near Cotter. It shifts to a barber shop anecdote about a tonic and a prank, then references Roy Marr of Burlington and a chain of stores. A vague death note appears with an uncertain time frame.
An April 9 Washington commentary on the Sinclair decision features remarks from Capper Kansas Norbeck Nebraska Caraway and Wald Montana. The notes discuss senate powers over contempt and the ruling’s potential sweeping impact amid a probe into a woman’s death.
Des Moines April 9 Milo Reno president of the Town farmers whop calls on the legislature to support the McNary Hangen bill to make the tariff effective for agriculture. He says conditions have grown worse for farming and urges action as Coroner Wilcox investigates the death of 69 year old Josephine Weidmarck and other local deaths.
Narrative recounts Canton Missouri high water photos and livestock records kept by Cal Pearson while noting a funeral in Ainsworth for W E Atcheson. A drizzle rain is reported on Wednesday morning prior to Cunningham sale. Benjamin Lewis, a railroad watchman, sacrificed his life at Pleasantville to save six people at a crossing as a train approached.
Fragmented OCR lists poultry prices for hens roosters geese and other birds with unclear units and errors. Mentions weights per pound and various hatchings but lacks coherent market details or dates.
Fragmentary ad text mentions a Reed baby item for sale and a Ford Bats J Mount with unclear context. The remaining lines reference Clemens, Henry Fo, Sunday, and autos, but the details are garbled. The readable elements suggest a local sale notice with partial product mentions and unrelated phrases.
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