This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 4 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1929
Page
2
Receipts show cattle and hogs with mixed quality and uneven weights. Slaughter classes price ranges and eastern demand hold after holidays, with sheep market slow and lamb values drifting lower amid abundant fat lambs and feeder stock activity. Local notes mention farm life, anecdotes, and community updates.
Domestic cash old price 1750 and importer cash old 80 listed alongside cash new prices 2000 for Alsike and sexual terms unclear. Item dense with currency and product entries but lacks full context or dates.
Pupils Wilma Jean Wehr Virginia Snyder Harold Wehr and Seth Carrs Cleo Trier missed no days for six weeks and visited Glenn Little Saturday. Mr and Mrs Homer Kirkpatrick of North English spent Sunday with W Long. The Wehr family welcomed a baby girl Wa Verne Dawson was born Monday at Washington hospital. The Van Dyker family returned home after a week in Tama and Washington. Visitors included the Lemley family of Washington and Jim Pulver at various homes.
Prices for various poultry and livestock items are listed with per unit rates, including ducks heavy breeds at lower figures and geese, horsehides, and root hides referenced. A note indicates an extra cent per delivered poultry and that there is no market for sick animals.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.