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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1928
Page
2
Hog receipts reach 20 000 with market mostly strong to 10 higher than Monday's. Top hogs 10.45 paid for choice 190 to 220 lb. Butchers range across weight classes up to 10.55 for lighter cuts. Cattle receipts total 8 500. Killing quality plainer than Monday with trade steady to strong. Best heavy steers up to 14.25 with mixed slaughter classes detailing grade and weight ranges across steers heifers cows and yearlings.
Shell service station offers expert grease service with operating hours from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Chicago grain prices for wheat corn oats are listed by contract month with bid ask and percent changes. Notable figures include May and July Wheat near 1.54 and 1.64, Corn May around 1.06, July near 4.09, and oats around 0.61 to 0.65 with several percent variations.
Market notes show corn values ranging from 1.02 to 1.10 per unit across yellow and mixed grades, oats and barley quoted with multiple white and mixed varieties, and clover listed from 19.74 to 26.75. The summary captures the day’s price spread and grade distinctions for grains in Chicago.
The American Tree Association advises moisture conservation around newly planted trees by mulching. Use leaves straw or an inch of pulverized soil as a ground cover to retain moisture in the root zone.
A light editorial prompts readers to compare two phrases for offensiveness in everyday speech. The piece notes the domestic tone of language and invites opinion on which utterance feels more socially disruptive.
In a divorce hearing, the husband testified that he preferred his wife without makeup while she argued she felt unclad without it. The Boston Transcript reports the exchange as part of the testimony.
A Detroit News item notes exotic timekeeping among primitive societies. Alaska uses a belt gnawed month during scarcity, Dahomey divides the year by planting and eating maize, and Polynesians speak of a month of grumbles. Greenlanders reportedly cannot count above twenty, reflecting broader counting difficulties.
An Exchange item presents a plea on a Northern Pacific switch engine essaying salvation through railway metaphors. The speaker asks guidance to stay on life’s safe path, to use prudence and love, keep biblical guidance as a lantern, and end the journey with divine approval and eternal reward.
A radio reveal confirms a surprising number of so pranos who cannot sing well, noted by Voledo Biude. The remark underscores public criticism of vocal quality among performers.
Lodges Washington Chapter No 08 holds regular meetings on the second Thursday each month. Alice Meek W M Della McBride Secretary. Damascus Shrine No 10 and Washington Lodge No 26 also list regular monthly meetings with respective officers and locations. Visiting members welcome.
A historical railroad timetable lists eastbound and westbound trains with arrival and departure times for multiple lines including Golden State services. It shows Knoxville branch local passes and freight schedules, plus daily and weekly notes and agent signatures.
Ness T Crawford arranged shipment of ten young foxes to a buyer in the western part of the state, noting each fox requires two rabbits daily. At eleven Feverday Carl ton Wilson guided Geo Morrison Harry Whittaker and others to Riverside for dinner, then to the Riley Grecian sale where about twenty Scotch terrier dogs sold from 19 to 200 dollars each, averaging 50.3. Lukovsky bought the C A Brooks farm southwest of Washington and will move next year. Scott Dickinson, 13, state spelling champion, visited town and plans next workout in Washington DC after praising the fourt state contest as the hardest on record. He has placed Brighton, Town, on the map.
An intoxicated man orders a taxi and insists on the name Home James and then Home Jessie James. The taxi driver corrects him by noting this is a public taxi, while the inebriate continues to misname the ride.
The West Chester Woman s Relief Corps schedules a 2 p m Thursday April 26 meeting at 5813 o o EB S with a initiation called gathering for visiting members and a current year receipt requested. The page also lists names of local residents and notes events including a home band concert Friday April 27 and a Senior Junior banquet Saturday with various social visits and travel updates.
Mr Bacon recalls the early morning crowing by roosters and Mrs Bacon teases him about waking early. The brief exchange hints at a remembered incident when he crowed about waking early for a week.
Washington County Farm Bureau notes strong demand lifts the American wool market with high prices expected to hold this season. Boston quotations place bright wool around 12 1 2 to 58 per pound. 3 8 and 1 4 blood fleeces in greater demand, driven by coarser weaves.
A large audience attended the Crawfordsville school auditorium Friday night to see the junior class play The road to the city. Mary White led the cast as the lead with strong support from Robert Darnell Lisle Anwyl Richard James Rex Beauchamp Jud Judkins William Edgar and John James in a departure from usual productions.
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