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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1927
Page
2
Chicago market totals show hog receipts 14 000 with uneven trade. hogs priced 8.75 to 11.00 for various weights and pigs 9.75 to 10.90. Cattle receipts 2 000 steady to strong. steers and heifers range 7.50 to 13.75 with up to 18.00 in heavy weights. Sheep receipts 8 000 with lambs 13.75 to 16.25 and feeder lambs 12.25 to 14.00. ewes 6.50 to 8.35.
Chicago grain and livestock futures show May wheat at 1.35 to 1.36 with small gains, corn around 71, oats near 0.45, rye about 1.05 to 1.07, lard around 12.55 to 12.85, and ribs listed as nominal. Market activity reflects minor price shifts across May July and September positions.
Wheat shows mixed red quotes from 1.36 to 1.41 with several entries around 1.37. Corn lists yellow and white bids from 68 to 73 with sample notes and mixed lots. Oats barley timothy and clover prices appear in scattered ranges including 49 to 50 for oats and 29.00 to 87.50 for clover.
Mrs J M Pulver reports on visits and family news. Howard Swisher and children spent Sunday with Frank Smith. Joe Wehr and Matt Wehr visited Washington Saturday. A D Moody and Sparks visited at Moody home. Genevieve Wehr resumed schooling in Ottumwa after vacation. Bowen builds for Mrs Greenwood. Reighard works for Wehr. Coble Ewing Bowen with family at Delta. Carrs visiting mother. Alice Wehr absent from school due to illness. Dr Stewart called to John Wehr home. Robertson stay with Springer family near Washington. Mrs Seth Carris Jr and daughters Mabel and Mary Catherine mentioned.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Snyder spent Sunday at Harve Banks’ parental home. Ralph Kleese visited A. J. Robertson’s on Sunday afternoon. John Robertson and family and Mrs. J. W. Guy were Sunday visitors at Ralph Robertson’s.
New Palestine correspondents report Mr and Mrs Milton Sojka and children and Mr and Mrs Vincent Sojka visiting. Joe Laney and Mrs Kathryn Thomann hosts. families gather for Sunday dinners and calls at multiple homes. harvest activity noted as oats sowing resumes while Albert Pelsel injures leg and Henry Kiefer ships two carloads of cattle to Chicago.
Mrs. K E Fleming and son visited Don Davis on Sunday. Mrs. Tom Schulty visited Har ry Rittenhouse Tuesday night and Wednesday. Wilbur Matthess of Des Moines visited Warren Matthess over Sunday. Howard Gardner and son Hoyt visited E B Youngs Sunday. Carl Keck and Clara Huber visited Huber family for new daughter Gladys Kathryn. Wayne Norman hauled bridge tubes from Washington Tuesday.
Grains of Gold Carbola for the poultry house Cyanogas rids the home grounds of rats moles ground squirrels and gophers Purina assures success to the lady who watches her poultry accounts Early maturity sturdy chickens quick growth when fed the Purina way O K Poultry Litter a big investment in brooders and houses Rat Tox lures and kills the thief of the poultry yard Poultry rings punches feeders joints coops feeds remedies and Cel O Glass are offered Poultry care items Gypsum keeps the house clean Rat Tox lures kill pests Baby chick orders Get yours early as dates are filling up A car load of Purina feeds this week Demonstrator Mrs Latham Can help poultry troubles Cyanogas kills poultry house destroyer The Rat Twentieth Century Poultry Tonic keeps flock healthy Fly Tox rids house of flies roaches and ants Remember the big Pumpkin Contest and an even bigger one this year See us if you didn t enter last fall Also offer lawn and garden supplies including gates hanging baskets seeds and bulbs Planting season for flowers and bulbs Bonemeal for blossoms inoculate peas and beans Fertilizers for better flowers and bigger crops Lawn mowers and garden tools Flower boxes and vases for cemeteries 35e three for 1 00 Bulk seeds save money Copy of Pine Tree Farm Guide Field seeds Millet Sudan grass seed and more Bayer Dust and Dip Dust boost yields Use Green Cross sprays Purina Demonstration Saturday with Mrs Latham at 11 60 a m and 2 00 p m Free feeders for best guess this week
West Chester Iowa editor argues good roads prove value for growers and town life. notes plentiful labor, plowing by Will Rief, oat planting, local farm projects, and people moving about from Keota to Delta with social updates. mentions weather contrasts with Ohio and California.
Ernest Fink owns a pony purchased last week. Winifred Carris visited her aunt Cora Davis in Washington. Gregley Gilbert from Youngstown Ill calls on friends and plans return in ten days. Dr Reid visited Jim Combs Wednesday. Mabel Atkinson and children saw Mrs Tom Carris midweek. Velma Booth sprained her ankle last Monday at Grant school. expects to return Monday. Mr and Mrs Jim Marsh visiting daughter Mrs Dale Atkinson. Isabel Combs visited aunt Mrs Kate Alkire in Washington. Emil Fink shipped two carloads of cattle to Chicago. Winifred Carris saw grandmother Mrs S D Carris. Ira Miller of Ollie visited in Washington Tuesday. Most sow oats. few finished. Jim Combs building a chicken house. Rural schools plan a play day at New Haven grounds. more details soon. Emil Fink and son Harold visited Tom Carris Monday.
Ralph Brinning and Dave Temple shipped a car of hogs to Chicago on April 19, with Brinning accompanying the shipment. Mrs Frank McClelland and Marion, recent Washington visitors, returned home Saturday morning. Miss Lechner and Mrs Zear joined students in the Griffith and Brumback pastures Friday to gather wildflowers, finding blue bells in abundance and sighting two groups of deer before they fled. Mrs Joe Zear visited her sister.
News from Washington Route 3 includes Mr Nate Benson buying a John Deere corn planter and Paul Margary Benson playing with Billie Maas Monday. The mud hole at Rush's corner is repaired guiding most traffic. Roy Thatcher and Wm Koening completed sowing oats Tuesday.
Historians note Egypt's Sesostris or Rameses III as first military organizers in 1620 B C. Paulamendes in 1103 B C formed a regular battle army. Saul around 1003 B C established guards and standing troops.
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