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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1928
Page
2
Hogs: receipts 25,000 market slow mostly 10 to 150 lower than Wednesday's average big packers inactive top 11.50 paid for choice 185 to 215 lb weights butchers etc across weight ranges. Cattle: receipts 7,000 calves 2,000 better trade on weighty steers yearlings steady bids 50 to 100 lower best heavies 16.35 yearlings absent most cattle 16.00 down to 14.50 slaughter classes with varied price ranges by weight including fed yearlings cows bulls.
Beef cuts range from good to choice with cows at 7.25 to 17.25 per hundredweight and vealers 12.50 to 17.25. Sheep trade sees 15,000 head with fat lambs active and lambs at 12.50 to 18.85, ewes 4.25 to 7.40, feeder lambs 13.25 to 13.75, while feeders and culls hold near 1.75 to 6.50 for lower grades.
Grain quotes show Wheat Sept at 1.195 with a 1.20 percent move and Dec at 1.2354. Corn Aug at 1.04 with Sept 1.00 and Dec 0.79. Oats Sept 0.60 with Nec 0.42 and Mar 0.44. Futures vary across months with small percentage changes noted.
Chicago grain and corn price listings show various categories with percentage readouts for wheat and corn futures. Entries include multiple grades such as red hard mixed and yellow white varieties, with ranges like 120 to 121 percent and 104 to 105 for different lots and maturities.
Prices for white oats rye timothy clover and barley appear with varying figures and units. The fragment notes White oats numbers 192 to 10214 and 109 entries, Rye No 1 at 105, Barley 65 to 4a, Timothy 400 to .474, Clover 2175 to 2900, with mixed quantities listed.
Seed market records show Clover with cash 1775 in Oct 1865 and Dec 1850, Dee 1850. Timothy lists cash 1220 and Dec 275. Alsike appears with cash 1625 in Oct 1625 and 1625 overall.
Amsterdam August 2 The United States held a commanding lead as the IX Olympiad entered its fifth day. Point standings show the United States at 23 percent of the total, with Great Britain 35 Canada 28 Finland 23 Germany 22 Sweden 21 and other nations below.
Sutherland Dows, GM of Iowa Railway and Licht, announced purchase of the gas companies of Creston Plaines and Carroll. While the price was not disclosed, more than 400000 dollars total was involved, including bonds outstanding against the three firms. It was believed Creston unit comprises over half the sum.
Director George Hill tested Jackie Coogan aboard a boat to Catalina Island to gauge seasickness before filming on a liner for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer vehicle Buttons. The cast includes Lars Hanson Gertrude Olmstead Roy D Arcy Polly Moran and others. the plot follows life aboard a fraz atlantic liner with a ship page role and a dramatic wreck at sea.
R E West and family visited Washington yesterday while planning sales for Aug 4 of the Breed estate in Ainsworth. The Journal notes farm life, market chatter, and community names such as Eckerman of Bingley Iowa and Karl Fulton. Until the end, readers get snapshots of farms, threshing, oats yields, corn fields, and local characters.
Rev Klein assisted Art but was not present to help. Coal loading occurred for Roy Libe, then the Rev departed for Washington. Mrs Earl Chorpening returned from Washington with peaches for canning. Jim Baird’s threshing continued as Gates equipment harvested about 60 bushels per acre. Es sley Herr and Geo Garrett machines operated at Emil Fink and Hiram Coakley sites. Bealer to thresh by Friday if weather permits.
Tomorrow's estimated receipts include 2000 cattle, 17000 hogs, 9000 sheep with holdover hogs listed at 11000. The message reflects a Chicago market preview dated August 2 with LP notation.
A Battle Creek doctor endorses Rexall Orderlie tablets as an effective relief for constipation. The product draws water into the colon to soften waste and promote a gentle natural movement without habit or dose escalation. Available at Rexall Drug Stores for 24 tablets at 25 cents.
More than 180 head of livestock will be shown by 115 Louisa county 4H members at the Columbus Junction district fair August 7 to 10. Calves pigs and litters will fill events as Louisa county claims the state’s largest baby beef club. Funeral services for George Breneman Jr. were held after a Sunday automobile crash.
The page lists westbound and eastbound train times for Golden State Limited No. 3 and No. 29, No. 49, No. 11 Express, and local freight and pass routes. Knoxville Branch and B and Q lines show local passes, freights, and daily schedules with agent stamps.
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