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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1929
Page
2
Hogs 12 600 head and 3 000 market notes indicate slow demand and lower bids. Cattle classes steady to lower with high grades down, calves and yearlings fed, and slaughter cattle range priced by weight. Lambs and sheep show stable to improving tones with commodity prices for corn oats and lard listed.
Wheat futures show Sept at 1.66 high 1.43 low with 142 percent and 1.43 percent. Dec at 1.54 with 1.44 high 1.50 low and 1.51 percent. Mar values read as Las 1.5814 with 1.55 percent and 1.64 percent.
Seed market notes list prices for clover and timothy seed with Old and Imperial import stamps and October figures for Bath Alsike and Dee entries. Details include domestic old 1660 and 1275 import prices, Timothy old 255, Bath Alsike October 1175 and Dee 1210.
The record lists bid-like figures for Wheat Corn Oats Barley Timothy and Clover with varied percentages and price ranges. Entries show multiple color coded or labeled lots including red yellow white and mixed categories with price points from around 44 to 2875 and several percentage figures.
In January 1777 American forces tested explosive kegs floated on the Delaware River to disrupt British supply lines. None of the devices detonated, ending the experiment.
Chief Justice John Marshall authored Life of Washington, the first American biography of broad scope and dignity. It established a model for national portraiture and civic memory.
A brief note from the St Louis Post-Dispatch contemplates how some admired men are memorialized in biography, suggesting enduring interest in their lives and legacies.
John Stuart struggles for breakfast as a stray kitten slips in and a neighbor woman reappears with a pardonable mischance. He fumbles toward a chance to impress while the kitten becomes a romance catalyst and his afternoon tumble leads to a later, lighter confession.
The note recalls Amos Alberson’s return to his old hometown at an age likely over 60, still looking younger and healthier after years away. Mentions his long acquaintance of 35 years and the warm welcome from neighbors as the Wilson family plans a Kalamazoo visit about August 1.
Neighbors gathered for threshing at Earl Kephart's farm just before noon. Charley Kephart hauled woad bundles for a saddle riding team while Silas Caldwell and Sam Sigafoose still haul grain. Multiple machines operated around Havre with talk of a sale and a needed rain easing the work.
The death of Mrs Grace (Stewart) Arnold at sixty one from uremia poisoning was sudden for her Keota family. She leaves five children Everette Gerald William and Mrs Cora Lyle of Keota and Mrs Margaret Sellman of Ottumwa. Funeral services are planned for Saturday at 2 30 p m with location undecided.
Mrs Lee Chalmers arrived home Thursday morning from Washington after a tonsil operation. Her rheumatism is improving with Maude Koehler helping care for her and baby Russell. Murray Smylie and John Stewart returned from Chicago with cattle and hogs.
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