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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1927
Page
2
Chicago livestock market shows higher hog prices across most weights as demand broadens. Cattle receipts remain light with general trade steady to weak, light yearlings and vealers price 8.50 to 13.50, bulls and steers varied by weight and grade.
Ernie Herr promotes Dr Hess Fly Spray and Dip at good prices and Purina Cow Chow for hens. T E Jones and Earl Morgan tout Cow Chow and alfalfa seed success with barley nurse crop. Lime rock and rock phosphate improve soil. Fall garden tips with Crimson Giant radish and Madonna Lily Bulbs. Grains of Gold store paper for August teased with a family photo.
Report of Winfield fair observations with a lively stock show featuring Herefords Red Polled Holstein and Jersey cattle. Hog sheep and racing events draw crowds along with evening attractions and funny moments with Jack from the Forty Niners.
The market shows activity with sheep receipts around 9 000 and prices from 6.50 to 9.50 for natives and fat ewes from 6.50 to 7.00. Lambs range from 11.50 to 14.35 for feeding stock and 9.90 to 12.25 for culls. Heavier and better quality lots push higher, with Thursday's 69 lb feeding lambs at 13.69.
The Chicago cash grain page lists bid and asking ranges for Wheat Corn Oats Barley Rye Timothy and Clover with varied grades and sample grades showing narrow fluctuations across futures and spot values. The report captures multiple seed categories and futures implications for traders and local farmers.
Miss Catherine Bucher of Fairfield stayed with Chas Mayer and Nick Tinnes families then visited Harper with relatives. The Dublin threshing ring met at the store, Howard Brown aided Jim Lockwood, and families hosted guests from Ottumwa Iowa City Washington and Sigourney over the week.
A terse reflection on friendship emphasizes that promises may attract friends but sustained effort and performance maintain them, attributed to Owen Feltham.
The seller quotes five cents a dozen above local market for eggs delivered to 316 KE Van Buren St. The offer applies only to buyers using Dr Watson's Chic Tone and Poultry Mineral or Morrick Laying Mash. The seller cites two reasons: to promote product use and that eggs are worth more to the seller than the payment.
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