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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1929
Page
2
The report shows uneven hog futures with top hogs around 12.10 and 160 to 210 lb bulls 1175 to 1205, with various ranges for butcher and sow classes. Cattle calve and slaughter classes list prices for steers, yearlings, heifers, cows, and bulls, plus milk fed weavers and feeders, with mixed ranges and quarterly commodity figures.
The market report lists bids for Wheat, Corn, Oats, Barley, Timothy, and Rye with varied grades and percentages. Multiple entries show color coded or color descriptor classifications like red yellow and white, with price ranges from near 100% to 129% and several fractional figures.
A compact listing shows domestic old seed values for October and December with Clover at 1500, 1425, 1450 and Alsike at 1100, 1105 with Dee noted. An odd citation "Note on Prayer" and author Arthur Schnitzler appears embedded, alongside remarks about devotion as work and vanity.
Chicago grain figures show close and open values with percent changes. The report lists wheat and corn indexes and daily percentage shifts for December and near terms. Strong entities include Chicago, grain, wheat, and percentage figures.
Mose D Miller of Kalna arrived in Washington yesterday on a short business trip. Bengie Duke, staying with friends in Washington for a month, returned to Chicago this morning. Neve Tripp and Mrs Richardson plan to go to Riverside tomorrow to judge a flower. Ted Sandy left last night for Chicago to spend a few days on business. Mr and Mrs B D Hammer and children Eunice Gertrude Robert and William started this morning on a vacation trip to Osiris Minnesota. They expect to be done about three es of Manchester in Washington Koma is visiting far ington with Joseph Jones Jr of Crawfordsville came to Washington this morning on business.
August notes from Washington and Cleghorn report fairgoers from Muscatine County enjoying rides and auctions. Oldtimers like Shep Thompson of West Liberty and Hodder from Muscatine reminisce, while fair crowds swell with tickets selling fast. A drowning near Cleghorn claims two locals, and misprints are corrected about Oak at Columbus Junction Rock Island depot.
The article urges housewives to co operate in managing family income through a monthly budget. It stresses saving, avoiding extravagance, and planning ahead to weather sickness or misfortune. A budget book is offered free to readers via the Institute at Chicago's LaSalle Street address.
A fragment expresses a plea for peace and unity, noting a contrast between oppression and harmony. It references a man of peace and invokes hope that love and divine favor guide society away from oppression toward just coexistence.
The Woman's Medical College of Philadelphia is devoted exclusively to training women in medicine and to developing its subsidiary branches for broader professional education and practice.
Tokio reports a deadly heat wave causing drownings, illness, and widespread distress. Police say many were driven insane by the oppressive heat and hundreds remain missing across the region as relief efforts continue.
Market notes list prices for butterfat teat per pound and various poultry items including hens roosters spring chickens and hides with payments per pound or each. Reads as fragmented price sheet with no market for sick or crippled poultry.
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