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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1929
Page
2
Hogs top 1190 paid for 180 to 200 lb shippers with medium to good quality. Cattle steady to mixed gains across grades with fat cattle slightly higher. Sheep offerings around 7,000 with slaughter market mixed. fat lambs and maturing ewes show modest gains amid feeding station movements. Wheat corn oats and rye futures listed with several contract quotes and cash grain notes.
Toledo market prices show barley figures with dates and classifications. References to old domestics and improvised notes indicate varying levels and months, including December and October, with values around 1100 to 1425 for different lots and statuses.
Twenty young women will race for about $25,000 in prizes as Cloverfield hosts the annual national meet the women’s derby. Entrants include Ruth Elder, Amelia Earhart, Thea Rasch, Bobbie Trout, and Mabel Croskover, with $8,000 for race winners split between heavy and light planes. Local towns will sponsor lap prizes covering expenses in some cases.
Market list shows prices for butterfat cream per pound, fresh lard per dozen, Leghorn hens per pound, roosters per pound, spring chickens per pound, ducks per pound, and several hides per pound with exchange options. Note also a statement that no market exists for stag thin or rippled poultry.
In Red Thrush the vigilant pastor Tolliver drives a four daughter family to raise funds and push a new church project while his eyes suffer. The old parsonage in a maple grove undergoes modernization including electric refrigeration. Tolliver, famed as a hustler, plans a September opening as doctors urge rest. Ginger Ella and Helen Tolliver navigate family limits, faith, and future hopes amid small town ambition.
News notes from August 10 highlight Wm Luckey the local business man and stock shipper who backs the sale. Calves priced at 18 to 20 per cwt change hands with buyers like Bob O Connell and Rex Baird, plus several owners and dozens of lots listed no. 1 through no. 37. The report praises Luckey and O Connell for driving demand and notes a large turnout at the Columbus Junction fair. Several other local names appear among owners and buyers, with prices per ewt and per hundredweight given for many lots. A heat wave in Tokyo and a separate weather note appear at the end.
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