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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1928
Page
2
Hog receipts 2,000. demand steady with Friday. Prices for 170–230 lb hogs 11.75–11.90, top 12.00 for a 196 lb load. Sows 9.60 top shorts and packing sows. Cattle receipts 300. steers 16.25–16.75, heifers 16.60, vealers 1.00 higher. Sheep 2,000, direct sales 14,800 week to date with varied lambs and market shifts.
Chicago grain quotes list open high low and close for wheat corn and oats across Sept Dec and Mar contracts with percentage changes and price figures indicating small gains in some months and declines in others reflecting a volatile trading session for the three commodities.
Grain prices listed for wheat corn oats barley timothy and clover with multiple lots and percentages. Includes hard soft mixed yellow white SG figures and ranges across 2 through 6 lot entries and specific product types.
Report lists cash prices for Clover at 1700 Ot 1800 Dee 1785 and 1625 cash for Alsike with October 1625. Timothy shows cash 225 and Dee 275. Cash imports 1425 noted.
Mrs Lulu Robertson and daughter from Oskaloosa visit Ainsworth and T H Will family. Cement bridge works near cemetery. T H Will niece attend Columbus Junction fair. Philip Gerdes and family attend Columbus Junction fair. W J Grinstead and Iola Jean visit HH RR Baker. Hiram Baker family and Grinstead attend fair and pavement celebration.
Mythological satyrs are woodland deities from Greek myth associated with Dionysus. They feature a human upper body and goat legs with long ears and flat noses, famed for revelry and forest roaming during Bacchus time.
A journal's for sale rent and want notices reach a large daily audience. The ads cover wide topics from goods to services, attracting many readers who search these listings for bargains opportunities and notices.
The article traces the rise of the Republican Party from the Kansas Nebraska act, noting Henry Clay's settlement as false, Stephen A. Douglas reopening the slavery issue, and Alvan Bovay's role in naming the party. It covers Ripon meetings in 1854, Michigan convention, the gala national convention in Philadelphia 1856, and John C. Fremont as its first presidential nominee with William Dayton as vice president candidate.
Yesterday showcased a successful Columbus Junction fair with attendees from Washington and beyond. Fred Singleton traveled about 1 600 miles from Edinburg Texas and ticket men Alvin Miller and Willard Patten ran the north gate while Frank Ulm, Miller’s brother in law, was in Iowa City hospital awaiting a throat operation with hopes for recovery.
Dennie Peters tended 100 head of fine baby beef calves at the fair. many are slated for shipment to Des Moines for the state fair. A car nearly struck a 9 year old on the grounds but avoided injury and no scolding occurred. L E Cutcomb recalls an old sale and local people as Mac's place offers ample meals.
The passage records social visits and town news from Wayland with mentions of Charley aiding in sickness, Crawfordsville merchant R W Borman and Roger Andersen, engineer Paul Gorham, and visitors like D fb Kicher from Springdale Arkansas. It notes grape logistics for Frisco lines, local vineyard plans, and a job test for a nine year old grocer candidate with a joke about a million dollars.
West Chester correspondent reports Waddell visit from Audubon county linking family ties to Mrs. Nevins. Crops look good and oats mostly unthreshed. local talk covers a bridge across Crooked Creek and road grading for market access. Hot weather persists as farmers discuss hooch, corn yields, and regional commerce amid political split views.
A maxim on public oratory notes that most men who agree to speak gamble their reputation for wisdom by risking it before critics, describing the danger as a wolfish test of judgment.
The article notes there are no true black flowers but describes very dark tulips called black and pansies that appear almost black, emphasizing the near black color phenomenon in these blooms.
Editorial quotation attributed to Karl of Chatham asserts that commerce expands a country’s riches and prestige, highlighting trade as a driver of national strength and honor.
Crawfordsville residents and relatives from Diagonal Iowa, Eskridge Kansas, Winfield and Oelwein Iowa visit local households. The community mourns the death of N L Long of Washington and burial arranged locally.
The Gut enberg Bible, the earliest book printed with movable metal type, was published in Latin in Mainz between 1452 and 1456 by Johannes Gutenberg.
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