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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1930
Page
2
Receipts total 15 000 with cattle and sheep markets steady to mixed. Cattle grades range from good to choice with weights 200 to 350 pounds and higher, prices from 4.00 to 11.00 per unit. Sheep and lambs show limited movement, with mid ranges around 7.00 to 9.50 for lambs and ewes, while feeding stock and cutters trade lower.
Readable fragment shows wheat and corn price quotes with months and percentages, including values like 1.05 and 1.09 percent. Mentions open market data and a teased women’s AGM in a distant line.
Toledo, Aug. 11 UP Cash Grain reports domestic cash values for Clover and Alsike with futures bids for Wheat, Corn, and Oats. Wheat 295 cars, Corn 274 cars, Oats 251 cars.
A sensational opening at Graham Theatre features Paramount Jon parade with Technicolor routines and standout performances by George Ancroft, Clara Bow, and Nancy Carroll. Audiences applaud as the lively, charming screen people deliver a grand, gleeful show praised as a smart, delightful entertainment.
An August 11 visit reports Ward McCutchens near Washington with ample poultry for a large family, onion sorting at Ralph Oldfield and Louis Herman farms, and large onion patches. Journal subscribers, local hospitality in Kalona and Katona, car mishaps, and messages about neighbors Dan Yoder, Jim O’Loughlin, and V. B. Davis appear amid social visits, dinners, and a park concert.
The article extols Ingagi as the most thrilling wild animal film, tracking from Mombasa and Nairobi to the Congo through ferocious beasts and eerie music. It praises its entertainment value and instructional material, noting widespread discussion and acclaim in many cities.
Capt. Frank M. Hawks delays his transcontinental flight plan after a court order debars him from leaving Los Angeles. The order, tied to unpaid alimony money awarded to his ex wife Mrs Newell Vaughn Hawks, requires him to appear in court Monday before resuming the attempt to beat the West-east record.
Wanted The Journal offers a permanent opening for a right man to sell medicines and extracts in Washington or nearby areas. Pleasant profitable business with an old reliable house. Car needed, small capital, steady income. Write with age and occupation. Field Man Mr Moyers will call. The H C Whitmer Co Columbus Indiana Box 208. v49 Aug 11-12
White Plains reports the teletypesetter has been successfully trialed by a chain of Westchester papers led by Yonkers Statesman Mount Vernon Daily Argus and New Rochelle Standard Star. The system transmits news by telegraph and sets type instantly at distant offices enabling faster construction of pages. The demonstration involved White Plains head office with distant offices receiving punched tape and a connected electrotypesetting unit. A separate incident from Centerville details Mrs. Rachel Blamet dying after kerosene accident.
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