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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1926
Page
2
Hogs receipts reach 27 000 as market improves from early trading. Lights and pigs gain about 25 cents from Wednesday's average with 180 to 210 pound hogs recovering most losses. Desirable butchers steady to 10 cents higher. packing sows up 10 cents. Top price 13.40 with 180 pound averages around 13.00 to 13.30 for 60 to 210 pound ranges.
Market reports show cattle receipts at 1,000 with varied quotes for steers, yearlings, and heifers. loads and weights range from light to heavy, with prices from 9.85 to 14.50 for different classes. Sheep receipts total 15,000 with fat lambs steady to strong and ewes trading around 6.00 to 7.50, while feeders and stockers remain scarce and firm.
Market rates list for cream butter eggs hens and geese with per pound and per dozen prices. Includes various poultry breeds and animal hides with price per pound and per item, noting no market for sick or crippled poultry.
A compact historical note references Benjamin Bran’ Tin warning about tempering sweetness with vinegar and cautions against misusing good nature. The fragment suggests moral guidance in humorous proverbs.
Reading: steady late Wednesday with feeding lambs strong. Bulk prices bracketed at 12.75 to 13.75 for 57 to 72 pound weights.
Chicago on August 12 official live stock estimates show Hoge 18,000 cattle 2,500 sheep 7,000.
Clover seed shows cash import prices at 18.25 with bids of 20.76 for October and 16.95 for December and 16.08 for February. Timothy seed bids 4.00 with September and October at 3.15 and October at 3.18.
Public construction company of Minneapolis sues Evangelical Deaconess Society of Marshalltown Iowa in federal court for fourteen thousand sixty eight dollars alleged due for work on the Deaconess Hospital at Marshalltown.
Philadelphia reports Robert Whitman alias Lord Beaverbrook and John Wiedemier captured in Movamensing prison after talks with detectives. Authorities accuse Whitman of swindling dozens of women, including Frances Kemp of Philadelphia, with losses possibly reaching a million dollars. He claims to be broke but offered police 50000 for his freedom and says he lost 100000 to gamblers in Atlantic City.
Waterlo o Mrs Lauragnew aged 49 sister of May Francis state superintendent of schools died at the scene in a local incident.
A dense Radio Digest listing outlines tonight and tomorrow’s stations and programs across major networks. It catalogs KMOX WRAL WHAS WLS and many others with times, concert sets, organ recitals, orchestras, and special programs. The page ends with a call to action to fight weeds.
Crawfordsville reports visits from Des Moines and Tulsa relatives at the J N Lease and Macklin households. Miss Rosalie Wilson travels from Virginia to Cedar Rapids then Manning Iowa residents Lela Edgar and Velma Twinam return to teaching posts. The piece notes Waterloo murder charge against Richard Carr for the shooting of Arthur Garland and Northwestern University’s plan for a new stadium readiness next fall.
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