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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1929
Page
2
Market notes show 18 000 head cattle and hogs with slow bids and steady feel. Steers and yearlings vary with top calves near 17 00 and best yearlings at 1460 to 1600. packing sows 900 to 1015. hogs 1050 to 1165. cattle uneven but steady, grasses and yearlings weak to moderate.
Market summary lists cream butterfat tests, lard and per pound prices for hens leghorn roosters and chickens. Geese beet hides cattle weights and prices for cows steers bulls and sheep with ranges from 800 to 1700 pounds and lambs, ewes and feeders.
Market data show bid and price levels for wheat corn rye oats and barley with various grades and sample grades. Toledo cash grain closes list domestic and imported clover alfalfa and timothy prices with monthly futures like October December and August multiple entries specify old and new contracts.
A fragmented column lists multiple consignors and locations including Knotek Bros and Duncan & Sons in Columbus Junction Iowa, Polands in Washington and Durœs in Riverside, with dates scattered October and October 11. It seems to summarize sales or auctions by various firms across Iowa and nearby towns.
J B Greenfield head of the bond broker house of Greenfield Co. Chicago and Detroit, named in five true bills by the Cook County grand jury. Charges include bailee wrongdoing and related offenses. Cast and release details for Weary River noted with star Rob Barthelmes in a Fox Theatre engagement.
Jam toured Des Moines on Sunday visiting eight hundred fifty boys at Fort Des Moines. He notes a school program allowing thirty days per year for ten years, and a mother witnessed a bull snake strike near her child but missed. In Wayland, locals recalled old times, trains, and past instructors. A film at Graham Theatre featuring The Valiant starred John Mack Brown and others, with showers yawning into plans for a Lemon sale on August 14.
Mexico City reported semi officially that President Herbert Hoover would make a visit to Mexico next December. Details of the president’s tour were not complete in the early report.
In Des Moines Iowa August 18 the Des Moines street railway owners and workers stepped back from a strike after failing to reach a fresh contract. Walter J Cummings proposed a two to one car transition with an eight cent wage rise per hour for two years while employees demanded more. The dispute kept quiet on broader details and the two parties remained apart despite the mediation attempt.
Joliet July 12 1931 Major Henry Hill millionaire Gates bn assumes duties as warden of Joliet and Statesville penitentiaries and Joliet honor farm promising strict discipline yet humane treatment of 3200 inmates. He succeeds Elmer J Green whose resignation was requested by Governor Louis J Emmerson.
Iowa legislative tax committee led by Chairman Lewis W Cook with Senator F Clark, C L Rigby, George L Patterson, J Johnson, and Harry M Greene visits Topeka after conferring with Governor Arthur Weaver. They study Nebraskas new tax on intangibles and consider adopting a similar system, plus issues on public utility assessments and equalization. The panel plans to report to Governor Hamill in December and return to Iowa after the trip.
A preliminary inheritance tax report shows C. H. McNider of Mason City left a 2,447,037.48 estate. Mrs May H McNider and Hanford McNider filed the report listing debts of 250,595.51 and noting the heirs as his widow his son and Mrs Louis Johnson of Minneapolis.
Neighboring families and relatives from Pearl Illinois East Pleasant Plain and nearby towns visited homes in Washington on Thursday and Friday. Oren Romine is sick with tonsillitis. Bert Dill died Friday evening at his daughter’s home near Washington, prompting neighborhood sympathy.
In Chicago two youths confessed to slayings of Schreiner and Leon Ray George Mond Two indictments accuse murder and one each charging assault to kill and robbery. The cases also involve Wounding night watchman Joseph Jerry and other victims.
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