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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1928
Page
2
Hog receipts reach 16 000 with prices mostly 10 to 20 higher and slow late trading. Top 13.00 paid for two loads of choice 190 to 210 pound hogs. Butchers range wide across weights from 11.75 to 13.00 and sows 10.50 to 11.75. Cattle receipts 7 000 and calves 2- with current价 figures pending.
A Battle Creek doctor declares constipation causes most misery, but Rexall Orderlies offer relief by drawing water into the colon for a natural, non habit forming evacuation. Night use promises morning relief. 24 tablets sold at Rexall Drug Stores. Also reports sharp cattle and sheep market activity with varied prices across beef, veal, lamb and feeder categories.
Chicago August 16 cattle 21000 hogs 13000 sheep 9000 are the estimated receipts for tomorrow as reported in the cattle hogs and sheep market overview.
The report lists Wheat with numbers like 3 red 131 percent and 4 red 123 percent, 1 hard 112 percent, through 4 hard 107 to 108, plus 6 hard 110, and 2 mixed 108 percent. Corn shows 6 mixed 88 to 90, 2 yellow 99 1 percent, 3 yellow 97 to 98 percent, 5 yellow 94, plus 2 white 96, 3 white 93, and 5G 83 to 2 dollars. Oats notes 2 white 37 to 39, 3 white 35 to 37, 4 white 33 to 34, SG 30 to 31, and red 36. Rye No 3 94. Barley 56 to 71. Timothy 420 to 490. Clover 2050 to 2999.
Seed market notes list prices for clover varieties with cash and net values. Clover cash 1700 and 1806 for Oct, Dec 1775, cash impl 1425. Timothy wash 210 and Dec 260. Alsike old 1625 cash new 1650 Net 1675.
Loren Moorhead and Thelma Harper of Shenandoah Iowa married in Council Bluffs last Saturday Aug 11. Loren works as a field representative for the Des Moines Register Tribune and will reside in Council Bluffs after Oct 1. Local friends here send best wishes for their life together.
West Chester reports a Dayton correspondent notes Mr. Hoover's address angering some locals and potentially costing votes in the area. The piece casts doubt on a strong reception and hints at an initial misstep in tone.
August 16 reports visiting relatives in Woodward Iowa with Frank Beatty and H H McKee as guests. Charley Beatty's condition improves while Anne Campbell impresses many. Dr Tom Tompson weighs in on Al Smith and Hoover political talk and residents discuss shows and chautauquas amid hot corn canning weather.
Pete Huber's paper recalls a Crawfordsville clipping from ten years ago. Jet Rose held a sale on the 26th totaling 8327 dollars with Frank Macon as auctioneer. The Willing Workers provided lunch as men chipped in a dollar each, ladies grateful. Jim Edworthy visits from Des Moines while his Minnesota family vacations. The Fiechtel godlers wowed the crowd and many enjoyed the programs. A local exchange ends with a quip about two heads and sauer kraut.
In a courtroom a man asks the defendant if he is the culprit. The reply denies, claiming legal representation. The other man clarifies the speaker is the farmer who stole the chickens.
A rural Iowa correspondent analyzes Hoover and Smith speeches, hints at naming a calf, and critiques hooch relief plans. The letter reports a crowded Washington scene, good road conditions, favorable crops, and unusually green pastures with a cooling trend feared for frost.
Marshalltown invites Herbert Hoover to visit during the October 7 to 18 week of diamond jubilee celebrations. A giant cornstalk on Roy R. Bradbury’s farm will be measured weekly and telegraphed to Hoover as a reminder, with Hotel Tallcorn opening October 4.
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