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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1928
Page
2
Receipts 6 000 hogs with mixed grades and weights. top price 12 50 per cwt for good lots. Cattle 500 head with lighter demand for yearlings. steers 15 70 up, some 13 50 to 14 50, bulls steady, vealers off early. Sheep and lambs scarce, natives around 14 75, week totals include 14 700 direct and 150 doubles from stations.
Produce market report notes activity at Washington markets with prices and vendor details. Shoppers find fresh vegetables and fruit stalls operating daily, while wholesale buyers monitor market conditions and supply through the morning.
Closing prices show varied movement with fat lambs steady around 15.25 to 15.30 for natives and 14.25 to 15.00 in range and bark categories. Feeding lambs range 13.25 to 14.00, fat ewes 6.25 to 7.00, throwouts around 10.50 to 10.60, while overall tone notes quality deterioration and mixed changes across categories.
Wheat futures for Sept Dec and Mar rise around 1.11 to 1.22 percent with gains led by Sept and Mar contracts. Corn futures mix shows small increases and declines near 0.73 to 0.76 percent. Oats futures show modest gains with Sept and Mar posting roughly 0.24 to 0.41 percent increases.
The report lists cash grain bids and quality by type. Wheat shows multiple lots with terms like hard and mixed at ranges 109 to 112 percent. corn bids include white 99 percent. oats show white and red lots around 34 to 37 percent. rye No 3 at 965. barley 65 to 70. timothy 420 to 490. clover 2050 to 2900.
Livestock estimates show Clover cash 17.00, Oct 17.75, Dec 17.70, cas imported 14.25. Timothy cash 8.05, Dee 2.50. Alsike cash old 16.50, cash new 17.25, Oct 17.50.
Petitions asking for the establishment of a municipal court in Ames circulated today. Town attorneys started the movement and if a sufficient number of signatures is obtained the question will be voted on at the fall election.
Samuel Washburn of Brockton Massachusetts spent last evening in Washington as a guest of Dr and Mrs W W Bowers.
Directory style notice lists dentists with contact numbers and addresses in Washington. Also mentions a journal and public sale or classified items with brief references to audience and a speaker named Kor d.
The piece reflects on the 1860 presidential race with Lincoln, Douglas, Breckinridge, and Bell, noting Wide Awakes and torchlit processions in the North, the Douglas campaign in the South, and the electoral outcome showing a stark popular vote versus electoral vote split. It highlights the looming crisis over secession and the dramatic public fervor across regions.
The item lists figures from a Poland China sale led by F. M. Smith & Sons on Jan 16 1918 with 34 sows averaging $78 60 and total receipts of $2018 10. It mentions visits by A J Johnson and Hooper Hotle in Iowa with chatter about Brigh ton and West Branch plus remarks on chautauqua programs and family entertainments.
At the Robinson home in Brighton on Apr 17 a miscellaneous shower celebrated a recent bride. Guests included Lois Ingham Mae Dittweiler Marjorie Warnerus Mary Irwin and many others while gifts were received. Other local notices mention visits and travels of residents to Waterloo Ottumwa Eldora and Colorado with stops in Fairfield and Anamosa.
Washington capts announce regular meeting second Thursday night each month. Officers include Alice Meek as W M and Della McBride as Secretary. Visiting members are welcome.
Train timetables show multiple local passenger and freight trains with morning and evening departures. Agents H. W. Russel and J. Co. McKay list daily schedules including No. 8 Local Passenger No. 26 Southwest Limited and various freight services with Sunday exceptions and specific departure times.
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