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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1926
Page
2
Chicago August market shows hog receipts around 16 000 with early bids 10 to 14 cents higher. Heavier hogs firm on demand yet heavy sow and light hog demand weak. Cattle sales steady to lower with troughs in steer and cow prices, vealers strong. sheep and lambs mixed with fat lambs higher on western stock and natives.
Steady market for fat ewes and feeding lambs observed with ewes around 6.00 to 6.50 and feeding lambs holding steady in Chicago grain reports. Local buyers and producers monitored prices as cattle and grain markets moved in tandem with season trends.
In Toledo on August 20 prices for Clover seed cash imported stood at 18.25 with futures at 20.95 for October and 15.95 for December. Timothy seed old price 2.90 and new 4.10 with September and October at 3.05.
Chicago Aug 20 livestock estimates for tomorrow show Hog 2 500 cattle 500 sheep 500. The report cites market outlook and adjustments for herd sizes and supply.
No. 6 Plenty of lime to jime your set. Fin est alfalfa seed at the right price. Alfalfa pays better than corn for some men in Washington county. They tell us why. Wm. Simpson of Ainsworth bought 25 lbs. Hess Tonic and Carey Salt this week.
Local market prices show fresh laid eggs per dozen and various poultry rates for hens ducks and geese. Fresh butter and other produce priced, with a note that sick or crippled poultry has no market. Market prices for old roosters and hides also listed, with delivery terms.
Miss Martha Jones returns from Cedar Rapids visiting her aunt Mrs Lindley Coon and family. Hazel Booth comes home from Davenport sick with the summer flu. The Wallace family of Eldora visits Elizabeth Wallace. Mrs Margaret Allbaugh returns from Haywarden Armstrong and Minnesota. Mrs Merchant returns from Burlington. John Godlove family visits. J B Booth and Ethel travel to Dunbar Wisconsin to visit relatives. Mrs Clara Frye departs Mason City after weeks with J E Mathers.
Local residents report a Tuesday storm with rain hail and strong winds hitting areas west and north of Highland Center. Goose creek surged flooding a bridge as cars halted. Neighborhood social notes include visits among Simpson Rath Showalter Meeks Foster Upfell Boyd and Bellant families with hospital updates on Mary Alice Meeks and Norma Meeks and plans for relatives from Cedar Rapids and Elliott.
Lesson outlines Exodus text on God’s sovereignty and self-surrender. Primary topics cover loving God with all heart soul and strength, and the duties of loyalty worship and obedience. The sermon discusses the first four commandments, idolatry, reverence for God’s name, and holy rest with emphasis on worship over self.
A quotation discusses money as neither inherently good nor bad but as a neutral force like water wind or electricity. It becomes moral or immoral only through human use and intent.
Sunday School Lesson by Rev P B Fitzwater LLd Dean Moody Bible Institute Chicago appears in 1286 Westerns Newspaper Calon 5 with focus on day and evening school teachings under Moody system.
A devotional line attributes peace to a heart that worships God alone and trusts Him fully, elevating it above earthly worries. Ceikie cites spiritual calm as the central message.
A devotional line reflects on sin as error and wrong, noting the epitaph for a sinner as Thou Fool and urging moral caution through a concise, moralizing maxim.
terse fragment notes a religious reflection on prayer and divine use. The text mentions secret prayer and seeks to identify those whom God uses most, though phrasing is garbled and lacks clear names or events.
Radio Digest lists tomorrow schedule with WCCO WFRAA WMC WSAI KOA WBRAL WCX WEEI WGOHB WHO WLIT WOAT WERT WIC WWJ. Pittsburgh KPMKA Shenandoah KYW Chicago WEAF WOR WGN WLS WMAQ WOAW WOC WQJ and others feature concerts orchestras bands and vocal ensembles plus School of the Air and barn dance segments.
An advertising pitch extols Quaker Oats as a balanced breakfast source containing 16 percent protein and 58 percent carbohydrate with vitamins and fiber. It claims oats provide morning energy and laxative benefits, urging shoppers to buy Quick Quaker or regular Quaker Oats for fast cooking.
Mrs Peggy McGuire of Emporia Kansas arrived this morning as guest of Miss Rose Kerns. Mr and Mrs W L Ireland of Rubio visited Washington yesterday to shop.
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