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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1930
Page
2
Chicago market report shows hogs receipts 19 000 with gains 10 to 20 cents for lighter weights while heavy hogs steady. Cattle receipts 6 500 with strong to 25 higher trade, steers 600 900 lb 10.00 to 11.75, cows 5.75 to 8.00, vealers 12.00 to 13.50. Sheep receipts 1 200 lambs up to 25 cents, native lambs 10.00 to 10.35, feeders 7.50, ewes 2.95 to 4.00.
Chicago cash grain closed with mixed results as wheat and corn showed varied bids across grades. Prices ranged for hard red and yellow corn while oats and white varieties posted modest shifts, reflecting unsettled trading in the grain pit.
Toledo market reports CLOVER domestic cash 14.60 with primes 1490 Oct 15 60 Dec 15.60. March 16.10. Alsike cash 12.00 Oct 12.25 Dec 12 hay Timothy at 1.25 ewt.
Grain quotations show wheat oats and rye with erratic moves and mixed closes across months. Mrs A Barnes of 615 South Avenue C Chicago suffers a window fall injury to her hand this morning.
A letter discusses a missed last night Journal error, mentions William Ruebsam with ten acres of Hina soybeans near Crawfordsville, a combine will be used, and references a trip by Lewis Baker and son to Big Horn basin. Frank Moore's family, hay, cows, and farm notes appear, plus visitations to Lafayette and Havre and a Journal request to maintain subscriptions.
Local report from Ainsworth notes Floyd and family working together on a farm with cattle on feed priced at 11.75 dollars. Carl Bern named new lumberman from Reinbeck Iowa. paving crew from Crawfordsville impressed. Ray Nordyke and Bert Martin visit, Levi Metzger ships cattle to feedlot near Winfield. Crop yields and farm activity described with several residents mentioned.
The Washington market lists prices for poultry and related goods. Fresh laid butterfat per pound 37 cents, per dozen 19 cents for hens. legworms 10 cents per pound. spring chickens two pounds and up. under two pounds. leghorn spring chickens. broilers 1 cent per pound. roosters and ducks pricing shown. horse, pony, and colt hides priced at $1.00 to $2.00.
Witness balks at answering questions during cross examination as the trial proceeds. The narrative shifts to social notes about the Dug Page family visiting from Oskaloosa and Denver, the Oskaloosa fair, a cow with 16 legs, travel anecdotes around Havre and Ainsworth, and local updates on Cal Pearson’s illness.
Three armed men stormed Broadway State Bank in Fort Wayne Indiana forcing customers to lie down. They fired on two customers who were wounded but expected to recover and escaped with about four thousand dollars.
Des Moines reports Frank S. Hite of Marengo won the post of grand chancellor at the Iowa Pythian convention. Other officers named include Charles Rogers Grundy Center grand vice chancellor and L E Hill Corning grand prel ate. The meeting discussed a proposed home for the aged as part of the convention agenda.
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