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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1926
Page
2
Chicago receipts total 15 000 hogs with mixed demand and prices across weights. top 12 80 and bulk around 11 40 to 13 86 for butchers. cattle receipts 16 000 with steady heavies and firmer veal while sheep receipts 14 000 show fat lambs strong and natives to city butchers at 15 25 with bulk 14 56.
Chicago grain prices show Sept WHEAT at 1.35 1.36 1.95 1.35 with May around 1.44 as CORN steadies near 78 with partial readings for oats and rye. LARD leads, posting 14.75 to 14.80 as Sept values fluctuate across the board.
Fragmentary OCR shows price figures for Oct and Sept with multiple values across dates, including RIBS and BELLIES categories. Entries include September and October figures such as 14.18 14.12 24.18 and 13.90, suggesting a pricing list or market notes with inconsistent formatting.
Toledo seed market reports prices for clover seed alfalfa Timothy and timothy old and new contracts. Prices shown include Clover seed at 18 and 26 per unit, September and October ranges, and Timothy bids around 2.90 to 4.10 with December and February futures noted.
Official livestock estimates for tomorrow list hogs at 25 000 cattle 110 000 sheep 24 000. Betty Hollingaworn and Mary Louise Harwood plan an evening visit to Keota to see Virginia Droz and Mr and Mrs Richard Johnston along with several Elgar Ruebsam and Thompson households returning from Cone where they spent the first of the week.
Ken Maynard, hailed as a wonder star, rises to national fame with First National Westerns. Critics compare him to Douglas Fairbanks as his film Senor Daredevil opens, touted as the greatest Western yet by a major studio. Now showing at the Fox.
A local classified advert promises high earnings for salesmen and salesladies. It claims a $1.00 profit per item with $2.00 costs per dealer contact and $5.60 sale price, totaling about $1.50 earned on a $2.00 investment. The copy promises guidance to earn over $100 weekly and provides an address in Ma nfield Ohio for those interested.
Market prices list butter fat per pound eggs per dozen hens by weight and variety ducks geese beef and horse hides quoted in cents per pound or each. Some entries are unclear or garbled but show table pricing and poultry sale terms with a note that only sound poultry is bought.
Mrs Roy Darian of Wellman spent yesterday here and Thelma Kirkpatrick of Keota visited with her school friend Ferne Duncan.
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