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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1930
Page
2
Hog receipts reach 13 000 with top hogs at 11.65 and light weights active. Cattle receipts 11 500 with steers and yearlings strong, weighty bullocks around 12 00, heifers to 12 00, cows 5 00 to 8 25, vealers 12 00 to 13 00. Sheep receipts 18 000 lambs softer, natives 4 00 to 9 25, fat ewes 3 00 to 4 25, feeding lambs Tan to .00.
The snippet lists open high low and close values for Wheat Corn and Oats across contracts Sept Mar May and other months with figures such as 87% R77 92% 40 7% OM, and various percent changes and prices. It reads like an incomplete futures table with inconsistent spacing and several corrupted tokens.
A stray flock of birds was observed near the seafront with geese estimated around ten thousand in the region. Local officials urged caution for water traffic and advised avoiding feeding wild birds to prevent human-wildlife contact.
Fragmentary OCR text shows numeric values and names with no coherent events. No identifiable person action or location present to form a proper news item.
Grain market note reports prices for Alsike and Timothy seed in Toledo region. Includes yields for October December and March futures, with cash and ewt figures. mentions a Saturday market closure and references Vondas.
Chicago grain prices list cash grain closes with Wheat Corn Rye Barley Timothy and Clover values. Includes numbers for wheat yellow and white corn 2 mixed 99 to 1.60 percent and various yields and sample grades.
Frank J Patterson reports Mr and Mrs Wm Chapek and family and Mr and Mrs Dan Bopp visited relatives including Sister Annelle in Town City. Anthony Eglin dies at Mercy Hospital after illness. Holy Trinity church conducts funeral and burial. Families of Te Bockhorst and Patterson attend fairs, picnics, and eighth grade graduation at Holy Trinity School.
A August 27 community blur from Washington notes Jake Beese managing two farms on behalf of Geo Brown while Brown visits Finland. L Logan reports dry fields, James Wayland at six months weighs 25 pounds, and Oakdale visitors include Albert Elliot family. Several farm families and neighbors attend gatherings, remark on matoes in Brighton, and pig and cattle sales to Magdefrau Bros. of Weyland.
A lettered harvest report highlights a five acre Brighton area farm with fruit and crops including apples corn and garden truck. Mentions J. E. Swank visiting Ohio relatives and Cy Dickerson threshing two bushels per acre of clover seed. Also notes West Virginia trader Mose Skinner partnership change and local cattle breeder Rk E Brinning with Shorthorn cattle. Local residents Lena Stewart Myrtle Macon John Lowe Preston Wolf and Dave Tipton are referenced with visits to the state fair hospital and Muscatine respectively.
The article notes that Paul Houseal entertained relatives from Iowa City at supper Sunday evening and mentions many locals who attended the West Liberty fair last week.
Aug 27 report says 14 year old Eugene Carl attacked his grandparents H. J. Swanker and his wife in their bedroom after a whipping and slashed their faces. He lived at the Swanker home. Also: Mason City man Jesse Dull dies from crash injuries in Estherville after a Sunday wreck. Ward Sovereign injured. his legs fractured.
Ed O'Dea aviation enthusiast was named Iowa governor for the National Aeronautical Association at a Chicago meeting. He succeeds Feb Van Orstrand of Sioux City in leading the Iowa division with chapters in Ames Cedar Rapids Centerville Davenport Ottumwa Sioux City Waterloo and Des Moines.
Des Moines reports papers amending Beatrice Creamery company articles filed with secretary Ed M. Smith. The amendment raises capital stock to 50,000 6OO and 12,500,000 preferred shares at par 59. No increase will relate to Iowa property.
Herman Knapp business manager of Iowa State College gave the second summer school commencement address. Degrees were awarded to L1% students, with the total number of degrees granted reported.
W P Borland of the Interstate Commerce Commission Bureau of Safety ruled that Engineer A C Taylor failed to obey a train order establishing a meeting point, causing injuries to eight people in a railroad crash near the Missouri river bridge on June 6. The fireman and head brakeman had warned Taylor about the order.
Doors of the People's State Bank at LaCone were closed and D. W. Erntz of the state banking department assumed charge. The bank had 28000 dollars capital with officers FE Langebartels as president E B Mosher as vice president R Rodgers as cashier and Gertrude Mossman as assistant cashier.
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