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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1926
Page
2
Hog receipts reach 29000 with heavy hogs slow and weights 210 to 240 pounds averaging 14.00 to 11.60. Priced sows and butcher hogs range 12.00 to 14.25. Slaughter pigs 12.50 to 14.60, heavy cuts 11.00 to 13.50. Cattle receipts 27000 with fed steer trade active, high bids around 10.90. Sheep and lambs show softness with fat lambs 11.59 and natives priced around 15.25 for small killers.
Early fat prices listed at 5.50 with steady feeding lambs. Light lambs sold well with prices climbing to 14.50. Choice lots remained firm, indicating strong demand in the market.
Market list from Toledo Ohio shows prices for Clover seed cash imported at 19.25 with October 22.00 and December 18.00 timelines. Timothy seed old 2.90 new 3.00 with September 2.00 and October 3.07 figures.
Official figures from Chicago list Hogs 20 000 cattle 11 000 sheep 25 000 for tomorrow.
Fred Newmeyer the director of The Savage argues the Charleston originated from monkeys, telling how a real monkey on set danced a Charleston during filming at the Fox theatre where Ben Lyon and May McAvoy star. May McAvoy remains skeptical, while Newmeyer points to the primate as evidence.
Chicago Montgomery Ward and Sears Roebuck join two other mail order firms in a campaign against distributing concealed weapons by mail. Ward and Sears have stopped selling revolvers. Butler Strothers did likewise two years earlier. In other news Raymond Pott of Youngstown Ohio was elected president of the Dancing Masters of America.
An August travel log from West Chester recounts a long drive through Packwood and Ollie visiting old friends and noting poor road conditions. The writer laments county road budgets and urges better rural roads to move farming goods and radiators. Local names mentioned include Hattie R. Green and George Rudiger with comments on visits to Geneseo and Des Moines.
Radio Digest lists many stations and programs for August Tuesday night. KDKA Pittsburgh offers dinner concert and sacred song slots. WEAF New York features musicales and orchestra acts. other outlets include KMA Shenandoah KOA Denver KYW Chicago WGN and WLS Chicago with varied hours and acts.
The market lists prices for butterfat cream eggs hens and roosters per pound and dozen with variations by size and breed. Hides and horse hides are noted with a $3.00 horse hide value. A local chautauqua note follows with low attendance due to wet weather. Anecdotes compare modern prices to 35 years ago and joke about prohibition and hooch affecting corn prices.
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