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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1925
Page
2
Chicago market summary shows hogs receipts 48 000 with varied bids from 10. to 12. pigs and sows traded around 9.75 to 12.00. Cattle receipts 16 000 with steady to weak demand and best steer bids near 13.00. Sheep receipts 15 000 with strong demand and fats up to 16.75 for lambs and 14.00 for yearlings.
Chicago wholesale prices list wheat corn oats rye barley and seeds with mixed item ranges. Lard ribs and timothy and clover seed quoted. Prices show No 1 hard wheat 1.72 to 1.74 and corn mixed grades from 61 to 71 percent, with various white and yellow corn values.
In Chicago on December 1 wheat corn oats and rye futures show mixed moves with Dec contracts near slight gains and later months fluctuating. Lard ribs and bellies display modest shifts while Toledo price quotes list cash Clover seed domestic and Timothy seed with December March values.
Local barber shop offers full family hair care with bobbing as a specialty. Located south of Klein Klo area, the shop emphasizes affordable grooming for all ages.
Official live stock estimates for tomorrow list hogs at 24000 head and cattle at 12000 dollars per hundredweight, with 11000 sheep. Existing ads suggest advertising advantages.
A series of closing out sales and public auctions are scheduled across Iowa and nearby areas. Entries include Jonas Seibert in Wellston and R. O. Wilson near Keota, A. Munson Valley, Dave Benson NW of Washington, Ode Ferguson in Havre, George Brush near Washington, A. C. Plummer West Chester, and W. S. Saville with G. Foster NE of Washington. The dates range from December 2 to December 22, with multiple auctions noted in early December.
A dense display of western railway time tables listing Golden State trains including No. 3 Limited No. 88 freight No. 60 local and numerous locals passes and freight services with daily and special schedules. agents H W Russell and others noted.
In Bellingham a three and a half foot buried egg was unearthed and declared as fresh as if six days old by H. G. Smith of the Washington Cooperative Eye and Poultry Association station. no one volunteered to eat it. In Humboldt, Leo Erhardt, 23, tried to help a horse entangled in barb wire and was struck by a car, fracturing his skull and possibly facing death.
Cyrus Chapter No 18 R A M holds regular meetings on the second Friday each month. Zeredatha Council No 21 R S M meets on the fourth Friday. Bethlehem Commandery No 45 KT meets on the third Friday. Washington Chapter No 98 OES meets on the second Thursday. Visiting members are welcome.
A Lexington hanging marked the first under the revived act with the gallows reinstated, Clerk Goodman of the Kentucky Court of Appeals stating it deterred unlawful acts. In Des Moines a voluntary receivership was granted to the lawn card tire company, lacking working capital but not insolvent. Senator Cummins and President Coolidge plan further talks on Midwestern agriculture. Ames awarded 21 football and 4 cross country letters. Mt. Pleasant named Leo Maghefray captain of Iowa Wesleyan football next year.
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