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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1928
Page
2
Strong to 10 higher for select cattle and hogs. Prices range 130 to 160 pounds, with weights 180 to 200 pounds at 90 to 140. Holdovers ~1,600. Cattle totals around 500, fed steers and heifers 75 to 150 higher, some early gains and mixed close. Best heavies around 17.50, stockers and feeders up to 75 to 100.
A fragmented page shows real estate firms and service stations along East Washington Street and nearby areas. It lists auctions, lodge notes, and fraternal meeting schedules, followed by rail timetable snippets and local agent notices. The mix includes W. J. Masson dentist details and Knoxville branch train arrivals and departures.
Cattle and veal prices vary with higher gains for fat cattle and vealers while cutters retreat. Sheep demand steady as 2,000 head sell with good and choice lambs at 1400 to 1425. fat lambs push up to 100 above throwouts. Feeding lambs show strength with 25 up, while fat ewes and yearlings move modestly. Grain futures list mixed to higher gains with Wheat around 1.14 to 1.22 and Corn near 0.84 to 0.90.
The Butter and Man presents as a major comedy drama on stage and screen with Jack Mulhall in the title role and Greta Nissen as leading lady. Gertrude Astor Saml Fardy William Demarest and other Broadway figures join as behind the scenes play production life and film staff. Bird Wallace directed the picture.
A prospective film titled Glortasy Belay narrates Jerome Bonaparte’s romance with Betsy Patterson. He spurns a royal match urged by Napoleon’s envoys, weds Betsy in Baltimore, then recalls his ambition to crown a Westphalian king. The tale unfolds as a dramatic romance from the era.
Iowa voters in the November election produced a record total of 1,009,362 for the presidential race, with Hoover beating Smith by 4,882. The road bond issue won 501,924 to opponents, while the Gilchrist constitutional amendment passed 960,726 to 198,069. J. W. Long led state officers with 591,624 votes to Anna Lawther’s 206,322.
Gasoline taxes collected in November totaled 869,984.93 dollars, state treasurer Ray E. Johnson reported. The figure is slightly below October’s receipts, but higher than November last year when taxes reached 625,264.10 dollars, signaling steady year over year growth.
Notices describe closing out sales by John Miller Dec 11 near Washington 51 miles northwest, L A Schilder Dec 12 eleven miles west of Washington, Earl Birney Dec 12 miles northeast of Washington, Ralph Hoxworth Dec 18 five and a half miles southwest of Washington, Jesse Meek Dec 20 five miles north of Ainsworth, plus Dec 5 near Ferguson mile west of West Chester on old White Way road.
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