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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1928
Page
2
Market receipts show hogs steady to down, with weights 860 to 865 averaging, top butcher hogs around 70. Cattle receipts near 9,000 with fat cattle and yearlings uneven but mostly higher, steers and heifers posting varied depths of sale across weight classes. Lambs steady to lower as feeders and ewes adjust, livestock futures quoted with modest shifts.
Prices for cream and butterfat tests, fresh laid eggs, various hen and pullet weights, young roosters by weight, ducks and colors by pound, plus horse hides. Added note that one cent more per pound paid for poultry delivered and a call to market for sick or thin birds.
President Coolidge asks Congress for a fiscal 1930 budget with large construction outlays and higher defense and agency funding. He discusses the French war debt settlement, debt retirement projections, and tax reductions while detailing proposed appropriations for agriculture, interior, justice, post office, state, and war departments and specific air service and ambassadorial building programs.
Washington D C Dec 4 Senators Brookhart and Steck voiced support for the Kellogg multilateral peace treaty. Brookhart said he sees no objection and favors ratification amid foreign entanglements concerns. Steck indicated continued favor and will vote for ratification barring unforeseen objections.
Martha Tw Correspondent reports social notes from Columbus Junction. Mrs Charles Bilason hosted the Half Hour club gathering after a pot luck supper at Ralph Johnston home. Miss Helen Richards of Humeston visited Charles E Mason home Kin's week. Mrs Roy Pine and two children Bobby and Jean have returned home.
A compact rural column reports a December 5 market scene with Miller’s corn sale to buyers from Haskins Riverside Wayland Orfordsville Fairfield Katona We man West Chester Noble Richland Job and others. Prices include 4000 bushels at 69 1 2 cents and 2500 at 69 1 2 cents, hogs and hay good demand, prairie flower lunch, local deaths and condolences, notes on travel to Washington, and a teaser about a Denison barn sale on December 4.
MGM presents Our Dancing Daughters at the Fox Theatre showing two sides to the modern youth quest. Sebastian and Anita Page deliver vivid characterizations of three flapper types as the story explores the younger generation’s aims and temptations.
Barrymore stars in Tempest, a costly United Artists production opening tonight at the Graham Theatre. The modern historical romance portrays a devilish subaltern amid Russia's revolutions, featuring a long production schedule and lavish settings as Barrymore returns to contemporary roles.
A Louisa County organization of the sons and grandsons of Civil War veterans is being planned with charter members secured. Miss Mary Zerbe, a Wesleyan College student, is among those connected to the effort after visiting relatives.
Nineteen race horses valued at about 100000 dollars were burned to death when a fire swept through one of Fairmount Park race track's barns. The blaze damaged the facility as firefighting efforts halted the spread. No rider injuries reported.
A vintage notice lists sale dates in December for multiple bidders around Washington. John Coakley near West Chester December 7. Cyrus Bush five miles west of Washington December 11. HL D Shhilder closing out December 11 miles west of Washington. Earl Birney five miles northeast December 12. Chas Ward horse sale at Denison's barn Washington December 14. Ralph Hoxworth five and a half miles southwest December 18. Jesse Meek five miles north of Ainsworth December 20.
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