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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1929
Page
2
The report lists bids and ranges for aMarkets les butchers cattle calves hogs and sheep. Prices cover hogs cattle slaughter classes vealers yearlings feeders and feeder lambs with weights and quality grades. Market tone remains weak with some declines noted in slaughter classes while fat lambs and feeder entries show steady to firm ranges.
A historical market note shows Wheat Der at 11.27 percent with varied readings around 1.28 to 1.39, Corn futures near 1.00 to 1.58, and Rye into early Dec. Lard values hover around 10.5 with March and May quotes, while oats and other grains display fluctuating figures. The snippet reflects a textured futures snapshot with multiple contracts and dates.
The report lists Shicego Uash Grain Wheat and Corn varieties with multiple grade percentages. Included are white, yellow, and mixed samples across oats, rye, barley, timothy, and clover with values ranging from 0% to 109% and sample grades between 45% and 78%.
The record lists cash prices for Clover, Timothy and overall totals. It shows old and new cash values for Clover and Timothy, with monthly figures in December March and Peb, noting totals for all cash categories and month spans.
In the Arkansas Gazette, the idea is proposed that much of the white van workload can be shifted to the caddy, streamlining operations. The write up suggests practical deployment and efficiency gains for the delivery system.
December local notes report misspellings corrected from prior Journal issues. Updates include D. F. Macon and Friend Macon invites, a Presbyterian supper on Saturday, Dec Tth, at Freak building, and Wm J. Van Dyke in charge of a new water tank and pump house at Milwaukee yards. The work, built of red brick with two cranes, aims for completion by January 1, while Elmer R. Young and J. S. Stockman haul corn and prepare feed mornings.
A column recounts farm activity and local happenings. J. F. Stockman seeks another corn field to shuck beyond a hundred bushels daily, the Youngs keep laying hens, Frank Taylor recovers from a past accident, and neighbors including Harry Connelly, S. W. Carrick, J. C. Mitchell, S. F. Fink, Clarence Lowe, Joe Murphy, and Neiswanger family are mentioned with small anecdotes and goodwill gestures.
The Executrix of P. M. Powelson's estate will auction four tracts in Washington Iowa on December 26 1929 at 10 AM. Tract details include Lot Two Block Six East Washington Tract Two West Half North Half Outlet Six East Washington Tract Three Lot Twenty Two Crandall Subdivision Outlets Nine and Ten East Washington Tract Four Lot Twenty Three Outlets Nine and Ten East Washington. All lots have improvements or dwellings and sale is cash with court approved balance and title abstract.
The afternoon Lit erature department gathering will be held Monday evening with Mrs C Wa McLaughin. The Spanish American War Veterans install officers on Tuesday evening December 10 with an oyster supper.
Reston Iowa reports 7 year old Evelyn Jeaves is recovering in hospital after an operation to repair an eye accidentally pierced by scissors. Doctors expect restoration of sight in the affected eye.
The Journal sale date column shows multiple closing out sales and estates across Kalona Wellman Washington Ainsworth Wellston Rubio and nearby areas with dates from December 7 to December 19. Names include Milt Brenneman Niffenegar Estate J D Rahenold O H Palmer Henry Eckhart Spencer Reed and C C Roupe estate among others.
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