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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1926
Page
2
Chicago hog markets extend lower as receipts reach about 36 000 head. Early bulk buyers report 150 to 250 pound hogs at 11.65 to 11.90, 250 to 280 pound pigs at 11.95 to 12.00, with heavy weights to 12.00 and most sows 10.65 to 11.10.
Cattle receipts 16,000 with two way market. fed steers steady to higher on light demand. plain fat weighty steers weak to 25 cents lower. Yearlings for Christmas trade 13.50. veals 10.00 to 11.00. Sheep receipts 15,000. lambs and feeding lambs steady to strong with feeding lambs active and up to 25 cents.
Chicago on December 7 reports live poultry shipments with 10 cars received. Fowls bring 18 to 5 cents per pound, springs 18 to 24 cents, turkeys 34 cents, roosters 18 cents, ducks 25 cents, geese 20 to a1 per pound.
Butter prices in CHICACO on December 7 show lower quotes with receipts at 10,749 tubs. Creamery exports 64 percent, standards 49, extra firsts 50 to 52, firsts 42 to 45, seconds to 40.
Exgs lower receipts 4 952 cases with firsts 44 to 46 ordinary firsts 40 to 43 refrigerator extras 35 to 35 4 percent refrigerator firsts 334 percent to 344 percent.
Chicago cash grain prices listed on December 7 show No 2 mixed at 77 1 2 cents, No 3 mixed 73 to 78, No 4 mixed 75, No 6 mixed 64 to 70, No 2 yellow 77 to 78, No 3 yellow 72 to 77, No 4 yellow 70 to 76 1/4, No 5 yellow 65 to 75, No 6 yellow 63 to 72, No 2 white 73, No 2 white 77 to 77 1/2, No 4 white 75 to 74 1/2, No 6 white 66 1/4, White sample 64 to 70.
Jack Allen accidentally causes a near drowning after crashing into an elderly man at a beach. The victim, Amos Flood, is treated at the hotel as a possible deathbed scene unfolds. Flood forgives Jack and approves his engagement to Daisy Flood after recovering.
Riverside society notes the death of Elizabeth Wombacher at 6 p m aged 84 years 2 months 4 days after long illness. Born in Dusseldorf Germany she came to America at 15 and settled in Riverside after marriage to Joseph Wombacher in 1868. Survived by two sons three daughters thirty five grandchildren ten great grandchildren and a sister, with funeral held in Riverside.
Stomach agony and indigestion are claimed to be cured within five minutes by Dave's Mentha Pepsin. The ad asserts rapid relief from gas belching sour food pains and headaches and says the bottle is sold by J. K. Lemmon and druggists nationwide.
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