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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1926
Page
2
Market notes from Chicago show hog receipts near 30 000 mostly steady with Tuesday's averages. Desirable 170 to 280 pound butchers 11 70 to 11 90 early top 11 90. Large packers inactive. Cattle receipts about 5 000 fat steers scarce and steady to firm with weeks gains 25 to 40 cents. Vealers 10 to 11 dollars.
Early sale results show light weight weanlings weaker with prices around 10.00. Sheep receipts reach 12,000 as fat lambs fetch gains to 25 cents, top 13.50, bulk 13.00 to 13.25. Sheep and yearlings steady, wood yearling wethers 9.75. Feeding lambs around 64 to 70 pounds average 11.40 to 12.00.
Chicago reports butter steady with 8,106 tubs received. Figgs lower with 3,620 cases received. firsts 41 44 cents. ordinary firsts 36 40. refrigerator extras 35 35 1-2. refrigerator firsts 82 1-2 cents per pound.
Chicago December 10 live poultry prices show steady bids with receipts and cars. Fowls range 18 to 24 cents, springs 19 to 23, turkeys 34, roosters 19, ducks 20 to 22, geese 20 cents.
Chicago reports open and close figures for wheat corn oats rye lard ribs and bellies with December May and July positions. Prices shown include bid ask and percent changes across grains and meats in a compact exchange snapshot.
Ben Whitlock leads the new Purina Feeds department offering Pig Chow Cow Chow Steer Fatena Chicken Chowder and other Purina feeds. Saturday shoppers hear from mill reps and ask questions while local buyers like Sam Turkington Wade Gardner and O P Chulty purchase animal foods and salts. The store promotes Christmas trees seeds fixtures and gift-ready items with emphasis on quality and savings.
Telegram informs Ainsworth that Edward Nichols died in Minneapolis. He was born and raised in the community, worked as a railroad conductor for Rock Island and Northwestern lines, and was unmarried. He leaves his mother, a sister Myra Kurtz, and brothers Alvin, E E Coppock, and C P Nichols.
In Brighton a Sunday evening service featured special numbers by the Methodist church choir including solo performances My Shadow by Mary Maxine Tracy Face to Face by Susie Bristow Anchored by Charles Helmick and a piano piece Il Trovatore. The Chapter A Q P E O met with Mrs Carrie Lemley and welcomed new Sister Pearl Frain.
Seven car loads of stock were shipped from Wayne on Tuesday with Miller Brothers of Olds sending four loads of cattle Tolan der and Anderson one load Harold Unlsrich one load of sheep and G Widmer one load of hogs Ralph Miller Oscar Tolander and Harold Unstrich accompanied the shipments to Chicago.
Clover seed bids shown for cash imported 26.40 domestic 22.50 and future dates 17.30 17.50 17.50 with December 17.30 February 17.50 March 17.50. Timothy seed cash 2.55 and bids 2.75 2.90 for December March.
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