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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1927
Page
2
Chicago livestock receipts total 11,500 with cattle hogs and sheep. Cattle ranged with heavies up to 17.85 and bulls around 17.00. bulk 12.00 to 15.25. Sheep and lambs saw steady to weaker bids. hogs weakened 10 to 25 cents with top at 8.85 for the day.
Radio Digest listings detail WEAF and affiliated stations with times and programs across major networks. Included are station call letters KDKA WJZ KOA KPO KYW WCCO WEAF and many others with music, talk, and orchestral programs. Also listed are livestock weight notes and holdover estimates for December, plus a closing line on beet sugar production in Austria.
Daisy Montgomery files for separate maintenance in Des Moines district court alleging husband Herbert Montgomery an auto salesman sold their home during her absence. She seeks $100 monthly maintenance and names the suit as a separate main tenance action.
Francis X. Rummelhart of Riverside Iowa has a large family with more than 200 descendants including eight children 59 grandchildren 131 great grandchildren and 10 great great grandchildren.
Luther Williams seeks a year’s Journal while observing a thriving Crawfordsville area farm. The column comments on fine land, stock totals including 68 cattle 143 sheep 128 hogs, and well kept buildings. It recalls visits with Walter Harvey and talk of winter work, vehicles, and local social life including mentions of Mr Myall and Paul Klotz.
A youthful Franklin is recalled for paying too much for a whistle and sacrificing necessity for a trivial purchase. The moral ponders how conscience shapes spending, noting a habit of taking from the meal tub without replenishing it.
Leatrice Joy stars in Nobody's Widow a modern take on Avery Hopwood's comedy as Roxanna Smith who discovers her husband kissing another woman an hour after their wedding. The Donald Crisp production features Fritzi Ridgeway Phyllis Haver and David Butler with a plot of romance intrigue and laughs. Also noted are New York elevator statistics showing 14,000 elevators carrying 9.6 million riders daily and 35 fatalities last year including 11 operators.
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