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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1937
Page
7
Chicago pork and cattle lists show 20 000 hogs sold with a 10 cent drop from yesterday. Top hogs at 8 30 with varieties 150 to 200 pounds at 8 10 to 8 25 and 210 to 240 pounds at 7 80 to 8 05. Cattle and calves also move lower with steers 9 00 to 14 00 and calves 5 50 to 11 00. Sheep 12 000 at steady with lambs 9 00 to 9 50 and yearlings 7 00 to 8 25.
Chicago notes a steady eggs market with 3,622 cases receipts and various grade counts. Butter shows a soft market with 8,647 tubs received and several price levels among special and extra firsts. Poultry remains steady to weak with broilers, ducks, geese, turkeys, and roosters listed in mixed ranges.
Chicago cash corn bids show No 3 mixed at 56 percent to 56 percent No 4 mixed 54 to 55 percent No 5 mixed 53 to 54 percent No 3 yellow 56 to 57 percent No 4 yellow 54 to 56 percent No 5 yellow 53 to 54 percent No 3 white 57 to 57 percent No 4 white 54 to 55 percent Sample grade 51 to 53 percent Estimated carrots 191
Martin J. Gaughen 32, a former Delaware county state legislator, was sentenced to a year and a day for embezzling 29610 dollars from an Edgewood bank and will spend Christmas at the federal penitentiary in Fort Leavenworth.
Listings detail weekly sales at Negus Livestock Washington Tuesday and Midway Sale Columbus Junction Wednesday plus Community Sale at City Feed Yard Friday, plus estate and executor sales by Fred Kallous and Theodore Oriez Est. and I B Hoxworth notices. Readable fragments indicate locations near Riverside and Washington with dates in December.
Column by Macon runs on page eight with brief data snippets and percentages. Readable figures include state abbreviations and date-like codes, suggesting a filler or charted piece rather than a narrative.
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