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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1926
Page
2
Chicago December market update shows hog receipts about 5 500 with prices mostly steady to 10 cents lower than Friday. Hogs ranged 11 40 to 11 85 with top 11 85 for some loads. cattle receipts 300 with fed yearlings up to 14.00 and widespread price movement across weight classes amid December demand.
Ema 11.25 feeders and stockers 6.25 to 7.50. Sheep receipts 1,500 with few fresh sales. Week totals show 5,200 direct sales and sixty doubles from feeding stations. Killing classes mostly 25 to 50e lower. feeders steady. Week's top prices include fed western lambs 13.75 natives 13.50. Fat yearling wethers 10.50, fat ewes 6.50, feeding lambs 12.75. Bulk prices fat wooled lambs 2.25 to 13.00, fat clipped lambs 16.50 to 11.50, culls 8.50 to 9.00, fat yearling wethers 8.75 to 9.75, fat ewes 4.50 to 6.00, feeding lambs 7.75 to 12.00.
Poultry prices listed in Chicago Illinois include alive steady with receipts of four cars. Fowls bring 18 to 24.5 cents per pound, springs 18.99. Turkeys at 34 cents, roosters 18.5, ducks 20 to 22, geese 17 to 18.
Chicago on December 11 butter and eggs prices were unchanged. Butter receipts 6 926 tubs while eggs receipts 3 491 cases.
Unclear numeric snippets show percentages and prices for items like lard and ribs across months. Data appears as scattered figures including December and May values, with several percentages near 95 96 percent and price entries such as 12.16 and 13.25.
Chicago markets report corn with No. 2 mixed at 76 1/4 to 77, No. 3 mixed 75, No. 4 mixed 70, No. 5 mixed 66, No. 6 mixed 70. Yellow and white varieties show varied bids with percentages and sample grades listed for No. 2 through No. 6 grades.
Local residents visit relatives in Washington Blaine Holmes and Riverside areas. Families share meals and attend hospitality events including an oyster supper hosted by Miss Amanda. Mrs Alva Bell and child return from Mercy hospital Iowa City as others travel to Ainsworth and Pilotsburg for visits.
A fragmented note urges prudent living and steady restraint in giving and receiving help. It hints at avoiding needless worry by staying frugal in resources and cautious with requests. The text lacks clear names or organizations but conveys a moral on steadiness.
Advertisement lists butterfat test cream prices and fresh laid eggs by dozen. It shows per pound rates for Tiens Hens Springs Ducks and Geese, with old roosters and horse hides priced, and notes no market for thin or sick poultry.
A reflective piece recounts a Rock Island Route promotional cycle in Keota and Washington Iowa. It names shoppers, conductors, sellers, and locals including Leo Rettler Harry Whittaker Ed Wells Bob Jacobs and more. The journal notes sales, a box supper in Glendale and farm yields of 1102 1-2 bushels per acre.
Notice from Washington Iowa on December 3 1926 announcing incorporation of American Pearl Button Company with $100 000 capital, seven directors led by H A Pauls and J Jungbluth as officers, offices in Washington Iowa, term to 1946 and mortgage limits, reference to amended articles filed November 1 1926.
A remark attributes English digestive troubles to the habit of tea drinking, suggesting a national association between daily tea consumption and stomach discomfort.
Farmers push for county accreditation to gain a 10 cent per hundred bonus on hog shipments paid by packers. Dairymen report accredited herds and many farmers have tuberculin tested. Sheriff Butcher of Fairfield travels to Iowa City to serve a subpoena and his trip ends in a ditch after an ice covered road between Washington and Brighton. White Way Garage struggles to remove the car from the ditch due to ice.
Investigations by the Westinghouse Lamp company challenge the idea that trees are lulled to slumber by seasonal change. The study says trees go dormant due to internal processes, not an active sleep.
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