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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1926
Page
2
Chicago markets show hog receipts around 12 000 with mixed demand. Hogs 180 to 250 pounds 11.40 to 11.50 early top 11.55 while other hog classes range 10.15 to 11.55. Cattle receipts 10 099 with fed steers and yearlings up 10 to 15 cents. bullocks near 11.00. stockers and heifers strong with feeders higher.
The summary notes 15,000 sheep with slow bet ter grades, in-between and lower grades opening uneventful. Lower bulk wooled lambs at 11.75 to 12.75, choice around 13.25, clipped lambs 11.25, wooled culls 8.50 to 9.06. Ewes 5.00 to 6.50, feeders 11.50 to 12.00, best come-backs around 42.35.
Chicago poultry market shows steady demand with receipts of 1 car. Fowls bring 18 to 23 percent, springs 18 to 23 percent, turkeys 39, roosters 18144, ducks 20 to 26 percent, geese 18 to 20 percent.
Open high low and close figures for wheat corn oats rye lard ribs and bellies from Chicago grain markets dated December 15 show mixed moves across contracts. Wheat and corn hover near late values while rye and fats show modest shifts with January futures leading.
Alma G Ott returns from Philadelphia after a brother in law dies in Iowa City. Riverside photographer W N Crozier suffers multiple injuries from a 20 ft fall while repairing a roof antenna. Five Hundred Club gathers at Mr and Mrs Clair Mynns with A R Cummings and Hubert K E Doud receiving prizes. Mrs John Prue travels to Olwein to visit her sister. Wedding plans announced for Miss Emma Shradel and Mr Claire Rummelhart at St Marys Church. Local sales and farm auctions listed for Dec 17 to Dec 22 near Washington and Marion avenues.
Tuesday December 14 1926 narrator describes rough roads cold 6 below near Jim Phillips Coakley sale where a front wheel failure delayed travelers but a farmer repaired the car without pay. They share scenes of a cozy stove powered gathering and dinner, plus observations from Odd Fellows meeting and letters from Hollywood about Antie Van Sickle and others.
Washington County Farm Bureau announces an annual meeting at the YMCA in Washington with speakers R. K. Bliss and Mrs. Flilsworth Richardson. The program opens 10:00 am with reports, a 12:00 dinner at 50 cents, and includes elections, speeches, music, and county farming updates.
A historical market listing shows prices for cream per pound butterfat test and eggs per dozen, with various weights and breed distinctions for hens, leghorn and black, spring birds, geese, ducks, and horse hides. No market for thin, sick, or crippled poultry is indicated.
Blasey Thanez, famed Spanish novelist Ibanez, showcases Mare Nostrum at the Fox Theatre. His works have global reach with translations, editions, and accolades. Ibanez values Mare Nostrum as his finest, drawing on youth and sea dreams, while film rights stay with Ingram who helped The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse to screen.
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