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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1928
Page
2
Market notes show mixed cattle demand with fat cattle mostly steady to down, fed steers and yearlings 75 to 100 lower, veals 200 lower, and feeders 25 to 50 lower. Sluggish midweek tone, light country demand. hog and grain prices fluctuate with wheat and corn futures mixed across weeks end.
A fragmented local page reports farm sales and prices with scattered figures, notes a Chicago buyer paying $1500 for a matured Belgian gelding, and mentions hunting season chatter plus a church pastor and a charity sale next Saturday. Shippers paid $7.75 per wt for hogs delivered, and a road detour sign provokes thoughts on traveler fears.
Local column recounts December events and talks of cattle herds, horses, and sales near Washington and Harrisburg Virginia. Mentions John and Lewis Smith farms, a hospital notice, Neil Caner’s December wedding, and a horse sale with Ward from Kansas. Includes anecdotes and light social notes from residents and travelers.
Fragmentary data lists farm items and percentages with references like No. 4 No. 6 and yellow figures. Content lacks clear events or subjects and cannot determine a coherent event or outcome from the readable text.
A Hampshire hog aged two years is offered for sale. Contact the seller via the provided name MAL for details and price. The advertisement notes farm use potential and readiness for pickup or delivery upon agreement.
The Indian Creek Shidier sale on Tuc ker 11 drew a large crowd. The ladies Aid cleared twenty four dollars and many neighbors shopped. Mrs Pearl Tressler visits Pred Garretts today. Indian Creek school plans a box social Friday night with lunch served. Sabbath School meets at 10 a.m. and preaching at 7 p.m. with the subject God’s New Heart.
Rain and bad roads slow country travel as White Oak residents curb Christmas shopping. Miss Louise Bell and White Oak pupils prepare a Christmas program. Sunday school at Bethel church closed till spring. Mrs Will Augustine aided by Helen Hanley in housework. Family and neighbors visit, with a church supper planned for December 20.
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