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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1926
Page
2
Hog receipts reached 32 000 with mixed to steady tone. most weights 11.25 to 11.60 per cwt and top at 11.60 for 260 to 290 pounds. Cattle receipts 16 000 with steer trade 15 to 25 cents lower. short fed weights, yearlings at 14.00 for choice, 10.75 paid for 1 898 pound bullocks, feed steers around 10.00.
The market shows slow sheep receipts at 22 000 with fat lambs opening 25 to 12.50 lower, early bulk woolled lambs 11. p6 to 12.50, folding choice midweights around 12.85, calls 25 lower. Fat ewes 5.00 to 6.25, feeding lambs weak 11.00 to 11.75, best held above.
Chicago market notes show poultry alive steady with 12 car receipts. Fowls and springs bring 18 to 23 1 2 cents a pound, turkeys 39, roosters 18 1 2, ducks 20 to 26, geese 18 to 20 cents.
Chicago December 16 butter prices show higher trends with receipts totaling 5 355 tubs and creamery extras averaging 54 cents per pound. Standard butter on hand quotes at 50 cents, extra firsts at 49 1 2, firsts 43 46 and seconds 41 with mixed ewe receipts amounting to 3 813.
Official livestock estimates show Hoer 22,000 cattle 3,000 sheep 12,000 in Chicago. In Toledo Clover rash prices list imports and domestic futures with December 17.35 February 17.45 March 17.45. Timothy seed bid quotes 2.65 for December 2.85 and March 3.00.
Mrs J M Pulver Correspondent reports a weekend of visits and dinners across Washington and nearby towns. Families including Carris Grinnell Suthern and Smiths shared Sundays at various homes while others traveled to Grinnell and Keota for visits.
Mrs Lula Jordan, 25, an African American woman in Des Moines, shot and killed Perry Williams, restaurant proprietor, saying he fired first. Williams, married with two children, had an earlier homicide acquittal for Mrs Jordan's husband claim.
Kenneth Belt, 15, of Honey Creek Iowa, died after five sticks of dynamite exploded in a stove. Fred Brewer suffered severed limbs injuries and Floyd Belt had minor injuries. The event occurred in Council Bluffs Iowa with Belt family residents involved while another unrelated note reports a hen hatching fourteen chicks in Heppershall England.
Dec 17 sale by W. D. Wellman near 8 Price Smiles 8 W of Washington. Dec 18 sale by Shellangouski and Greiner Jersey cattle on North Marion Ave. Dec 21 Hexzworth U B Closing Out Sale 5 1 2 miles southwest. Dec 22 Everette Teets Closing Out Sale 1 mile NW of Washington.
A list of farm loss reimbursements from Washington County Farmers Mutual noting payees, items, and amounts including house contents, barns, livestock, crops, and various damages across multiple towns such as Columbus Junction Wayland Riverside Wellman Keota Ainsworth and Richland with total items ranging from small repairs to major damages like a 7540 hoe house damage. Names include S. W. Livingston Morton H. Emde J. S. Blair Claire A. Sodergren M. Bell and many others across Washington County South of Iowa.
Columbus Junction reports include fair planning led by R J Reaney at a town hall meeting, farm bureau officers elected in Louisa County, and clubs hosting Christmas events. School pupils post top grades, Royal Neighbor and Silver Leaf Rebekah lodges elect officers, marriages announced, and local sports note a 21 to 14 basketball win. A rancher in British Columbia kills a grizzly after a strayed-horse pursuit.
Town prepares for the Farmers Institute to be held Friday and Saturday December 17 and 18. Several local residents are noted with illnesses and family deaths, including Mrs. Tom Brooks and her five children. John M. Boshart buys Clark Sigaroose farm northwest of Olds and plans to move before spring.
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