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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1929
Page
2
Chicago sales report from the U S Department of Agriculture shows hogs at 75 000 head with direct hogs about 10 cents lower than Friday or up to 1 percent higher than Saturday, top 9.45. Bulk 180 300 lbs 8.35 9.40. Cattle at 16 000 with calves 3 000, general quality plain to choice, yearlings strong, mature cattle steady, top yearlings 16.00.
An advertisement promotes a glycerin and buckthorn blend called Adierika that claims to relieve constipation in two hours by acting on both upper and lower bowels. It promises gas relief, sour stomach, and headache disappearance with a single dose and cites Man Bros. Drugs and Sands Store in Ainsworth as sellers.
The report indicates a mostly steady stock market with bulls up about 25 cents in some cases. Slaughter cattle and feeder classes display varied ranges from 7.75 to 16.15 per unit, with good and choice quality prevailing. Sheep and lambs are steady to slightly higher, with fat lambs around 13.06 to 13.75 and feeder lambs in the 11.19 to 12.76 range.
The unreadable fragment mentions figures tied to Yeo with terms like open close low and percent values including 1.418 148% and 1.15 L.60% 27 1.27. A possible financial or betting notation without clear context or full names.
The excerpt lists a flurry of futures figures and price quotes for May and December contracts across commodities including corn oats rye lard and related grain products. It shows percent changes, price levels, and monthly rollovers with multiple dates and values.
Chicago December 16 livestock estimates show hogs 45000 cattle 8000 and sheep 1000 eight. The report notes the figures are preliminary and prepared for tomorrow's market activity.
Market notes show wheat ranges from 5 red to 3 yellow hard with percentages from 118 to 121 and 121. Corn new offers mixed grades around 85 to 86 and 80s to mid 80s. Oats list white and rye shifts from about 40s to mid 100s, barley 60 to 64, timothy 57 to 66, covers 1075 to 1835.
A compact ledger style record shows cash prices for Clover by category including old and new values in December and January February and March. Other entries include Alsike and Pec with observed price figures, and occasional abbreviations such as LEU and Hah.
A National Safety Council bulletin notes a tomb stone toppled onto a boy, pinioning him and causing serious injuries with potential permanent disfigurement. The incident underscores cemetery safety concerns and hazardous monument risks.
A Washington market item lists prices for poultry and eggs including eggs per dozen at 32 cents for small pullets, hens by weight, springs, and Leghorn, with butter fat cream per pint and various animal hides priced per pound or each. No market exists for sick or crippled poultry.
Readers share Christmas greetings, subscription renewals, and local news from Davenport and surrounding towns. The column collates letters, travel bits, sales notices, and social updates, including a humorous verse and a feature on a boatlike Ford Model T prototype.
Public sale notices appear for multiple properties and individuals including Powers Sage near West Chester and Henry Eckhart northeast of Wellman. Other names include Harold J. Wilson southeast of town Andy H Brinning near Keosta C C Roup estate and J H Simmering near Washington with dates in December and January.
Authorities specify a precise mating schedule to ensure four Christmas parcels arrive before Christmas. The plan emphasizes timely milestones and coordinated steps to meet delivery targets.
A satirical verse describes a hot arid West with overcharged stores and taxed goods. It mocks climate meals and heat, mentions the Ananias club spanning from San Diego to the Golden Gate, movie stars marrying, and a remark on grapefruits and produce, ending with a rural rhyme about pumpkins.
The item lists visits by F H Pearsons family and C B Walton in West Chester, along with Ed Holte and family from Keota. It notes road conditions allowing travel, Santa logistics, and thanks to Ray E Woodford for Christmas help. It recalls social events including kidnapping playful prank on Howard Stewart, cattle and hog inventories, sales by Powers and Sage north of West Chester and H Brinning south of Keota, and updates on Everett West’s doctor visits. A funeral for O D Booth drew a large crowd on Sunday.
The text shows a partial, garbled quote about rings and a plea not to stand on toes, with a reference to a coop and a limping speaker. No clear name, place, or event is identifiable from the fragment.
Warner Bros Vitaphone color musical now playing Fox Theatre. A Broadway chorus girl tale of Forty Niners and miners, with Nancy Telford Winnie Lightner Ann Pennington Lilyan Tashman Gertrude Short and Helen Foster, plus Conway Tearle Nick Lucas Armand Kaliz and others in a lavish song and dance extravaganza. A beauty chorus of 109 backs the stage numbers and harvests laughs.
Popular Science Monthly advises using a short straight edge bradded or held with a hand screw against the outer side of the knife mark to guide the saw when sawing across the grain to form a groove. This helps beginners follow the line accurately.
The passage explains tariff types: revenue tariffs fund government, protective tariffs aid domestic producers by raising costs for foreign goods, and prohibitive tariffs are so high they almost exclude foreign products. It outlines three categories and their purposes.
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