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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1929

Page

2

Livestock market report with prices for pigs cattle and sheep

Medium to choice hogs 90 to 130 dollars per head, fat s e ers steady, vealers up to 16.00 for early top. Cattle verses mix with good and choice yearlings 12.50 to 16.15 per hundredweight and cows 5.75 to 10.00. Sheep around 13.00 to 13.66 for fat lambs with feeding lambs steady. ewes and rams shown in ranges. Market slow overall with some declines for lambs and sows.

S. Department of Agriculture BBC Baging Hed Ium

Open High Low Market Summary and Futures Data

The clipping lists open high low and close figures for multiple commodities and futures. It includes corn oats rye and lard with contract months Dec Mar May and dates around the late year period. Prices show modest percentage changes and spreads across grains and livestock futures.

Chicago Cash Grain Prices for Wheat Corn Oats Rye Barley

The sample grades show wheat hard and mixed grades with values around 105 for yellow hard and various figures for old and new corn. Oats and rye display ranges around 44 to 46 for white oats and about 102 to 104 for rye. Barley and clover prices appear in lower ranges with 46 to 65 for timothy and 1050 to 1800 for clover.

Timothy Hayes Deere McComnick Deering

Domestic cash and imported cash price list notes

The document records various cash prices for domestic and imported cash with multiple entries. It shows December values around 11.10 to 11.50, January 11.20, February 11.85, and March 11.50, plus associated figures for imported cash and other items such as Merch and Aisike cash with Dec and Feb values.

Lambert Farm Sale Near Washington Draws Wide Rural Crowd

On December 17 a large rural crowd gathered seven miles south of Washington for the Lambert sale organized by Roy Kephart. Harold Snider from near Wellman bought the farm home after bidding, while the Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid served food. Young Clark Miller humorously asked for over shoes, recalling Havre, reflecting local pride and community spirit. Tom Duncan arranged an early arrival via telephone.

Washington Pleasant Hill Clark Miller Havre Clark

Dec sale near Keota attracts wide bidding

The piece notes Annie and Bill Duncan and Mrs Duncan in local dealings with a Lambert sale drawing visitors from south of Wayland. It mentions a Dec 19 sale near Keota at Andy Brinning's place with strong offerings, plus weather chatter about foggy roads and expanding traffic toward Washington.

Wayland Washington Keota Tallyland Andy Brinning

Gold Diggers of Broadway Backstage At Fox Theatre

The Fox theatre presents several amusing scenes from Gold Diggers of Broadway showing backstage wit and insights into show world characters. It captures whispered remarks of actors presumed inaudible to the audience across the footlights.

Fox Theatre Broadway

Community notices from local church groups and events

December gatherings scheduled include the Womans Missionary Society meeting at East Main St with Mrs W Wallace, the BP BE OF Chapter 1 meeting at Mrs Maud Eastwood's home, and Whnights of Columbus on December 15. A Christmas party for primary children is planned at the U P church rest room Saturday 1 30 to 3 30. Tickets for the Girl Reserve Pageant must be presented at the high school by 7 PM.

Womans Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church W. Wallace East Main St BP. BE Maud Eastwood U. P The Womens Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church Washington Cleaners

Stewart's Jazz Pirates Return to Graham Theatre

Stewart's Jazz Pirates recently returned to the Graham theatre after a two year absence to an appreciative crowd. The new season features an all new cast except the Munhavier Sisters, the touted versatile featured act. The closing number Down by the Gas House and acts by Snitz Norman and Joe Marean highlight a lively vaudeville program with a bright young chorus and newly designed costumes.

Joe Marean Mercedes Jed Graham Theatre Natron Sig Midniight

Thoxine Promises Safe Relief for Coughs and Sore Throats

A doctors prescription Thoxine offers relief from coughing and sore throats in children and adults within 15 notes. It claims to avoid harmful drugs found in patent medicines and comes in 60 cent and one dollar bottles, sold at McDaniel Drug Store.

McDaniel Drug Store

Konjola Receives Praise From Waterloo Woman

Miss Myrtle Lightfield of 226 Ash Street Waterloo Iowa credits Konjola with curing years of stomach trouble and a nervous breakdown. She reports rapid relief after a few bottles and says the medicine restored her stomach bowels and nerves to health. Konjola is sold at Geo L McDaniel Drug Store in Washington and by leading druggists in the region.

Konjola Myrtle Lightfield Ash Street Waterloo Washington Geo. L. McDaniel

Would Use Sea Water for Irrigation in Large Experiment

Los Angeles reports on Thomas W Hicks and his agronomy tests claiming sea water can be chemically treated to be harmless to plants. He notes crystallization may allow use of the dissolved minerals without removing salt, potentially providing an inexhaustible irrigation source.

Los Angeles U.P Thomas W Hicks Hicks Miller

Flyer personal crisis ends in plane crash in Toronto

Robert C Williams a 30 year old Toronto flier deliberately crashed his plane into a tree to end his life. G S OBrien a VP at the firm Williams worked for said the federal air board inquiry followed reports he had become despondent. Williams had attended a funeral Saturday of a fellow pilot. He then nosed the plane from 30 feet and was thrown from the cockpit as it struck the tree.

Toronto Ont Robert C Williams Toronto Flier G. S. O'Brien Willams Federal Air Board Williams

Public sale notices for area farmers announced

Dates and locations list closing on sale events near Kalona Keota and Washington. Harold J. Wilson closes sale December 18 eleven miles north of town while Andy H Brinning closes near Keota December 19. C C Roupe estate and J H Simmering sales follow in January with Meeks near Washington and Wilbur Been blossom closing on sale January 7.

Harold J. Wilson Andy H. Brinning Keota C. C. Roup Tate Kalona J. H. Simmering N. E Washington Wilbur W.-M Meeks

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