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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1926
Page
2
Hog prices show high early value with top 11.90 and heavy weights 11.45 to 11.90. slaughter pigs 11.25 to 11.85 and sows 10.40 to 11.25. Cattle receipts total 22,000 with weakness in steers and heifers. best loads steady at 8.50 to 9.50 with yearlings 11.50. Sheep receipts 16,000 open steady. lambs around 12.50 for choice, fat lambs 11.00 to 12.25, ewes 5.00 to 6.50, feeding lambs 11.00 to 11.75.
Chicago reports poultry market activity with 9 cars of receipts including fowls 18 to 24 pounds and springs 14 to 24 pounds and turkeys around 40 pounds.
Roosters win against ducks 20 to 30 in a tight farmyard contest with ceese noted as 20 to 23. Local spectators witness a modest clash highlighting poultry rivalries and unexpected scoring terms.
Chicago December 20 official live stock estimates show hogs at 235000 cattle 9000 steers 18000 for tomorrow.
Chicago market notes corn prices across grades with mixed and yellow varieties ranging from No 2 to No 6. Values listed show bid ranges from 58 to 77 and include white and yellow samples with varying maturity.
Fragmentary text describes a cave scene with a narrative focus on characters Stuaning and Resorbed as a bow and wooing dynamics unfold amid primitive settings. The readable lines hint at a mythic romance and elemental conflict. No clear dates or locations are present.
Brief local items from Our Neighboring Communities column noting deliveries, events, and public notices around the Journal's readership area as reported by the subscription representative.
An anonymous letter recalls a local badger fight in Alpine Texas with vivid details of a staged match. The writer describes ring setup a gatekeeper trainer dogs and a dramatic finish with a bagging of the animal and a referee’s role while noting the public reaction and potential danger.
Slim Pickens writes in slang about a brutal bajjer fight to be held outside town. He describes fear of mauling, legal danger, and the crowd’s rough behavior while hoping for release from the event. He warns Ed to spread the word and signs off with odd nicknames and cryptic references.
A series of public sale notices list Everette Teets 8 miles northwest of Washington and Knotek Bros with dates in January. W. D. Martin and G. W. Weigman are also shown with locations in southeast and northeast directions.
Market listing shows butterfat test cream at 48 cents per pound and eggs at fresh laid prices per dozen. Hens priced by weight with distinctions for over and under 4 pounds, leghorn and black varieties noted, plus prices for heavy and leghorn springs, old roosters, ducks, geese, and horse hides listed at $3.00 each. No market for thin or sick poultry.
Henry Ward Beecher states that love is the medicine for all moral evil and will cure the world of sin. The remark frames love as a universal remedy shaping ethical improvement.
G. E. Ebner led a Chicago market sale on Wednesday the 15th with a car of hogs weighed 19120 and paid $11.55 top, netting $2114.53. Jno Babcock of the Iowa Livestock Commission Co. handled the lot as the Epner boys raised Chester Whites and produced extra fine spring pigs.
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