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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 26, 1928

Page

2

Market HOGS CATTLE and SHEEP Prices Mixed in Week's Receipts

Livestock receipts show mixed gains with hogs mostly 15 to 25 higher and cattle steady to lower on the week. Hogs top 9 15, feeders 9 to 16 per hundredweight. cows 0 to 8.50, pigs 76 to 87. Beef steers and heifers mostly 25 to 50 lower for heavyweights. killing classes softer. stockers and feeders 195 to 1200. sheep market steady to strong with fat lambs 1475 to 1800 and feeding lambs scarcer.

Ives KW. Stoud Kinler Arti Reresford Rey Beresford Lowink

Wheat and Feed Mix Ratios Highlighted in Chicago Data

The report lists mixed feed components with varying percentages for corn, oats, rye, and timothy. It notes grain proportions such as 14 percent corn in three mixes, 83 percent in others, and rye at 2106 with timothy at 54 to 65. Clover shows 2300 to 3100.

Chicago

Farm Management Schools Announced in Washington County Week

The week of January 15 to 18 marks the farm management schools with enrollment cards arriving by mail. Extension specialists lead lessons on farm records, home furnishings, and livestock care, while urging better recordkeeping to analyze yearly profits and losses.

Farm Bureau Washington County Kaware Lescon Edna Gorton Tierside Wellman Brighton Washington

Christmas Memories and News From Iowa and California

Personal reflections on Christmas and loss with notes on community generosity, editor’s letter, letters from friends in Rivside California and Winfield, tributes to Earl Dougherty and the Harper family, farm market updates on poultry prices and dairy, and Iowa farm management notes with calendar items and livestock price references.

Harper Mrs. Harper Bel Jack Stinson le Winfield Reason Alvin Hasty

Fireless cooker origins noted in historic report

A fragment indicates Sweden as the home of the hay hoas, described as the immediate predecessor of the modern fireless cooker. The text also references Jews using bags of fieldless cooker feathers for insulation.

Sweden

Washington Produce Markets poultry and fowl prices

Market list shows values for turkeys ducks roosters and hens by pound or each with notes on heavy breeds young birds and dressed poultry. Mentions premium for poultry delivered and no market for sick or crippled birds.

Marie Sca Uum Ettone Poultry

Good Youngsters Edge Smith in Close Bout

A brief local boxing card saw a pair of debutants battle to a decision as the Good Youngsters edged Smith in a tight fight with both fighters exchanging strong rounds and the crowd energized by the late action.

May marriage superstition and ancient adages

The passage cites superstition about marrying in May. It notes an old poet claiming May never suits lovers and cites an ancient adage that marriage between the sickle and the scythe will not thrive. It mentions French beliefs that May or August marriages are unlucky.

France

Calendar of old men and women by month excerpt

Fragmentary OCR lists months and days with odd phrases about old men and women being fond or torturing on certain days. The text references January February March and December with scattered numbers and stray punctuation, ending with Western Newspaper clipping attribution.

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