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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1928
Page
2
Market reports show hogs averaging around 150 pounds with light weights at 10 to 25 cents, cattle receipts around 3,000 with steady to higher tone and fat lambs at 1,200 to 1,525 as buyers show active demand. Slaughter steers and heifers vary by grade from good and choice to common, with cows and feeders moving within widened price ranges.
The article surveys bond types and classifications by repair, security, purpose, and payment conditions. It covers serial, long term, and short term bonds, with examples like construction, sewer, and refunding bonds, and notes the role of government and municipal issues.
A fragmentary account notes a long history of rose cultivation tied to national creed and 2000 years of roses at Athens. It mentions George Washington and a garden in Moana Vernon, a native Resa setigera, and an approval for growing and selling a rose variety named Mary Westin Uy, marking a start in American rose production.
Fragmentary clipping reports a Hasbhies mayor’s wife named Néluon and a crowded court house sale with about fifty buyers. It notes rapid movie theater scenes, a remark about Modern Maria, and a car chase around a telephone pole. Also mentions Clarence Ross and Mrs Newton yesterday, plus a Christmas reminiscence and the oldest traveling salesman, Uncle Charley Terry, 68 years on the road. A hospital fund banquet and Garrett’s sale near Verdinx are listed among year end items.
Auction note lists red comb birds priced at two dollars each for a few, six birds approved at three dollars each. Mrs Gerdes handles the sale.
The item lists estimated receipts of cattle and sheep for a December report, alongside fluctuating grain prices and futures for Wheat, Clover, Corn, Timothy, and other feeds. It notes various old and new cash prices, futures figures, and month markers, reflecting a busy commodities page.
Grain items show Wheat at 2 hard 118 and Corn at 8 mixed 84155 482 to 82 5 791 to 80 with 60 percent and 82 to 1A markers. Various price codes and abbreviations reference SG white and oats values with references to Marley Timothy Clover and a few dollar figures, including 2100 in New York notation.
The passage notes that Native Americans practiced maple sugar making before whites arrived, teaching and imitating tapping and boiling sap. It mentions syrup and sugar made by Native peoples, then describes how perfected methods emerged gradually through handling and shaping, likened to bears shaping cubs.
Three bandits abducted Robert Bloom, cashier at Manchester Bank, Missouri, escaping with about $2,000 to $5,000 in a second bank hold up within a month. An earlier raid yielded $5,000 after kidnapping the cashier and an assistant. In London, Buckingham Palace announced the king remains in the same condition.
Poultry and animal prices listed per pound and per dozen including hens pullets leghorn roosters and ducks. Special rates for beef hides and drab for poultry delivery. notes mention a market for sick or crippled birds and penalties for trim losses.
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