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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1927
Page
2
Chicago hog market receipts total 28 900 with weights trending steady to higher. Light to heavy hogs show gains from 10 to 15 cents for 130 to 170 pound ranges, top bids around 8.80 with bulk offering 6 0 to 8.75 for 100 to 200 pound classes and midrange prices for heavier lots.
Hog prices range from 7.35 to 8.80 across weights with strongweights up to 8.15. Cattle receipts around 3,000 with steady or higher trends. steers and heifers mostly in the 11.00 to 18.25 range depending on weight and grade. cows and bulls show varied but improving values amid Eastern shippers’ active yards.
The report lists price ranges for cattle categories including medium to good at 6.50 to 6.50, low cut ter and cutter 6.35 to 6.59, calved medium to choice 7.00 to 10.00, dealers cull to choice 7.00 to 15.52, and feeder stock cattle steers common to choice 7.25 to 11.75.
Chicago market notes list grain bids for wheat corn oats barley timothy and clover with various quality grades and bid ranges. Prices shown include wheat around 1.28 to 1.29 per bushel for hard and red types, corn bids from 71 to 81 per bushel, oats mostly 52 to 65 cents, barley 87 to 90 cents, timothy 3.00 to 3.75, and clover 22.00 to 29.75 per unit.
Toledo market notes include Clover prices with cash and imported figures for December through March, Timothy cash and March percentages, and Alsike prices with December to March figures. Market terms appear in terse commodity shorthand with varying decimals and dates.
Chicago traders brace for tomorrow's livestock estimates showing 500 cattle 7000 hogs and 2500 sheep with price activity expected across the market.
A battered ship figurehead washed up on a Villa Mar beach in Mexico is seized by locals who worship the artifact as a god. The brief item notes a pitiful yet common impulse to revere objects, likening it to beefsteak art or boxing memorabilia.
A Liberty article follows a girl from childhood to adulthood as she learns that generosity carries expectations. The piece contrasts early gratitude with the later tendency to scrutinize rewards, using the gift horse metaphor to illustrate growing discernment.
A Crawfordsville Iowa diary entry recalls a frosty morning with rough roads and crowds aiming to leave town. It notes the Matt Yockey funeral at L A Jones, a service for I C O F, and a letter from California full of news. It also mentions visits, harvest talk, a big auditorium dance, and a humorous London Tit-Bits wedding quip.
Dec 27 reports show Mr and Mrs Gro Ash and Donald and Bert visiting Clarence Turnbull near Hedrick. Sunday dinner guests at Harry Hamilton's included multiple local couples and families from Hedrick and Ames. Ila Jones returns from Greeley Col to spend vacation with H C Jones family.
The report lists numerous families from the area visiting, hosting, and sharing meals during Christmas. It records dinners at C C Rogers and John Lindaur, gatherings at the Wesley Watson and Merrill Gowey homes, and lists many relatives including the Hadleys, Ashes, Daurs, and Beauchamps. It also notes a burial, Fe E Hosler unloading corn, and several visits among friends and neighbors.
The term morganatic once described a marriage dowry but now denotes a union between a royal and a lower-ranked partner in which the offspring do not inherit the royal rank.
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