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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1926
Page
2
Chicago market news reports cattle receipts 2,000 with small gains in killing classes and steady beef cattle prices. Sheep and hogs show slow trading with lambs and feeding lambs scarce. hogs up about 25 cents amid dull shipping demand.
Hog prices hold firm with averages around 11.60 to 11.85 for various weights, 150 to 300 pound hogs selling 11.75 to 11.85, most packing sows 10.50 to 11.00, slaughter pigs 11.50 to 11.75, top early bids for 150 to 200 pound hogs at 11.00 and 250 pound averages at 11.80, light weight hogs in 11.65 to 11.70 range. May and July figures and rib cuts noted with slight variations.
Toledo Ohio reports seed and hay prices with cash and imported timothy and clover figures. Prices include Clover cash domestic 85 and 20.50, Dec 17.85, Feb 17.95. Timothy cash old 2.65, Dec 2.00, Feb 3.00. Alsike cash 20.85 March 21.00. Hay 25.00.
Chicago grain quotes show wheat futures for January at 1.37 1.39 1.32 1.35 with May and July near 1.30 to 1.38 as open high low close values listed. Corn and oats futures fluctuate with December oat values around 45 to 46 and July corn around 0.83 to 0.83.
Miss Emma Shrader and Mr. Claire Rumelhart were married at St. Marys church with Rev. B Jacohbsmeijer officiating. Miss Blanche Vogt of Iowa City served as bridesmaid and Ivan Rumelhart as best man. The reception followed at the groom’s parents home with about seventy relatives. they plan to live in Hills.
A sequence of farm and livestock sales listed near Washington includes Jan 4 George Chalupa eight miles southwest, Jan 6 W D Martin miles northeast, Jan 10 G W Weigman three miles southeast, Jan 14 Geo Nelson closing out sale two miles northwest, Jan 17 Knotek Bros Duroe bred, Jan 18 closing out sale Highland Dairy Jay Brewer, Jan 19 G M Hume public sale southeast of Washington, Jan 25 Meint Koehler closing out sale three and a half miles northeast, Jan 26 H F Busby farm sale and Poland China bred low sale all day.
Grains of Gold and Purina Pig Chow tout best results for corn fed hogs with price options. Local promotions feature baby chicks, salts, mineral grit, gypsum, and seed products. Customers like Mrs Knox and Lloyd Foster are cited for salt purchases and poultry feeds.
Betty Jacobs arrives at her residence this morning following a brief visit in Crawfordsville with her aunt Mrs. F W Hamilton.
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