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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1929
Page
2
Market yields show cattle and hogs with varied bids and strong demand, listing prices for feeders and slaughter classes. Also notes a district court hearing on Noble Frederick's last will slated for February 1929 in Washington County, Iowa.
A large turnout at Joe Wolfe’s sale three miles southeast of Letts drew buyers from Muscatine and nearby towns. The event featured purebred Duroc sows, Hampshire sows, and Shropshire sheep advertised by Dougherty & Macon, with prices noted for livestock and equipment.
Market items list cream and poultry prices by weight and breed, plus hides and meat terms. Public sales announced for February 4 to 12 near Washington, with locations northeast and west of town, and household goods and farm stock items to be sold by various bidders.
A fragmented page lists various sales like a two wheel trailer a birch top table marble mantle and a baby buggy along with other mixed notices. It also contains an anecdotal reminiscence about an injury from Washington Iowa and a 19th century work story involving Martin Swift Jr and a sales deal with a payment of a hundred dollars for a few hours of work.
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