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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1927
Page
2
Hog receipts 44 000 with prices for various weights from 12 00 to 12 75. Cattle receipts 18 000 with steady to strong for most classes and vealers 50 cents lower. Sheep receipts 14 000 market slow with fat lambs and feeding lambs bids and weights detailed.
Chicago report lists cattle at 11 000 and sheep at 11 000 for tomorrow's market. The figures are recorded as early estimates with time stamp February 7.
Prices quoted for wheat show several grades and values from 1.37 to 1.56 per bushel with hard and mixed varieties. Corn ranges given for yellow white and mixed grades from 77% to 78% and 63% to 71% with several subgrades. Oats list values for white varieties from 37 to 49 percent, rye figures around 1.05 to 1.07, and Timothy and Clover priced at 5.00 to 5.75 and 27.50 to 33.00 respectively.
Former world heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey is seriously ill in Los Angeles with blood poisoning after a finger scratch. His physician says the poison is under control and expects a quick recovery, enabling him to resume training soon for a title rematch with Gene Tunney.
Chauncey T. Griffin aged 80 perished in a Sunday fire that gutted his Valley Junction home in Des Moines. His 78-year-old wife escaped unharmed after smelling smoke and calling the fire department. Griffin, a former Rock Island railroad shop worker, was found slumped in a chair as flames engulfed the room and he could not be reached.
A doctor jokes about treating memory loss by asking a patient for a string of fantastical chemical names and hints that with these potions a memory deficiency might be overcome. The dialogue reads like a satirical prescription for quack remedies.
Helen Proctor faces a quixotic hunt for a prom escort at Tilden College for Women. Her four suitors Harold Granger Walter Drew Ned Stevens and Bob King converge at the Blue Heron tea room where Bob wins Helen’s attention and a sudden romance blooms, revealing hidden motives behind each arrival. The four escorts vie for her favor as Tom and Bob return to the city with a dawn proposal from Bob.
A first person account of a sales trip to Mr Allison's sale nine miles north of Fairfield and 134 miles south of Yeo. The writer describes travel by boat and horse, meetings with local residents, the sale near the George Stewart farm, and the busy Brighton area. Mentions future sales dates February 21 22 and local figures like Henry Leffler and Roy Libe. Also notes Alex Miller's death the following Monday.
A compact date driven notice lists public sales and closing out sales with locations around Washington, Brighton, West Chester, Columbus City, Riverside, and surrounding towns. Events include Duroc Jersey bred sows at Busby Mfg Co and multiple closing out and public sales across Feb 8 to Feb 22.
Columbus Junction defeated Letts 25 to 15 to win the Louisa county high school basketball championship at Columbus high school gymnasium after rain and muddy roads drew large crowds. Wapello beat Morning Sun 21 to 20 in the consolation. First round results included Grandview 17 Letts 18 and Morning Sun 23 Wyman 17. Second round saw Letts 18 Morning Sun 17 and Columbus Junction 25 Wapello 19. George Townsend and Leo Nicholaus supervised the event.
Public sale list for Feb 14 by Curtis Spaeth and Feb 21 by Kedn and Joe M Wolfe. Items include Hampshire Bred Sows and assorted farm equipment. Locations: 8 miles south and 1 mile west of Washington, then miles south west of Washington.
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