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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1929
Page
2
Market news shows mixed activity with buyers paying up to 90 for large feed loads and cattle receipts at 3 000 with steers scarce and steady. Slaughter steers 1 200 to 1 590 pounds fetch 1225 to 1625, cows 650 to 1125, calves around 090. Sheep 11 000 receipts, fat lambs 1575 to 1610, lambs 1535 to 1650, ewes 325 to 950, feeder lambs 0 to 1500.
The report shows grain futures across Wheat Corn Oats and Rye with varied shifts from May to July contracts. Prices range from 11.60 to 12.10 on Wheat and Corn around 1.19 to 1.46 percent to as high as 119 percent in some tokens, while oats and rye display smaller percentile changes and mixed directions.
Local column from Ainsworth recounts village happenings and visitors. Mentions Jim Edmonson’s passing and Frank Florang's Journal subscription, community thanks to families, visits by Chas Wolfe and M J Orr’s hospital stay, and lighthearted gossip about daily life and weather. The piece captures small town ties, local routes, shops, and shared notices among neighbors.
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