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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1927
Page
2
Cattle receipts 13 000 fat steers steady at 10.00 and up with top 11.75 and loads 11.00-11.50. Sheep 25 000 with lambs 12.00-12.75 and ewes 5.25-7.00. hogs 44 000 with top 12.10 for 160-180 lb and most 11.75-12.00. Shipping demand broad and feeders mixed in quoted ranges.
Chicago Jan 6 cattle at 4000 hogs at 24000 and sheep at 14000 in tomorrow's market estimates.
Grain prices show Wheat May at 1.37 open 1.38 high and 1.37 close with a 1.37 percent change. Corn May trades around .78 percent open, .80 high, .78 low and .79 close with a 1.29 percent implied move.
Toledo seed market notes close prices for Cloverseed cash domestic 23.00 cash imported 20.50 February 18.15 March 18.20 Also timothy seed cash new 2.85 February 3.00 March 3.05 Alsike cash 21.25 March 21.50 Hay 25.00.
Crawfordsville correspondent Nellie Manners reports the W C T U met with Mrs C M Strain. Miss Mary McCall led, music by Mrs Whitfield Davis, Psalm 46 read, songs sung, prayer by Mrs BE Griffith, What the Saloon Is read, and the American creed proclaimed. A talk by Mrs Harold Ross inspired members. Funds were set to send $1 to the Lillian Stevens legislative fund. Leader for Thursday prayer meeting chosen, plans discussed for a mass meeting Jan 16 at a local church.
The report notes the church invited guest and the February gathering with Mrs Ross and Mrs Merle Twinam as leaders. Letters of thanks for the Christmas box to Caney Creek were received by the secretary and president, with school pupils and community members aiding. Eva Craig traveled from Burlington, Iowa after learning of grandfather Mr Deharper’s death. George Shaner of Olds also visited.
Mrs J M Pulver reports weekend visits at Moody home and area families gather at Robertson and Wehr homes. Multiple residents from Washington Keota and Harper attend New Year events. Wood saw work, hospital news, and social visits noted among local households.
Ottawa report shows fur farms in Canada tripled to 2,327 in 1926 from 806 in 1921 with investments rising to 15,076,648 from 7,556,845. Fox farms number 2,117, making up most establishments. mink 59 farms, muskrat 52, beaver 50, plus martens, skunks, badgers, rabbits, and karakul sheep farms.
McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets offer a vitamin rich alternative to cod liver oil, marketed for children with weak health and rickets. The ad claims quick weight gain and improved vigor, citing a boy who gained over eleven pounds in seven weeks and promising a money back guarantee. Sold at J. & Lemmons and druggists nationwide, 60 tablets for 60 cents.
The Wellman community reports Clarence Rowe becoming bookkeeper at Farmers State Bank Lamont Ia. Eardley Bell Jr and Mrs Hedda Bell host De Molay initiation and annual dance at Mackay’s hall with about eighty six attendees. Local travels include Attorney Ball Jim Stamp Iowa City and others visiting Marengo Washington Cedar Rapids Keota and North English.
On Christmas Eve the Harmony school pupils presented a diverse show supervised by Miss Helen G Jones. The program featured dialogues recitations and exercises titled A Snuitor Bold Fooling St Nick Who Took the Pie Family Troubles Christmas Over All the Land My Dollie Fooling the Agent Santa’s Mistake A Living Christmas magazine and a sequence listing pages and sections such as Cover Weston Herald Angel Fronts piece Love Knot Funny Page Keep Your Smile Pinned On Literary Page Strooge Short Story Sparcially Jim Good Advice.
The magazine pages recount a full costume presentation and a tree lighting ceremony. Santa Claus greeted children, spoke on being good, and distributed gifts. A reception honored Mr. and Mrs. J J Evans, who plan to move to Kentucky, with local guests attending and refreshments served.
German entomologist Prof. Wilhelm Goetsch warns that loneliness endangers bee colonies more than poor fats. He asserts a solitary bee dies within five days without companionship, regardless of honey stores or surroundings.
Prices from Washington markets show butterfat cream and fresh laid eggs per dozen, various hen weights and breeds priced per pound, ducks and geese by breed and weight, plus horse hide values. The crude list includes notes on market status for thin or spoiled poultry and occasional price characters.
A sequence of farm, livestock, and equipment sales scheduled in January near Washington Kalona Riverside and surrounding areas. Listings include bidders and dates such as Jan 6 through Jan 26, featuring farms like G W Weigman Jackson Sons and T L Dodds, plus cattle and Jersey breed sales by Mike Trier Duroe and Knotek Bros.
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