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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1929
Page
2
Market receipts show hogs at 46 900 with activity steady to higher for shippers and small packers. Prices range from 75 to 95 for various hog weights while cattle receipts total 18 000 with steer prices mostly steady to lower and, in general, weaker sentiment across grades and range.
Slaughter classes and various weights of steers and heifers traded steadier with good to choice quality. Cattle receipts included $50 to $125 per hundredweight ranges, while sheep and lambs showed higher quotes for lambs and medium to good ewes, with fat lambs scarce and prices rising slightly.
Feeder and common cattle prices for lambs and hogs appear in the Chicago market news. The report cites estimated receipts around 48,000, with figures for sheep and hogs mixed with grain bid hints and futures quotations. Data shows various percentages and prices across months, including lambs and lard terms, reflecting volatile early January trading.
Auction and market notes list cash and new price changes for wheat corn oats rye timothy and clover. Grain categories show mixed and No numbers with ranges, plus sample grades and standard qualities. A literary aside about curious fish and a remark on convincing a wife appear as unrelated text.
Damaged OCR shows Masonic lodge notes with officers and meeting times for Damascus Shrine No 10 Washington Lodge No 84 and others. Railway timetable fragments list arrivals and departures for Golden State Limited express local freight and Knox ville branch stops with multiple times and notes about Sunday service and agent names.
The unreadable clipping records local recollections and social notes about residents such as Jim Floyd and the DeLongs, mentions missing Trace and Trace’s remarks, and notes funerals for Miss Lewise Stull and a baby daughter of the Border family. It references subscriptions, church, school, and neighbors’ visits, with scattered names including Wilfred Stull, Mrs May Hoo, Mr Watkins, and Rev Bible.
Saturday brings an old fashioned win day in Washington with chatter on weather and local finances. The column lists banks and savings institutions including Letts State Bank Columbus, Pontion State Bank, Louis County National Bank, Peoples Bank, Crawfordsville, Wayland Savings Bank, Washington National Bank, Commercial Savings Bank, with Pat vented on some payments. A probate notice for James V. leads to a Jan 9 1929 hearing at the Washington court.
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