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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1930
Page
2
Live stock: hogs 26 000 with 7 000 direct, markets up 10 to 20 cents. Butchers and feeders show broad ranges: 130 to 800 lb hogs 9.50 to 9.95, sows 9.00 to 9.50, pigs 9.00 to 9.85. Cattle 7 500, calves 2 500, steers and yearlings up 15 to 25 cents, top yearlings 16.25, weighty steers 15.50. Slaughter steers 12.50 to 16.00, cows 6.50 to 11.00, vealers 13.50 to 16.00. Sheep market slow, lambs 13.50 to 14.00, fat ewes steady.
The report lists lamb prices by weight and grade: good and choice 92 lb down 1.25 to 14.35, medium 11.75 to 13.25, cull and common 10.50 to 11.75. Ewes range 150 lb medium to choice down 5.50 to 7.50, cull and common 8.00 to 7.75. Feeder lambs good and choice 11.54 to 12.86.
Wheat, corn, oats, rye, and lard futures show modest shifts across March May and July contracts. Some crops hold near prior levels while others edge up slightly, with rye and lard displaying small changes in price and percentage readings.
Grain quotes list prices by grade and type. Wheat shows hard andyellow grades around 126 for two units and 5 for yellow. Corn ranges from 4 mixed at 81 to 86, 6 mixed 77 to 78, yellow 88, 85 to 85 percent, white 87 and 83 to 84. Oats listing white grades from 45 to 47, rye 97. Barley 62 to 66, timothy 620 to 615, clover 1050 to 1800.
In Chicago on January remarks estimate hogs at 35,000 head cattle at 7,000 and sheep at 16,000 for tomorrow's market.
Des Moines date line reports favorable action expected for Adams county bond of 243 000 to pave highway 5 and Union county bond of 498 000 to pave the same highway from the Adams county line to near Creston. Approval would hard surface highway 34 from Burlington to Red Oak this year completing most of the Burlington Council Bluffs corridor except a 15 mile stretch Red Oak Hastings remains unsurfaced if bonds fail.
A description notes novagems as high refractive index glass pieces cut and polished for use in jeweled arches and other electric displays presenting a decorative display material with optical properties.
A large crowd attended the Feltz and Henry sale on a cold January day with buyers from Columbus Junction Wayland Keota Richland Rubio Brighton Washington Sigourney and neighboring towns. The auction lasted about two hours and forty minutes with sales including a fine young team and a sheep while funds and lunch runs sparked chatter among attendees.
Andrew Miller and his wife of 60 years marked their anniversary December 26 at their daughter’s home in Los Angeles. Mrs Miller is 80 and Mr Miller 83. both in good health, former Decatur residents who moved to California six years ago after long service with the Wabash as engineers.
California gains its first billion-dollar bank with the Bank of Italy reporting assets of 1.0556 billion and a 1929 gain of 200 million, joining New Yorks National City Bank and Guardant Trust, plus Continental Illinois as the four U S banks in the billion-dollar class.
A crisp morning with eight above zero finds Al Huber expressing preference for the Journal's photographs, noting the hat-clad image as his favorite among all published pictures of them.
A list of public and closing out sales occurring from January 8 to February 12 near Washington and surrounding towns. Entries include farm and dairy cow auctions, horse sales, and land sales with distances from Washington and nearby towns such as Wellman Ainsworth Crawfordsville and Maud.
Readable prices list for poultry and eggs at Washington markets. Fresh laid eggs 36 per dozen. pullet eggs 26. hens 20 or 15 cents per pound by weight. Leghorn 15 cents. springs 12 to 16 cents. old roosters 11 cents. Hides prices listed. no market for sick poultry.
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