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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1927
Page
2
Chicago market notes show hog receipts 6 500 with overall 10 to 15 lower than Saturday. Hog classes priced 11.65 to 12.16 for various weights while cattle receipts reached 23 000 with most heavy steers at 12.00 to 12.40 and light butchers around 11.75.
Price ranges across cattle calves and hogs show steady to soft demand. Feeder and stocker cattle move from six to eight dollars per hundredweight with varying quality, while sheep receipts near twenty thousand reflect a slow market and mixed movements for fat lambs yearlings and ewes.
Livestock estimates project tomorrow's receipts at Chicago market with 11 000 cattle 44 000 sheep 17 000 other stock. Trade expects varied demand across cattle and sheep sectors as prices adjust.
Chicago market data shows open high and low results across wheat corn and rye with varying percentages for May and July contracts. Wheat rose to 138 and 29 percent, corn and rye posted mixed moves, while lard and ribs quotes appear nominal and erratic in the session.
Dispatches from Armenia report the Golden Rule Orphanage in Leninakan destroyed by a deadly series of earthquakes. Up to thousands are left homeless as 12,000 homes and much of the food supply are lost. relief efforts by Near East Relief aim to aid 9,000 children with reconstruction underway under American leadership.
Funeral services were held Friday at Columbus City Methodist Church for Mrs. Joan Spaethe who died Monday at her home. The Rev. John T. Aiken officiated and burial followed in Columbus City cemetery. Pallbearers were C. N. Johnston, Alex Randolph, B. F. Cuthamp, Alex Pine, B. H. Schoch, and L. E. Hencon.
Toledo notes closing prices for clover cash and imported hay as of January 10 with futures for February March and April. Timothy hay and Alsike show rising cash and March values while hay holds at 25.00.
Three trees near a German pulp mill were felled at 7 35 AM. They were barked and pulped, producing a roll of paper by 0 54. The paper was rushed to the De Wepaper plant where presses began printing at once, and newsboys cried the paper in the street by 10 o’clock.
Farm bureau leaders and newspaper workers are invited to a joint rural leaders conference and news writers training school in Washington county on Saturday January 15. The full day program starts at 10:00 a.m. with a noon lunch. Emphasis on round table discussion and cooperative community progress. Organizers include H J Metcalf and W H Stacy of the extension service Iowa State College.
January sale listings show G W Weigman Jackson & Sons Joseph Carson estate and many others near Kalona Washington Riverside and Yarmouth Iowa. The notices include farm equipment livestock and sow gilt auctions from Jan 10 to Jan 27 with locations 1 to 50 miles northeast northwest and southeast of Washington and Havre.
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