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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1929
Page
2
Cattle prices show steady to higher moves on light steers and yearlings with better grades advancing. Pack weights bid up to 50 cents lower on some loads, sows and feeders mixed, top yearlings around 1725, fat steers 1250 to 1450, sheep demand strong at 1630 for top fat lambs and ewes around 1050, feeding lambs 1499 to 1424. Toledo clovery market notes cash Clover at 18 to 18.25 with February 1st near.
March market notes show cash imports and price shifts across commodities and currencies. TIMOTHY and ALSIKE entries detail cash old to new values, while WHEAT CORN OATS and BARLEY sections list No 4 to No 8 grain grades with price ranges. Market activity spans Chicago futures, monthly contracts, and Open High Low Close figures with miscellaneous percentage changes.
A fragment reflecting on urban solitude likening a city to a gallery of faces and dialogue. The piece recalls Bacon's adage that a great town is a great solitude, contrasting bustle with emptiness and missing love amid crowded surroundings.
Iowa State Extension promotes farm accounting to boost efficiency. Four sessions run January 16 to 18 in Kalona Wellman Washington and Riverside with 5 minute record keeping lessons to help farmers track livestock crops and expenses and judge strong and weak points in their operations.
Winter weather grips the town with zero readings at sunset and around fifteen this morning. A letter from California arrives from BIW’s ten year old daughter. Harold Harper family visits cause playful hair pulling threats. Dave Wallingford plans a northern sale with good hay and machinery. Mrs. Ross Crawford’s sale is Jan 16 and Roy Libe’s Jan 17. readers urged to watch Journal for ads. Roads drifted, few townsfolk out, sleds outnumbered in years. Journal subscribers keep faith with news and ads from Homer Mayer and others.
The article describes hardship on a farm near Ainsworth on the Red Ball road where Mali Hida, a 15 year old main housekeeper, lies in hospital with flu. Fa Havel’s family suffers sickness while Ed Tells and nurses care for the ill and other children Leon and Lil stay well at home hoping for a quick recovery and reunion.
Crawfordville mourns Miss Martina Ruth Neal who died at home after a two year illness. Born in Crawfordsville she moved with family to Oregon then Long Beach in 1910, teaching domestic science in Ashland and Anaheim before settling in Long Beach. Survived by her mother and several siblings, the nurse and educator was active in Grace Methodist Church.
Knotek Bros. will hold a Duroc sow and gilt sale Tuesday January 15 at the Bust Heated Sale Pavilion in northwest Washington. The offering features choicest Duroc sows and gilts mated to the world’s latest sire, Fancy Stilts.
The notice touts top duroc cattle from last fall’s breeders and promotes a winter sale. It highlights select sons from Fancy Stile matings and urges duroc breeders and pig club members to consider these animals for future breeding and profit.
Multiple farm sales and auctions near Washington Iowa are announced with dates from January to February. Duroc bred sows and breeding stock are featured by Knotek Bros Roy Libe and others, plus sellers near Keota Hayre and Rathmel.
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