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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1928
Page
2
Market report from Chicago on December 25 shows hog receipts at 28,000 with activity varying among shippers and packers. Prices range from 7.25 to 8.36 per cwt across weight classes, with best heavyweights and desirable longs pushing toward the upper end while lighter, lighter weights show softer quotes. Slaughter pigs and sows also listed with wide spreads and price gaps.
A Power Farming show hosted at the Fox theatre by Geo W Stewart the McCormick Deering dealer and the International Harvester Co attracted a large audience of practical farmers and their families. Attendees praised tractor benefits including three to four times farming efficiency and timely harvests.
Receipts 8,000 cattle with mixed demand across grades. Fed steers mostly 13.00 to 15.50 with best around 18.60, light yearlings 11.50 to 13.50, bulls 12.95 to 13.25, stockers easier, dealers bid weaker. Slaughter steers 1500 lbs up 15.00 to 18.50, 1100 to 1500 lbs 16.75 to 17.75, cows 6.50 to 11.50, vealers 7.00 to 9.50, feeder cattle 8.00 to 12.75.
Chicago grain closes show Wheat March at 1.295, May 1.30, July 1.26. Corn March around 88 4, May near 1.91, July about 0.92. Oats March 4, May 54, July 62. Prices steady with minor fluctuations across contracts.
Wheat none. Corn values range from 3 yellow at 8815 to 4 yellow 8519 to .87, 5 yellow .82 to 8414, 6 yellow .79145 to 82. Mixed sectors show 4 mixed .85, 5 mixed .82 to .8214, 6 mixed .79 to .&1. White varieties 3 white .&6 to .89, 4 white .8514, 5 white 82 to 838, 6 white .79 to .8014. S. G. 68 to 79%. Oats 2 white 555 to .57, $ white .54% to .57. Rye No. 2 1.10%. Barley .8415 to .95, Timothy 3.10 to 3.85. Clover 21.75 to 29.50.
The fifth sale for Bert Booth drew many locals and friends of the owners to the Duffy property near Washington Iowa. Proceeds totaled about 6600 dollars with livestock corn and other items selling at varied prices. Remarks note Mrs. Gardner's hospital admission and local idle chatter about regional figures and Peoria travel.
Toledo Seed Market lists prices for Clover cash and June contracts with February and March figures. Timothy shows cash and March values. Alsike records cash and January February and March prices.
The clipped card and photo from R E Dougherty mention a death by action at a New Orleans park and a spike in crisis reports. The note references a Stafford sale near Havre on January 26 and includes various local meeting mentions, a junior high program, and a 1928 letter from Lewis Evans seeking the Journal.
Chicago reports tomorrow's projections with hogs at 65 000 cattle 0 0 and sheep around 15 000 as the day opens for trading. The brief outlook notes mixed demand and price expectations for the livestock sector.
The photographers' association discusses a new photography idea aimed at making subjects look thinner than they are. The article notes this as an illustration that figures can be made to lie.
Philosophical reflection contrasts imitation of evil with imitation of good. It argues that imitation of evil surpasses the bad example, while imitation of good always falls short. The proverb attributed to Guic efardini presents a nuanced view of moral modeling.
A compact note presents a William Penn quotation about ambition and fortune, warning that tallest trees and ambitious men attract the strongest winds and blasts of fortune.
A sequence of public sale and closing out notices from January to February lists buyers and locations: Ralph Kloppfer near Washington. W. D. Stafford near Havre. Fred Grosscup near Brighton. W. J. Crawford near Washington. Herbert Harbison near Haskins. Aura Jones near Columbus City. Erwin Blankenhorn at Crawfordsville. R. M. Godfrey west of Washington. Knotek Bros. at Busby sale pavilion in Washington. Geo. Clapper near Washington. W. Beliel near the courthouse.
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