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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1928
Page
2
Receipts 44,000 hogs with firm to higher top tags around 8.30. Desirable 160 to 210 lb cattle 6.20 to 8.30 per cwt, lighter and heavier weights varying. Cattle receipts 2,000 with generally steady to lower grades as shipper demand remains inactive and steers are scarce.
Auction listing shows ranges for cattle and calves including steers and heifers by weight and quality. Bulls scarce. demand narrow. Prices for light yearlings around 13.25 with light sales, shippers paying up to 15.9% for slaughter cattle and calves. Calves and feeders show broad spreads from 7.00 to 15.00 depending on grade.
Tomorrow's estimates show cattle around 600 head hogs near 4 000 and sheep about 5 000 figures released for Chicago markets this day.
Chicago grain prices shown for January 27 with futures quotes for Wheat Corn and Oats. Contracts listed for Mar May and July delivery with values around one and three quarters to one and a half cents for wheat and near ninety cents for corn and around fifty cents for oats.
In Dubuque Iowa Emmett Kirby the gang leader faces murder charges for the 1927 liquor hijacking killing of Charles Hos. Hos widow testified that he was shot with hands up and Clark Troy a gang member testified. Troy earlier sentenced to life in prison.
British housing experts warn against indiscriminate building and the unchecked expansion of towns. They advocate establishing new towns to absorb growth and call for stopping further additions to existing population centers.
The lead pencils' hardness is controlled by the clay content. A special German mined clay is used. Less clay yields softer leads while more clay produces harder pencils.
A small tropical American primate known as the squirrel monkey is noted for its bushy tail and agile, squirrel like movements. The description highlights its distinct appearance and lively behavior characteristic of this species.
A note on parrot education shows that birds imitate fastest from a child's voice, with a woman's voice also effective though slower, highlighting auditory cues as key to mimicry and conversation skills.
January notes recount Mr W F Leppert inviting a group to a Dougherty County sale. Ode Ferguson recalls gas demand from Clemment Edgar and a tense moment over lunch and cigars as he criticizes being labeled a tightwad. Names include W F Leppert, M C Haskins, Ode Ferguson, W D Stafford, Clemment Edgar, Lee Holland, and W H Mitchell.
Silas Caldwell warns the Journal must run year round or hard days follow. Nim Clark asks Ode Ferguson the price of a hearse license. A quip on doughnut holes pairs with Jersey cream and milk. Miles Night questions a girl about her money, and she replies in the Washington National Bank.
A large crowd attended the Stafford sale drawing praise for neighbors and friends who supported the event. Attendees enjoyed the gathering and expressed gratitude for the turnout, while noting no trouble arose.
A brief ad notes W J Crawfords sale next Tuesday January 31 three miles south of Wastington. It touts a Shuttler wagon nearly new with untarnished paint, fine clover hay, work horses and machinery, plus some good two year old corn.
Reports say the sale drew many from different communities as corn brought 97e per unit oats 60 3 4c seed corn 3 10 per bu chicken 16 50 per dozen roosters 3 10 each and hogs topping 90. Calves sold well. Ladies of Pleasant Hill church ran a busy lunch and sold out twice. Carl Zieglowsky, owner of land near Havie, appears no older than twenty.
At the American Livestock Association convention in El Paso Texas L C Britz president warned cattlemen against over supplying the beef market He noted 1927 as the only year in six with fair returns and urged maintaining high import tariffs on foreign meats and raising tariffs on canned and preserved meats He called Argentine beef the greatest present day menace to the American cattle industry.
Fragmentary list notes several once thriving Georgian settlements now vanished or dormant including Old and New Ebenezer Frederica Abercorn Sunbury Hardwich Petersburg Jacksonborough Francisville Crawford county and Hartford once capital of Pulaski county.
Market list shows hens pullets and young roosters priced per pound with rates for creams butter and eggs, plus penalties for sick poultry. Duck and beef hides listed with per pound and per item values, including horse hides at six dollars each.
A sequence of public and closing out sales listed by date and location across Iowa. Herbert Harbison near Haskins on Jan 30. Fred Grosscup near Brighton on Jan 31. W J Crawford near Washington on Jan 31. Aura Jones near Columbus City on Jan 31. Erwin Blankenhorn in Crawfordsville on Feb 3. R M Godfrey near Washington on Feb 8. Knotek Bros near Washington on Feb 9. Geo Clapper near Washington on Feb 14. W Beliel near the court house on Feb 15. A B Moore and Son near Ainsworth on Feb 17.
Dogs afflicted with distemper could be helped by electric light future use. Ultraviolet ray is currently employed experimentally to treat the common canine ailment as a possible remedy.
An advertisement urges immediate action against sore throat linking it to tonsillitis scarlet fever and diphtheria. It promotes Thoxine a physician prescription claiming fast relief within 15 minutes with a money back guarantee and lists prices from 55c to $1.00 available at McDaniel's and other drug stores.
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