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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1928
Page
2
Hogs receipts 40,000 with market 20 to 85 higher than Friday. Top hog price 11.15 for 200-250 lb. Cattle and calves rise. 16,900 cattle receipts. slaughter steers and yearlings up 15 to 25. Sheep receipts 15,000 with fat lambs 15 to 25 lower and ewes 4.00 to 7.00.
Grain market figures for July September and December contract months show Wheat Corn and Oats with mixed daily moves. Notable values include July Wheat near 1.38 to 1.39 while Dec Wheat hovers around 1.45, July Corn around 1.90 and Dec around 0.85, with Oats in the mid 0.40s to 0.46.
Chicago cash grain report notes wheat two bids mixed around 141 to 146. Corn shows two bids for yellow grain near 1068 and three bids for yellow grain.
The notes list multiple yield and percentage ranges for crops and mixes. Entries include oats with white classifications and percent ranges, barley from 97 to 107, timothy 410 to 475, clover 2125 to 2850, and various mixed and yellow categories with percent brackets and counts.
Chicago July 2 estimates show tomorrow's receipts total 6 000 cattle 24 000 hogs 8 900 sheep with 5 000 holdover hogs.
A market list records seed values for Timothy and clover crops with cash figures and dates. Entries show Clover with cash values for Oct 1875 Dec 1860 and 1775, plus cash import 1425. Timothy with cash 235 and 290 in Dec. Alsike with cash 1625 Aug 1675 Oct 1700.
Columbus Junction July 2 report lists a summer chautauqua program with speakers and groups including Geo. F. Morse and Hagerman Harmony Singers plus Fiechtl Yodlers and Patten burg. Community church welcomes Rev D A Howey of Indianapolis. Local families take trips. Miss Gertrude Owen from Purdue visits. Missionary society meets with talks on The Negro in the United States.
Warner Bros presents Sailor Izzy Murphy at the New Graham Theatre tonight with Audrey Ferris and cast including Warner Oland John Miljan Otto Lederer Theodore Lorch and Clara Horton. Henry Lehrman directs this uproarious comedy about a lively perfumery salesman and his adventures.
Senator Brookhart denounces the Democratic farm relief plank as a costly, indecipherable program while critics like Frank J. Lund and John P. Wallace call for candidate statements before backing any platform. Brookhart blames the federal reserve system for agricultural malady and questions relief promises from both parties. Willis Stern counters, noting Democrats offered little relief when in power.
A light comedy plot follows George Jessel chasing love after being expelled by the girl's furious father. He pursues aboard a yacht and is drawn into wild complications with a chaotic crew. The piece invites audiences to attend.
Paris reports Municipal Councillor Fernand Laurent claims war, sports, and American films have eroded courtesy among French youth. He recalls postwar attitudes, cites profiteers and brutality, and notes Wild West films teaching violence and aggressive swagger.
A columnist laments modern youth neglecting civility and discipline, arguing that current generations lack time for proper manners and decorum in social conduct. The piece contrasts past standards with present behavior, urging young men to value courtesy and restraint.
The body of yessie H. Smith, air mail pilot for Robertson Aircraft, was found on a wrecked plane near Elsinore Missouri, nine miles north of there. A two and a half day search by airplanes dirigibles and thousands of volunteers ended with farmers locating the body. Smith had departed Little Rock en route to St Louis with photos of the Home-ton democratic convention when a storm drove the plane into trees. The craft was demolished and the body was to be taken to Memphis Missouri.
A historical timetable lists Co. R. I. P. and connections with eastbound trains arriving and departing at various times, including Golden State Limited Nos 4 and 8 and multiple freight and local passenger services. It also shows Knoxville Branch and St. Paul and Pacific routes with daily departures and limited services, and notes agent signatures for Knoxville and other stations.
In Harbin on June 20, reports say tiger pelts command about four dollars per pound, giving a full grown tiger a value between two thousand and two thousand five hundred dollars. Beyond the pelt, Chinese buyers prize various parts for medicinal and magical uses, with the heart, blood, brains, and bones considered most valuable. The heart is eaten to foster bravery and is often served at warlord tables, while a tiger mustache bristle is said to enhance charm with women.
The listing shows per pound and per dozen pricing for hens leghorn and other poultry, springs, geese, ducks, and horse hides with notes on delivery and quality. Some items include price adjustments by weight, and a remark about no market for certain sick or crippled poultry.
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