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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1929
Page
2
Livestock prices show slow hog trading with 19 to 180 pound ranges and tops around 1240, cattle trading dull with varied steer and heifer prices and cows lower, stockers and feeders mixed, and sheep market active with natives up to 1519 and fat lambs around 650 to 675.
The article lists five motives for culling flocks including egg production efficiency, raising average flock output, reducing feed costs, expanding space and sanitary housing for productive layers, and creating foundation stock for breeding. An expert is provided to assist, with his services offered free to the community.
Agricultural prices for lambs and feeders mix with grain bids in Chicago Wheat and Corn markets. Local reports cite light rainfall near Havre and Washington area, with farmers delaying plowing but hopeful for drier conditions. social notes touch on ads, subscriptions, and humorous anecdotes.
A patient describes severe ailments and near hopeless recovery until Konjola, praised as the master medicine, provides quick relief. He reports dramatic improvement and credits Geo. L. McDaniel druggist in Washington for supplying the remedy.
Hob Steele stars in Laughing at Death at the Graham Theatre. a red blooded drama set on steamship docks showing Steele’s dramatic range. Also at the Fox Theatre, Laurel and Hardy headline Berth as spontaneous comedy with no polished dialogue.
The text outlines a plan to sell a newsy person or entity amid a backdrop of script constraints and dialogue. It references New York actions on July 12 and mentions a foundation guiding a comedy international paper company as it pursues divestment of certain interests.
The article reviews Laurel and Hardy on their second talk film method, noting unstudied outbursts and natural sequencing in shooting scenes. It praises their spontaneous style and credits Harley M. Walker and Lewis R. Foster for guiding the merriment, with Wheel of Life featuring Richard Dix and Esther Ralston in a Vita-shone presentation along with Edward Everett Horton and Lois Wilson.
The fragment mentions Toledo grain market and a person named Timothy aged 12 with a possible imp designation in an 1800 context. The readable text is severely garbled, offering little verifiable event or details for a fuller summary.
The American per person annual ice consumption runs near 1,000 pounds for adults and children. A constant yearly demand keeps about seven cubic feet of cold storage space per person in use nationwide.
Confirmation of the proposed sale of holdings was given here as Archibald K. Graustein head of the paper company and of the international Paper and Power company departed for Europe. Testimony before the federal trade commission showed national publishing interests in about 13 newspapers across the country totaling around $10,000,000.
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