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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1926
Page
2
GoMarkets Chicago reports hog receipts of 18 000 with active packing demand. Bid ranges show bulk 160 to 220 pound hogs at 14.19 to 14.40, 240 to 300 pound butchers 13.25 to 13.65, sows 11.50 to 12.09, heavies 11.00 to 11.50, slaughter pigs 13.50 to 14.25, and heavies at 12.90 to 13.80 amid a dull cattle trade and lively yearling activity.
Best 106.35. mostly heifers. Best mature steers 10.15. Stockers and feeders weak to unevenly lower. Grass movement expanding. grassers selling largely .25 down. Bulls steady to 19 weak. Sheep receipts 10,000. fat lamb steady to strong. Several western lots unsold. native lambs mostly 13.75 to packers. Ewes 6.00 to 6.50. mixed wethers 65 pounds 7.35 to feeders. Western fat lambs 14.25. Idaho and Washington feeders around 14.59 to 13.85, about 0.50 lower than Friday.
Chicago July 13 livestock estimates show hogs 11000 head cattle 9.00 per cwt sheep 13 616 head with the market expected for tomorrow.
Chicago and Toledo grain notes show mixed futures on wheat corn oats rye and fats with July and September bids. Prices listed include wheat near 1.39 to 1.44, corn around 72 to 80 cents, oats about 38 to 41 cents, rye near 99 cents to 1.10, lard and ribs around 16.0 to 16.9, and Toledo cash parities noting Clover seed, timothy and other prices for July to December.
The commission suggests merging engineering schools may be cost neutral over time but requires new buildings if consolidation occurs. It urges transferring Ames equipment to Iowa City, ending health nursing at Iowa U, ending journalism degree at the College of Agriculture, and limiting commerce and physical education degrees to specific campuses. It also proposes summer extension for rural teachers, continued Smith-Hughes agriculture, graduate work staying within each university, eliminating forestry as a degree at Ames, and forming a three-school standing survey committee.
The American Paving Corporation of Omaha won the Mahaska County primary road paving contract covering 19.92 miles at 5 990 dollars. Work includes surfacing the Pella road from OsKaloosa to the Marion county line, 3.12 miles of the Eddyville road south of Oskaloosa, and 3 1 2 miles of highway No. 2 east of Oskaloosa.
A historic listing of market rates for poultry and meat items in Washington markets. Includes prices per pound for hens, springs, leghorn and black varieties, old roosters, ducks, geese, beef hides, and horse hides with notes on unusable poultry.
P J Hanley was taken to the hospital Sunday after a Saturday home incident. He underwent appendectomy surgery and is progressing as expected. Local families visited the Salterberg and Wagner households Sunday and at Lou Fetes and Davison homes.
Mason City Indiana July 12 Hugh Booth jailed on an indictment charging leaving the scene of an accident. He posted 1000 bonds to await district court action. Booth accused of driving the car that struck a motor car a year ago and caused the death of Mrs Ivan Fynn. He has since left for Texas.
Milo Grimes a local chiropractor was found guilty by a jury of violating the medical practice act by practicing without a license. Six other cases await trial following an investigation by the state department of health and registration conducted several weeks earlier.
Arthur la Grange, a young Vinton druggist, sustained painful acid burns to his face after pouring sulfuric acid into a turpentine jug. An explosion forced him to seek immediate medical help, likely saving him from permanent disfigurement or eye damage.
VINTON Ia July 12 The state highway commission will pave about 15 blocks of street along highway No 40 through town At the recent bond election Benton county voted to surface all the highway except that portion passing through Vinton.
Peoria Illinois dated July 12 reports police in Minnesota and Iowa are asked to arrest Robert Drake alias Paul Summers and other aliases, described as a news reporter who claimed to be a telegraph operator.
Mrs. Mary La Chapelle 82 died near Crescent seven miles from Council Bluffs after an auto driven by A. H. Smith 73 struck her. Smith is from Council Bluffs and the crash occurred July 12.
Mason City July 12 EF Peshek 59 undertaker of Manly ten miles north of here died in a local hospital from injuries in an automobile accident his neck was broken.
The trial of Bennett J. Doty of Memphis Tennessee for desertion from the French foreign legion while on active duty in Syria is definitively fixed for July 16.
In Santiago on July 12 Salvatore Aguilera was executed by garrote for the March 1924 murder of his aunt. It marks Cuba's first execution in twenty years.
The listing catalogs tonight programs across stations including KDKA Pittsburgh, KOA Denver, KYW Chicago, WEAF New York, WGN Chicago, WLS Chicago, and more. It details timings for concerts, orchestras, vocal duets, instrumental sets, and special features like the Banker's Life orchestra and Rainbo Gardens acts.
Many readers are told there is no remedy for swollen veins but Moone's Emerald Oil promises relief. By using the two ounce original bottle at home as directed, users may see improvement until veins are reduced to normal. Lemmon's Pharmacy sells it with money back refunds for unsatisfied customers.
Webb Russell Wessman sixteen son of A B Wessman drowned in a local gravel pit after cramps seized him while swimming. Rescue attempts failed and authorities reported the tragedy.
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