Market Report Hogs and Cattle Prices With Mixed Slopes
Hog prices at market 6 500 head including 5 000 direct sold uneven and mostly lower. Desirable 160 to 299 pounds 1215 to 1280, top 1230. Better 230 to 260 pounds 1200 to 1210, 280 to 350 pounds 1140 to 1180. Sows 1065 to 1075. Shippers held 500, estimated 2 000 holdovers. Cattle 300 head. steer weights steady to 25 50 lower, yearlings off 50 to 1. Bulls steady, high fed steers 1659 up 25c. Dressed beef trade weak. broader killing classes sharply lower overall.
Dentist Listing in Washington National Bank Building
Dentists available with office located in the Washington National Bank Building. Call 602 503 for appointments and directions to the clinic at 354.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.L. Kyle
M. D
National Bank
T. A. Michels
Washington, Iowa
Temple Building
Washington National Bank
Sheep and lamb market report shows demand and prices
Extreme top light steers 1635, yearlings 1625 and heifers 1575. Sheep supply 5 060 with 4 500 directs. week summary shows active demand and lambs mostly steady with some 25c drop, yearlings 25c higher, fat ewes unchanged. Week’s top prices: range lambs 15235 natives 1550 yearlings 1275 fat ewes 675. Tate bulk: range lambs 1475 1500 natives 1450 1475 late top 1519 yearlings 1200 1250 fat ewes 500 650 feeding lambs 1325 1375.
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Tate
Chicago Grain and Oil Futures Summary
Wheat July opens 125 and closes 129 with high 12914. Sept opens 12914 and closes around 134. Dec opens 135 and closes 139 with highs near 140. Corn July 94 to 95, Sept 97 to 98, Dec 93 to 93. Oats July 46 to 46, Sept 46 to 47, Dec 49 to 50. Lard July and Dec show nominal activity with Sept open 1250 and close 1257. Dec close 1280.
Chicago Cash Grain Prices Snapshot
Cash grain bids from Chicago show corn values across yellow and white classifications with percentages and weights, wheat quotes split into northern and mixed lots, oats and barley ranges, timothy forage, and clover seed figures. Pricing indicates multiple graded lots and percent moisture or purity indicators, forming a compact market brief.
Lodges Washington Chapter No 08 OES Regular Meeting
The Lodges Washington Chapter No 08 of the Order of the Eastern Star holds a regular meeting on the second Thursday night of each month. Pearl Kennedy is W M and Irene Bickford is secretary. visiting members are welcome.
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Washington
Pearl Kennedy
W. M
Irene Bickford
Washington Lodge
Theron J. Pease
W.M
A. W. Yard
Cyrus
R. A. Mi
Carleton Haven
Arthur Goodin
Train schedule notices for California and Midwest routes
Railroad timetable clipping lists multiple passenger and freight trains with numbers, routes, and departure or arrival times. It shows westbound No 3 Local Passenger and No 25 Southwest Limited, and eastbound No 26 Southwest Limited, along with local freight and agent details.
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L. Goodlander
Southwest Limited
Dally W. c Shell
Community Notes On Washington Visit And Local Farms
Peter Schantz visited Washington yesterday and plans countryside riding with his boys to view crops. Robi Ferguson and Earl of Crawfordsville plan August Colorado trip to sightsee and visit relatives. East Pleasant Plain's Clarence Grosscup enjoyed radio programs and Parker’s singing schools. Nate Crawford and family report farming near Crawfordsville with 161 through Dan Griffith farm and drift toward better roads. Havre farmers report good corn oat wheat hay beans crops.
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Peter Schantz
Washington
Peter
Robi. Ferguson
Earl
Crawfordsville
Colorados
Clarence Grosscup
East Pleasant Plain
Seth Parkers
Nate Crawford
Dan Griffith
Tr. K. Reals
Nate
Son
Havre
A B Carr Farm Faces Heavy Egg Layering Challenge
A B Carr farm runs 125 acres of corn and 70 acres of beans and keeps a large laying-hen operation described as placing eggs by the case. The farm’s horse will be busy for some time tending crops and poultry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Carr
A. B
Plain Talk Fragments From a Train Car Chat
A jumble of observations and jokes about ants lifting weights wasps mushrooms marriage and travel. The piece ends with a light quip about a Jersey herd and a misheard car name while travelers ride with Kilgore and Ferguson near Jim Bridges pasture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Kilgore
Ode Ferguson
Jim Bridges
Jersey Herd
Mr. Kilgore
Ode
Mr. Jersey
Farmers Save Crops Amid Rains and Busy Shocks
John Zieglowsky and family work 19 acres of oats and 25 acres of wheat, with sons driving the binder and shocking help from Marie Theodore and Martha. A Harturg Illinois cloud burst threatened crops, prompting rapid efforts to save grain and hay between showers. Joe Kloffenstein fields 100 acres of wheat and beans, while Walter Gardeners cut 40 acres of oats with Elwin driving and Wim McBride handling the binder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Zieglowsky
John
Marie
Theodore
Martha
Harturg
Illinois
Anna Altmann
Joe Kloffenstein
Walter Gardners
Wim McBride
Walter
Wanted Man Seeks Gardening and Choir Duties
Classified notice seeks a man for gardening tasks and to oversee a singing cow that can join the choir and play the organ. This quirky post combines horticulture with church music duties.
Mrs A T Seeks Diet Information for High Blood Pressure
A reader asks for guidance on dieting to lower high blood pressure. The letter notes the writer is 59, weighs 1650 pounds and is 5 feet tall, seeking information from the publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T
Oskaloosa Man Sentenced to Six Months in Jail
Newton Iowa July 11 A F E Scott of Oskaloosa was sentenced to six months in the county jail after pleading guilty to breaking and entering a freight car. Judge Frank Bechly imposed the sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
A. F E. Scott
Oskaloosa
Frank Bechly
Jazz outlives Ford fiddlers and insurance shifts
The note recalls jazz lasting longer than Ford's fiddlers and mentions Cal and Al adopting policies to sell life insurance. A neighbor shares a bedtime story about chickens, and a Saturday rain halts farming, delaying crop attention until next week.
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Mr. Ford
Cal
Five Reasons for Culling Your Poultry Flock
A brief list outlines five motives for culling poultry flocks. It cites efficiency in egg production, raising average flock output, reducing feed costs to boost profits, freeing space and improving sanitary quarters for good layers, and creating foundation stock for breeding.
Teacher and pupil exchange in a whimsical quiz
The piece blends classroom humor with local chatter about health warnings and socializing. References to tobacco and coffee health myths mingle with plans for an editor and an insurance man, plus notes on farming, berries, and roast ears, conveying a small town snapshot.
Columbus girl makes 40 parachute jumps in year
Norma May Stevens, a 19 year old from Columbus, has completed forty parachute jumps in the past year after taking her first jump just twelve months ago. She continues training as part of her aviation interests in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Worley
Columbus, O
Norma May Stevens
Columbus
Market Prices for Eggs Poultry and Hides
Listing of fresh laid eggs per dozen, various poultry prices by weight, and hide values. Includes butter fat content note and extra cents per pound paid for poultry delivered. No market for sick or rippled poultry mentioned.
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OWA Live Stock Commission Company
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
John A. Babcock
W.S. Reister & Sons
Physicians and Surgeons
BE. Stutsman
F. & M. Bank Bld.g
C. W. McLaughlin
West Main Street
W. L. Alcorn
Wilson Heating Co
Iowa Ave
J.M. Lloyd
M.D
Nicola & Harmon Co
Preston
Osteopathic
South Iowa Ave
INO. W. Applegate
City Hall
Washington Street
Little & Pratt
Lloyd Little
Mart Prat
J. M. Kyle Willard
City
Morrison & Morrison Lawyers
Morrison Bldg
North Side Sq
T. L. Brookhart Law
Opera House
Livingston & Eicher
Abstract Department
Wilson & Wilson
Co. J. Wilson
Lawyers Opposite Journal Office
J. D. Dayton
Westchester
Iowa
Washington County
L. B. Lupton
S. Iowa Ave
Frank Boller
Washington St
T. J. Pease
W. J. Masson
Earle W. Corbin & Co
Cole
Fred Franklin
Chicago Grain
Chicago Cash Grain
Damascus Shrine
W. S. of J
Masonic Temple
Edith Pulver
P Hazel Haven
GR LL & P
Golden State
Golden State Lata
Issle
Wepress
California
Knoxville
I. C. McKay, J
Sanday
M. ST. Pp
D. F. Macon
Pittsburgh
Evening Journal
Forest Embree
Keota
Bessie Busby
Journal
Charley Brown
Fred Radda
Hampshire
Farrow
Charles Marek
Iowa Avenue
Hilda
R. L. Badger
Jerseys
R. H. Tracey
Brighton
Earl Galloway
Arthur Schitzler
Plain Talk Magazine
Serbia
Carl Dunbar
Toledo
Timothy
Poe
Dodge
Thos. R. Gillespif
Wesley Hendricks
Brighton R
Jersey
Weyman Y
Mrss Lindbergh
W.S. Reister
Washington Produce Markets
Gibson Produce
Craignee Reef
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mitchell Field
N. Y
Knights of the Lens
Mexico
Dwight W. Morrow
Herbert Photos
New York
Minnesota
Community Loans & Investments, Inc
Kahl Bldg
Davenport, Iowa
Long’s Loan & Investment Co
Johnson Co. Enk
Iowa City
J. M. Goodwin
Wilson & Roth
Automobile
C.V. Crull
Bailey
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