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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1927
Page
2
Hog receipts reach 30000 with light weights and packing sows showing higher bids. butchers and pigs dull. Cattle receipts 10000 with steady to slow demand. heavy steers scarce, yearlings strongest. Sheep and lambs: fat lambs active with steady to slightly lower quotes. feeding lambs firm. Price ranges noted for hogs cattle and sheep across weights and classes.
Open high low close prices for WHEAT CORN OATS LARD RIBS and RYE on July contracts in Chicago. July and Sept figures show small percentage changes with values around 1.40 for wheat 1.00 to 1.10 for corn 0.45 to 0.46 for oats and 12.85 to 13.27 for lard with July and Sept terms and December figures.
The readable text lists several percentages such as .98% and 1.00% with a partial name Dee. No clear event, person, or context is present to form a complete news item card.
Chicago cash grain prices list today includes Wheat at 1.438 for hard 3, Corn across yellow 1.04 to 1.05 and variations for yellow 3 to 6, white and mixed lots also shown. Oats white ranges 49% to 47% with several grades, Barley 70 to 80, Rye No 2 at 1.10, Timothy 4.50 to 5.00, Clover 20.00 to 30.00.
Denver Wilson a state senator from the Page Fremont district is ill at his Shenandoah Iowa home Physicians are unsure if gall stones or appendicitis caused the ailment He was taken ill shortly after playing a round of golf under medical observation
Market rundown lists produce stalls with prices and weights showing figures like 83.00 and various abbreviated codes. Uncertain OCR yields scattered numbers and terms across unnamed stalls.
At Fort Madison on July 14 Lewis Boeding of West Point had a thirty day jail term extended to seven months after rearrest. He was completing a minor law violation sentence, then began serving the unexpired part of a 1924 term, suspended after three months for good behavior. Boeding’s jail conduct was poor, including solitary confinement and a hunger strike, though he has since eaten the standard prison rations.
Reports to the Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association indicate recent infectious disease outbreaks in livestock. Hog cholera affected Blairstown Belle Plaine West Branch Wellman Town City Mt. Pleasant and Solon. Hemorrhagic Septicemia in cattle hit Iowa City Lost Nation Cedar Rapids Sigourney. Swine hemorrhagic septicemia found in Solon Hazelton Clinton. Black leg observed in Wellman. Contagious abortion in Springville. Necrotic enteritis in swine reported in Solon Mt Pleasant Iowa City Dysart Durant Independence.
Detroit July 14 Podge Bros Inc announced a new line of four cylinder automobiles dubbed the "fastest fours" with prices from 855 to 975 dollars. Models include a coupe deluxe sedan regular sedan roadster and more.
Henry Ford remains under scrutiny as Jewish groups in Washington debate his Dearborn Independent controversy. A meeting produced a 37 to 23 vote to postpone commendation for his public retraction while urging actions to prove sincerity and lack of ulterior motives.
The commerce department reports U.S. exports in the first six months of 1927 totaled 2,368,734,000 while imports were 2,127,976,000, yielding a favorable trade balance of 240,758,000. June exports reached 359,000,000 with imports at the same level, and fiscal year totals show exports at 4,970,541,600 against imports of 4,256,825,000.
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