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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1928
Page
2
Chicago reports hogs with 4,000 head, prices mostly weak to 10 lower. top at 11.40 for around 1906 lb. lighter weights 5 to 25 lower. Cattle receipts 300 with steadier to higher trends in yearlings and some steers. bulls up to 50 higher. Sheep receipts 2,000 with slow market and price declines for fat lambs. week totals show heavy movement from feeding stations and direct shipments.
A market listing shows prices for butterfat tests, eggs, hens, springs, ducks, geese and hides. Poultry delivered earns an extra one cent per pound. sick or thin poultry have no market. Notes include Leghorn varieties and other chicken types with per pound rates.
The weekly cattle and sheep market showed varied quotes with feeding lambs trading around 13.50 and 13.00 to 13.50 for feeding lambs in the lower range. Fat native and fat ewes ranged from 4.75 to 7.00 and 7.00 to 1.00 respectively, while yearlings moved 11.75 to 12.50 and throw outs hit 11.00 to 12.00.
Market update shows July wheat rising to about 1.29 percent with mixed shifts in Sept and Dec positions. Corn and oats show small percentage changes across July and Sept contracts amid fluctuating quotes.
Grain bids from Chicago show wheat weak with varied corn values. Corn offerings list several grades and color labels with percentages and unusual characters, while oats timothy and clover prices appear irregular in this captured OCR.
A fragment lists Clover and Alsike seed entries with cash values and dates. Clover shows cash 18400 in Oct 1910 and Dec 1900 plus cash imp 1425 Timothy and cash 235 Dec 290. Alsike lists cash 1650 in Aug 1759 and Oct 17a.
West Chester correspondent notes Washington has unusually nice homes this year and favorable rain and warmth. He criticizes city leaders for spending on street oiling and praises funds for gravel and sand to improve roads.
The writer recalls rough living near a dirt path and distant trucks, noting the nuisance of noise and blight from wear on vehicles. They express relief the trucks have left, speak about a cutout feature on cars as useless, and remember Anthony Van Sickle, a respected Washington resident who died, recalling shared humor and farm days.
Charles Curtis, oldest son of Mr and Mrs Edd Curtis, was seriously ill Tuesday and operated on Wednesday in Washington and is reported to be getting along fine. Mrs Ferrel Young hosted the Jolly Farm Darean club at her home with sixteen members attending and planning an August picnic in Mount Pleasant. The Robbins Bros circus visit in Washington was noted and locals John Wooley and others were involved in carpentry and farm chores as Gwendolyn Rhea recovers from illness.
Authorities seek the real identity of a man held in Quincy Illinois who calls himself Richard Laubert, 70, with police sending his Bertillon records and photos to penal institutions. A white beard and stout build fuel the Santa Claus comparison. Forty five dollars in bills and burglary tools were found on him along with various jewelry.
Radio listings detail 1928 network programs across stations WPG Atlantic City WJZ NBC bureau WHA and Capitol Theatre. Entries note operatic Pagliacci from Atlantic City and a Goldman band segment among others with CST times and station identifiers.
Listings show WAZ WJZ WOY WEAF WOR networks with times 5:30 7:30 CST and programs including Rubinstein, Roxy's Lane, General Electric hour, General Motors hour, and Pagliacci opera in English.
Lodges Washington Chapter No 98 meets regular on the second Thursday of each month with Alice Meek W M and Della McBride secretary Visiting members welcome Damascus Shrine No 10 W S of J meets third Tuesday at Mason Temple with Mrs L A Jones W I P Sara Wn Walker worthy scribe Washington Lodge No 26 A F A M meets first Friday with D L Carbaugh W M and A W Yard secretary Meetings monthly schedule listed for these lodges
Westbound and eastbound rail schedules list departures and arrivals for the Golden State Limited, additional express and local passenger trains, and freight trains. It includes KNOSNVILLE BRANCH services, daily operations, and station agents KNOSNVILLE and W C BELL with daily frequency notes.
Rain continues in White Oak with heavy harvest activity. Residents report plowing corn harvesting and haying while Join Lures relocates belongings to Ross Shields home. Several local visits and weekend travels noted amid a large rainfall and wind. Jim Bond visits from Hopewell. the Homer Mayers children suffer whooping cough. Bethel church services occur every two weeks.
One hundred thousand people are expected at West Branch for Hoovers visit to his old home. Iowa City and nearby towns cooperate with West Branch as part of the event.
Funeral services for J. F. Powell publisher of the Ottumwa Courier will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. He died Thursday afternoon and burial will follow in the Ottumwa cemetery.
Norma Shearer stars as a traveling saleswoman in The Latest from Paris for Metro Goldwyn-Mayer at New Graham Monday and Tuesday. Ralph Forbes is the rival salesman. The Lingerie Shop by Manhattan Musical Comedy Company also features strong cast and a pleasing quartet with banjo numbers in this two week program.
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