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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1927

Page

2

Chicago Livestock Market Report

Chicago livestock receipts on July 16 show cattle at 300 fed steers and yearlings steady. grassy types 15 to 25 cents lower. fat cows 25 cents lower. bulls 25 to 50 cents higher. Sheep receipts 4,000 with mixed losses and gains across categories. fat lambs 25 to 50 cents lower. yearlings 25 cents lower. m. weighted ranges and top quotes listed. hogs and packing sows trading varied with light activity and holdovers.

Chicago Livestock Chicago

Chicago Grain Prices Inconsistent Across Wheat and Corn

Chicago July 16 grain quotes show mixed results with wheat varieties showing small percentage moves and corn prices ranging from around 0.94 to 0.98 per bushel. Oats and barley also display modest shifts while timothy and clover offer wider price ranges.

Chicago

Jump In Get a Lift Sweden Elevators Car Opera

A Swedish transit feature describes elevators that never stop as cars pass floors continuously. Agile passengers leap in and out as they reach their floors, creating a rapid, kinetic boarding process.

Sweden

Earth's Thunderstorms Reach Global Daily Count

Scientists estimate over 45 000 thunderstorms occur daily worldwide. Java reports at least 222 per year while polar regions see a storm roughly once every decade, signaling uneven global thunderstorm activity.

Java

Washington Produce Markets Poultry and Hides Price List

A historical price rundown lists dairy butterfat tests and egg prices, plus per pound rates for hens ducks geese and beef hides. It notes no market for sick crippled poultry and provides prices for horse hides and live pigeons as well.

Radio listings for Sunday July 17 schedule details

Radio Digest 1927 program page lists Sunday schedules by station with times and event types. Programs include church services, concerts, organ recitals, hotel concerts, and drama hours across stations such as KFNF KHJ KMOX KOA KPO KYW WCCO WEAF WEEI WRC WGN WHO WGN WSAI WGY WBZ KDKA WLS WMAQ WOC WOW and others with city names and venue cues like Capitol Theatre and Palace Hotel.

KHJ Los Angeles KMOX St. Louis Skouras Brothers KOA Denver Denver Municipal Band KPO San Francisco Fairmont Hotel KYW Chicago WIZ WCCO Minn St. Pl Harriet Band Hugo Philler Goodwin WEAF New York WRC WEBH WGN Our Music Room Tomorrow's Tribunes WHO Des Moines WJNJD Palmer House WJZ Cook Panama Canal Zone Stadium Philharmonic WBZ KDKA Godfrey Ludlow WLS Little Brown WMAQ WOC Davenport WOW Omaha WDAF Kansas City Star Melody Way Club Musicale Nighthawk South Sea Islanders WLIT WTIC WWJ WSAI Goldman Howard WEEI WJAR WCAE WTAM KSD Grand Opera Company WCSH Palais D'Or Gwen Howard Caroline Riddle Roxy and His Gang WRZ WHAS WSM WSB WBAL WJR Spotlight Hour al Friedman Erwin Swindell Charlotte Anderson Warren Joan Gerwetenor 17Th U. S. Infantry Band

July 18 Radio Concert Roadshow Across Many Stations

A dense schedule lists numerous stations KHJ KYW WEBH WGN WGY WHAS WIP WJJD WLS WMAQ WOAIT WQJ WSM and others from KEAF KDKA to KMOX through a day of concerts and broadcasts. Programmers announce operas marimba music orchestras and dance programs with various times and venues including the Fairmont Hotel and Palais D Or.

KHJ KYW WEBH WGN WGY WHAS WIP WJJD WLS WMAQ WOAIT WQJ WSM

Quinine Production Dominates From Dutch East Indies

A brief item notes that nine tenths of the world’s quinine supply comes from the Dutch East Indies, highlighting the region’s prominence in this essential medicine supply chain.

Dutch East

Overheating And Radiator Testing For Car Owners

The article explains overheating causes and fixes such as radiator clogging cleaned with washing soda, engine misadjustments like low gear driving and retarded spark, and the need to dampen overheating to avoid damage. It covers radiator leak testing by water immersion under air pressure, safe pressure limits, and steps to mark leaks and dry the core. It also details transmission lubrication, battery overcharge issues, enamel cleaning formulas, fender care, valve grinding, and caution about unusual car noises.

Quieting Title Petition in Washington County Iowa

In the District Court of Washington County Iowa Murray C Smylie et al vs William Torrence et al The petition claims the plaintiffs are absolute owners in fee simple of east eighty acres of the southeast quarter section four township 75 north range 7 west of the 5th P M It asks to quiet and establish title in the plaintiffs and bar all unknown claimants from any adverse interest with general equitable relief The next term begins September 6 1927 at the Washington Court House Attorneys Livingston Bicher represent the plaintiffs

District Court of Washington County Iowa Murray C. Smylie William H. Anderson William Torrence Mary Forrence Mary Torrence John L. Kilgore Norman Everson K. E. Everson Louisa M. Kilgore James N. Lesan David Kilgore Jewett Kilgore John Rose James Ewing John McClelland The Burlington & Northwestern Railway Company John McLeland Aetna Life Insurance Company of Hartford Connecticut A. S. Security Life Association A. Anderson Marjtie S. Anderson Mattie L. Anderson Justina Owen Towit Section Township Oage District Court City of Washington Washingrton County Livingston & Bicher

Notice of Receiver Sell Kalona Clay Co Real Estate

District Court in 1927 to hear a $2 filing by L. R. Spencer receiver to sell Kalona Clay Co real estate in Kalona Iowa. The action targets the West Half of the Northwest Fractional Quarter of Section 18 and a tract beginning at the southeast corner of the Northwest Quarter of Section 13 in Township 77 N Range 7 W.

Said Kalona Clay Co Kalona Clay Co A. M. L. R. Spencer District Court of Iowa Washington County L. R. Spencer Kalona District Court OF Owain Wastington County Kreceiver Kalona Clay Company Farmers Savings Bank of Kalona Savings Bank of Kalona, Lowa Kalona Clay Company, Et al District Court Karee P. My Seventy-seven

Aged citizen W R Hadley dies in Richland

W R Hadley an elderly Richland resident died at his home on Tuesday. Funeral services were held at the Friends church led by Rev J Hadley. He leaves a wife and a foster daughter as mourners.

Richland Wm. R. Hadley Friends Church Jno. Hadley Mt. Pleasan

Riverside notes and town updates from July visit to Cedar Rapids

Riverside July 15 Mrs Charles Critz and son Mark of Valley Junction visited at the homes of Mrs Frank Criz and Mr and Mrs R H Heitzman. They will be guests of Mrs Nettie C Hahn in Cedar Rapids. Mr W A Koster appointed cashier of First State Bank Atkins to succeed George M Struble who resigned. New daughter arrived to Mr and Mrs Anto Kiefer July 14. Local Rebekah lodge installed officers with Mary Soukup P G. Miss Mary Younkin of Chicago visiting sister Mrs Younkin.

Anna Kos Anna Younkin

Needlework Club Sees Eight Members At Gritz Home

J. L. Meeks and family hosted Thursday afternoon as Mrs Frank Gritz entertained the Needlework club. Eight members attended and a two course luncheon followed a social afternoon.

J. L. Meeks Frank Gritz

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