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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1930
Page
2
Chicago bids show hog receipts about 18 000 with direct sales 5 000, top hogs 9 80, light weights 149 to 160 pounds strong. Cattle and calves receipts near 6 500 and 2 000 respectively with steers 600 to 900 pounds 9 25 to 11 00, heavier cattle 8 50 to 11 00, and hearers 550 to 850 pounds 5 50 to 11 00.
Cattle categories range from e 9.00 to 8.00 for bulls and steers. vealers milk fed 11.56 to 12.75. steers 500 to 1050 lb 7.50 to 8.75. Sheep receipts 11,000 with lambs 96 lb at 109.60 to 11.00, ewes 2.50 to 4.00, feeding lambs 7.25 to 8.00. Prices show steady to slightly lower trends across grades.
Chicago grain receipts show cash Wheat mainly around 90s with various grades and notes for Corn Oats Rye Barley and Timothy values. A separate grain range section lists open high low and close figures for Wheat Corn Oats and Rye with futures bids and carload totals. Toledo Clover prices for hay and timothy also noted.
In McAlester Oklahoma two prisoners were executed in the electric chair. James Forrest a 23 year old condemned for attacking a white woman faced death with a prayerful blessing. Tom Guest convicted of murder during a hold up was pronounced dead at 12 14 a m after Forrest.
Montana Republicans nominate Albert J. Galen for U S Senate to oppose Thomas J. Walsh in November. Early primary results show Galen leading O H P Shelley 28,211 to 13,387 with 767 precincts reported. Walsh won ballot spot without opposition amid a large courtesy vote.
James Oakley 25 plays tunes to flirt with Mrs. Connolly as Thomas Connolly 40 across the street watches. Connolly delivers a nose blow after hearing the songs I'm Watching You and I'm Following You. Judge Reeves admonishes Oakley to leave the area and end the music.
Yesterday morning we visited Ralph Livingstons to watch Chas Scrvanton’s portable combine start on oats. It was the first time anyone saw a combine work, praised for its light weight and efficient threshing into the bin.
The column states a one-letter mistake in yesterday’s item was misrepresented. It explains the correction and clarifies the intended meaning for readers.
The Aldrich restaurant is owned by Mr. L. B. Hollingswoth of Winfield. Hollingsworth assures patrons of an up to date dining experience and first class service in a place Wayland can be proud of.
A Washington Evening Journal correspondent near Wayland laments errors in a late night column. The piece appeared misused and required much explanation, with the writer noting such mistakes happen to even the best papers and were not intentional.
Mr and Mrs Ray Sojka and their baby window shop in Washington yesterday and live between Washington and Riverside. Mr Baxter Ineham from Brighton and J W White of Haskins visited and traded stories considered too old for younger men.
Local note reports Al Cocklin residing near Katona while a farmer visiting town yesterday renewed a Journal subscription for another year. The item notes Cocklin is a native of the county.
In Brighton Mrs Edmondson proprietor of the Quality Cafe and her brother were in Washington yesterday and items in her car suggested a comfort stop at the cafe. Harry Knotts sale of household goods drew a large crowd under shade for a pleasant sale. They head to Paducah Kentucky Friday. Farmers and locals from east of Haskins and near Brighton attended. Afterward the party visited Wellston where Art Mayers sells a wide range of goods. Oliver Furst drove through with his tractor and binder after cutting Mark Churchill oats. Elmer Kolosieck hauled lumber with his tractor and wagon. A young man toured town with a tractor and binder. Ed Miksch, formerly of Washington now in Wellston, hopes for a nice home there.
July gatherings unfold at multiple farms and homes with family visits, birthdays, and neighbor drop ins. Notable stops include the Wittmer home for Mrs. Witmer’s birthday, Irene Roth assisting Carl Sandburg, and group calls at various farms around Alnsworth and Crawfordsville.
One percent of the community observed Lyman Johnson at home Saturday evening while Evelyn Payne returned from visiting her grandparents Mr and Mrs W F Lance in Mt Pleasant.
Senators Capper and Allen of Kansas plan to meet with Chairman Legge of the federal farm board on his return from a western tour to press for immediate steps to boost the wheat market.
The article estimates sediment discharge to the Gulf of Mexico exceeds 500 million tons annually. It highlights erosion and land loss as major factors and warns of long term ecological and economic impacts.
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