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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1927
Page
2
Chicago July 19 hogs receipts 25,000 with generally strong demand. Lightweights and finished medium weight butchers up 5 to 10 cents. Top price 10.65. Bulk 160 to 200 pounds 10.40 to 10.65. Bulk 220 to 260 pounds 9.35 to 10.00.
The report lists pig categories with price ranges from 7.75 to 10.65 per pound and cattle receipts at 11 000. Steers and stockers show steady to lower prices, wealers steady, top weights reaching 13.50 for medium, and vealers at 12.50 to 13.00. Slaughter cattle prices vary by weight and grade, with several brackets shown.
Feeder and stock cattle quoted by grade and weight. Fat lambs and sheep receipts list market activity, with native and outsider lambs to 18.75 and best range around 14.00. Slaughter sheep and lambs show medium to choice grades 12.00 to 14.15 for light lambs, and ewes 4.00 to 7.00 while feeding lambs run 11.50 to 13.50.
Chicago grain prices show small movements with wheat corn oats and rye for July and September. Lively trading spots include lard ribs and futures quotes with figures scattered across months and contracts.
Chicago cash grain market reports mixed bids across wheat corn oats barleys timothy and clover with prices fluctuating by grade and color. Wheat near 1.41 to 1.42 per unit, corn from 0.95 to 1.03, oats around 41 to 50, barley 76 to 84, timothy 4.75 to 5.00, clover 20.00 to 30.00 per unit.
Ohio State Journal notes statistics suggesting married men live considerably longer than single men, implying the back seat is not as deadly as it might seem. The observation challenges common assumptions about marital status and health outcomes.
Local notes record traffic counts on Reda Ball road with cars counted on Sundays July 10 and 17. Various residents travel, marry, visit relatives in Illinois Iowa Colorado and Wisconsin with weddings farewells and social gatherings noted including a large family sendoff for Mrs Elizabeth Mellecker and Miss Mary Geihhaus.
Riverside July 18 Mrs Elizabeth Millecker and Miss Mary Gelhaus will travel Tuesday evening to Dillon Montana to visit their brother John Gelhaus and his family and other relatives for an extended stay.
A small publication seeks payment for classified ads with a promise that a trial issue will prove the value of the service. Authors offer to showcase ad slots and measure response before committing long term.
A dated market rundown lists per dozen and per pound prices for dairy and poultry items. Butterfat cream, fresh eyes. leghorn hens and roosters. ducks both regular and muscovy. geese and swan varieties. and beef hides with varying quality grades all shown in cents per pound or per dozen.
Mr and Mrs Sam Van Syce spent Tuesday evening at the Hugh Conrad home. Ernest Seabranch and family visited the Parental W J Hill home in Washington Tuesday evening. Leslie Morrison made a business call in the neighborhood Wednesday morning. W S Hill of Washington spent last week at the Hugh Conrad and Earnest Seabranch homes. Ada Freyenberger left for Colorado Springs to aid her ill sister Ada Parker. Locals attended a chautauqua at Wayland last week. Elmer Reschley and family dined at Joe Schlatter’s Thursday. Harley Kaiser and family are visiting Milo Kempf’s home. Kaiser is a blind piano tuner. Alie Saltzman of Salem visited relatives Sunday. Hugh Conrad and sons were Washington visitors Saturday evening. Homer Weaver and son visited the Ben Meyer home near Trenton Thursday. Mrs Lyman Johnson and daughters Marie and Valma spent Thursday with Clever Wittmer family. Ed Burge of Winfield was a business caller Thursday afternoon.
An actress argues that nationalities matter little in acting once psychology is understood. She notes similarities between Irish and French temperaments, including quick romance sensing and rapid anger, reflecting similar thinking methods.
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