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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1927
Page
2
Chicago livestock receipts show mixed results with fed steers and yearlings traded lower while grass cattle were weaker. Sheep and hog sections indicate light sales, with top values noted for fat lambs and sows, and overall steady to lower trend across categories.
Open High Low Close figures for WHEAT CORN OATS LARD RIBS and RYE across July September and December contracts. The report lists price ranges with percent changes and settlement values typical of a market update from Chicago.
Chicago cash grain prices show wheat with several futures like 2 red 1.41 to 142% and 3 red 1.39, while corn ranges include 2 yellow 1.04% and 3 yellow 1.02% to 1.03. Oats and barley also listed with varying figures such as oats white 49 and clover 20.00 to 36.00.
Glendale July 22. Charlie Gault and Meint Koehler helped Clark Hopping. Earl Birney drove to Mt Pleasant. Hopping family picnic at Gladwin. Wagner boys cut oats for Murray Smylie. Eli Jackson and sons visited Mt Pleasant after storm. Edna Weston and Augusta Koehler visiting John Simmering. Glendale threshing to begin Monday. Meeting at Irv Gallaher home. Men watched Sharkey Dempsey fight on radio before discussing business. Ted Givans returned from county hospital and regaining strength.
A guide on checking water pump shaft end play and washer shims to control rattle, reducing wear on the impeller. It covers backlash in universal joints and axle shafts, testing methods, and installing new parts to minimize lost motion. It also explains direct versus alternating current, clutch slipping, transmission removal, spark plug insulation checks, making soldering acid, leather cleaning, and maintaining an electric starting system.
In District Court of Washington County Iowa Murray Smyth and William H Anderson sue to quiet title to the east eighty acres of the southeast quarter of section four township 75 north range seven west. They allege errors in record title have created adverse claims by named defendants and unknown claimants and seek to bar all adverse claims and grant general relief.
You are referred to said petition on file. No personal claim is made against any defendant. If you fail to appear and defend before noon of the second day of the next term, starting September 6, 1927 at the Court House in Washington, Iowa, your default will be entered and judgment and decree rendered. Livingston & Eicher Attorneys for Plaintiff. July 9 16 25 30.
An OCR reading lists radio program slots for multiple stations including KDKA Pittsburgh KOA Denver KPO San Francisco WEAF New York and others. Entries show times and acts such as orchestras dances, concerts, and a marimba piece with various host stations across the country.
A July Friday diary recounts visits to Pat Tobin’s Martin Swift farm and Geo McGinnis’ place near Ainsworth with tight schedules and lively chatter. It notes Ted Givens’s hospital stay and homecoming, local farms with teams and ponies, family dinners, traveler's visits, and community happenings including a Rural Carriers Association election and upcoming sales.
New Haven correspondent reports the Ladies Social Union will meet with Mrs Emma Ralston on Tuesday afternoon July 26. Several local families are noted visiting relatives and hosting gatherings including Mr and Mrs W C Hotle, Wes Meyers and family, Kendrick and son from Titus, and Miss Caroline Sheets visiting grandma Smith and cousins Ireta and Donald Smith.
In Keota Mrs Fay K Thomson reports Epworth League presented Thema Kirkpatrick in the four act Real Happiness a drama of ten characters. Kirkpatrick a Coe college graduate specializes in dramatic work and is the daughter of E L Kirkpatrick. The League plans to add about 35.60 to its funds. Mrs Minerva Brice will close her millinery stock and join her daughter Mrs Alice Sheriff to Hot Sulphur Springs Colorado for an indefinite stay.
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