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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1929
Page
2
Hog activity total 17 000 head with 4 900 directs. prices mostly 10 to 20 higher with 25 cents gain on heavier sows. top 1225. mid weights 250 to 350 lbs 1075 to 1170. sows 960 to 1050. pigs 6 to 130 lbs 1075 to 1200. Cattle 9 000, calves 23 609. steady market, grain-fed steers and yearlings active. slaughter steers 1100 to 1500 lbs 135 to 166. 950 to 1100 lbs 135 to 165.
The report shows bid and ask ranges for cattle and calves including cows good and choice 875 to 1201, vealers milk fed 142 to 1425, stocker and feeder steers 1209 to 1250, natives fat and thin markets 1350 to 1460, lambs good and choice 1235 to 1465, feeder lambs 1250 to 1400, with broad variability across weights and quality grades.
The page lists opening and closing quotes for wheat corn oats rye and lard futures. It covers July September and December maturities with price ranges and percentage changes, including specific figures like Wheat July at 1.40 to 1.50 and Corn July around 1.03 to 1.08, plus Rye and Lard values across months.
The list outlines several wheat categories with percentage ranges and price points. Entries include 2 red at 138 percent to 189, 3 137 percent to 139, 1 hard 138 percent, 2 137 percent to 13914, 3 137 to 138, 2 yellow hard 188 percent to 139, 3 136 to 188, 5 136, 2 mixed 138 to 139, and 3 127 percent.
July 24 reports Jesse Marr talking by telephone with brother Van from his bed at Ainsworth. Harold Godwin recalls details of Marrs farm. Mrs Lee Chambers to have tonsils removed yesterday. Lee can drive with a broken leg and brought her to town. Vendors advertise a Saturday combin ation sale. Francis Swift shows improvement while Harry Swift and Fred Palmer haul hay ahead of paving crews. Haying uses slings, with each load leaving the barn in three trips.
Frank Scranton finishes one last hay load on the Malcolm Montgomery farm where crops look good this year. The piece notes misplaced confidence is hard to locate where you expect it.
A man from Iowa City moved the Eden Oil Co filling station at Ainsworth across the tracks near the new pavement. The brick building remained intact as Anna Boileau the section foreman said all was ready and the crossing of the Rock Island rail road line took nine minutes without delaying any train.
Grain figures show corn with mixed lots at 104144 and 5 at 101 to 102 percent occupancy. oats list white 49.14 to 50 and 3 at 46 to 48 percent. barley quoted 63 to 73. timothy 390 to 465. clover 1550 to 2400.
Domestic old 1600 and import 1275 for Clover. Timothy old 260. Alsike 1200 in October.
Dayton correspondent notes two nearby farms Walter Bauer Roy Bauer and Fred Kupka have the state’s best corn this year describing hundred acres of tassled ears. He compares West Chester streets unfavorably to Washington and imagines corn in rough pavement. He urges practical paving and laments roads deterring visitors.
Henry Koehler enjoys a quiet Sunday with relatives at his Ainsworth home while subscribing to the Journal and a war book. Neighbors admire Henry Warren arrow’s well kept lawn and garden as public offices note Parrow’s 25 years as country commissioner. A Clyde Keiper cave project draws interest, and Winnipeg vacation postcards show John Dodd cooling off. A free Ainsworth picture show entertains families, Pat Tobin plans to thresh his wheat, and Joe Klopfenstein thrashes 100 acres near Havre.
Mrs A J Morgan reports a baby girl born Saturday night to Mr and Mrs George Staier. Visitors stop by the Mourer and Stout homes. Oskaloosa guests include Mrs John M Robinson and Iva Sears. Robinsons move to Richland. Woodfords ship hogs to Keithsburg Illinois. Mrs LaFourn Robinson hosts ladies club. W O Morgan returns from a two week trip. more visits cited in Clay region.
An article advises five aims for culling poultry to boost egg production, raise average flock yield, cut feed costs, provide space and sanitary housing for layers, and establish foundation breeding stock. An efficient expert offers free services to improve local flocks.
Veterinarians report hog cholera in Spragueville Preston Lowden Goose Lake Dike and necrotic enteritis in swine at Lowden Blue Grass Dixon Anamosa Elgin Waterloo Epworth with mixed infection in swine at Durant Iowa City. Hemorrhagic septicemia hits swine in Fairfax and cattle in Barnes City Elgin. Blackleg afflicts young cattle at Gilman Dike and contagious abortion at Lost Nation. Coccidiosis strikes chickens in Anamosa Elgin Hopkinton while fowl cholera hits Dixon Lost Nation Cedar Rapids and geese at Dixon Lowden.
A prose note defines tranquility as a lasting impression a visitor carries, symbolizing the prevailing calm and distinctive ambiance of the location. The author underscores tranquility as core to the place’s character and visitor experience.
The San Francisco Chronicle notes that arguing against another’s common sense is futile and urges reliance on practical judgment in disputes.
Bids for remodeling and painting the Living Lake school house will be received until noon August 3 by board president P. F. Whisler. Interested bidders may consult any board member for information at 13313 sat-wed-sat.
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