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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1929
Page
2
Hog slaughter figures near 18 000 with 2 500 directs. hogs mostly steady as weights ease 10 to 20 a hundred, top around 1240. Cattle dull with heavy weights up to 1625, cows and heifers nearly at standstill. vealers good, steers and yearlings mixed. sheep at 8 000 with slow to lower tone and slight price softness.
Ewes steady with lambs described as good and choice. Lambs at 92 lbs down quoted 1300 to 1400, medium 1125 to 1300, cull and common 900 to 1125. Ewes medium to choice 150 lbs down Sut to 676, cull and common 250 to 525. Feeder lambs good and choice 1250 to 1400.
The Chicago market shows Wheat, Corn, Oats and Rye futures with July and Sept contracts trading. Prices listed include Wheat at 1.46 July and 1.50 Sept with varied bids, Corn near 1.03 to 1.07, Oats around 0.49 to 0.53, Rye near 1.13 to 1.19, and Lard around 12.20 to 12.63 across months.
Grain market note lists Clover domestic old 1600 and imp 1276, Timothy old 260, Alsike October and December values 1200 and 1240. Items indicate price points for various feedstuffs and forage seeds in a Toledo market.
Grain price list shows mixed and white wheat bids with percentages, corn bids in several varieties, oats and rye fractions, barley and timothy, and clover ranges. The text lists multiple numbers and color descriptors without full context, reflecting a historical market quote sheet.
A group in Canton Ohio tried to pour batter into the 32 foot python Samson to cure its stomach ache. The snake swallowed a blanket last week and is valued at 3200 dollars. Three men restrained Samson as a fourth poured batter into his stomach. The animal was moved to Cincinnati for veterinary massage but showed no improvement.
Pikeville Tennessee July 26 Leslie Bowman a young mountaineer and alleged moonshiner told deputies he did not reckon his part in the gunfight that killed his father and a deputy last month Guns opened fire and the boy was shot dead during the confrontation
The Rogie owned by Dr. Louis Leroy of Memphis smashed the 90 hour 81 minute Mississippi River record set by the Robert E. Lee. It completed the 1200 mile New Orleans to St. Louis run in 87 hours 30 minutes docking at Olive Street at 6 45 am. Leroy had earlier failed three times due to sunken driftwood.
The market lists prices for butterfat cream per pound at 46, fresh laid eggs per dozen at 28, leghorn hens and other poultry per pound with varied rates, and hides priced by type per pound or each. A one cent per pound premium is paid for poultry delivered, with no market for sick or crippled birds.
July harvest underway at Dave Turnipseeds with sixty more acres. Visitor WW Reynolds, brother of Mrs Oscar George, returns from Canada after 23 years. Train service concerns on Rock Island branch and seasonal livestock traffic increasing. Local folks J D Dayton, L S Hewitt, W L Ralston, J C Foriash discussed, with family dinners and gravy affection noted.
The report mentions a thresherman’s dinner invitation at a West Chester restaurant, Hoover and Porter moving in by early August, Gillies Brothers storing hay on a 300 acre farm, Mrs. Gillies managing meals for several men, and local residents like Chas Robertson and the Robertson family in Brighton. Grace Hill gave a musical program with ice cream and cake, with another show planned tonight.
Walter Yoder of Kalona drowned while swimming near Mar ek bridge between Wellman and Kalona as friends watched. Loyal Swartzendruber recovered the body after hours. Local notices report visits, travels, car purchases, and community club plans including a 4H project in Lime Creek township.
Harold Anderson begins threshing with ten acres of oats and ten of barley for his brother Laverne. His crew includes Stanley Marshall at the separator and Laverne on the water wagon. A Glendale threshing meeting at the Glendale school covered methods and logistics, with work to start next week after hay is put up.
In Chicago on July 26 estimated receipts include 200 cattle 5000 hogs and 1000 sheep across markets. The report lists cattle hogs and sheep expected for the next trading day.
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