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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1928
Page
2
Receipts total hogs 45 000 with prices easing 19 to 20 lower for most weights. top hogs 26 per cwt for choice. Butchers and sows show varied ranges up to 11.25 for light weights. Cattle receipts 17 000 with steers and yearlings weak to 25 lower. fat lambs and sheep mixed with lambs around 13.75 to 15.15 for good and choice, other grades lower.
Price list items including cream butterfat per pound and fresh laid eggs per pound at Washington markets. Poultry and meat prices are listed for hens ducks beef hides and horse hides with a note of one cent more paid per pound for poultry delivered. Also mentions provisions for sick or crippled livestock.
The document lists lamb pricing across categories: cull and common at 9.50 to 12.50 for ewes, medium to choice weighing 159 lbs down priced 4.25 to 7.25, cull and common 1.74 to 5.40, feeder lambs good and choice 13.25 to 3.50 dollars. The figures reflect varied grades and weights in a livestock market summary.
The provided data shows fluctuating futures for wheat corn and oats with September and July contracts. Percent changes appear alongside price quotes and monthly shifts, including notable figures for Dee and AZM symbols.
The column lists bids and grades for Wheat Corn Oats Rye Barley Timothy and Clover with mixed, red, white, yellow and other quality grades. Prices range across percentages and weights including 140 150 122 121 and 111 with entries for oats rye and clover showing various quality categories and tonnage figures.
Mr and Mrs P G Widmer and children Benjie and Mary Kathryn visited Ottumwa yesterday. Edith Boileau and Thelma York drove to Muscatine to visit friends. Paul A Witting came from his home to Washington. Jack Pamilton of Sigourney visited Washington to see friends. Josephine Stewart of Cincinnati Iowa and Lena Stewart arrived at the G W Wallace home. Charles Miller and William Sloat left by auto for a western trip via Colorado and possibly California, returning in about six weeks. Oma Isenberg has returned to Lohrville after visiting Mrs Gladys Williams. Virginia Law returned with Amos Albertson who is visiting here from Monrovia California for about a month after six weeks in Des Moines. Miss Mary Winter and Jerry Stephens returned from Manitou Colorado after two weeks away. Dale West and Ralph Adams of Kalona visited Washington for the day.
Local residents travel to Davenport Fairfield and Muscatine for visits and shopping. Families like Ebner Hagist Adams and Clark travel between Keota Washington and surrounding towns. The piece also notes a screening of We Americans at Pax Theatre and a two week J C Penney worker vacation.
Toledo seed market records list clover cash 1775 and cash impor t 1425 with October 1896 and December 1875 dates. Timothy and alsike prices show cash 225 and 1650 with October 1675 entries.
Chicago dispatch reports livestock receipts for tomorrow with cattle about 7 000 head, hogs around 17 000, and sheep near 13 006.
Beth pauses at the door with a suitcase and a determined yet tearful expression. Behind her lies a land of adventure and laughter beyond the door, promising sights and pleasures.
Mrs. Ella A Boole president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union declares prohibition will not be repealed. She cites opposition from liquor interests wet centers and the 53 anti prohibition bills, noting the new Congress supports the 18th Amendment and government control cannot solve production or transport issues.
Mr and Mrs T H Riley and children Dale and Marilyn visited Mrs John Zook in Washington Friday and shopped in the afternoon. Frank and Dayle Sands assisted Wallace Carson with hay harvest. Nim Clark sold a horse and delivered it to Winfield. Mr and Mrs Owen Ross of Washington visited Frank Sands family Friday evening. Miss Jeanette Wooley was a business visitor in Washington.
Charles Zickefoose bought a Jersey heifer from FF H Sands on Friday for 50 dollars. The community notes include visits by Mr and Mrs Joe Schlatter and children to the Graham theatre in Washington, hospital updates on Charles Curtis, and local harvest progress with threshing soon to begin using Zickefoose’s machine.
The Baptist Kensington of West Chester will meet at the church Wednesday afternoon August. The Christian ladies aid will meet at the church Thursday afternoon with work and a social. The Garden club invites friends to a flower show at Fairfield on Wednesday August 1 in the First Methodist church gym and dining room starting at 2 p.m.
A fragmented court note cites Wan seeking pay or settlement at trial. The short text hints at conviction prospects or persuasive arguments in the proceedings.
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