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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1928
Page
2
Chicago hogs receipts 8000 with futures mixed. Top hog price 9.95 for 237 lb, bulk 9.70 to 9.90, light weights weak, sows 8.25 to 8.85, shippers took 1000. Cattle receipts 500, calves 200. Heavy fed steers 50 to 1.00 higher, yearlings and light steers 25 to 50 higher, cows 15 to 25 higher, bulls 25 to 40 higher. extreme top not specified.
Yearlings traded around 14.75 with mixed yearlings at 14.60 and heavy steers near 14.50. Heifers yearlings averaged 14.00, largely 13.00 to 14.25. Market for stockers and feeders near standstill as buyers absorb almost everything offered.
Chicago grain prices show mixed moves with Wheat July at 1.46 to 1.48 and Sept around 1.48 to 1.49, Dec near 1.50. Corn July around 1.04 to 1.05, Sept about 1.04 to 1.05, with oats July and Sept fluctuating in the mid 50s to mid 40s range.
Chicago cash grain report lists prices for wheat and corn with multiple color coded lots. Wheat values range around 1.00 to 1.06 per unit across yellow and white classifications. Corn prices show several yellow lot quotes near 1.06 to 1.07 with additional fractions noted.
Readable fragment lists oats price ranges from 66 to 70 cents for two white lots and 661 to 668 cents for three white lots. Clover prices move from 19.50 to 26.75, Timothy from 4.10 to 4.85.
Toledo market notes seed prices for Clover Ash Timothy and Alsike with quoted cash and futures values. Ash ranges 16.90 for June and 17.75 Oct, 17.65 Dec. Timothy cash 2.25 with 2.65 Dec. Alsike 15.00 cash. Prices shown for June to December contracts and cash trade.
Martha Butler correspondence notes and June happenings in Columbus Junction. Harold Williams named general manager of a 1000 acre farm near Biloxi Mississippi, and local people moving, visiting, marrying, and attending church events. Baseball, graduations, and social visits fill the town timeline with multiple names and places listed.
The Dearborn Independent remarks that the eel held sacred status in ancient Egypt while Greek and Roman cultures valued it as a delicacy, highlighting its cultural and culinary significance across civilizations.
Miss Hazel Shepherd hosted a miscellaneous shower honoring Miss Bernice Cassady whose upcoming marriage to Willis Howell is planned soon and Mrs. Rhua Davison a bride of the past month. Guests included Edith Koch Winona Crile Cleo Jones and several Brighton residents. The column also notes the burial of Henry Deneker in Hill Crest cemetery and local moves and visits by residents.
June 2 notes Mrs Jennings and daughter Martha visited their old town on Thursday meeting friends. They returned to Wellman and plan to spend the summer in Calfax.
Mrs Howard Crozier and Fern visit Clyde Sands in West Union Iowa attend niece's graduation. Joe Brower to Phoenix for months outing. Decor tion Day visits and hospital updates district wide. Various townsfolk attend races in Indianapolis and shop, socialize, or move houses as local life continues.
A 17 month old named Joseph crawled into a Ford yesterday and was unable to be removed by his parents who felt inadequate for the task. The mother eventually freed him and the boy waved cheerfully. The writer wonders how author W B Steel would react to the incident.
A jumble of rural anecdotes and trimmed dialogue recalls hotel humor, cattle drives, a Sandy schoolpaper mishap with a goat and bees, a Packard crash on State Street, and Joe Embree's farm life. The piece sketches local characters and everyday details from nearby Keota.
Running home Willie tells his mother a troupe will be at the Jones market. Mrs. Jones recently welcomed a baby girl and Mr. Jones had advertised for a boy in his window for a week.
Lottie Perrin returned home near Wellman after helping at the Dusenberry residence. Mildred Leet stayed with aunt Miss Lucy Leet of West Chester to aid with cleaning. Memorial services were held at the Methodist church and soldiers graves decorated, four named veterans buried in the cemetery.
Billie Dove appears with Gilbert Roland and Noah Beery in The Love Mart a George Fitzmaurice First National Pictures feature at the Fox Theatre Monday and Tuesday. Dove plays an aristocratic French girl wrongly accused of mixed blood and slavery in New Orleans public mart a tale set in the early Republic when slave running and Gulf pirates plagued Southern borders.
A fragmented OCR line mentions a trial and conviction themes. The readable parts imply a courtroom or legal proceeding. No clear names, dates, or places are extractable to form a solid summary with entities.
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