This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1926
Page
2
Hogs receipts 3 000 mostly steady spot strong with 240 to 300 pound butchers around 13 90 to 14 20 and heavy weights 13 55 to 14 25. cattle receipts 1 000 with fed steers 8 85 to 10 00 and veal calves 12 00 to 13 25. sheep around 30 000 weekly with fat lambs 18 90 and yearlings 16 90 and bulk prices for fat lambs 17 60 to 18 75.
Unofficial June 5 livestock tally shows Monday totals Hogs 41000 Cattle 20000 Sheep 14000. Projected hogs for next week reach 141000 across markets.
Tot. Fno Seed Market in Toledo lists Clover seed cash domestic 22.00 and imported 17.50 with October 19.50 and December 16.50 prices. Timothy cash shows 3.45 and September 3.70 with June 5 dateline.
Memorial and Decoration Day programs were carried out with Rev E C Coleman delivering a fine address to a large crowd. Four G A R members attended and afternoon services at nearby cemeteries drew growing interest. Keota donated cars for the trip. Rev R C Lemon of Chicago spoke on Decoration Day, but a sudden storm shortened cemetery exercises. Rev Chas Norton and wife of Glendale celebrated their 53rd anniversary and were joined by local clergy at the event. Lois Russell and Mildred Deimerly left for Cedar Falls summer school after graduating in 1926.
West Chester notes a warm June, corn delivery to H W Leura, mentions Miss Ruby Skipton wedding, civic social by WRC, caravan visit by Washington, local humor on roads and rail, and a playful nudge at being left out of Journal town listings.
Ainsworth honors soldiers with Decoration Day ceremonies at the M and church with Rev W Moore as chairman Rev McCrory addressing the gathering Miss Mary Van Horn reading and Rev Marindale leading singing. After services the crowd visited the cemetery to decorate graves noting the absence of band music for the first time since observance began.
Local residents and visitors attended Decoration Day events and visited at multiple homes in Burlington Osage Washington Cedar Rapids Muscatine and Columbus Junction. Several families and individuals from Des Moines West Liberty Fairfield and Iowa City were noted, along with a new baby born to Mr and Mrs Laird Simpson and a Baptist park picnic marking Rev Neymans departure.
Streamers in blue silver purple and gold hung from each door as frappe and wafers were served between dances. Several college people were home and enjoyed the evening to the fullest extent.
A Senate judiciary subcommittee voted four to one to uphold the legality of President Coolidge's executive order deploying state officers and federal prohibition agents. Chairman Cummins with Borah Goff and Walsh supported local authority, while Senator King urged minority views arguing lack of authority.
Henry Eicher returns home from Iowa City for vacation and visits with his mother. Miss Althea Montgomery teaching in Muscatine comes home for the weekend. Mrs. H. W. Statler of Keota shops in Washington. Mrs. George Beck and son James return to Trenton Missouri after a visit with the Marble family. Several other residents travel to Washington for shopping or attend events while Silas Ross recovers after surgery.
Mrs Vance Curtis of Richland visits sister Mrs BE Rudolph in Brighton after winter in Los Angeles. Meade, who lived in Los Angeles, arrives from Oskaloosa for a Brigh ton visit among old friends then plans return to Los Angeles. Mrs Max Keller and her son Robert of Chicago visit her parents Mr and Mrs Jake Rader. Mr Jake Courtney and Mr Barthelow of Stockport spend Wednesday with the latter’s daughter.
Mrs Henry Lechner and family visited Brigh ton friends today with notes of recent visits. Mrs Ralph Tracy and companions traveled to Win field to spend a day at Rex Hrier home and Mrs Katheryn Frazey visited Stockport. Tom Morgan marks 43 years with Rock Island R R Co after starting at age 13 in Brighton.
Lodges Cyrus Chapter No 18 Regular meeting record Friday night of each month. C J Sloat H P Arthur Goodin Secretary KetMehem Commandery No 45 K T Regular meeting third Friday night of each month. P J Wallace RE C Arthur Goodin Secretary Washington Chapter No 08 O EB S Regular meeting second Thursday night of each month. Pearle Dickerson W M Stella Palmer Secretary Visiting members are welcome.
Alluding to self care at home the ad promotes Moone's Emerald Oil as a potent treatment for varicose veins and piles. It advises gentle upward application night and morning and suggests asking a druggist for the two ounce bottle Lemmon's Pharmacy carries the product and many purchases are reported.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.