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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1928
Page
2
Weights steady to strong with top 10.10. Pay scales show choice 200 to 260 lb at 10.10. butchers at 250 to 350 lb 9.45 to 10.10. 200 to 250 lb 9.45 to 10.10. 160 to 200 lb 8.70 to 10.10. 130 to 160 lb 7.60 to 9.70. Packing sows 8.49 to 9.15. Pigs 90 to 130 lb medium to choice 7.25 to 8.40.
Cattle receipts 9 000 calves 4 000 with active firm to higher trade on light steers and yearlings. Long yearlings 14.75, light yearling heifers 14.60, best heavy steers early 14.70. Slaughter classes list price ranges for various weights and grades, including cows, bulls, vealers, and stocker feeder steers. Chicago grain shows Wheat July at 1.43 to 1.45 to 1.48 with close at 1.45.
The Evening Journal notes a buyer found his rug was ordinary and overpriced and urges buying rugs through Washington merchants. If not in stock locally, a dealer can obtain the item or connect buyers with reliable houses. Cautions about transient rug salesmen are offered.
Sector futures wrap lists Sept and Dec price points for corn oats and other grains. Data include July and Sept settlements and percent changes, with unclear OCR marks.
Reported Chicago cash grain quotes show Wheat with various lots at 174 percent for 2 red, 148 for 3 hard. Corn ranges with 109 to 110 for yellow lots and 106 to 107 for another, and mixed lots around 104 to 107 percent. Oats list 71 to 72 and 38 to 71 for white grades. Barley quoted at 103, Timothy 410 to 485, Clover 1975 to 2700.
Toledo seed market reports Clover cash 1700 Oct 1785 Dec 1775 cash import 1350. Timothy cash 225 Dec 265. Alsike cash 1500.
Mr and Mrs Ly nan Johnson and Velma hosted Sunday dinner near Crawfordsville. Mildred Lantz visited with sister Mrs Sherman Barwick at Highland Center. Marie Johnson stayed with grandparents Mr and Mrs Jake Schlatter in Wayland. Effie Wittmer and children dined at Otto Frey home in Noble. Nevins and Tanner Show drew crowds at Wayland last week. John Abrahamson hosted Friday at Lyman Johnson home. Thos Lantz and son Junior visited Wayland. Hugh Conrad and Lyman Johnson delivered cattle to Olds Tuesday.
Crawfordsville Iowa report notes Mrs Smith of Monmouth Illinois, sister of Mrs T H Barnes, staying at the Barnes home while Mr. The fragment mentions familial ties and a temporary visit in Crawfordsville during June.
Lodges Washington Lodge No 26 AF AM holds regular meetings on the first Friday of each month. D L Carbaugh is Worshipful Master and A W Yard serves as secretary.
Rail timetable lists Eastbound and Westbound services including Golden State Limited, local passes, express and freight trains with stops for California passengers, Knoxville branch trains, and daily patterns. Agents H W Russel J Co McKAY W C Bell provide station duties and schedule notes.
The south town end paving was opened yesterday allowing east west traffic and avoiding field detours. Miss Juanita Rees has graduated from Town state teachers college at Cedar Falls. Carson Packer is home from Iowa City after a year in college. Drake University trustees Vernon L. Clark and Ross J. Clemons, both of Des Moines, were named at the annual meeting with trustees from the Midwest present.
A rare osprey, long a marine hunter and the only one seen in Ohio, was shot near Lancaster by William Loving as it carried off a lamb. The bird’s wings spanned six feet. The incident marks a rare sighting of the species in the state and country.
A new instructive book by Dr. McCleary, a rectal specialist in Excelsior Springs Missouri, claims to cure piles without cutting or hospitalization. The color illustrated volume, printed in Washington, has helped over 14,000 cases in 28 years, and is offered free by mail in plain wrapper postpaid.
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