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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1929
Page
2
Receipts about 15 000 hogs with mixed weights 90 to 350 pounds and bids from 1 900 to 1 600. Slaughter and feeder cattle show broad ranges with steers 1200 to 1825 pounds and yearlings 1100 to 1525, stockers mixed. Sheep trade begins with native lambs around 1659 top, fat ewes to 600 and lambs 1250 to 1685, with wide regional spreads.
Grain futures for Chicago July September and December contracts show mixed openings highs and closes with percent changes. Corn oats and other items appear with fragmented figures including open high low and close values across multiple months and unclear listings, plus stray terms like Toledo and Clover in domestic notes.
Community notes recount a large funeral for Ed Morgan in Cotter with crowded church doors and honor to the late, along with a flower show preview where Oscar Cuddy provided tours and the refreshments pleased attendees. Neighborly updates cover hospital stays, field conditions, and a rainfall influenced crop prospects.
The Washington County Cow Test Association held its annual picnic near Rubio with about eighty attendees. The judging contest opened at ten o clock, awarding Fred Palmer second with 177 and a winner named, under supervision of county agent Montson Powdish and tester Johncon Cow Test. A business meeting followed with plans for the new party, and a playful milkers contest entertained guests before a plentiful dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. V. W Fleig.
Pleasant Hill reports Earl Kephar ward Convalesces in hospital after Tuesday visit. Mrs Bebinder and family discussed club activities. Glenn Pratt and Mrs Howard Witrig shopped in Washington Tuesday. Sunday service at Pleasant Hill at 11? with a 7:30 p m Children's Day program. Mrs He Ward hosts Friday at 6 pm for the W BMS of the Methodist church at Main Street.
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