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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1926
Page
2
Hogs receipts 17,000 dull with initial steady to higher bids from shippers and yard traders, later down tone. Cattle receipts 3,000 with fed steers scarce and yearlings strong, heavies slow, mostly steady. Sheep receipts 11,000 fat lambs 25 to 50 cents lower on wet fleeces, natives up to 17.25, fat sheep steady.
Official live stock estimates for tomorrow list hogs at 4 000 cattle at 500 and sheep at 8 000 with markets centered in Chicago. The figures reflect the latest government projections for farm livestock inventories and trading activity.
Prices for butterfat eggs broilers hens old roosters ducks geese swan geese horse and beef hides published. Note no market for cut sick thin or crippled poultry. Advertisement emphasis encourages advertising.
Chicago on June 11 reports mixed Wheat futures and varied Corn prices across grades No 2 to No 6 with whites and yellows listed. Oats No 2 white to No 4 white range and Barley at 69 to 70. Timothy seed 6.75 to 6.76. Clover seed 12.00 to 28.00. Lard ribs bellies priced 16.60 to 19.50.
Toledo market summary lists seed prices for clover and timothy seed with cash and imported rates. Entries show June 11 figures including clover cash 22.00 and imported 17.70, with October and December prices also cited.
An Atchison Globe brief reports a suspicious sales pitch inviting a robbery and offering a car at an unreal low price. The ad-like message appears aimed at a prospective buyer, raising concerns about criminal intent.
A historical newspaper card notes Henry Ward Beecher urging consistency in conduct, contrasting behavior of saints at meetings with sinners elsewhere. The item preserves the quoted aphorism as a brief item.
Green Seal Gypsum will keep bugs off cucumbers melons squashes and pumpkins and fertilizes the ground for just a few more days. Here are the names of friends to the big pumpkin idea and later we will tell you what each one gives. Commercial Savings Bank. We heard a fellow say he was so glad to see this rain that even the mud roads looked good. I’ll bet he is one of that minority bunch that voted for gravel roads.
Local column shares farm updates from Duroe breeders to Milo J. Shalla and Long View Farms in Missouri. Reports show drought relief from the Million Dollar Rain, corn prospects, hog prices, and a rise in dust storm damage near Keota and Columbus Junction with sand coverage and replanting efforts.
Patch growers report heavy rainfall yesterday may have damaged berries, with many predicting a very short strawberry crop. Local patches saw dreath like conditions affecting fruit quality and yield.
The interview discusses whether one must join a church to be a good Christian and weighs hypocrisy in church members, a fraternity, and Rotary. Cortes defends belonging to groups despite flaws, arguing loyalty to ideals over perfection and noting Rotary’s community value. It mentions other people and a 1928 Western Newspaper Union note about social visits and a WRC convention in Keokuk.
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