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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1928
Page
2
Chicago grain futures show mixed gains with wheat near 1.39 for July and 1.40 for September as July at 1.37 rising to 1.39 percent daily. Corn futures hover around 1.00 to 1.01 for July and September with slight upticks. Oats trade around 0.52 to 0.55 for July and September with modest moves.
Grain values list diverse lots across Wheat Corn Oats Rye Barley Timothy and Clover with varied price ranges and grades. Prices show percent ranges and dollar figures for multiple lots, including white and yellow classifications and SG values.
Toledo Seed Market Clover lists cash totals for several items with dates and amounts. Timothy shows 225 cash and 265 in December. Riske records 1500 cash. Oet and Dee entries indicate October 1800 and other cash figures.
Emmeline Pankhurst a leading British suffrage figure and mother of Sylvia and Christabel Pankhurst died at the West Ind Nursing home in London after months of illness. Widow of Richard Marsden Pankhurst she had long been active in reform and suffrage work, quitting duties during World War I to aid national service and give recruiting speeches.
A terrific cyclone struck the Sidney region causing extensive damage across the coast. Winds and flooding reportedly damaged buildings and disrupted communications as emergency crews coordinated relief efforts. Local authorities urged residents to stay clear of hazardous areas while assessing the post storm impact.
Fog and a strong northeast wind forced the postponement of the trans-Atlantic airplane race between Amelia Earhart's Friendship and Mare Bell's Columbia. The bad weather stretched along the east coast and made a start impracticable, postponing the event at least until tomorrow in St John’s Newfoundland.
In Rome on June 14 4 Py officials announced that three members of the dirigible Italia crew were injured when the craft plunged to the ice on May 21. General Atebor and General Nobile sustained injuries to limbs while Natale Cecioni the chief engineer suffered a fractured leg and Finn Malmgren the Swedish meteorologist endured severe arm contusions.
Town funeral directors close their three day annual convention in Des Moines Iowa naming L K E Wilson as president ED Carl White Louie Jones and L L Thomas as vice presidents Roy Smith as secretary and A Otis White as treasurer Des Moines wins next year’s state meeting location Selected officers span Eagle Grove Des Moines Washington Carlisle Arlington Lamont and Des Moines areas.
A severe event in South Wales and Sydney suburbs causes hundreds of thousands in damage and at least six deaths. The Watson Liner Bonoma arrives battered with a washed away bridge and smashed decks, while the steamer Whitebay is reported wrecked at Stockton.
June greetings find former residents back in town as Drew Donaldson visits with Dr Holgington, Mrs Jenness Alder from Los Angeles now proof room chief for Evening X press, and Dan Wenger from Winfield with son Vere, a Commercial Union Fire Insurance agent in Indianapolis. Vere seeks a housekeeper. Reunions stir memories among Vi Crone, Lester Macon and others. Marion Thompson is thanked for the fine feed.
In a Journal column from a midwestern town, Sherm Crane is praised as he travels with a big car from Indianapolis to Winfield in nine hours. Ads note W. M. Keeley selling household goods June 21 on South Iowa Avenue. Subscriptions, turkey farming, and local lost and found items appear, with mentions of Fay Brown visiting from Pueblo and Will Dea selling and shipping hundreds of chickens for spring farming.
May marks the 100th anniversary of Jean Henri Dunant born in Geneva. His ideas led to the 1864 Geneva Treaty forming the Red Cross. The movement spans fifty six nations with twenty million enrolled. Dunant died in Heiden aged 82.
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