Farm market reports and local updates from Washington area
Market notes show cattle prices steady with slow demand and lambs steady. Local items detail funerals, church events, farms near Washington and Keota, weather, and community notices.
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 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1929
Page
2
Market notes show cattle prices steady with slow demand and lambs steady. Local items detail funerals, church events, farms near Washington and Keota, weather, and community notices.
Marsha Anwyl and Robert Barnes were married at eight o'clock Wednesday evening in Columbus Junction. The ceremony followed by a reception and remarks, with family and friends in attendance. The event marks a notable local social milestone.
Market rates list Washington produce market items including hens roosters spring chickens leghorns and backs per pound with prices and notes on delivery value. Also notes horse and pony hides cream butter and fall hides with per pound or per item pricing and restrictions on sick or crippled poultry.
Sunday departures for summer school in Fairfield. Local families gather for dinners and birthdays with Beauchamps Goweys Dastings and Joneses hosting or visiting. Visits include Richland and Brighton residents and extended kin at parental homes and community gatherings.
Partial livestock tally from Chicago shows 4000 sheep in the tally with other species not fully readable. The note appears from June 14 and references market estimates.
Pleasant Hill reports a large crowd at the Children’s Day program at the church Sunday evening. C. Kephart hosted at home after church. Bea Sephart visited after church. Arthur Ruebsams and Chris Ditmar shorn sheep nearby earlier in the week. Helen Caldwell entertained at her home Tuesday. Edd Chalupa visited Mrs. El Jackson at the county hospital. Ice cream social planned at the church Thursday evening. Journal Want Ads urged readers to try.
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.