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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1928
Page
2
Hog receipts total 16,000 with market active and prices 10 to 20 higher than Thursday. Top hogs 200 to 260 pounds sold at 10.20, with various weight ranges from 130 to 260 pounds showing 7.75 to 10.20. Cattle receipts 1,500 and calf receipts 1,000, market generally steady with best yearlings around 14.50, and slaughter steers ranging from 14.49 to 18.40 depending on weight. cows and butchers show more pronounced price discrimination.
Summary of live cattle prices across grades and weights. Fat and stocker animals listed with ranges for fed yearlings cows and bulls vealers and stockers. Prices shown in dollars per hundredweight with distinctions between good and choice common and medium and cut-throat ranges.
Toledo grain quotes show Clover at cash 1710 then 1800 for Oct and Dec. Clover imp 1369. Timothy appears at cash 225 and 265 for Dec. Alsike priced at cash 1525 and Aug 1604.
Chicago grain trading data shows July wheat at 1.38 percent gains with high 1.89 low 1.37 and close 1.38. September wheat edges higher. July corn up about 1.0 percent with mixed quotes. oats show July around 0.53 percent gains and December figures near ATM.
June 1 report from Columbus Junction details a community banquet at the Presbyterian church with Rev. A S Smith of Fairfield as principal speaker. G A R members were honored guests and W R C activities were led by Mrs Henrietta Salmon. City water samples for state university analysis were satisfactory and local resident G W Ayers was named to direct the town band for summer concerts on Wednesday evenings.
Mount Etna stands as Europe’s largest volcano with a height of 10,800 feet and a base circumference of 91 miles, underscoring its massive scale and geographic prominence.
June morning at Nierfenstein to Otto Sutters sees rain and Bible school at Eicher church with 69 attendees and 58 at Wayland. Entries mention Cloyce Dougherty fish tale, Col Rinner, Pete Schantz, D S Graber helping build a community, Elmer Wyse painting Mene Boshart farm, Leichty starting a journal year, road work by Sle and Turner, and Mrs Shively of Wayland improving after illness.
A long rambling account describes meals at a dinner hosted by Mrs. Goldsmith and the Rinners, with jokes about Jim Reed and a debate over the Journal. It notes Chris Leichty as a notable buyer and John I Holmes and friends working on roads and a bridge, ending with Father’s Day gift giving.
In a short rural note residents describe A H Roth as a large bronco buster who usually tames the wild animals. A Washington doctor visited the farm to have a chicken Wednesday evening and Alvin plans to retire to rural quiet and read the Journal for a year.
Tom Mix stars as a Texas Ranger detective in Daredevils Reward at the Fox Theatre. The western romance features new riding stunts and a lively story with Natalie Joyce in the lead. Cast includes Lawford Davidson Billy Bletcher Harry Cording and William Welsh. Gene Forde directs.
Paul Mast notes that 21 teams arrived to plow Lew Mast’s corn, praising the neighborhood as full of the best folks in this wide world.
West Chester June 14 Chil dren's Day was observed at the Methodist church with a full house and a complete program. George Sherman and family visited, noting their 243 acre Houck farm with 125 acres of corn well plowed and yielding top conditions. They hauled 180 loads of manure, debating local roads and a creek bridge seen as a county embarrassment. Mary Scranton appeared at church, hair still long despite college bobbing trends. Election talk centers on Kansas City nominees with Dawes and Hoover favored. Charlie Houck and James Clark of Keota visited after touring Washington.
A caller recalls dining at the Schroeder hotel in Wellman praising the town’s fine hotel. The speaker extols Wellman pride and argues buttermilk is the superior drink, claiming it outshines beer and beer-related beverages and promotes longer life.
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