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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1927
Page
2
Chicago market shows 25 000 hogs received as demand remains broad and steady to slightly higher. Top prices reach 9.15 with various weight classes from light to heavyweight showing gains and packing sows advancing up to 15 cents.
The record lists commodity prices in cents per pound for Washington market items including butterfat testing, fresh lard, hens and Leghorn hens, springs in two weight ranges, Leghorn springs, old roosters, ducks and Muscovy, and geese with various per pound rates.
Cattle receipts show 3000 fed steers and yearlings steady to uneven with stock weak to 25c lower and bulls down. Vealers 12.50 to 13.50, yearlings and light fed steers 9.75 to 11.50, loads held at 13.00, stock declines broad. Slaughter cattle range 11.25 to 14.00 with various weights and grades. cows 4.65 to 9.75. Sheep receipts 5000, market fairly active steady. natives 15.00 to 15.50, best to packers 15.75, ewes 5.50 to 6.50, feeding lambs 12.50 to 13.50.
Chicago grain and feed markets show mixed futures. July wheat at 1.46 upward, corn around 1.02 to 1.03, oats near 0.48, rye about 1.17, lard and ribs quoted with minor moves as Sept prices tighten.
Miss Henrietta Wilson visits from Columbus Junction while Raymond Buckley heads to Kansas City for two weeks. Shoppers from Ainsworth and Keota tour town stores with H. and A. Baking Company promoting bakery goods and a Dollar Day Sale. Dayton and Raymond undertake a two week business trip through the northern part of the state.
The report lists Chicago cash grain quotes across cereals with varied grades. Wheat shows ranges around 1.52 percent for hard, corn delivers yellow and mixed bids near 1.00 to 1.04 and 88 to 92, oats show white and white fractions from 43 to 53 percent, barley scarce at 90 to 91, timothy 4.75 to 6.75, clover 20.00 to 35.00.
Mrs. Erwin Rabenold of Ainsworth buys crimson giant radish seeds and white kidney beans while Mr Geisig of Wayland orders seven bushels of soy beans and nitrogen. John Cannon buys gypsum for melon and cucumber vines as Purina feeds arrive by car to farmers. A carload of Carey Salt next on track and Pig Chow orders open for June delivery.
Journal entries recount a May trip through county roads toward West Chester and Wellman. Observations include Howard and Glennship in stock, Lexington cemetery with flags, Wellman paving progress, local shops and banks, meetings with John and Roy Duncan, a band outing in Oxford, and visits to Cornelius Walsh and Riverside. The writer notes social ties, farm activities, and upcoming sale dates with friends deepening community links.
Col. Hanford McNider, assistant secretary of war, urged a nation better prepared with an expert emergency structure rather than large armies or stockpiles. He flew from Washington to address the Miami gathering.
Ira A. Nichols purchases the Iowa Walls Sentinel from A. W. McBride ending Iowa Falls’ era with two papers down to one. The Sentinel, among the oldest papers in the region, changes hands as Nichols takes ownership.
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