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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1928
Page
2
A dense timetable excerpt lists westbound and eastbound passenger and freight trains with numbers names and times for Golden State Limited local passes express freight and regional branches. Agents W C Bell and others are noted with stop details at Knoxville and various lines along with daily and weekday service patterns.
Week ago with fed steers and fat yearlings 25 to 75 higher. Weighty steers fairly steady. All grades cut ters steers weak to 25 lower. Cutters weak to 25 lower of the week. Strctly grain fed cows very scarce. Vealers steady. Light steers 14.99. Light yearlings 14.75. Sheep receipts 2,000, market steady. 175 lb Idahos 16.25. 8,200 direct. Fat lambs 50 to 25 higher. Dry fed yearlings showing some advance. Feeding lambs weak. Ewe lambs 35 to 50 up. Week's top price 1650 to 17.15. Yearlings 14.50. Fat ewes 7.00. Fat rangers 15.75 to 17.06. Feeding lambs 10.75 to 13.25.
Seed market prices listed for clover and timothy including cash and debt terms. Entries show dates in Oct Aug and Dec with figures 1750 1855 1830 140 percent cash implied, 230 280 for timothy, and Alsike 1550 1625 and 16.25 in Oct. 16.25.
Grain prices show September and December futures for wheat at around 1.38 to 1.43 with small gains. Corn futures in July and September trade near 98 to 102 and around 94 to 97, with various contract quotes. Oats futures display July around 53 to 64 and September around 45 to 47, with December values near 47.
Wheat not listed. Corn prices show multiple lots from 98 to 102 with yellow and mixed lots appearing in narrow ranges. Oats and barley display small changes with oats around 72 to 76 and barley between 97 and 106. Timothy and clover futures shown, clover from 2025 to 2750.
The Booster club and The Priscilla Club announce meetings on June 26. Mrs Ray Lamberet invites attendees to bring wedding photos at 10913. Mrs H M Shaver hosts at 518 South Ta Ave 11013. The Young Women's Home Missionary Society of the MK church meets Monday evening with Mrs Tom Davis with lesson by Mrs Clarence Jacobs at 119 3.
Hally, facing hardship after her mother’s death, befriends Aunt Lulu, Uncle Ed’s widow. Lulu reveals a lonely past and wealth, aiding Hally’s life. Through dinner parties and matchmaking, Lulu finds happiness with Mr Hallman, while Hally’s future brightens and she names her baby Louise Marie after the benefactor.
In Quito every morning the aguadores, water porters, carry 40 liter earthen jars on their shoulders. They fill at a fountain by listening to water and bow before customers as they pour behind a cataract. Foreigners laugh at the respectful ritual of the aqitador.
The excerpt reflects Carlyle’s view that nature is vast and barely charted by human experience limited to small scales. It ponders deeper causes and cycles beyond our finite understanding and suggests an infinite expansion of natural phenomena beyond human measurement.
The Emporia Gazette notes the high cost lies in the motor and chassis. It suggests owners could replace the worn car body with a new shell that fits the existing chassis, allowing reuse of the base frame.
The Paramount film portrays Clara Bow Esther Falston and Mary Cooper as children of separated parents who grow into jazz era orphans. Homes are transient as they navigate night and day in pursuit of pleasure. Audiences call it entertaining on par with Lloyd’s Sea Hawk and Winds of Chance. Debuts Monday at the New Graham theatre.
Radio listings show WEAF features at 5:30 Cap itol theatre program and 7:15 Atwater Kent quartet. WJZ 7:15 Goldman band. WOR 7 Come to the fair and 8 United Military. Monday highlights include WJZ 8 Schumann program and WEAF 6:30 Gyssies. WRO shows 5:30 Roxy's gang. WGY Schenectady 380 airs hour of music at 5:30.
A quotation attributed to Daniel emphasizes that great works and fame arise from hardship and distress, highlighting the value of perseverance and resilience in adversity.
The Houston Post Dispatch notes that views on national prosperity are divided with the uninformed claiming prosperity and the wealthy insisting they have it, a pattern described as consistent and inevitable. The piece presents a skeptical view of the debate’s value.
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