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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1929
Page
2
Hogs 19,009 traded slow with prices down 26 cents. calves and fat hogs mixed to lower. Cattle receipts 6,500. calves 2,500 very slow, feeders steady to lower. yearlings and steers weak. heifers mixed. Sheep receipts 12,000 with steady to firm fat lambs and feeders steady. market tone bearish overall. Corn and grain futures posted modest moves as the market absorbed demand signals.
Dr Caldwell extols three simple health rules and promotes Syrup Pepsin as a gentle, non habit forming laxative. He argues constipation occurs despite care and diet. The remedy should be natural, non g i p i n g, and loved by youngsters, with daily use a guarantee of relief by morning.
Fragmentary figures list percentages by color and mixed categories, with references to Corn Yellow White and names Harley Smothy Clover. No clear event, date, or context. Hard to extract a coherent report or outcome from the scattered numbers.
The weekly bulletin reports hog cholera losses and urges hog raisers to guard against the incurable disease. It lists affected localities including Mt Pleasant Delphi Kenneth Wallout Clarence Stanwood Tipton Keystone Fredericksburg Maquoketa London Princetown Vinton Dysart Grundy Center Round Grove and many others, along with other swine infections and cattle concerns across Iowa. An official notice from the State Board of Railroad Commissioners describes a franchise petition by Iowa Southern utilities to erect power transmission lines in Washington County and surrounding townships, with details on route and required representation.
A parachute jumper named Lowry fell to his death during a Sunday exhibition at the Pleasant Valley commercial air field in Parma. He reportedly dropped about sixty feet before the fatal impact.
June notes from Crawfordsville recount local chatter and humor about farms, telegraph and telephone lines going underground, residents like M.S. Wilox near No. 11, and daily routines. Mentions trips to Monmouth, Winona Lake, and Alert Lea with autos, plus gossip about Jack King, Mrs. King, and Einstein jokes. Highlights houseyard beauty at Jim Baird’s home, and praise for Mrs. Bard and Miss Lewis in planning a fine scene.
Ogden comedy troupe returns from Orpheum circuit to present Looping the Loop a clown tale of happiness on stage with singing dancing and banjo Coast talk and Mary Bernstein in safety routines. Asbestos makeup used to shield actors in fire scenes for Am at Sea at Fox Theatre one day only with Metro Goldwyn Mayer experts creating a protective prenatone blend to prevent burns during blaze sequences.
Ariur scenes show actors immersion in a flammable tank amid a raging holocaust following an arsenal explosion. The two leads scale burning objects as protection proves costly. Josephine Dunn headlines as the lead lady in AIC Goulding directed by Byron Morgan from an original story. Morgan also wrote Rookeries and first production co stars the famous pair.
In re Lillie M Sirwell of Washington Iowa a bankruptcy occurred with adjudication on June 26 1929 The first meeting of creditors is set for July 8 1929 at 10 oclock in the forenoon at the office of Referee T L Brookhart 115 East Washington Street Washington Town Iowa Creditors may attend present claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and transact other business as required
FOR SALE RASPBER RRI 4.00 fn crate at the patch crates retired W. D. Booth Phone 533 red. FOR SALE 12 Shorthorn heifers good stock 2 Shorthorn cows 3 Guernsey Jerseys
Forty four miners were entombed when the Matsusuma Archipelago coal mine under the sea was crushed by ocean pressure. The flood breached the gul ly where they worked and dispatches from Nagasaki said hope of rescue was virtually abandoned.
Listing of produce and poultry rates including butter fattest cream at 43 cents per pound, hens and leghorn hens by dozen or pound, spring chickens varying by weight, old roosters, ducks and geese by pound, beef hides, calf hides, horse hides, pony hides, and an extra one cent per pound for poultry delivered. No market for sick, thin, or cropted poultry.
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