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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1928
Page
2
Hog receipts total 19 000 with prices 10 to 15 lower. cattle and calf consignments 6 500 and 2 00 higher across major grades. Slaughter steers and yearlings up 25 cents. lambs slow with most categories down 25 to 50 cents. Packing sows steady and feeder lambs firm to higher in spots.
A compact report shows seed quotations for Clover Timothy and Alsike with cash and December values. Clover reports cash 1750 and 1840 Dc 1840 and Dec 1830 with 140 percent import. Timothy lists cash 2385 and December 229. Alsike cites cash 1576 August 1625 October 1650.
Chicago grain prices show modest gains across wheat corn and oats with July contracts rising and deferred months posting small advances amid steady trading on June 27. Wheat July and Sept futures hover near 1.36 to 1.41 dollars while corn and oats exhibit fractional gains and mixed percentages for nearby months and longs.
Grain prices list multiple varieties with color codes and ranges. Wheat shows 2 yellow 104 to 105, 4 yellow 10215 to 108, 5 yellow 100 to 101, 6 yellow 97, mixed and white categories with various bids. Oats, barley, timothy, and clover prices follow with distinct ranges and units.
Chicago farm market brief shows today’s livestock receipts with cattle around 8,000 head, hogs near 1,000, and sheep about 14,000. Tomorrow’s outlook repeats similar totals for cattle and sheep while hogs are forecast at 1,000.
The Women's Missionary Society of the M B E Church will meet with Mrs Harry Monteromery Friday afternoon June 29. Mrs Emma Anderson will lead the lesson. Election of officers. A large attendance is urged. 11313 Notice. Special K of C meeting Wednesday June 27. J M Kelley A R Lig. W R C decoration day Saturday June 30 at 2 30 in the Y A R hall. Bring flowers by 2 for graves bouquets. members urged to attend. 113%
The article traces the 1800 deadlock and 1804 twelfth amendment, then details caucus nominating practices from Jefferson to Madison and Monroe. It notes regional factions, the Virginia dynasty, Monroe’s unanimous reelection near miss, and the rise of Jacksonian politics signaling the era of good feeling's end.
June notes describe Al Crone's farm with 700 bushels of corn and fine scenery near Milwaukee and Rock Island rails. J W Lambert, Ted Herr, John Clegg, and Farmers ship stock and corn while Charlie Stearns reports a Washington DC trip and a Canada return. Ainsworth locals reference a one legged man, Harry Cnossen.
In Haskins, townsfolk describe John Jones who runs the bank liking to work on the farm after 2 PM then returns home after milking. Other notes reference a road dragger, a corn-field trip with cultivators, and a chautauqua memory with Ab Hall.
NIRA Mrs. J. B. Hanley notes several mishaps including Loyd LeVever's son struck by a mule breaking a foot, LeRoy Rowe injuring a foot and using crutches, Ambrose Longwell badly hurt in a brick wagon runaway. Ambiguities aside, multiple accidents have occurred recently in the vicinity.
Local service station offers eight hour battery service repair for generators starters and all electrical work. Gas line repairs and alley phone available. City listings show classified ad space in the Journal for sales rentals wanted and lost notices reaching a broad daily audience.
A string of social calls and home visits circulates through several households as Mrs Sam Wyse and relatives meet friends in the area. Visitors include Mrs Will Richard and family from Burlington and Mr and Mrs Lyman Johnson hosting and entertaining guests throughout the week. Numerous calls, dinners, and shopping trips mark a busy social period with neighbors and relatives in the region.
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