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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1934
Page
2
Hogs total 25 000 with many 140 to 160 lb and 160 to 200 lb weights selling good and choice 2.75 to 4.80. Top hog 4.90, slower market. sows 2.75 to 4.85. Cattle and calves scarce with steers steady to weak, slaughter cattle ranges from 3.25 to 10.35 for various weights and grades. Sheep about 8 000 with lambs slow and prices 6.50 to 8.85 for good lambs.
Daily rail schedule lists passenger and freight trains with departure times including No 93 No 21 No 22 and No 94. Agents J C McKay and W C Bell note services by MAST PAPER and R CO with trains to and from Washington and Southwest Limited. several services run daily except Sunday.
Chicago reports steady markets across produce and dairy with varied receipts for eggs butter and potatoes. Poultry led by fowls springers broilers and turkeys shows firm demand while potatoes indicate on track shipments and a moderate market.
Cash corn values listed at Chicago on June 28 show No 8 mixed 61 percent No 2 yellow 62 to 62 percent No 3 yellow 61 percent and No 2 white 65 percent with 75 car receipts reported.
The first Milton publication was a sonnet praising Shakespeare in the Shakespeare folio. His initial book a masque at Ludlow Castle in 1634 was printed for Humphrey Robinson at the Sign of the Three Pigeons in Paul’s Churchyard in 1637.
June report from Macon notes early planting of corn by A. F. Farrier and rapid growth by June 18. Observers describe hot weather, pest damage, and strong crops across Havre area with many farmers named including O. D. Norman and M. C. Robertson.
Adolphe Menjou Dorothy Dell and five year old Shirley Temple star in Pithe Role Little Miss Marker based on Damon Runyon story. Alexander Hall directs. cast includes Lynne Overman Jacek Sheehan and Frank McGlynn Sr. The plot follows a girl left with a bookmaker amid a racing scheme and a budding romance.
Grain table reveals July and September quotes for wheat corn oats rye and others. Prices show small moves with highs and lows varying by commodity and month, including July and September contracts.
Helen Calvert of Clarksburg W Va is described as a direct descendant of the Lord Baltimore family and possibly the only woman in the United States to receive a U S government pension due to her ancestors' war record.
An article describes affordable food options in New Orleans for a man with a dime. It lists combinations such as two eggs with bacon and coffee, Wheat cakes with sausage or bacon, and the breakfast set for nine cents in some cafeterias, plus the seven cent or five cent poor boy sandwiches.
A note recalls early telegraph development with Scotland suggesting the device in 1738 and Switzerland using it by 1774, placing the first patent about seventy years later.
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