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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1926
Page
2
Hog receipts 23 000 with good hogs fairly active steady to 10 lower others 15 to 25 lower. Packing sows down. Cattle receipts 10 000. weildy fed steers slow steady to weak. Yearlings and lightweight heifers active. Vealers 25 to 60 higher. Sheep receipts 1 006 slow natives 25 lower. fat lambs 72 to 77 pounds 15.40 to 16.60, feeders 62 to 66 pounds 14.50.
Official livestock estimates list Hoge with 17000 head, Cattle at 10000,-B Sheep at 12000. Advertisers urged to note the enduring value of listings and ads in the paper.
In Toledo Ohio on June 29 buyers noted Clover seed cash 17.50 and 22.00 asked for October delivery. Timothy seed cash 3.65 and 4.00 asked for September, with October at 3.85. December contracts listed 16.00 for Clover seed.
Catalog of produce prices and assorted local services notes a cream butter price and various poultry values. It promotes Hunsaker shoe shines and rebuilding, Hambrick upholstery in the Grahm Theatre building, and Wittrig harness shop leather work and repairs with a Harvest season plug.
Dougherty Bros draws shoppers with wide leather traveling gear including trunks bags and hat boxes. McNamara's sale adds fresh items such as one gallon Hot or Cold containers at 98 cents and lunch kits with ley-Hot bottles for 1.69 or bottles separately at 95 cents. Phillips Drug Store sells them. Milady Beauty Shoppe advertises marcelling 75 cents and permanents 12.50.
A Boston Transcript note quotes a bride hopeful about Bob’s training. She says it will help him, especially his habit of cold bath mornings. A friend asks the advantage, and she explains it suits those who like cold mornings and rising early to tend fires.
The text describes Zeno the Greek philosopher and his students called Stolcs who gathered on a porch in Athens. It notes that Zeno taught that human happiness lies in living in accord with nature and reason.
Sir Francis Galton conducted street surveys across Britain using a pocket instrument to classify women as attractive indifferent or repellent He concluded London tops the list for female beauty while Aberdeen ranks lowest in his eugenics driven assessment of urban beauty standards.
Charles Erbstein presents the second annual Disabled Soldier's benefit at the Auditorium on Sunday July 11. Leading radio and stage stars from Chicago stations will perform with stars from current attractions. All receipts go to government hospitals to buy supplies for World War I veterans under treatment.
Radio Digest chronicle lists Wednesday evening programs across many stations. Highlights include KDKA Pittsburgh dinner concert at 4:30 and Korjatovich choir at 8, KOA Denver Dominion day segments, KYW Chicago classical concerts, WGN Great Moments from grand opera, and WLS Tin Pan Alley plus hospital and orchestra broadcasts across networks.
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