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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1929
Page
2
Chicago market report shows mixed cattle demand with medium to heavy weights slipping 25 cents while killing classes hold steadier. Slaughter steers and cows range 900 to 1825, yearlings and heifers mixed. feeders and fat cattle listed with varied prices and smaller lamb, sheep, and hay market notes follow.
A repetitive Keota memory column recounts visits by train with Conductor Dowell, meetings with neighbors, and snippets about friends and family. It mentions John Sneiler, Sheriff Andy Stranshaw, and Judge Dewey, plus local shop visits, a death near Keota, a school teacher in Springfield, and a town election coming in March.
The stock company at Graham Theatre screens this week for Washington audiences. Last night’s play drew a larger crowd, praised for clean wholesome comedy drama. Vaudeville previews include The Storm Call and Rain with many likely to attend. Naughty Baby at Fox Theatre stars Alice White and Jack Mulhall with a strong supporting cast and notable beauty contestants from New York and Indy.
Duels widely noted in early America include conflicts involving Philip Hamilton son of Alexander Hamilton facing Gold Baker, and other duels featuring Captains Barron and Decatur, Henry Clay and John Randolph, General Andrew Jackson and M Dickinson, and poet Benton versus Mr Laws, reflecting the era’s codes of honor.
The Washington Produce Markets list prices for poultry including cream fresh laid hens and pullets per pound, roosters from 1928 hatchery, leghorn roosters, old roosters, ducks heavy breeds, geese, horse hides and live poultry delivered with a one cent per pound premium for poultry. No market exists for sick thin or crippled poultry.
Fragmented text appears to discuss relief from gas and bloating in stomach and bowels. It mentions tablets and a claim of permanent results, with garbled phrases and unclear context. No verifiable events, names, or places are present.
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