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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1929
Page
2
Receipts show 14 000 hogs with top 1200 paid for 160 to 226 pounds and 1165 to 1195 for weights 160 to 320 pounds. sow and pig ranges noted. Cattle receipts 1 000 with steady to sluggish trade. steers good and choice 1300 to 1410 pounds 1325 to 1475, heifers 850 pounds and up 1200 to 1874, cows 700 to 900, milk-fed stock 1600 to 1800, stockers listed.
No. 10 can steel posts and wire, March 15, and Easter bonnets go unmentioned in building notes. Always over-hooking some thing.
Receipts show steady market with strong feeder and slaughter demand. Cattle ranged 725 to 1275 for common to high grades. sheep receipts around 8,000 with fat lambs 1675 to 1725 and top 1764, lambs 92 lbs and heavier 1640 to 1760, ewes 400 to 1100, feeder lambs 1475 to 1650.
Chicago dispatch notes estimated receipts for tomorrow include 300 cattle, 6000 hogs, and 6000 sheep. The brief market listing provides only the quantities without prices or further context.
Readable futures quotes show Wheat for March at 1.26 with 1.96 percent, May at 4.30 with 1.30 percent, July around 1.82 to 1.83 with 1.32 percent. Corn for March 95 percent with 1.64 percent around 9644, May around 1.01 percent, July 1.02 percent. Lard and other items listed with various nominal prices and duties.
Grain prices for Wheat Corn Oats Rye and Timothy and Clover listed with varied bids and quantities including mixed and white varieties. Sentences indicate fluctuating values such as 128 3 124 11814 to 120 and 94%ish for mixed grains, with oats and timothy figures also noted.
Market pricing shows Toledo grain items with cash old and cash new values. Figures include March 175 and 1780, March implied 4 pounds, Timothy cash changes from 280 to 96 with March 290 May 300, and Alsike at 14074 cash new.
The Methodist church in Ainsworth reports a six week average attendance of 127 despite bad weather and sickness. Most came from far areas with nearly all attendees present for five of six services. Pastor J H Krenmyre will continue with Easter sermons and a new series after. Also noted was the fiftieth anniversary of Mr and Mrs William Anderson’s wedding and church school board officers were elected at the annual meeting.
On March 15 Roy Waggoner from six miles east of Fairfield visited his old hometown of Washington in the early week. Also, Rush Morris from Harris, Missouri, recently appeared here. He formerly worked as a Rock Island car inspector for several years until retirement and now dresses in tailored clothes, chews gum, and wears a turtle‑shaped hat lid, looking well in his distinctive headwear.
After the banquet Brown jokes about Job and the after-dinner speaker. Rev Allred travels from Riverside to Coppock via Nichols and Columbus Junction, reaching Washington then Brighton. Farmers are praised for staying on the farm while memories of childhood and a dresser loom arise. A lawn in Oklahoma is humorously named Rowlegs and origins are uncertain.
A large auction at the Faris store drew an estimated 50 to 75 attendees. The scene, along with local commentary, mentions town figures and casual observations about social life, garden prep, and a family dinner with a planned puppy visit, capturing small town chatter.
The first item on today's program has Harry Crawford entertaining with a song. Roads are mostly bad except gravel or paved routes. Farmers haul eggs to town on light rigs while hot teams pass through Brighton. Mrs Earl Edmondson visits Tennessee, where her mother is seriously ill.
A reader asks how lively music affects mood and performance. The reply says strong rhythms make the heart keep time and rapid circulation boosts activity, suggesting music can energize listeners.
A humorous exchange about party time ends with a punchline. The son recalls refusing more ice cream and notes the stingy gesture of not being asked again. The quip plays on expectations and social etiquette.
Washington markets list fresh laid eggs at per dozen prices, butterfat tests, and poultry values by weight for hens, pullets, roosters from 1928 hatch, ducks and other birds. It notes no market for sick or crippled poultry and mentions extra payment for delivered poultry fees.
The scene shows James James sulking on the front steps as his father arrives. The exchange hints at a domestic dispute with the boy denying trouble while a line suggests a quarrel involving his wife and the father. The dialogue style mimics a lighthearted domestic vignette.
Chas Robertson runs the local express and drag business in Brighton with a fleet of black grays and heavy loads. A group of twenty girls and eight boys arrived on the noon Freemont train en route to Nashington for a big sing, choosing the Presbyterian church for practice under Lem Guy. Sam continued singing as they departed on No 39 for Washington. American croquet gaining traction in Australia shows quick spread of hobbies.
A fragment notes future historians will study a possible five and ten cent store and mentions a Brighton visit, suggesting a brief, partial reminiscence of past shopping culture and a halted thought. The readable text centers on a speculative glimpse rather than a complete event.
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