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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1930
Page
2
Hogs 10 000 head with 1 000 direct. demand slow uneven. top 10.80 for 190 lb hogs. bulk 160 240 lbs 10.00 10.75. cattle 5 0006 head. general trade very slow. steers 1300 1500 lbs 12.25 14.50. cows 7.50 9.75. bulls 6.50 9.25. sheep 20 000. slow sales. good lambs 9.75 10.50. fat ewes 6.00 down.
Grain futures mixed with corn oats rye and wheat listed for March May July and September. Market quotes show opening high low and settlement style figures across commodities, with several fractional prices and percentage changes.
Chicago cash grains report lists Wheat at various hard and northern grades with values around 101 to 1102, Corn at mixed and yellow grades ranging 76 to 82, Oats at about 42 to 44, Rye and Barley with selective figures, Timothy and Clover prices, and cash grain closes with March and imported categories noted. Prices shown include cash old 10.20 and new 16.60 with March 10.60 and 10.90 as choices. Alsike cash 10.50.
Wheat four cars, corn seventy four cars, and oats twenty five cars received.
Don t go to violent purgatives for constipation. A Cascaret candy stops the trouble quickly and pleasantly cleanses the system. Rel ief is lasting and Cascarets strengthen bowel muscles. Suitable for old folks children and anyone needing regularity. Ten cents a box at drug stores.
Losses from infections and contagious diseases were reported among eastern Town livestock during the past week. Diseases include hog cholera in multiple towns, necrotic enteritis and stomatitis in swine, blackleg and infectious mastitis in cattle, calf dipthera, contagious abortion in cattle and swine, pulmonary edema, hemorrhagic leuctemia, acidosis in pregnant ewes, influenza in farm horses, diphtheria roup and fowl cholera in chickens, and rabies in dogs with listed affected locales.
Official notice from the Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners to Washington County residents. Otto Jackson and Stanley Jackson of Keokuk Iowa seek a certificate to operate as a motor carrier between Washington West Chester Gourney Delta Rose Hill and Oskaloosa in several counties. Hearing set for April 1 1930 at 10 a m in Des Moines before the board.
During the herring season in the North Sea about 3000 miles of nets are let down in a single night. A season’s catch of 360000000 fish is not unusual and highlights the scale of the harvest.
C F Redlich, Rupture Appliance Expert, offers free consultations at the Colenso Hotel from 10 am to 4 pm for one day only. He claims his Perfect Retention Shields instantly relieve ruptures, strengthen tissues, and end dependence on belts, with reports of many children recovering fully.
Vin Sexton, who traveled across the south this winter, toured Washington and found the local grass greener than in his departure regions. He dined with his daughter Mrs. John Wehr before returning to Waterloo.
A mixed recount of conversations about marriage and daily life. Chas H Wolfe from near Washington visits town while others cope with new roads around Ainsworth and Crawfordsville. Police caution, a driver parks in a safety zone, and C I Wood notes poor road conditions affecting routes.
Mrs Mary Sherlock reports from Grace Hill on visits by Mr and Mrs C C Beitel of Muscatine and relatives. Harve Carpman suffers rheumatism, Vera Harvey returns to Pleasant school after mumps, and Mrs Ida Taylor of Washington is improving. Minerva Nichols returns from Brighton, plus local farming activity and Sunday school attendance noted.
A student return promises more help after reopening. E H Ginkens ran a school bus yesterday though routes show rough roads. Acheson and Dunsmore have a strong pure bred Duroc hog herd with 84 pigs from nine sows and 274 total hogs at their Ainsworth farm near Knotek Bros. sale gifts last fall hint at growing interest this fall.
Dr Edward L Wharton president of the New Jersey state dental society foresees a distant future when humans may be born without teeth. A letter from W A Harper arrived yesterday prompting reflections on old friends and hometown ties as Bill contemplates travel and reunion with John McTall and John Orris near Crawfords Ville.
Berlin editor shares a quip about a poem titled Why Am I Alive. He says the poet is alive because the piece was mailed rather than carried in. The remark appears in Ulk in Berlin.
Four men faced 10 year sentences in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison. Albert Ruge and E. A Shulz were convicted of a filling station robbery, Hollis Miles confessed to participation, and Andrew R. Hobart was sentenced for a hosiery shop robbery.
Ouida reflects on a pursuit of truth pursued alongside scandal or show, suggesting swift progress is obstructed by human folly when truth is tested. The passage juxtaposes speed and integrity, warning that some may hinder honesty for sport or rivalry.
In a Washington Star column Uncle Eben remarking that politics is sociable reveals that people enjoy others speaking and sharing views. The piece highlights a lighthearted take on public discourse and crowdsourced chatter.
The Washington market lists IT eh oe 10c per lb for hens Leghorn and 16c per lb for heavy breed roosters. Leghorn roosters priced per lb, ducks, and beef and horse hides priced per item. No market for sick or crippled poultry.
Dr Caldwell studied patient habits to treat constipation by addressing root causes. His 1885 prescription of a herb and pure-ingredient mixture became the world's best known laxative, Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, used in thousands of cases with symptoms like bad breath coated tongue gas headaches biliousness and low energy.
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