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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1930
Page
2
Chicago reports 16 000 hogs with lighter weights down 10 to 20 cents and top at 10 65 for 160 to 200 pound pigs. Cattle: 5 000 head with strong to 25 cent advance for good steers. calves and yearlings mixed. heifers and cows soft. Sheep: 14 000, market slow, fat lambs near 10 dollars, ewes and feeding lambs steady.
Market tickers show wheat and corn trading activity in Chicago with mixed percentages across contracts. Key entries include March and May wheat with slight gains and Sept. wheat near 1.10, and corn figures around 82 to 85 with notable percentage movements.
Ad claims Marmola prescription tablets correct a grand weakness causing obesity. It asserts modern physicians favor the method for slimming, with 22 years of use and many people becoming slender. The notice urges readers to start today, noting the reason and formula are in every box.
Readable portions show oats and wheat prices with multiple state and grade references. Mentions Chicago cash grain quotes, No 279 to 7916, No 417 to 71, and various percentages for oats and rye. Includes White and Yellow grades and several numeric ranges for barley and clover.
Toledo Seed Market reports clover cash prices and may show old and new figures for March. Imported cash and Alsike cash show specific price ranges. CHICAGO GRAIN reports REC Corn at 72 car.
Keota residents and the Kiowa Wet Corps recall Mrs Bryson who attended many local events and inspections. Her husband John Bryson Sr. helped bring her to the Keota area where she felt at home. Her last talk to W R members reflected her serious illness.
Bart Burnett of Dubuque credits Konjola with restoring his digestion liver function and energy after long ailments. He reports improved appetite strength and relief from headaches bilious spells and dizziness. The product is said to be sold by George Le McDaniels in Washington and by druggists across the region.
A noisy local column from March records cold spell and snow, with reports from Cedar Rapids about abundant snow and a school bus, plus community vignettes in West Chester and Davenport. Names such as Boice Wagner John Anderson Mildred and Leah Anderson appear among farm and town scenes, licenses, and cafeteria fundraisers.
Old market listing shows hens and roosters priced per pound with Leghorn names and separate categories for ducks and hides including horse and colt hides. no market for sick, thin, or crippled animals is indicated.
Prairie Flower columns list after noon Sunday calls from numerous families including the Finke and Jarrard households and visitors at several local homes. In Uddevalla Sweden a mail bus crash killed chauffeur I Larson and a passenger died after suffering a stroke mid journey.
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