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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1928
Page
2
Cattle receipts 2,000 and calves 1,000 amid light trading and uneven weekend tone. Slaughter steers 12.75 to 14.59 for various weights, cows 7.95 to 11.75, vealers 11.00 to 15.00, stocker steers 11.75 to 12.75.
Chicago grain notes show wheat and corn trading with firm ranges on May 4. May wheat opens 1.58 and closes 1.56 with highs near 1.58, while July and September show similar patterns. Corn May opens 1.05, highs 1.06, closes 1.05, with July around 1.08 to 1.09 and September 1.08 to 1.10.
Mixed oat futures data showing May July and September contracts with percentages around 60s and 50s. Figures include 63 percent for May, 56 percent for July, 47 48 and 47 percent for September in the provided OCR snippet.
Toledo grain bids list futures and cash quotes with Jover at 16.75 for May 17.75 for Oct and Dec 17.75 and 13.75 cash. Timothy at 2.20 for May and 2.20 to 2.70 for Dec. Alsike bid at 15.00 cash.
Wheat and corn led the Chicago grain market with varied bid ranges across different grades and lots. Oats barley and timothy also traded, showing modest shifts in price bands among white and mixed lots.
Mr and Mrs Donald Darbyshire hosted dinner with multiple families as guests. Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs William Darbyshire and family and others at Howard Wittings. Pete Schantz and crew begin new house at Sam Sigafoose home. Rev Cooper of Washington to lecture on Revelations May 6 at 3 PM at Pleasant Hill church. Everyone welcome.
May 2 social roundup in Red Brick reports Mr and Mrs Lloyd Neiswanger and family plus Alice Hemmings at Hermie Otto's home. Marguerite Caldwell Wilma Ellis visit Sadie Saville and Will Saville. Masons work on new foundation. Further visits include Caldwell Wilson families and Muscatine in laws.
Journal column records gossip and daily farm life including mentions of Joe Brower, Mr. Morrison, L A Jones, and Mr. Pratt outside Fox cinema. It notes Pearl plowing twenty acres in twelve hours twenty minutes and Pearl reading the Journal by the year at W A Phillips farm.
A fragmentary page notes farm animals and yields with odd counts mentioning M. J. with many pigs, a girl with 12 hogs and 36 others, and various animals around the farm. It mentions Mr. Orr moving from Washington to Minnesota and Waterloo Iowa, then working enough for two men. A millionaire credits success to pluck and a question about finding the right people to pluck.
In Bessemer area humor, Milt Sojka on R. 2 Riverside jokes about the daily paper while preparing to plant corn. He voiced his thoughts and pledged support for another year, sharing blunt opinions with neighbors.
Otto Novy owns about 26 horses and plans more, expecting strong property value in coming years. He notes work horses average 17 years old and keeps 25 cows with 14 calves plus many hogs. He aims to read the Journal and other papers, and jokes about teaching mules to smoke.
Frank Novy in Washington likely missed a Journal issue. Mrs J R Horak tends a fine flock of goslings and raises them well. Mrs Mary Sojka adds the Journal to her reading. The farm has stock and poultry. Charley Sojka started the planter and foresees better crops.
Radio listings show WJZ network with six stations at 6 am est All-America team by the New York Telegram. WEAF has seven stations at 7 am est National Symphony Orchestra. WLS Chicago schedules at 6:30 am est Barn Dance. WSM Nashville airs at 8 cest. WJZ New York at 9 am est.
Ed Roush and Kenneth Grim are laying tile for Chris Miller in Wayne. Clarence Moorhead was a Washington area business caller about a week ago. Mr and Mrs C M Maxwell visited the Wallace Carson residence last week en route from Mt Pleasant. Mr Vollmer of Mt Pleasant spent last Thursday with his son Lloyd. George Dittmer and assistant sheared sheep last Saturday for Paul Mast Cecil Korf Clarence Moorhead Lloyd Vollmer and Edwin Salzman. The three sold their wool in Mt Pleasant with R W Carson delivering hogs to Miller Bros in Olds Monday.
New Haven residents and relatives gathered at the Walter Sheets home for a birthday dinner on Sunday. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hotle and children, Clarence Fulton, Mrs. Frank Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Smith and children, J. W. Combs and family, Mrs. George Smith of Washington, Bert Smith and family of West Brighton, sharing a festive meal.
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