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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1927
Page
2
Chicago traders report slow hog sales with average weights around 210 pounds and prices from 9.50 to 10.50 for various weights, while heavier hogs drift 10 cents lower. Cattle receipts total 2,000 with steady to higher values for steers and cows, sheep at 5,000 with modest gains on light lambs and clipped lambs across several weight bands.
Estimates forecast cattle at 600 hogs 5000 and sheep 7500 for tomorrow in Chicago livestock receipts.
Market quotes show Wheat May 1.41 to 1.42 percent gains, July and Sept slight moves. Corn May 0.78 to 0.80 percent up with varying levels. Oats and Lard show mixed fractional changes. Rips and Ryf futures also listed with mixed percentages across May July and Sept contracts.
Grain prices from Chicago show varied moves with Wheat mostly down slight losses in red codes and mixed hard values. Corn ranges widely with yellow and white classes trading mid to upper ranges while Barley and Timothy show modest increases and Clover holds near mid 30s.
An excerpt discusses human nature as complex and multi sided. It argues character appears differently depending on illumination and which aspects are noticed, emphasizing that only the light catching those facets reveals what we see.
Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, the largest city park in America, is split by the Schuylkill River into Rust Park with 685 acres and West Park with 1.25 acres. The park features 20 streams, several lakes, over 100 springs, 66 miles of drives and 40 smaller roads, with a boundary line exceeding 80 miles.
The chinchilla, a small Andean rodent valued for its fur, has been hunted to near extinction. J. E. Gargan notes in Gur Dumb Animals that once there were many, but now few remain due to fur hunting pressures.
Excavations of Roman ruins reveal a heating method that warms marble walls and floors rather than circulating hot air or water. The find suggests sophisticated thermal design and local materials used to maintain indoor warmth.
Police finally arrested Dr. Frank R. Loomis of Detroit after weeks of hunting crews in the case dubbed the perfect crime. He faces murder charges as detectives release a new photo of Loomis.
A list of market prices for fresh poultry and livestock items including butterfat creamer, broilers of various weights and breeds, ducks geese and swine hides, plus guinea fowl and live pigeons. Some entries are incomplete or unclear, with notes on market status and quality.
West Chester Iowa May 4 Adams Weber of Muscatine travels from here to Dublin and Wellston. The Rock Island car brings a bell like sound. Erny Temple struggles with mud plastering on his house near town. A local reader recalls Edward Seaberg and laments aging settlers. The north road to town is a disgrace and needs fixing with drainage and tiling. Local traders from Cedar township support the town and a road into town could boost trade.
Grains of Gold lists baby chick orders and popular poultry products like Eye O Shell and Rat Tox, plus Purina feeds and Bayer Dust. It promotes garden seeds, flowers, tools, and decorative items, noting a Purina poultry demonstration with judges and a May 7 follow‑up event.
West Chester correspondent reports a heavy Monday shower that eased dust concerns for corn planting, noted muddy roads and the toll on mail and school transport, and described mushroom foraging, fashion quirks, and humorous local anecdotes. George Rudiger visited from Washington, with roads improving yet holes remaining.
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