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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1927
Page
2
Chicago traders report hogs firm to 10 cents higher with weight-based gains and varied carcass classes. Cattle and calves show strong to higher marked by steers and yearlings, while sheep and lambs see steady to higher demand with clipped lambs and Colorado woolskins fetching notable prices.
Listings show butterfat tests eggs per dozen broiler weights and prices for Leghorn hens roosters ducks geese and beef and horse hides with a note that thin sick or crippled poultry has no market and guinea fowls and live pigeons priced per unit.
Chicago market desk reports May prices for wheat July and Sept contracts with fractional changes. Also lists pork oats lard and rye futures with May July and Sept figures and small percentage moves.
Wheat prices at 1.38 1.47 1.44 1.40. Corn values range 75 to 80 cents on yellow and white kernels with samples 55 to 75. Oats with white and mixed grades 42 to 52 percent. barley 83 to 90. timothy 4.35 to 5.35. clover 29.25 to 36.00.
Five members of Iowa State College faculty receive leaves of absence to visit Europe for summer study and investigation. Dean Curtiss, Dr. Lindstrom, Prof. Woodrow, Miss Hoyt, and Dr. Benbrook are listed under the program. Curtiss will depart Ames around June 21 to learn corn borer elimination methods in European infested areas.
Des Moines Drake University announces the consolidation of Drake and Des Moines universities at the end of the term in June. Des Moines University assets and scholarships transfer to Drake while a liquidation committee handles its finances and property.
Funeral services for George Long, former resident, who died last week in Los Angeles, will be at 2:50 p.m. Wednesday at the L. A. Jones funeral home. The body arrived this morning on the Golden State Limited. He was past sixty nine, widower of about sixteen years, and leaves a widow unable to travel. His sister is Mrs. E. B. Knox. niece Mrs. Fred Diller and nephew Sherman Knox are among relatives.
A historic trivia item asks readers to compare long distance steamship routes and rail journeys. It tests which journeys are longer or shorter among San Francisco to Yokohama and Manila, Stock to Constantinople, London to Paris, and other European and American city pairs, with a note that answers appear on the last page.
A school exhibit and program by English classes coached by Mrs. Birdie Howard captivated attendees. The revue featured characters from Jean Valjean to officers and guests, with students delivering two songs between acts and rehearsals under way for an operetta The Isle of Chance set for May 19. Plans for a track meet and outdoor activities near year end were announced.
Delegates at the Iowa State Medical Association convention in Council Bluffs discuss possible investigation of the Iowa State College of Medicine amid resignations of prominent doctors. Some see it as a matter for the state board of education rather than the convention. President D. C. Steelsmith opened with remarks, followed by Dr. Henry Albert on forecasting epidemics and measles trends across eastern Iowa into 1928.
Donovan Klinkel died after a confrontation with Sheriff P A Saddler in Charles City May 10. Klinkel allegedly refused arrest and tried to drive away. Saddler fired at the retreating car, a shot wounded Klinkel in the abdomen. Two passengers were jailed on liquor charges while Saddler pledged a grand jury probe if any crime occurred.
A botanist declares the daisy the real queen of flowers. He notes the daisy contains about 250 florets per head, with the outer rays being composite flowers and the central disk a collection of many perfect flowers, each producing seed.
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