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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1928
Page
2
Chicago livestock receipts reached eighteen thousand with strong demand and top bids up to 10.30 for choice weight cattle and hogs 6.50 to 8.59 per hundredweight. Cattle trade steady with gains 25 to 60 cents across killing classes and better prices for fed yearlings and cows in limited ranges.
The report lists bid ranges for beef and veal classes from good to common quality, with cattle and stocker prices. Slaughter lambs and ewes show steady or dull demand, receipts noted at 12,000, and prices for various weights and grades reflecting a quiet market.
Open high low close figures for wheat corn and oats listed by month with price spreads and percentage changes. Data shows May July and Sept contracts for Wheat Corn and Oats in Chicago with closing values and movements.
Chicago cash grain prices for wheat corn oats barley timothy and clover listed with varied grades and prices. Columns show ranges from 1 to 6 for each grain and small percentage or decimal variations, reflecting spot market values in Chicago.
Clover futures show cash 16.50 October 17.39 December 17.50 and imported 13.75. Timothy trades cash 2.20 May 2.20 December 2.70. Alsike priced at cash 15.00.
Thunder, real name Reneva Tillo Von Riedekenberg, trains in German commands for instant on screen response. He leads a canine cast including thirty wolf pack extras with human stars Charles Morton Caryl Lincoln James Gordon and Frank Rice in Lew Seiler's Wolf Fangs based on Elizabeth Pickett Seton Miller.
A special Mother's Day program will be held at the Christian church on Sunday May 13 at 10 00 a m The oldest and youngest mother present will receive a souvenir Mothers needing transportation may call 169 Blue or a car 7412
A diary recounts Emmet Hayes driving to Waterloo for the Iowa State Guernsey sale at the Dairy Cattle Congress grounds with Floyd Erickson and Clifford Snyder. The text notes tire issues en route, the cattle sale lasting four and a half hours with 46 head sold, four grade cows and heifers averaging 131.25 dollars, and mentions social stops and local anecdotes.
Purebred cows and heifers averaged over 158 dollars, bulls over 146 dollars. Rosalie of Highland Place 39028 sold for 400 to Fred S. Risser, Chariton Iowa. Clifford Snyder bid 110 on a heifer that sold for 210, with onlookers noting local buyers and remarks. A column on economy for meat dealers follows a farm tale about Farmer Brown and an underground cistern mishap.
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