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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1927
Page
2
Chicago market reports hog receipts at 19 000 with gains 10 cents, best 150 to 200 pounds 9 65 to 9 90, sows up 10 to 15 cents, cattle receipts 2 500 with strong demand, fed steers up to 13 75, calves and wealers mixed, sheep receipts 9 000 with slow fat lambs and lamb prices 13 85 to 14 75 for light weights.
The Chicago market wire lists futures for Wheat Corn Oats Lard Ribs and Rye with May July and Sept contracts. Prices show minor daily changes across grains and fats with figures around 1.4 for Wheat 81 for Corn and 12.3 for Lard.
Wheat prices show slight declines across 1 to 4 red and hard varieties. Corn values range from 83 to 86 with mixed and yellow classifications. Oats and barley follow with modest variances, timothy and clover prices given. ads solicitation noted.
On May 12 a busy day unfolds with field and garden work and townsfolk moving about depots. Mr Peter Ruben and wife arrive from Havre to a nearby farm. Ben and Homer Brinton visit from Brighton while Mrs George Baird shops at Warren's Seed Store.
Mary Sherlock reports Grace Hill news with Mrs Laura Doig visiting Muscatine on Monday. Lon Beitel attended Samuel Kellogg f Washington funeral. G W Wallace from Washington oversees late Smith Riley property. Goldie Doig from Muscatine spent Sunday with her mother. Rev Zimmerman visiting parents in Ganadenhutten Ohio. Ladies Aid to host a social next Monday to raise flood relief funds.
A local garden store advertises seeds bulbs and tools for a thriving yard. Mrs Ollie Blake and Mrs Will Phillips are noted shoppers from Crawfordsville Prairie Flower neighborhood as the shop promotes Gladiolus dahlias lilies and other bulbs along with pest control bird baths and Purina poultry demonstrations.
Mrs Joe Schlatter and family hosted visitors while local residents attended the father and son banquet in Swedesburg with Dr Julius Lincoln of Chicago giving the main address and the church orchestra performing. Multiple residents were listed as callers and visitors from Wayland Mt. Pleasant and Trenton with various family gatherings and school events noted.
The text describes Hearth Money a 17th century English tax on domestic fires imposed between 1655 and 1000 by the king. It notes clergy also paid taxes via income levies termed smoke farthings.
Will Shalla and family visited Washington on Saturday and Rev Father Schaefers of Harper was a Richmond visitor last Friday. The Cedar Rapids Bohemian Dramatic Club postpones its Sunday evening performance due to rain. Jerry Chapek shows improvement and was up town Saturday. Mr and Mrs Bryan Nicholson host a new girl while Mr and Mrs Harry Stump host a new boy.
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