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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1929
Page
2
Chicago markets report hog receipts three thousand with slow, mixed bidding and top hogs at 1149 per weight. cattle receipts sixteen thousand, steer and yearling trade steady for good and choice, cows strong. sheep receipts seventeen thousand with slow but steady demand. Grain futures show mixed cash values with oats and timothy varying, Clover around 1750.
Washington markets list dairy butterfat test per pound and hen prices for Leghorn hens per dozen while noting duck and horsehide rates. Includes beet hides and horsehide pricing, with a caution that no market exists for sick or crippled animals.
Grace Hill and Grace Hill ek hosted a group including Mrs Washington and Mrs Dunbar visiting Brighton on Tuesday. They called at Aunt Walter Wilson and Frank Pratiie while tile work was being done for Oliver Purst. Mr and Mrs John Niske of Washington visited Allen Schaeffer, and Mrs Sankey returned home after a stay. J W Meyer hosted care duties before and after the arrangement.
Secretary James J. Benda of Washington County Farmers Mutual Insurance lists paid claims to policyholders. Notable payments include Keota $110, Riverside cow, West Chester dairy house $3, Conesville cow $505, Riverside grain hay implements $190.25, and other sums for Lasek Ainsworth Keifer $60, J B Meltride $505, Dunbar $1, McCall $30, and Silas Clingington mars Clingington sums.
Neale Helvey and company of 25 launch annual week engagement touring in a new comedy drama The Girl from Childs at their big tent on South Marion ave With high class vaudeville between acts and funeral musical presentations before the show Doors open 7:13 p m Free admission for ladies tonight when accompanied by an adult paid ticket price Also notes on Tadins and local visitors Mr Heitel of Muscatine seen as recovering.
Fragments show lodge meetings with names like Pearl Kennedy Irene Bickford Edith Pulver and Cyrus Chapter plus a railway timetable listing eastbound and westbound train numbers, arrivals and departures, local agents Goodland ed and Bel. The text merges fraternal notices with partial timetable data and station names.
The clipping recounts neighborly antics and small-town life with tales of a chicken misadventure, farm notes, visiting relatives, and local conversations. It mentions Tom and Dr as neighbors, a chicken dispute, travel notes, and community gossip spanning May era letters and a town paper column.
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