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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1928
Page
2
A local report notes over $2,000 worth of gasoline burned yesterday by county cars plus fuel used by the airplane headquartered in the area. The piece hints at investigating waste and promotes Blue Ribbon gasoline and Valvoline as a Pennsylvania oil brand.
Cattle and hog markets show mixed moves with steers and yearlings steady to weak. cattle receipts reach 18 000 while sheep totals hit 23 000 as buyers push prices. Top hogs reach 15.00 while heavy butchers drop. lambs and ewes vary by weight with demand uneven across the yard.
Chicago May 14 estimates show cattle 8000 hogs 21000 and sheep 15000 for tomorrow's market.
Chicago grain report shows Wheat July prices around 1.49 to 1.53 with highs near 1.51 and lows near 1.48. Corn May and July futures hover around 1.00 to 1.06 with minor fluctuations as trading closes.
The readable text shows scattered figures for oats and percentages across dates and months. No clear event, names, or places emerge to form a coherent news item or identify a person or organization.
Chicago market notes Wheat bids show 2 red at 1.91, 3 red 1.99 and other grades. Corn values range from 1.00 to 1.06 for yellow and mixed lots, with white and two yellow grades cited. Oats, barley, timothy and clover prices included with multiple ranges across categories.
Clover cash 16.50 Oct 17.80 Dec 17.30 ash imported 13.75 Timothy cash 2.20 May 2.20 Dec 2.65 Alsike cash 15.00.
Cotter Hendrickson reports a near sellout Friday as the senior play drew praise for Miss Dailey and the cast. Edmond Farmer and Harriet Jenkins led as Jack Webster and Cyclone Sally with McWilliams' orchestra providing music before and after acts. Rev. W H Parker set to deliver the baccalaureate May 13 at the high school.
Neighbors and friends gathered Monday night at the Meachem farm to bid farewell to the Woodfords as Ansen and family prepare to move to Brighton. Mrs. Woodford long active in church and Sunday school, will be missed. niece of Mrs. Woodford died recently in Fairfield hospital. Ted Woodford plays a Farm Journal role, while Donald Duke assists in Iowa City.
The town loses Ambrose Cunningham a longtime resident and businessman tied to J. A. Cunningham & Sons. He was a familiar post office figure whose presence spanned the town’s early days. Word cites W. A. Harper that the drive to California took five to four days, reflecting boastful travel tales of the era.
Lee Hesseltine ordered the Journal delivered and warned a fatal outcome if he did not receive one by Monday. He and his wife were en route to town with a carload of produce, anxious about money. He urged his wife to pay, but she smiled and he handed over the money.
A new journal heads to Cedar Falls to the Xan ho House housing about 230 college students. Several residents are from Washington.
D. A. Peterson came down Saturday from Waterloo after his wife who had been visiting at Ainsworth, their former home. He fell behind with his garden and wants her home to help him out, but the note says he is home-sick.
Dialogue presents a gender wordplay about a sexist line then its reversal. The notice mentions two sales: Tuesday May 15 and Wednesday May 16 for household goods by R. A. Whitacre and Mrs. Chadwick, advertised in the Journal.
The snippet mentions Geo Reed hinting to avoid his farm by leaving four dollars for the Journal with Lester at Barclay's store. It praises Jack Stinson from Winfield with the Beacon, and includes a jibe about Rip Van Winkle taking a drink near Reed’s home. It also notes a clipping from the Commercial Aviation Company’s School Tonics and identifies Sherman as Bob’s son, a town native.
Sherman Gault of Washington Iowa becomes a paid helper at Commercial Aviation Company assisting with wing and motor work. He performs general shop duties while not instructing. Washington reports a busy Saturday night with bands and local trading.
Local tribute highlights Mrs Sam Richard as an avid reader with keen discernment and strong habits in selecting useful literature and newspapers for daily reading.
A traffic officer admonishes an amorous driver for one handed steering while the driver jokes about being afraid to release the wheel. The exchange captures a light moment on the road with a playful griner at the wheel.
A compilation of community events and visits including the M. & St. L. ditching machine west of Brighton, Nelson Woodford hauling corn, Al Woodfords visiting the George Bray home near Yeo, Miss Mable Price and Miss Hattie Prizer visiting relatives, Jody Borkoski’s Washington call, Mrs. S. M. Brinton’s health, Baxter Ingham’s improvement, a rain request, River Sunday fishing and mushrooming, upcoming manual training display at Columbus high school May 15 16 17, boy scout meeting at the Presbyterian church, Mrs Edna Johns visiting her mother Mrs Frank Paxton and other locals visiting with T. E. Johnston James Robertson Ruth Wheeler Margaret Huston Martha Smylie Muscatine visitors.
May 14 report from Columbus Junction notes Rev. Ira Hawley of Muscatine will speak on Community Building at a Methodist church banquet with a Muscatine Business and Labor delegation. Columbus High School will be guests. Whatsoever Society to serve. Memorial service sermon by Rev. J W Zerbe May 27. Decoration Day activities led by Allen Wright Hanft post.
Fred Niblo known for Ben Hur directs Lillian Gish in The Enemy a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature at the New Graham Theatre. The Austrian war tale stars Ralph Forbes with a supporting cast including Ralph Emerson Frank Currier George Fawcett Fritzi Ridgeway Karl Dane Polly Moran John S. Peters and Billy Kent Schaeffer.
Nellie Manners reports from Crawfordsville that Mrs. Elder and Mrs. Smith of Fayette Iowa and Mrs. Hall and daughter of Oelwein Iowa visited Mrs. W G Barr. Rev W G Barr attended a Kansas City conference meeting. High school classes and faculty picnicked in Muscatine and visited KTNT. Miss Grace Hesseltine, teacher at Letts, was a weekend visitor.
The article notes several teachers leaving Sigourney next year including Mrs. Hultquist who led music and the school orchestra and will be missed by students. Also leaving are Mrs. Packer Latin and English, Miss Dean domestic science, and Miss Crooks and Miss Davidson. Several local families and visitors are mentioned in relation to recent travel and visits to Washington.
Harvey O. Haas president of the Lehigh fish and game association offers a reward for the return of his pet skunk Gladys. The animal roamed Haas restaurant and was said never to have misbehaved. Haas doubts the skunk went wild.
Archaeological note describes a clash in BC 189 where one force coated jars with feathers, ignited them, and used bellows to blow smoke toward the opposing side across a distance of miles.
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