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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1926
Page
2
Chicago trading shows hog prices up to 25 cents higher with buyers active on 200 to 225 pound porkers while lighter weights and heavies show varied moves. Cattle and sheep receipts climb as week‑long trends turn mixed with steers and yearlings gaining but cows and bulls slipping, and grain futures edge lower on open.
Official Monday live stock estimates report hogs at 41000 cattle at 20000 and sheep at 19000. Hogs for next week are projected at 130000.
Chicago prices list. Wheat values range from No 1 hard 1.68 to No 3 white 1.64 while No 2 hard sits at 1.66. Corn shows mixed grades from 72 to 58 with varied yellow and white samples. Rye and barley quoted. Timothy and clover seeds listed. lard ribas bellies and other meat cuts priced.
Call Earl Little for local or long distance hauling. Phone 345. Mrs Floyd Grankenhorn and son Donald of Ainsworth drove to Washington to shop. Mrs Herman Twinam and daughter Carol Jean of Crawfords Ville are spending the day in Washington. Margaret Hanlin of Sigourney, Parsons College student, arrived to stay with Mr and Mrs Howard Richardson.
Washington markets list fresh laid eggs per dozen and various poultry prices per pound for broilers hens and ducks with notes on Leghorn breeds and older roosters. It lists hides values for beets and horse hides and states no market for damaged poultry.
Reports from breeders nationwide show widespread spring pig crop shortages with many flocks smaller than in prior years. Death rates due to flu worms and iodine shortages hit herds while weather at farrowing time worsened losses. Hog prices have hovered around 13 dollars per hundredweight for seven months and may rise further.
The Church of Chimist announces Bible school at 9 45 a m and Young People's Society at 6 30 p m. Morning worship begins at 11 00 a m and evening service at 7 30 p m. Next Sunday marks the church and minister’s first year. morning message titled Forgetting Let us have a great audience. Evening sermon on The Ascension of Christ. Frank W Sutton, minister. Mrs R H Malin visits Columbia Junction. Ed Newell returns from Lake City Florida.
Mr and Mrs Fitz Brown of Morning Sun visit Washington for a day of business. Doctors Alcorn Hull and Rolce return from a three day Des Moines medical convention. Wendell and Linnea Land guest at J R Land's home in Rock Island. Ruby Skipton of West Chester shops in Washington. Ralph Thompson family trip stops in Grinnell Des Moines and Ames with Dorothea hitching a ride. Lee Holland returns from a week away. Lola Davis of Crawfordsville shops in Washington. Preston Harold Wolfe Virginia Macon Brooklyn visit Brighton on business. J C Christianson and Lou Johnson from New York City shop Washington en route to Des Moines. Janie Baldrige has a baby sister Mary born in Des Moines. Baldrige family names the infant Mary. Mrs Dill and son Charles and daughter Nettie with Martha and Grace Butler visit to see the city's so‑called Cleanest City in Town. Martha Butler serves as Columbus Junction correspondent for the Journal.
A compact listing shows Blaine J Holmes Willard service station and several Austin Sutherland auctioneering contacts. Also includes attorneys Morrison & Morrison, Wilson firm, Applegate real estate, Dr Pease and Dr Masson dentistry, Stewart hardware, and telephone exchanges with city and mutual lines.
Frost occurred in the locality last night but was not severe enough to cause material damage, according to today’s reports. Local observers note minimal impact with crops and plants largely unharmed.
Lodges Washington Lodge No 26 A M regular meets first Friday night monthly D W Dayton W M Arthur Goodin Secretary Prosperity Encampment No 58 I O O F meets second and fourth Friday nights at 730 in IOOF Hall 215 North Iowa Avenue Visiting Patriarch welcomes Frank Schneider Chief Patriarch M D Lee Scribe
Local families gathered for Mother's Day visits and commencement events. Attendees included Rhodes Burris Ross Trotter Harding Marr Stewart and McCreedy families, Helen Snelson and Helen Wynn visiting, with graduates Martha Hazlett Blanche Gosling and others receiving diplomas. The week closed with baccalaureate, senior class play, and commencement exercises led by Pres. Smith.
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