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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1928
Page
2
Hog receipts reach 23 000 with steady declines from Monday's averages as light hogs lead losses. top 10.00 paid for choice 180 to 220 lb hogs and mixed prices for other weights. Cattle receipts 9 500 with fed steers slow, market down 10 to 25 cents. best heavy steers about 14.85. Slaughter classes show varied scores across weight ranges. Cows and bulls show lower ranges with mid to high cutters noted.
Beef cattle ranged nine to ten dollars per hundredweight for cutters and mediums seven fifty to nine twenty five. Vealers milk fed good to choice twelve fifty to fifteen fifty with medium eleven to twelve fifty. Cull and common eight to eleven. Stocker and feeder steers good and choice eleven fifty to twelve seventy five, common and medium eleven twenty five to eleven fifty.
Open high low close figures for Wheat Corn and Oats in Chicago trading on May 1 with May July and Sept contracts listed. For Wheat May to Sept show slight variations around 1.49 to 1.53 with gains and losses. Corn May to Sept hover near 1.00 to 1.08 with modest percentage changes. Oats May to Sept show values around 0.46 to 0.63 reflecting market fluctuations.
Toledo May 15. Wheat none. Corn variety prices shown with numerous lots and small changes. Oats and barley listed with ranges, rye No 2 at 1.33 1-2, timothy and clover values noted.
Clover records show cash amounts of 16.50 on an unspecified date, 17.36 and 17.30 in October and December, plus 13.75 for imported cash. Timothy shows 2.20 in May and December, 2.05 in December, and a separate 15.00 cash entry.
Universal juniors Arthur Lake and Barbara Kent star in a farcical comedy Stop That Man at the Fox Theatre beginning Wednesday. Nat Ross directs, delivering youth oriented liveliness and humor as the plot follows young desires to grow up and make a mark in the world.
Lake and Miss Kent headline a light hearted film described as a top entertainment for motion picture audiences. The comedy centers on a younger brother who seeks the police force but nearly slips into a life of crime with a strong supporting cast including Eddie Gribbon Wagner Richmond Walter McGrail George Sietmann and Joe Girard.
Lodges Washington Chapter No 98 regular meeting second Thursday of each month visiting members welcome Damascus Shrine No 10 regular meeting third Tuesday at Masonic Temple Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M regular meeting first Friday of each month officers listed
Daily and weekly rail timetables show arrivals and departures for multiple lines including Golden State Limited and No 12 Express. The Knoxville branch details Local Pass and Freight services while St Paul and Pacific routes list Southwest Limited services and local freight notes.
In McCall Bros feed store John misses the visit and plans for two pencils. Clayce quits work for a spell. W J Boyd from Ainsworth reports a new house and a 350 acre farm improved. Huber from Wellman notes corn planting. Dayton son Daryl has a good first year salary of 4200 dollars and will visit home soon.
A Florida real estate man boasting of a sale primes admiration then offends a tall dusky man who quips he sold Manhattan Island for 24. The exchange follows a night shower that brightens gardens and hints at John A. Babcock’s and Mrs. Chadwick’s upcoming sales.
Advertises a daily 35 cent dinner at 121 North Iowa Ave run by AUGH DOUGALL proprietor. Note references to a for sale sign and miscellaneous entries indicating Ada and license and lost items in a fragmented newspaper fragment.
Keota prepares for Alumni Banquet May 25 and a May 24 graduation for the largest class yet, including twelve boys and ten girls led by valedictorian Francine Lacey and salutatorian Harriet Morris. May 20 baccalaureate speaker Rev. W G Nalley and May 24 commencement speaker Dr James F E Coons of Iowa Wesleyan College. Mother's Day services reported with large congregations and tasteful floral decorations.
A note instructs to call a Yellow Cab at phone number ending with 18st. The text is fragmentary and lacks a clear date or location.
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