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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1928
Page
2
Hogs receipts total 23 000 with market slow down 10 to 15 lower than Tuesday. Top hog price 9 80 for 180 to 220 lb hogs. Cattle and calves receipts 9 000 and 3 000 respectively. market strong with steers 1503 lb at 15 00 and various fat classes hitting new season highs. Bulls and vealers also showing varied gains across weights.
The report lists Toledo Grain closing at 17.30 for October and 17.30 for December with cash implied 13.75. Timothy shows cash 2.22 for January and May contracts, 2.65 for December. Alsike priced at 15.00 cash.
Chicago grain markets opened with wheat and corn showing modest losses while oats data were incomplete. May wheat traded around 1.49 and May corn near 1.02, with July and September futures reflecting slight shifts in early dealing.
OCR brief shows a string of percentage values and a five digit code 46315 with month abbreviations May July Sept and multiple percent figures. The fragment lacks a coherent event or subject to describe beyond numeric data. No named individuals or organizations are evident in readable text.
Chicago wholesale grain prices show No 1 hard wheat at 1.55 to 1 1?2, corn variants from 1.01 to 1.07 1/2, barley 92 to 1.08, clover 19.00 to 26.15, oats ranges 69 1/2 to 71 for No 2 white, and timothy 4,160 to 4.85.
The film features a police dog performing perilous stunts for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Chester M. Franklin directs a story by Franklin and Furber starring Charles Delaney as a young detective with his canine partner.
The Philathea class of the Methodist Sunday school will hold their class social with Mrs Leslie Gates Thursday evening May 17th 1613.
Arthur Brisbane urges readers to weigh Spring hats against voting in fall politics. The column notes Dr. H. F. Masson travels to New York for medical study. A Winfield Beacon excerpt questions the phrase nothing in the paper worth reading and reflects on local misfortunes and tragedies.
A column blends humorous aphorisms from the Mullen Tribune with rural color about giant potatoes at William Libe’s home and a back lot yielding greywing. It notes a swindler’s capture and a quip about reaping rather than sewing. Ira Jones visits Ames, returning home briefly before resuming college duties.
A classified notice notes that for sale for rent wanted or lost ads engage a large city readership daily, highlighting the broad reach of common classified sections in the newspaper.
Mrs James Horak's funeral near Kalona casts a somber Mother's Day as family mourns. Will Patterson and Mrs Joe Cortem ill. Charlie Brown Sr in poor health. Will and Ellsworth Kelly tiled Banks and Fred Mouser, will tile for Will Brown. Orva Scott sold fat cattle and tiles his farm. Barbara Bauer, Cedar teacher, held last day and took pupils to timber for picnic. People plant corn awaiting rain as Wayne Emery delivers a Mother's Day sermon.
Universal comedy Stop That Man opens at the Fox Theatre this afternoon. Starring Arthur Lake and Barbara Kent, the young leads are among Hollywood’s most sought after. Director Nat Ross, known for Collegiants, brings a youth theme of ambition and vitality that audiences praise as lively and entertaining.
An old advertisement touts Baalmann's Gas Tablets as a cure for stomach gas and its effects. It claims relief from gnawing stomach pain, nervous feelings and heart palpitations, breath problems, and cold limbs, urging readers to buy the yellow package for $1 at druggists.
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