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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1926
Page
2
Chicago livestock prices show hog receipts at 34 000 with slow demand and mixed weights. Cattle receipts total 20 000 with generally steady trades and strong demand for quality. sheep receipts 18 00 percent with fat lambs climbing and clipped ewes in demand. Wheat corn oats and fats futures also listed with varied quotes across May July and September contracts.
Clover seed cash domestic 21.00 and imported 15.00 listed for October 17.15. Timothy seed priced at 8.45 with September 0.70 referenced. Market activity reported from Toledo Ohio on May 17.
Chicago on May 17 posted official live stock estimates for tomorrow with Hoge at 19 000 head Cattle at 9 000 head and Sheep numbers noted in the daily report.
Public records reference a pamphlet by W. R. Morehouse of the Public Relations Commission at the American Bankers Association. It discusses loan schemes and alleged defrauding tactics targeting victims in a historical context.
A widow loses her $6000 savings to a real estate scam after a free country trip and signing a six lot contract. High pressure sales and hidden fees drive up payments to $6000 per month equivalents. The report cites loan sharks charging $925 for $350 and a $650 loan for $165 with commissions, stock buybacks, and inflated life insurance.
Chicago May 17 wheat and corn prices listed by grade with No 1 hard at 1.67 to 1.68 dollars per bushel and No 2 hard at 1.66 to 1.67. Mixed and yellow and white classes shown for corn oats rye barley and seeds with lard and rib a listed values.
Lincoln community notes include Lloyd Walker driving a hoga on Saturday and Mrs Spencer Reed ordering multiple egg settings from Mrs Walter Jarrard. Brinning birthday observed with relatives and neighbors present. several residents report planting corn and tree spraying activity around Chas Doran and Arthur Duensing properties.
In Ames the Weishea celebration of study and playtime drew about 3000 students faculty and visitors yesterday. In Iowa City Rex Large of the Des Moines Register spoke on crime news at the Western Editorial Association convention. Fort Dodge Duncombe officials filed in district court to sever part of town limits to relieve taxpayers from road maintenance duties.
A hook up of 26 large stations will carry the National Electric Light Association forty-ninth annual convention in Atlantic City from today through May 21. Talks may include Thomas Edison and other industry leaders with extensive concert and program schedules from Chicago to Des Moines and New York, featuring orchestras, light displays, and musical programs.
Radio Digest catalogs a Tuesday May 18 1926 network slate with multiple stations and time slots. Highlights include KDKA Pittsburgh dinner and concert blocks, KFNF Shenandoah old-time music, KOA Denver Twilight concert, KYW Chicago classical and speeches, WDAF Kansas City School of the Air, and WEAF New York morning and evening program blocks featuring Variety shows and live concerts.
Two hundred thousand wall-eyed pike from the Spirit Lake hatcheries have been released into the Mississippi River near Fort Madison by federal game wardens. Other species will follow to stock Lake Cooper below the Keokuk dam to offset spawning disruption caused by the dam’s barrier to upstream migration.
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