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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1928

Page

2

Chicago Livestock Market Mixed Hogs and Sheep Receipts Decline

Hogs receipts around 3,000 with market uneven and mostly steady to weak. top 10.00 paid for 190 to 220 lb hogs. good grades 90 to 230 priced 9.70 to 9.85. 150 to 170 at 8.75. 140 lb weights down to 8.00. Sheep and lambs see 8,000 receipts with doubles steady to 16.50, week’s highs 18.25 for fed lambs, clip lambs 16.00, yearlings around 14.85 to 25.00, ewes 8.00 to 9.00. Overall, activity mixed with weights and classes varying from week to week.

Riday Cattie

Chicago Grain Market Figures May 19

Chicago grain prices show modest gains with wheat advancing to 1.47 percent for May and 1.49 percent for July. Corn climbs to around 1.04 percent for May and 1.07 percent for July, while oats trade near 0.64 percent in May and 0.55 percent in July.

Chicago

Seed market prices for Clover Timothy and Alsike

Seed price notes list Clover cash 16.50 Oct 17 50 Dec 17.45 cash imported 13.50. Timothy cash 2.25 May 2.24 Dec 2.65. Alsike cash 15.00.

Toledo Timothy Alsike

Chicago Cash Grain Prices and Feeds Market Snap

Wheat prices show firm levels with 2 hard at 152 and corn moving between 107 and 108 percent. Yellow varieties range 106 to 107 percent with several lots noted. mixed feeds around 100 to 102 with white at 100 to 106. oats and barley included with barley near 98 to 1.00 and Timothy from 4.90 to 4.75, Clover 19.00 to 26.00.

Local residents take weekend visits across towns

Miss Dorothy Libe went to Cot Aer this morning and will spend the weekend at the Rev. Parker home. Mrs. G. A. Lieurance travels to Davenport for a weekend visit, followed by Johanna Drish returning home to Pleasant Plain. Mrs. J. H. Brown and daughter Velma depart for Des Moines to spend the summer at the Robert Darrell residence. Miss Edna Purvis visits Ainsworth on business.

Dorothy Libe Cot- Aer Johanna Drish Pleasant Plain J. H. Brown Velma Des Moines Robert Darrell M. C. DeLong Stanwood Irene

Local residents keep busy with visits and travel

Alma Pearl O Conner undergoes mastoid abscess operation at county hospital. Lois Emery returns home after visiting sister Freda Emery. Mrs J R Kruser and Gweneth Kruser spend day in Ottumwa. Myra Meeks finishes laundry work and returns home. Catherine Singmaster of Keota on business. Edith Helen and Raymond Witting visit Havre for weekend. attend school here. Ida Braden visits Burlington for a day. La Verna Welsh at Gem City college Quincy spends weekend at home. Mark West at St Ambrose college Davenport spends weekend at home. Mary Dunn of Wyman visits. Frank Sage and Adrian Newans visit Linn Creek then Iowa City. Gilbert Goff returns from Fairfield. visits in Ainsworth. Mrs Charles Hayes returns from West Chester after graduation.

la Verna Welsh Gem City Business College Quincy, Ill Frank Sage Sage Adrian Newans Lincoln Nebraska Linn Creek Missouri Col R. G. Scott Iowa City Robert Sage

Weekend visits and travels across towns noted

Miss Mary Winters visits Davenport to see her aunt Mrs Sackfield and friends including Genevieve, Mary Bailey, and Esther Wheelan for the weekend. Mrs Robert Johnson travels to Iowa City to visit friends briefly. Anne Fairchilds of Sigourney visits near Columbus Junction. Wilbur Quinn and Woodrow Crone attend a track meet in Fairfield. Rev A T Shaw travels to Columbus Junction for a commencement address and will speak at Ainsworth next week. Church members return from California. others travel between Davenport, Lisbon, and Keota linking family and alumni events.

Mary Winters Davenport Mrs. Sackfield A. T. Shaw Delta Columbus Junction Ainsworth Lee Sitwell Willis Todd Miss Hazel Bunt California Miss Bunt Lisbon North Dakota Kansas

Parade Appeal Draws Men to Participate Says Sylacauga Advance

A Sylacauga Advance quote notes men seek chances to display themselves and explains why many readily join in parades, suggesting social and personal motivation behind public displays.

Sylacauga Advance

Oldest Iowa coal mine closes after 22 years of operation

Des Moines, May 19. Iowa's oldest operating coal mine the Saylor mine closed today as orders were given to dismantle the workings. Exhaustion of the coal vein ends 22 years of production totaling about 5,000,000 tons. At peak, 400 men were employed with 7,000 workers over the mine's life.

Des Moines Iowa Saylor

Charlie Chaplin in The Circus At New Graham Theatre

A vivid crowd scene previews Charlie Chaplin's new comedy The Circus at the New Graham Theatre with sawdust smells and banners. The piece mentions elephants, tigers, Barker noise, a lost child, and a nostalgic nod to past circus greats while noting a grim family tragedy.

Charlie Chaplin Graham Theatre Frank Stockton George Washington America Abraham Lincoln Coolidge Maggie Murphy Minnie Schwartz Gramma

Cotter Commencement Exercises Highlight Class Eight

The Cotter school held its commencement Thursday evening with an Invocation by Rev Parker followed by a piano solo by Mrs Parker and an address by Rev J W Zerbe. A violin solo by Miss Ann Dailey and the presentation of the eighth grade were featured.

Cotter Parker J. W Zerbe Ann Dailey Supt. Amserry R. L. Richards Rev. Parker Freda Farner Robert Hammond Pauline Edwards M. B. Hetes Iowa University Hites

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Riariae Alravre Chicago Livestock Chicago Cash Grain Edna Purvis Physicians and Surgeons E. E. Stutsman F. & M. Bank Bid S W. L. Alcorn M. D Wilson Heating Co South Iowa Ave Woffice W.L. Kyle National Bank Preston Letter Osteopathic South Iowa Ave Chiropractors Charles C. Brown Washington, Iowa INO. W. Applegate City Hall Washington Street Little & Pratt Jrowa Mart Pratt J. M. Kyle Willard Gasoline Alley City Bugh Dougall R. R Austin Sutherland Washington T. A. Michels Morrison & Morrison Lawyers Morrison Bidg North Side Sq T. L. Brookhart Law Opera House Livingston & Eicher Lawyers Opposite Journal Office Lemley & Yard Insurance National Bank Bldg J. D. Dayton Westchester Washington County L. B. Lupton S&s Frank Boller W. Washington W. J. Masson Corbin & Barrett Shoe Store Alma Pearl O ‘Conner P. E. O’conner Albert Shrack Fairfield Hd Kurka Frank Casey Lois Emery Freda Emery J. R. Kruser Gweneth Ottumwa Myra Meeks West Chester Catherine Singmaster Keota Edith Helen Arr Raymond Witting Havre Ida Braden Burlington Mark West St. Ambrose College Mrs Fred West Mary Dunn Wyman Gilbert Goff Charles Hayes Genevieve Mary Bailey Esther Wheelan Robert Johnson Anne Fairchilds Sigourney Columbus Juntion Wilbur Quinn Woodrow Crone Rohlman Keota, Harper and Keokuk Anderson Elda White Wester Enna Jettick Health Shoes Phillips and Hebner H. A. Pauls Leslie Pauls Riverside Katona Blanche Guthrie Miller Dr. Miller New York Europe Ida Cavender Keswick Alice Meek W. M. Della McBride Damascus Shrine Masonic Temple Maude B. Davis Sara E. Walker Washington Lodge A. F A. M D. L. Carbaugh W. M A. Wy Yard Golden State Limited Express Aati Aymary Knoxville Ruia Passen H. W. Russel J. C. McKay W. C. Bell Cole Fred Franklin Iowa Livestock Commission Company Union Stock Yards John A. Babcock W. S. Reister Eggs and Poultry Reister B. Wash. Lt R. L. Gibson Evening Journal ALAMO LAND AND SUGAR _ CO E. F. Rogers P. O. Box Davenport, Ia National Live Stock Remedy Co W. 7Th St Ill Milt Warner West Liberty Dept. S. P. O Towa Monarch Films, Inc Dept. C Waterloo Glenn WG. Hayes W. W. _McFarland Swift's Schumacher H. W. Luers & Co T. A. Heinzman Edward F. Bate L. Fst Woodburn Lord’s Heard John A. Stewart Rock Island North 6Th Ave M. Darbyshire W. M. Southerland Hemmings Mill Motor Inn Cherry Homer Blick Leave At Journal D. F. Sayre Angus BL Non Bros John May = & Son Jersey Bull Clive Gray Dean Doan Milburn Co Buffalo Earl Simpson Washington Produce Markets A. H Harry) Herbold Pritchard Commission U. S. Yards A. H. Herbold
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