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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1928
Page
2
Receipts include hogs at 24 000 with most 20 to 30 higher for better hogs, top 10.10 for 219 Ib. cattle receipts 7 500 calf 4 600 with dull trade on heavy steers and lighter yearlings active. Slaughter classes note varied prices across steers heifers cows bulls and feeders. sheep shows fat lambs 10 to 25 higher and springers advancing.
Grain prices show May and July wheat gains with fractional changes around 1.5 percent and mixed levels for September. Corn and oats display small shifts as markets absorb supply signals and seasonal factors.
Grain bids listed for Chicago cash wheat and corn with multiple grades and prices. Corn grades include 2 yellow 10914 to 110, 3 yellow 10814 to 109, 4 yellow 106% to 108, 5 yellow 105% to 107, 86 yellow 102 to 104, 2 mixed 108% mixed 107, 2 white 108% to Lie 14. White bids show 4 white 196 to 107% and 6 white 10114. Onis 2 white 73 to 7414, 3 white 68% to 721%, 4 white 67. Timothy bids 410 to 475. Barley 95 to 100.
A small town classified blurb promotes a 85 cent special at a lunch room on 121 North Iowag Ave. Prov. A Journal notes the ad targets a wide audience with visible storefront signage and daily reach.
Market notes list Clover with prices and entries for 1925 2625 in Toledo seed market. Timber products include ash and dee with cash imports and timothy and alsike seed prices. Weights and months noted as May October December and numbers appear in terse price entries.
A series of evening meetings started last Sunday at Friskins Presbyterian Church continue nightly at o oclock led by Rev. R E Griffith of Crawfordsville and Rev. Thomas Swotter of Cedar Rapids Iowa. Dr. G Vorheis of Fairfield Iowa will preach Thursday night. The writer notes a strong call for revival amid moral concern and urges community attendance.
A 1928 United Press listing details radio features across stations. WIZ Denver chamber music at 9 50 CSP KOA Denver light opera Pinafore at 9 50 CSP KOA New York symphonette and Bert Gould bass at 6 30 CSP WOR home with the masters WEAF cities service hour listed.
Mary Brian, famous for Peter Pan, joins Richard Arien in Paramount’s Zane Grey Western Under the Tonto Rim at Fox Theatre for Friday and Saturday showings. She plays Lucy Watson, sister of government agent Bud Watson played by Jack Luden. Critics praised the performance.
The narrator recalls five car loads of stock leaving Tuesday and mentions encounters with locals including S R Wallace and Jack Stinson. A mix of misadventure unfolds at a Beacon office stop and a humorous hotel room mix up with Helena Montana legend and cracked bed posts. Gratitude is given to Geo C Ebner for four dollars and prior favors.
The 11th to 14th reports of L A Andrews Receiver of Farmers and Merchants State Bank Washington Iowa are set for hearing in the District Court of Washington County on May 31 1928 at 10 A M. Attendees may file objections. absence of objections will lead to approval by the court.
Damascus Shrine No 10 holds regular meetings the third Tuesday monthly at Masonic Temple rooms with Maude Davis as Worthy High Priest and Sara Walker as Worthy Scribe. Washington Lodge No 26 AF and AM meets the first Friday monthly led by D L Carbaugh as Worshipful Master and A W Yard as secretary.
Train arrivals and departures across multiple lines list times for No. 4 Golden State Limited No. 12 Express No. 60 Local Pass No. 88 Local Freight and Westbound equivalents. Knoxville Branch and St. P. & R. R. stations show local passes freight schedules with daily or weekday exceptions. Agent signatures list W. H. Russell J. Co. Mi and W. C. Bell as agents.
A dramatic scene unfolds as Ip 3 hes ISRADE faces a District Attorney in a tense moment before his brother’s life. His mother urges him to tell the truth. The performance runs only tonight at the New Graham Theatre with a climactic twist awaiting audiences.
Mrs. Fred C. Johnson of Rock Valley Iowa shares a testimonial praising Sorbol Quadruple L as a remedy for goitre and chest symptoms. She reports relief from choking and heart palpitations, weight gain, and overall improvement after starting use. She offers to write to others for information and provides Sorbol Company contact details and local pharmacy availability.
The Nantucket marks the first lightship sighting on approach from Europe with nearby observers noting the Fire Island and Ambrose lightships also seen guiding ships into New York harbor.
The notice lists cream at 48¢ per lb, eggs per dozen, various chicken prices by breed and weight, including leghorn black and large breeds, broilers at 32¢ to 28¢ per lb, old roosters 8¢, ducks 12¢, young ducks 18¢, geese 8¢, horse hides, and a premium of one cent extra per pound for poultry delivered. It notes no market for sick or crippled poultry.
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