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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1927
Page
2
Chicago May 25 hog market receipts 22 000 light and medium weights fairly active 10 to 15 cents lower, mostly 10 cents lower than Tuesday's average. Big packers showing little activity while some heavy butchers and others take interest.
Cattle receipts 11,000 with fed steers and yearlings steady to strong. Better grades slow. vealers 25 to life lower. best mature steers 13.75 early with killing quality improving and more liberal supply. Prices show fluctuating USDA style livestock quotes across weights and classes.
Questions swirl over a royal style wedding of the president’s daughter in a foreign country. Readers weigh recent Sugar Bowl mentions and the Newfoundland search after three weeks as new tensions surface in London raids.
Receipts of 15,000 sheep bid a steady to fairly active market with packers seeking Idaho lambs and California woolies. Slaughter cows and calves range from seven to thirteen dollars, with steers and heifers across weight classes showing varied demand and price levels amid a fluctuating market.
Open shed low close data for WHEAT CORN OATS LARD RIBS and RYE from Chicago on May 25 with May July and Sept contracts. Prices shown include bids and closes across grains and fats with percentages and cents per bushel or pound as reported by the Lake Placid exchange.
Chicago grain prices on May 25 show wheat 2 red 1.53 to 1.60 per bushel and corn yellow values near 91 to 92 across grades. oats white ranges from 43 to 61 with several line items. barley at 2 per bushel. timothy at 4.00 to 4.25 and clover 25.00 to 24.00.
Washington county Extension official E L Quaife will inspect state pig crop contest herds on May 27 in Cedar township. He will visit Adolph Larson Roy Turnipseed and Morton Emde farms and discuss feeding and starting methods before moving to pig club activities in the afternoon.
A Denver Post styled notice from the Toston Transcript describes a forty-year-old widow with a sporty lifestyle and young ideas seeking a gentleman with an interest in cars. The ad emphasizes refined tastes, fun loving nature, and shared automotive inclinations.
A fragmented historic market price listing shows items for eggs butterfat tests and various poultry and livestock prices. Specifics include eggs per dozen, leghorn broilers per pound and per bird, ducks and geese by weight, and beef and horse hides with scattered illegible entries.
Farm Bureau members from counties in the First District will meet at Mt Pleasant on June 5. J H Jones, district chairman, says it will be a great meeting and urges attendance. Charles Hearst, president of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, and Mrs Ellsworth Richardson lead the women's work as principal speakers.
Lexington report notes Mrs. Robert Amlong died at her home Saturday around 5 p.m. The community extends condolences as local residents and visitors reflect on the loss. Weather delays farm work with much corn planted yet. Anita Tellin closed her Cedar Center school with a picnic for children.
In a single year the gophers of Yosemite Park displaced and buried earth, amassing thousands of tons of material as their digging reshaped the landscape and altered ground cover across the park.
Lon Moon seeks a divorce claiming his wife was seen looking into a hardware store window. The incident is described as part of a personal dispute influencing the case.
FOR SALE ONE FORD COUPE inquire at STUDebaker Garage. Brevity note lists contact S614 for details and conditions.
A Wisconsin trout hatchery uses five watt lamps suspended over a pool to attract fish at night. The method draws pike and insects, helping trout grow fat and healthy with minimal cost to the hatchery owner.
A colonial Beverly ordination description shows a lively bill of expenses with thirty bowls of punch and forty four bowls at dinner, ten bottles of wine before the meeting, twenty eight more bottles, six tea drinkers, and assorted spirits including brandy and cherry rum. The account hints at a festive, sociable ceremony in a seaside town.
A Berlin quote reads I have three wishes to get married to become a millionairess and to become a widow. The remark, attributed to Der Brummer, reflects a provocative sentiment attributed to the speaker in the city.
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