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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1928
Page
2
Receipts include hogs 20 000 and cattle 2 000 with calves 1 000 as markets show slow trade. hogs steady to strong with top prices around 10 15 for choice 225. butchers and pigs price ranges listed. Slaughter classes for steers and heifers show 12 75 to 14 50 for various weights while cows and bulls show weaker to modest gains and declines. sheep receipts 7 000 with strong demand for better grade lambs and springers but lower grades softer.
Wheat futures show gains for May and July with modest shifts in price volatility while corn and oats display varied bids across the board. Market readers note speculative activity and minor front month adjustments in May and July contracts.
Market quotes show Wheat at 2 red 176 and 2 hard 156 to 157. Corn ranges from 2 yellow 106% to 108 up to 6 yellow 100% to 102% with multiple mixed and white entries and SG 85 to 984. Oats list 2 white Ti to T3% and 4 white 66% to 71% Rye No. 2 126. Barley 95 to 102. 1 Timothy 400 to 475. Clover 1925 to 2625.
The note lists a price or amount for a seed market item in Toledo with cash value 1650 and a date or marker Oct 1775. The fragmentary entry suggests a historical transaction or accounting line linked to Clover seed or market.
An Aa Journal notice highlights daily classified ads including sale wants and lost items, drawing broad readership. The listings attract attention from readers seeking goods, services, and opportunities across the community.
The American Red Cross marks Jane A Delano Nurses Recruiting Week from March 6 to 12 urging graduate trained nurses to enroll in the Red Cross Nursing Service. Enrollees serve as a reserve to the Army Nurses Corps in war or disaster with duties in public, military, and civilian relief efforts.
A historical ledger fragment lists cash totals: Timothy with 225 in December and 225 in May along with 265 in December. plus another 1260 cash item and Alsike with 1500 cash.
The film stars Monte Blue with Leila Hyams as the leading lady and Tom Gallery cast as her brother. James J. Jeffries appears as Monte’s father in a pivotal ring scene with Gallery acting as a challenger to Blue. Director Howard Breth- is handling the project.
The Warner Bros production of One Round Hogan comes to the New Graham Theatre for a two day run. Jim is praised as a strong actor and fighter, with Frank Hagney in a heavy role alongside Texas Kid Abdul the Turk and other noted ring and theatre figures. Charles R. Condon adapted the story by F. N. Griffin.
A playful note from the Christian Science Monitor observes that a strictly grammatical hen does not sit on eggs or settings. It explains that a setting hen cannot sit on a setting or sitting, while a sitting hen may be set on a sitting or a setting, though a proper hen with Webster knowledge will prefer to sit on a sit ting.
Quotation attributed to Tholuck on aging and wisdom warning that growing old without opening future possibilities is a spiritual loss. The line emphasizes the danger of aging without personal growth or opportunity.
Mothers are advised not to ignore a burn even if slight. Apply baking soda solution or available remedy, then cover with cloth. Keeping air from the burn may reduce pain quickly after treatment.
Folk superstition claims ropes keep snakes away while noting a snake will cross a rope just as easily as a tree branch in its path. The saying cautions against relying on such devices to deter snakes.
Mrs Hazel Loose of Burlington Iowa praises Tanlac for curing headaches nervousness and indigestion and gaining 17 pounds. Teale is touted for relief from indigestion gas constipation and dizziness and for restoring appetite and weight with no mineral drugs and a money back guarantee.
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