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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1930
Page
2
A fragment from a Chicago area page notes the Department of Agriculture reporting a 5 000 unit or dollar item in a budget line. The text is garbled but indicates a financial note or allocation. No clear dates or full entities are legible.
The report shows cattle and calf sales with bids mostly lower on early rounds, notes weak to fair trade, and prices for slaughter steers heifers cows bulls and vealers across weight classes. Cattle totals reach about 21 000 with 2 000 calves and the grain section lists Chicago wheat corn rye barley timothy and clover ranges with mixed quot ers and sample grades.
Toledo notes domestic seed prices with 11.75 prime choice 12.00 for May 26. Oct and Dec figures listed as 12.60 and 12.80. Cash price 11.00 cited. Grasy estimate and wheat oats figures appear alongside car counts of 204 for oats and 262 for cars.
Mil ton Herbert Gropper adapts Belasco play for the Graham Theatre with Barbara Stanwyck Lowell Sherman and Ralph Graves in lead roles. Marie Prevost Nance O Neil George Fawcett Johnnie Walker and Juliette Compton support. Jo Swerling rewrote dialogue. Frank Capra directs the megaphone production.
A fresh Warner Bros. Vitaphone film titled She Couldn't Say No debuts this afternoon at the Fox Theatre, showcasing a lively musical drama by the studio's entertainment crew.
Major league leaders moved to new series as Washington and St Louis extended win streaks. Ted Lyons earned his eighth win for the White Sox in a 9 1 victory over Cleveland. Fred Marberry limited Boston to three hits in a 3 0 Washington triumph. Pittsburgh and Cincinnati split a doubleheader while Detroit defeated St Louis.
The ancient origin of pocket watches is debated with claims that they first appeared in the fifteenth century though authentic records suggest a water clock from the year 1000. A Russian governor allegedly ordered destruction after hearing its ticking.
The era between 17 and 1800 saw changes in men’s dress with a round hat short coat tight waistcoat and pantaloons to the ankles. Winnie Lightner stars in She Couldnt Say No a night club set but not just a song and dance picture. The film blends comedy song and drama with Lightner as Winnie Harper and Kitty Kat, Chester Morris as a reforming racketeer, Sally Eilers, Tim Marshall and Johnny Arthur supporting.
A garter snake swarm at the American Museum of Natural History disrupts the live exhibit, as staff hunt thirty four offspring that escaped enclosures. Rooftop observer notes a man rehearsing a speech, while stories of a dream Judge and a fashionably late rewrite man circulate amid urban life and a German opera tour.
Terre Haute residents fear pranks by a joker who sends merchandise to homes and orders taxi cabs for nearby addresses. Citizens appeal to police for protection as the unsettling episodes extend through the town.
Eight year old Memphis girl Beulah Sevier Mortis has authored a book of poems praised as extraordinary for a child her age. The project highlights early literary talent and a notable debut by a young writer.
Classifieds offer seeks a loan of 182000 to 1000 with edge security and semiannual payments. A trucking ad promises 35 and 40 ts per mile. Other lines request hourly work or plowing, with stray animal notices and odd references to Kipling and travel notices from Los Angeles and Africa.
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