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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1928

Page

2

Chicago Livestock Market Report Hogs Steady to Higher

Hogs receipts 32 000 with most bids about 10 higher than Tuesday's average. Top 10.00 paid for choic e 190 to 260 pound hogs. Butchers mostly 9.45 to 10.00 for 250 to 350 pounds, weaker prices for lighter weights. Cattle receipts 12 000, calves 4 500 with good demand for yearlings and light steers. best yearlings around 14.60, light calves near 14.00. Slaughter steers 13.25 to 14.75 across weight ranges, cows 9.00 to 11.75, mixed tone overall.

Cattle Price Report Figures by Grade and Weight

The market listing shows ranges for beef cattle and vealers. Medium to 7.75 and 990 weight, low cutter and cutter 6.00 to 775, bulls good and choice beef 9.00 to 10.50, cutter to medium 7.75 to 960, vealers milk-fed good and choice 13.00 to 16.75.

Chicago Grain Prices May 31 Report

Chicago May 31 grain notes show Wheat bids across hard and mixed grades with prices from 4.49 to 1.48a-4 for hard, Corn values listed as 1.03 to 1.06 for yellow and 1.01 to 0.99 for various grades, including several 1-2 to 1-1/2 adjustments and mixed lots. The report records specific bid ranges for yellow and mixed corn across several lines and grade classifications.

Chicago

Grain Market Prices Notice

Fragmented price data for oats barley timothy and clover across white and mixed categories with ranges in dollars and fractions. Provides bid ranges for oats 2 white through 4 white and barley 96 to 1.02 and clover 19.50 to 26.75, timothy 4.00 to 4.75, reflecting late season updates.

Unclear Itemized Financial Totals and Petty Cash Notes

A brief item lists several cash amounts related to different identifiers and months. Entries include Clover with Oct and Dec figures, plus a 138.00 import amount. Timothy with May and December figures. and Alsike with a 15.00 cash line. No explicit event or narrative context is provided.

Clover Timothy Alsike

Public Auction of Hayes Property in Washington County Iowa

By writ of execution the Glen Hayes estate in Franklin Township Washington County Iowa is exposed to public sale on June 12 1928 from 2 to 4 pm at the George Hays farm. The auction includes fourteen Hampshire sows two Hampshire boars nine fall boar pigs about 100 lb each one bay mare twelve years old an additional black mare and a bay mule colt or equivalent necessary to satisfy the judgment. Cash terms. Sheriff Charles M Denison May 11 1928. May 1 June 7.

District Court Washington County Iowa Glen Hayes George Hays Franklin Township McCall Brothers

Decoration Day Parade Dazzles Washington Readers

May 31 decorated day in Washington marked by an excellent parade and a band that played superbly. The day’s speaker drew high praise, with observers noting that a similar performance in New York or Chicago costing 500 dollars would be hailed as extraordinary.

Washington New York Chicago

Remarkable family praise amid tragic wreck tale and wedding plans

In a glowing account a department praises a man as a fine husband and parent as a widow asks her daughter to check the coffin for the father. The narrator recalls a wreck near Kleese Hartman with a mistaken pedal on gas instead of brake and Eva Mae Hartman guiding downtown in a new car planning a dance at her wedding with Frank Stewart's consent sought for her marriage.

Eva Mae Hartman Frank Stewart Frank

Local fair brings smiles with music and tales of travels

Report from a community event describes Ralph Livingston at his best, a day full of flowers, cars, and moose horns. Residents share visits to Washington homes, gardens, and a farm breakfast. Mentioned are Marion O Laughlin, Alex Coffman, Rip Van Winkle, Harlan Emry, J M Finney, Dr. Ray Boyer, Rev Coats, and Gailord Waymack visiting relatives. The piece closes with a funeral tribute to a "good for nothing" man and a minister's eulogy.

Ralph Livingston Marion O’laughlin Washington O’laughlin Alex Coffman

Friday's Five Best Features on Radio

United Press item lists radio programs across networks WJZ WOY WOR WEAF and Godfrey Ludlow. It notes Cham s er music hour Fro Joy hour Chain programs Cities Service hour and a 46 CST Godfrey Ludlow violinist slot with station times.

United Press WJZ Schenectady WOR WEAF Godfrey Ludlow

Washington Community Notes and Local Moves

Erma Moore reports Erma Moore Correspondent from Titus. Ray Caldwell injures arm while cranking. Durwood Lowash ships shelled corn from Washington. Local graduates Anna Marie Anderson and Isa belle Combs of the 1928 Washington high school class. Walter Kleese attends the Associate Presbyterian synod in Rimersburg PA. Eldon Bauer and Nena Wagner visit Frances Kleese. Reed Moore visits Cedar Falls with sister Letha for summer. Edna Caldwell to join them home for a short visit before summer term. No. 1 road open to Franklin Center school. Pete Showalter family visit Henry Kleese. Vivian and Naomi Gray visit brother Victor employed by Harry Kleese. Town shoppers abound Saturday evening. Wedding bells ring in the community.

Titus Edna Caldwell Jack Caldwell No. 1 Washington Franklin Center School Pete Showalter Glen Henry Kleese S. Vivian Naomi Gray Victor Harry Kleese

McCoy's Tablets Promise Weight Gain and Health Boost

An advertisement touts McCoy's Tablets as a remedy for underweight men and women. It claims rapid weight gain of at least five pounds after four sixty cent boxes or two one dollar boxes, with a full money back guarantee if not satisfied. The product is sold as McCoy's Tablets at J. E. Lemmon and other druggists nationwide.

McCoy J. E. Lemmon America W. P. Connor Wood River Neb

Joke exchange on baseball and aging women

Ted asks about a homely girl at the game and Bill reveals she is his sister. Ted notes she understands baseball. A quip follows about whether statistics show women live longer, answered with a painter’s preservative joke.

Ted Bill

Journal Missed Names Replaced In Yesterday's Edition

Missing persons report notes forty percent located by Salvation Army Missing Friends Bureau. Runaways harder to find. husbands often leave in winter due to coal and doctor bills. Mayor Penfold says girls rarely go to stage or movies.

Des Moines Missing Friends Bureau Salvation Army Robert Penfold Penfold

The Music Master Delights New Graham Theatre Crowd

An enthusiastic audience at New Graham Theatre savors a revived stage production of The Music Master. Critics praise Allan Dwan for a beautifully directed, well cast show with period costumes and settings that recall its national fame.

New Graham Theatre Allan Dwan

Washington Produce Markets Poultry and Produce Prices

Prices for cream eggs and poultry at Washington markets with per pound rates for butterfat test eggs hens broilers ducks and geese. Poultry delivery adds one cent more per pound. No market for sick or crippled poultry.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Chicago Livestock Chicago Grain Chicago Cash Grain Toledo Grain Close Sheriff's Sale Charles M. Denison Kleese Hartmans Wash- Wallace's Old Rip van Winkle Harlan Emry Old Rip Fords J. M. Finney Monmouth H. C. Finney Ainsworth Ray Boyer Beardstown Ill Coats and Boyer West Chester Squire Green Mandy Deacon Brown Hiram Squire Gailord Waymack Minnesota Coats Florence Alabama Phil Weldin Motor Iy Northland Pennsylvania Bartles-Shepherd Oil Company Waterloo COX Motor CO Wheeler Garage Hull & Son Columbus R. R. Shaffer Crawfordsville Wolfe Brothers Dublin Teets Brothers Kalona FP. Holmes Motor C O Hepta Bk. J Je J. Fleig, Rubio Roth Brothers Wayland Werhale Auto CO Wellman Titus Erma Moore McCoy’s Jesse Marr California Martha Ralph Dougherty Frank Schantz Old Lewis Shiloh Iowa Livestock Commission Company Union Stock Yards John A. Babcock W. S. Reister Eggs and Poultry Reister R. L. Gibson Evening Journal John May & Son Jennie Westfall Kinross Sherman Bros Quire Journal J. C. Robertson Congress Hotel I. S. A. Company R.,w. Moore M. Tur Fii Osage Rockyford Warren Crandall Motor Co Square Saima D. F. Sayre Dick's Store S. C W. S. Gallagher Swift Schumacher G. B H. W. Luers & Co Abe Martin W. M. Southerland Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E. Church T. R. Benn North 2Nd Ave W. M. Keeley Elite Washington Produce Markets A. H Harry) Herbold Pritchard Commission Company A. H. Herbold Hog Salesmar
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