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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1929
Page
2
Hogs average slightly lower with top at 9.40 and loads 220 to 280 pounds. Cattle trend down from last week with weighty steers soft and fat cows lower. light yearlings firm. Sheep and lambs show fat lambs up to 13.25 and feeding lambs steady around 12.00 to 12.50 amid short western grasses.
Grain notes show Wheat at 127 to 128 percent for two contracts. Corn displays mixed quotes with several numbers: 84134, 80 percent to 1, TY 6 to 77 percent, and yellow varieties 85 to 81 percent. Oats list white at 46 percent and 45 percent, Rye 100, Barley 61 to 67, Timothy 5.75 to 6.79, Clover 10.25 to 17.25.
A read fragment lists domestic cash prices for seeds and goods including Toledo Seed and Market Clover with entries showing Dec and Feb dates, various cash amounts such as 19.78 19.75 and 11.15, and notes like imported carok and Muze with additional cash figures 10.50 10.85.
A quotation from Luther urges disdain for fear, arguing that distrust is baseless when the conqueror stands with us, framing fear as a pitfall to be despised. The line addresses Melancthen and reflects a stance of courage against imagined threats.
A short adage states that a malicious intent perverts good deeds and turns them into sins. The line emphasizes how motive shapes outcomes and ethics.
Derek Whitman returns from Arctic exploration blind yet finds Clarissa awaiting a wedding. She had written to end their union after a car accident left her scarred and wary of pity. On his homecoming he reveals the ruse and that his sight was restored, uniting the couple in marriage.
The first dramatic performance ever given in America occurred on September 15, 1772 in Williamsburgh Virginia marking a historic start to American theater.
Philip Berkley, a third-string left tackle, enters a dramatic game moment after Cox's injury. Berkley scores the decisive touchdown as Geraldine, Sperry's hoped-for fiancée, unexpectedly misses the postgame sighting, then declares her love when Berkley returns with the crowd.
NOVEMBER 30 D C Mather and wife of St Louis visit relatives near Ainsworth and Haskins. Several locals and visitors share gossip on bathing, cars and weather as well as plans for Thanksgiving. Maple Crest farm sent a fine thirty pound turkey to President Hoover for Thanksgiving.
The item notes Frank Bardy leaving Morning Sun in a snowstorm to reach home before Thanksgiving. Readers recall zero weather, snow, and fragmented conversations among locals. Mentions Willis Todd and Mrs Christ Bauer planning auto travel to California next week and Chicago weekend visits by Elsie Glassburner and Myrtle Macon.
June Sheetz reports in Talleyrand about Petie and Mike Tinnes helping with farm tasks and visits by the Vogel, Kiefer, Walton, Sheetz, and Redlinger families. Husking corn dominates the week as residents mingle at homes and Sunday gatherings. Will McKee suffers an infection in his hand.
In Crawfordsville on November 29 Mrs S J Cockiin of St Paul Minnesota visits her mother Mrs T W Hickey. Walter Gravas returns from Ames College while his sister trains as a nurse at Iowa City. J H Crooks, recently ill, is reported to be better. A family dinner was held at the Joan Smilie home.
A sequence of closing out sales with dates from November through December across multiple towns. Names include John Greiner, R F Smylieson, John Foster, Milt Brenneman near Kalona, the Niffenegar Estate near Kalona, J D Rabenold near Ainsworth, Henry Eckhart near Wellman, and Harold J Wilson near town. Locations cover Columbus Junction, Kalona, Ainsworth, Wellman and well northwest of Washington.
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