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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1930
Page
2
Combined hog receipts at 22 yards and 5 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota totaled 17,250 for 24 hours ending 10 am. Prices varied 10 to 15 cents lower with heavy marketing. Cattle and sheep receipts and price ranges are listed, with notes on delivery methods and weights.
Chicago report outlines mixed cash grain bids on October 10 with wheat and corn values varying. Prices show multiple mixed bids for yellow corn and white varieties, with percentages noted beside each grade. The fragment references several grade lines and percentages but lacks a coherent daily closing.
Mr and Mrs Walter Ferguson of Memphis visited here since Saturday at the home of their aunt Mrs May Twinam and at the Eli White home left yesterday for home. R J Ferguson went to Siox City to visit relatives. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Dick Ross Tuesday. Mrs Buxbaum and others attended a Town Federation of Women’s Clubs meeting in Washington. The Hustons hosted a dinner with out of town guests from Winfield Helena and Mercer. Olive Moore hosted a farewell for Mrs C Fishburn moving to Savannah. Rev and Mrs F Wenger returned from Frankford and Hannibal Mo revisiting Mark Twain sites. Church notes list Sunday school 10, union services 7:30, and various meetings across United Presbyterian and Methodist churches with multiple guest attendees and a rally day service.
The Journal notes subscription status and local happenings including John Wagner's hog sale, a small boy dodging a minister, hog shipments from Havre, and plans of the Hall family returning to Indianapolis. It reports Gertrude Bates marrying Lawrence Smith in Santa Ana and upcoming Poland China hog sale by Bob Sheets near Keota on October 14.
Henry Oaks and Sons promote a Duroc breeding sale featuring a top herd sired by the Index Leader with Red Sensation dams. Highlights include free gilt given away at sale end and strong pork production lineage aimed at rapid market readiness. Catalogs available at the Journal office with room for two more attendees. The Oak farm lies one half mile off gravel Old Route No 2 south of Cotter.
Polands near Keota head to the sale ring next Tuesday October 14 with offerings from Rol ebetz and Tob. The herd features a Modern Type Nighthawk bred boar from the Robber line and other top Poland stock aimed at early weight and good breeding traits. Local advertising draws a large crowd with room for buyers and a Poland Gift to close the event. Paved roads within four miles ease access to the farm.
The first popular written constitution was framed at Hartford Connecticut on January 14 1039. The towns represented were Hartford Wethersfield and Windsor. The document provided equal representation from all the towns.
John Wagner held a Polands sale at the Busby pavilion drawing a crowded, active crowd. Top boar sold for 76 dollars while overall boars averaged 41.00. gilts averaged 29.00. Buyers from Morning Sun to Winfield represented many communities with several purchasers taking entire gilt lot. Public gift noted for H. O. Otto of Win, with extensive bidder participation across Iowa.
A reflective note compares Indian and American youth, stating that despite clothing speech and customs differences youth worldwide share common problems goals and dreams. It envisions youth folding toward the light of the world.
Fragmentary text discusses shifting sense of the word ornery to ordinary meanings and references a creature or symbol called Eevee or Mew in a nonsensical context, yielding unclear historical content.
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