This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1926
Page
4
Receipts: cattle 16 000 hogs 25 000 sheep 46 004. Hogs mostly steady to 10c lower with top at 13.80 and heavy weights slow. sows 9.85 11.50. Cattle 16 000 receipts slow on western grassers. stockers strong to 1 15 higher. yearlings around 12.00. cutters weak. Sheep 46 004 receipts slow. natives 13.50 14.00. lambs firm top 13.75. wooled ewes 6.50 7.00.
Chicago cash and futures show uneven shifts with corn oats rye and fats like lard ribs and bellies trading. Prices display small gains and losses across nearby and distant contracts as traders weigh harvest trends and demand.
Chicago cash grain prices show corn values across grades with No 2 mixed at 77 to 78 percent and No 6 white at 69 to 72 percent, while sample grade settles at 64 to 68 percent.
Toledo Ohio on October 11 reports Clover seed cash bids 19.75 import 22.00 domestic 22.00 October 22.00 December 16.10 February 15.95 March 15.95. Timothy seed cash aid 2.70 cash new 2.90 October 2.90 December 3.00 March 3.15.
Saturday morning visit to Whittaker's barn introduces parade participants including Claud McCoy Jim Long Merle White Spencer Reed Wilmer Lauderman Eli Jackson and Clifford Schneider with 7 colts shown and dairy animals by Senneider Hays. Crowds at Washington’s two day show exceed 12 000 with fiddlers contest won by Fred Kolesick and Elmer McKinley playing favorites.
The list details per pound and per dozen prices for butterfat tests, fresh laid eggs, hens of various weights including light and leghorn types, Muscovy ducks, Chinese and swan geese, and hides. It notes no market for sick or crippled poultry and mentions delivery price conditions.
A sequence of sale dates is recorded with locations and items. J H Baird near Crawfordsville marks Oct 12 for a closing out sale, Wagner Gamon & Sons present poland china pigs, Howsare Hawthorne hold Oct 14 closing out sale in Crawfordsville, Robt G Sheetz markets Poland Chinas in Keota on Oct 15, H E Busby in Washington with Poland Chinas and Delbert Darnell near Washington for an apple sale soon after Oct 25.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.