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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1928
Page
2
Hog prices steady with fair demand and limited choice weights 140 to 160 pounds selling 9.35 to 9.75 per hundredweight. Cattle and calves show mixed shifts with fed steers near 18.10 to 18.35, vealers up about 1.00, and bulls off. Sheep market mostly steady with fat lambs 12.75 to 13.50 and ewes 6.00 to 6.50 as weekly activity totals around 12,900 direct and 262 doubles from feeders.
Record lists cash values for Clover Timothy and Alsike with old and new prices. Clover shows cash old 1820 and cash new 1865 with October 1865 December 1895 January 1060 February 19190. Timothy lists cash old 270 and cash new 2481 and December 390. Alsike notes cash new 1925 with October 1925 December 1956.
Mary returns to her mother after graduation to a tense scene. The mood shifts as Mary confesses she fell out of love with fiancé Bob and realizes she loves another. Bob reveals he loves Mary still and wants to marry, proposing they both seek the other’s approval through a telegram.
A cryptic exchange features a boy asking about a promoter and a response naming a ticket speculator who controls the show. The dialogue hints at power within the event and the mystery surrounding who runs the promotion.
On October 13 in Brighton Iowa, rain swamped detours as 21 cars stalled crowds laughed and sang by tall corn. Locals, including LeRoy Jones and Mayor, mingled with readers and officials while Charley Bennett repaired an auto top in the street near an official state car.
A Maple district schoolteacher Lawrence McKune hosted a community program and box supper last night with about two hundred attendees. Attendees praised the teacher and enjoyed farm product exhibits and a Duco lighting display from Harper. Local residents from Washington and nearby places shared meals and anecdotes through the event.
Grain and feed prices with Chicago bids include Wheat No 2 hard at 117 percent, No 3 115, and various Los Angeles No values. Corn No 2 mixed 94, No 3 93.40, No 2 yellow 9 to 100 percent, No 3 17 percent to PRU. Oats show No 2 white 45 to 46, No 8 white 41 to 41 and No 4 39 to 40. Barley 55 to 69, Timothy 540 to 600, Clover Leo to Boao.
The Port nightly elf music department and the Fortnightly club art and music sections announce gatherings. Meetings are set for Monday evening at 7 45 PM with Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Ab Anderson, with requests to bring guests. The Past Noble Grand circle meets with Mrs. Maller and the Queen Esther circle hosts a pot luck supper at Trene Reed’s home.
In a brief notice from Wau, a payment of £58 is recorded and a related trial is set to proceed to next steps. The item notes an official action and upcoming court involvement in a concise local notice.
The Orchard Watchman Tammany elall has long guarded the orchard and city treasury, with seasoned men at its outposts. Big John Kennedy counsels discipline and sobriety as keys to rising in the rough game of politics, which can pay like a bank.
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