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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1929
Page
2
Cattle demand remains brisk with 23 000 calves and 3 000 killing classes. Slaughter steer prices range from 1250 to 1650 for good and choice 1100 to 1650 for 950 to 1300 pound categories. Hog prices list packing sows and mediums across several weight bands.
Cattle and sheep prices listed across grades and weights. Cows, bulls, steers, heifers and fed yearlings priced from 50 to 1650 dollars per hundredweight. Sheep show lambs, ewes, and feeder lambs with prices from 92 pounds to 1325.
Nation wide celebration marks light’s golden jubilee on October 21 honoring Thomas A Edison. Montgomery Ward displays compare Edison’s first incandescent lamp with modern illumination and show progress of commerce. Photos include the first house wired for electricity and Edison’s Marysville lab.
A small crowd attended the Garran and Sons sale at the Busby pavilion on Saturday with about 80 buyers. Brememen Bros of Wellman won the top bid at 77 dollars for a pig, while George F. Baird of Ainsworth bought the second top at 70 dollars. The first ten head averaged 50.70 and the 26 head averaged 40. The top gilt sold for 87 dollars to M. R. Wilcox of Ainsworth, and WR. L. Stewart and Mr. Whister led gilt purchases, buying about two thirds of 30 gilts at 28 dollars each. Weather delays due to Kalona celebrations, aircraft, and rain hindered distant attendance and road conditions. The Gamons still sold their stock despite the turnout.
Chicago report notes four major upsets in Big Ten play. Purdue toppled Michigan 30 16 while Chicago defeated Indiana 13 7 and Ohio State beat Iowa 7 6. Wisconsin was edged by Northwestern and others defied predictions. The piece highlights surprise outcomes and shifting contest momentum after a day of dramatic results.
The Ellis Tit terington family and visitors from Haskins and Ainsworth attended events in Fairfield. Gammon and Son sold fine hogs drawing buyers from out of town. Ainsworth and Gary visitors bought goods while others commented on traffic, trains, and local routines. Purdue victory notes and Big Ten recap followed, with Northwestern and Indiana match details and field injuries.
The article covers a Sunday gathering in Ainsworth with many visitors from Washington and nearby towns. It notes the Parrow funeral, a boy injured by a Washington car later cared for at Dr Mahins in Ainsworth, and visits from Ode Ferguson, Mrs Marr, and others. It mentions Mrs Marr's life on a farm, annual winters in California, and plans for Mary and her mother to depart Oct 23 for California.
Chicago dispatch reports John Preston 32 interior decorator jailed on charges of kidnapping and murdering Miss Agnes Johnson 26 a stenographer. Her body was found by a police dog near a weed grown roadside after a blood stained car was located and traced to Preston with alleged alibi of working late.
President Hoover left Washington with Mrs. Hoover and six others to join World Series fans in Philadelphia. He traveled by private car attached to a scheduled train, departing at 10 a.m. as he left state issues behind for the day.
The Journal lists multiple auction dates and consignors. Oct 19 household goods at 524 South Marion by John J Witter. Oct 25 Ernest Carlson Duroc sale Washington Iowa. Oct 30 Paul G Peterson Son Mediapolis Iowa Durocs. Oct 9 Delbert Darnell 5 miles NW Washington Apple sale. Oct 22 A McBride Son Hereford Columbus Junction.
Market notices list butterfat test per pound at 44 cents and fresh eggs at 84 cents per doz. Hen prices vary by weight from 15 to 18 cents per pound with Leghorn hens at 14 cents. Duck prices range 12 to 15 cents per pound and horse hide values up to 3.00 dollars, with a note that sick or crippled poultry has no market.
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