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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 16, 1926

Page

2

Chicago Hog and Cattle Market Quotes Mixed Receipts Large

Hog receipts about 3 000 and cattle 1 000 with mixed changes from week ago. Hog tops near 14.00 with weights 160 to 200 pounds at 13.25 to 13.80 and butchers 13.50 to 15.90. sows around 10.50 to 11.25. feeders and slaughter pigs 12.00 to 12.70. Cattle steadier toward higher trend on smaller receipts. yearlings up to 12.50, stockers and feeders 25 to 40 cents higher. vealers 75 cents to 1.50 lower. Sheep receipts 1 000 with fat lambs 15 to 40 cents lower and cull lambs 75 to 1.00 lower. fat yearlings wethers about 56.6 lower. feeding lambs around 13.75.

Chicago

Livestock Estimates For Week Ahead In Chicago

Unofficial figures released in Chicago on October 16 show next week’s outlook for cattle at 81 000 head sheep 30 000 head and hogs 32 000 head with a total near 120 000 head.

Tivnetor Estimatae Chicago

Grain market report from Chicago on wheat prices

Chicago market brief notes wheat futures with open high low and close data showing Der at 1.395 percent, 1.41 percent, 1.389 percent and 1.41 percent. The October 16 bulletin records price movement and closing figures for the day.

Chicago Cash Grain Prices Mixed Across Corn Grades

Chicago market report lists Corn prices by grade with No 2 yellow at 77 percent plus, No 6 yellow 66 to 69 percent, No 2 white 76 to 77 percent, No 3 white 74 to 76 percent, No 4 white 72 to 73 percent, and No 6 white 66 percent to 65 percent.

Chicago

Toledo Seed Market Prices Marked by Varied Bids

Toledo Ohio reports seed price bids for clover and timothy with dates and terms. Clover seed cash and futures show bids from 19.75 to 22.75 with several months listed. timothy seed bid and asking prices range around 2.70 to 3.15 depending on term and month.

Toledo Ohio

Wellston Bank Sold to Washington Nationalsbank

The Wellston Livings Bank has been purchased by the Washington Nationalsbank and will operate in Washington thereafter. The community bids farewell to the Ross Whitacre family who are moving. Charley Harvey Clement Griffith and Jno Hanley vaccinated hogs Saturday. Will Brinning of Washington visited Wellston Thursday. Jos Frakes of Fairfield visited Frank Pratt. Mrs Hart Engel entertained.

Wellston Wellston Livings Bank Washington Nationalsbank Washington Ross Whitacre Charley Harvey Clement Griffith Jno Hanley Will Brinning Jos. Frakes Fairfield Frank Pratt Hart Engel Carl Sehler Sunshine Community Cclub Charlie Zieglowsky Will Richards

Grace Hill Ladies Aid Honors Mrs Harve Miksch

An all day Grace Hill ladies aid meeting honored Mrs Harve Miksch of Bellefontaine Ohio visiting relatives. A cafeteria dinner followed by an afternoon program of readings solos and duets by members and guests including Mrs Will Horning Mrs Ivan Rehmel Mrs Will Dunbar Mrs Chas Corpman Alma Corpman and Mrs Allan Shaffer. Refreshments were served by Mrs Inge before departure.

Grace Hill Harve Miksch Bellefontaine Ohio Will Horning Ivan Rehmel Washington Will Dunbar Chas. Corpman Alma Carl Corpman Allan Shaffer Mrs. Inge

Radio Digest Program List for Tomorrow and Monday

Radio Digest lists tonight and tomorrow’s programs across stations KHJ KYW WFAA KMA WCAE WDAF WFI WGHB WHAS WLIT WMAQ WMC WOAW WRYVA WSBT WSM WTIC and more. Highlights include KHJ Orpheus quartet WGN Correll and Gosden at 8 8:15 music and Maxwell House hour, plus Des Moines Pau Christianson hotel concert and Chicago ensemble performances.

KMA WCAE WDAF WFI WGHB WHAS WLIT WMAQ WMC WOAW WRYVA WSBT WSM WTIC KDKA Pittsburgh First Baptist Church KFNF Shenandoah KOA Denver KYW Chicago WEAF New York Capitol Theater WEEI WRC WJAR KSD WWJ Atwater Kent Hour WGR WSAL WCCO WGN Ensemble Correll and Gosden Our Music Room Sam ‘N’ Henry Correll Schenectady Who Des Moines Pau Christianson Ft. Des Moines

Sales and auctions noted along Rubio to Olds route

The reporter describes farm sales from John Fleig and Jim McTee with farms near Rubio and Brighton. They note a 33 acre Fleig property selling Oct 20, local stock like Rhode Island Reds, Buff Orpingtons, and Hereford yearlings, plus hay fields and a push for Journal subscriptions.

Rubio Bank Jim Martin Dayton McNeil Baird Wayne Crawfordsville H. D. Cherryholmes Rhode Island Orphingtons H.D. Cain Journal Rubio Brighton Wayland Olds

Prairie Center festival wins praise and prizes for corn

Prairie Center residents recount a successful Fall Festival with H. Wolfe winning prizes in white and red corn. The parade impressed onlookers as neighbors gathered for two days of events. Hospital updates mention Mrs. George Koehler in Iowa City, while Isabel Wolfe and Howard Wolfe visited from Fairfield and Monmouth.

Prairie Center C. H. Wolfe John Koehler George Koehler Iowa City Isabel Howard Wolfe Fairfield Monmouth Howard Cedar Rapids John Adams Marie Rabenold Keeta Don Wylie Martha Virginia Mediapolis

Senator West Said So An Eastern Beauty Insists

A fragment notes Senator West stating an eastern beauty favors dogs over men while men form opinions. Some men visit dogs and mingle with eastern beauties, reflecting social chatter from Cincinnati.

Senator West

Flax Cultivation in England Aided by 18th Century Bounties

Flax was first planted in England in JARZ to supply material for fishing nets. In 1783 government bounties encouraged flax cultivation among growers to boost production.

England Jarz

Treating Cracked China With Milk to Repair Dishes

A kitchen tip suggests boiling cracked china in sweet milk for about 45 minutes. The milk covers the cracks, draws them together, and the glass becomes nearly invisible while preserving ordinary use.

Rather a Good Idea Novelists Vain Prospect

A witty exchange from the Boston Transcript frames a novelist fearing ruin if the book fails. The publisher quips that even failure would advertise a splendid work, capturing the era’s literary tonality.

George Boston Transcript

Sale Dates for Poland Chinas in Iowa Auctions

Oct. 20 sale by Phipps and Bartling six miles south east of Keota followed by Oct. 25 sale by H. Ke Busby in Washington. Poland Chinas and Delbert Darnell will hold an apple sale five miles north west of Washington soon.

Rubio Fleig Richland Iowa Macon Washington W. Rubio Frank Poland Chinas H. KE. Busby Delbert Darnell Mi. N. W Apple Sale Soon

For Sale 25 Yearling Steers and Shetland Pony

For sale 25 yearling steers Reds and roans about 650 pounds. Also a gentle Shetland pony suitable for children. Inquire Charley Brown.

Charley Brown

Funeral in Washington for W M Tucker brother-in-law

Mr Dave Fishburn traveled by train to Washington Monday evening to attend the funeral of his brother-in-law W M Tucker on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Will Stafford Mrs Edna Gardner and Mrs Ruth Schneider from this area joined a Pleasant Hill church group Thursday to rehearse a play by church ladies set for Friday evening October 22 with a small admission fee for all over ten years.

Havre Dave Fishburn Washington W. M. Tucker Will Stafford Edna Gardner Ruth Schneider Pleasant Hill

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