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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1929
Page
14
Hogs show 7 000 head with 5 500 direct sales suited for four markets. most sales 2 1c higher. Cattle steady to higher with feeders and yearlings in demand. butchers and stockers up 25 to 50c. Sheep direct sales 1560 with feeding-station doubles. prices mixed with lambs and fat ewes up modestly.
Wheat futures in Chicago opened steady with a high of 1.28 and a low of 1.26 per bushel. December contract closed at 1.2745, reflecting slight market movement as traders awaited new supply signals.
Fragmented OCR text shows scattered percentages dates and commodity codes with no clear events or entities. No identifiable people organizations places or outcomes can be reliably extracted for a meaningful summary.
Miss Grace Walker travels from Xenia to Dunlap Iowa and Columbus Junction to visit relatives. The community extends sympathy to Jesse Cook on the loss of his son Roland while D D Stephen makes a business trip to Princeton Missouri. Harry Kilgore rents Sam Sands land for the next year and A P Jeffrey conducts Washington business visits.
The note suggests a trial aimed at proving the value of journal wait ads. It hints at evaluating effectiveness and urging readers to consider outcomes from an advertising approach in newspapers.
A farm notice from W. W. Cherry warns that two pies taken Wednesday from the farm Sunday evening led to a prompt response. The sign declares Danger on my farm means what it says, implying police action if necessary.
A compact study outlines labor as a sacred duty rooted in Genesis 2 15 and reinforced by Jesus and Paul. It contrasts idleness with God’s ceaseless activity, stresses six day work ethic, cites John 9 4 Acts 20 35 II Thess 3 10 and Eph 4 28 to support earning through toil, and argues work as orderly charity and personal integrity.
Uncle Dickey Hall and wife of Ainsworth, aged 84 and 79, shopped in Washington with nephew Dewey Stephens. The piece notes farm values, auctions, cattle shipments by W. E. Gardner, and local residents trading in Washington, plus a corn cribbing mention and a humorous Dear Beatrice column.
The J. M. Lord and son sale achieves strong hog prices with buyers from Ainsworth and nearby. Ernest Carlson advertises Durocs and Hampshires for a sale next Friday at the City Feed yard in Washington. U P church chicken supper at West Chester draws many including Dave Kilgore and family and Chas Schulty, who is shy about his appetite.
A fragmented reflection on mastery and the unknown quantity in life, questioning human control while affirming a larger master over events. The speaker notes limits of human effort and suggests faith in a higher order beyond grasp.
The Baptist Record notes a recurring theme where divine guidance yields a refusal or pause. The item reflects a spiritual perspective on decision making and apparent divine denial within church discussions.
Mr Cohen learns from the bank that January showed the bank owed him $2,000 after a cashier noted a $50 overdraft. The retort, a witty comeback about calling in January, frames a humorous misread of accounts. Also mentions Howard Augustine traveling from Chicago to West Chester for a square meal at U P church and John A Babcock visiting Washington. A young graduate asks an old business man the next step to success. the man replies to sell your wrist watch and buy an alarm clock.
Ernest Carlson announces a sale of top Duroc boars and gilts Friday at his city feed yard. The lineup includes 16 high quality boars, four Hampshire boars, bred sows, two Shropshire bucks, and a new unrelated bloodline herd addition. Catalogues are available at Ernest’s or the journal office.
Chester J. D. Dayton notes two flocks of 1500 turkeys each in the county. He estimates costs for build ing and feeding, suggests 50 cents profit per bird, and cites prices at 85 cents per day old turkey. He projects 3000 birds could yield around $17,000 in receipts with a potential profit in the industry.
Listings show butterfat tests and per dozen prices for hens and leghorns, ducks, geese, and various fowl weights. Hides priced per pound with single colt hides at 1 dollar 51 cents, plus 1 cent per pound for poultry delivered. no market for sick or crippled poultry.
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