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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1927
Page
2
Hogs receipts 15 000 with 230 lb hogs up and top 11 85 paid for choice. Cattle receipts 3 000 with steady fat steers and active butchers. Sheep receipts 15 000 slow but steady with fat native lambs 13 25 to 13 56 and outsiders bidding up to 13 75.
The report lists varied price bands for lambs and ewes across quality grades from medium to choice with quotes for weights 12 to 14 pounds and feeding lambs in range stock from 13.25 to 14.60. It shows cull and common categories from 1.50 to 12.25 in different classes.
Chicago livestock figures released show cattle at 1 006, hogs 3 000, sheep 2 000 for tomorrow’s estimates. The data comes from LP dispatch dated October 21.
Chicago Wheat and corn prices show mixed shifts with multiple lots quoted. Oats and barley edge higher while Timothy and Clover futures move within narrow ranges.
Listing from Toledo seed market shows Clover cash at 14.75 for October December and March deliveries, Timothy cash 1.85 to 2.05 across December March, Alsike cash 14.90 to 15.10, Wan at 15.30 to 15.50 and February price 15.50, with other dates noted.
The Iowa City Chamber of Commerce will buy and install electric stop and go signals at eight downtown corners with the city council giving moral support and repayment when funds allow. In Le Mars, August Muecke, age 75, is incapacitated for work after a slip, marking a rare injury in his long life.
Crawfordsville reports the Argonaut literary society opened the school year with a program directed by Miss Dean and assisted by Mrs Hultquist and the high school orchestra. A featured one act play Ether or Eyther featured Lillian Holmes and roommates from Waterloo Ta Belle Plaine Ia and New London. Several teachers and visitors from Keota and Stanwood gathered at the Holmes home for weekend. sermons at the Methodist church and a missionary meeting planned for Oct 29 were noted. visiting families from Grundy Center and Iowa City were listed.
W W Wilson injured yesterday with updates on hospital status and a corrected name. Glenn Waterhouse and Mrs J R Taylor sell/relocate while Art Rathmels cows are observed near Shaw 294 farm. John Fink plays golf with a broken finger setting an Iowa record as Pete Perdock and John Wagner hold upcoming auctions in Washington.
United States postal inspector says several prominent Kansas City real estate men may face arrest related to a large land fraud uncovered in Omaha. He will announce names after completing the Kansas City inquiry. The investigation uncovers forged abstracts and titles used to swindle hundreds of midwestern buyers.
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