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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1926
Page
2
Active hog receipts around 5 000 with demand broad for packing sows and shipners holding large supplies. Cattle receipts 1 500 with steady week for feeders and stockers while weights trend mixed with killers facing competition from westerns. Sheep receipts 4 000 with limited high yielding loads noted near 14.06 per head.
Market weak at Friday's decline with 13.900 direct and 92 doubles from feeding stations. Fat lambs and cull sheep fell 25 cents, yearling wethers down 25 cents, sheep weak while feeding lambs strengthen. Week’s top fat natives and fed westerns at 14.75, fat yearling wethers 12.25, fat ewes 6.75, feeding lambs 13.75.
Chicago reports refrigeration firsts planned for November with new standards for eggs and butter storage. January and December storage tables list continuing guidelines and weights for refrigeration compliance.
Chicago traders report butter prices steady with higher receipts of 8 560 and 6 695 cases for firsts and ordinary firsts. Prices range from 26 to 43 1 2 cents for ordinary and firsts with refrigerator items at 33 34 1 2 cents.
Toledo Ohio October 23 seed cash Clover and Timothy prices listed with values for domestic and imported seed. October 22 and December figures shown for different delivery months including December March and February.
Unofficial figures reveal Monday's totals for hogs at 36,000 cattle 29,000 and sheep 23,000. The forecast for next week predicts hogs 135,000 across the period.
Open high and low figures for wheat corn oats rye lard ribs and bellies listed by contract while noting October dates and December May and November maturities along with spot and futures values and changes on the Chicago Grain page.
Chicago cash grain prices listed for October 23 show No. 2 mixed at 77% to 781% and No. 4 mixed at 74 with other grades quoted in the 67% to 79% range across mixed yellow white and sample grades.
Chicago reports poultry market figures with alive steady receipts and varied car counts for fowls springs tur keys roosters and ducks. A stray line notes Scotland's national costume worn by King George his sons and most society people in the kingdom north of the Tweed.
Offer includes B0 spring boars and 22 spring wilts mainly sired by Harvest Bill, son of the World Champion Harvester. Other sires include Super Col. King, SOC-Th. yearling, and Super six both by Super Col. Cattle double treated for cholera and guaranteed breeders. Holstein cows.
October 22 diary notes from Hollywood California to Davenport Iowa sketch a wave of Iowa car shipments and new buildings, with residents like Harper Wells Kendrick Tucker and Wellman buying the Journal. The piece blends farm labor, milking, corn shucking, and local commerce with lively anecdotes and a stop at the Quality Cafe in Brighton.
New York on October 23 reports live poultry weak with no freight quotation and unchanged express quotations. Dressed poultry remains weak while overall prices hold steady.
The Resociated Press forecasts a wet week from October 25 to 30 in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with rain in the south. Expect above normal temperatures early, then frequent shifts to colder and warmer conditions as the period progresses.
A chorus of critics hail the film America as the greatest on screen surpassing The Birth of a Nation. Reviewers from the World Evening Bulletin Tribune Times Sun praise its patriotic drama and cinematic mastery.
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