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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1927
Page
2
Hog receipts totaled 40009 with price declines across weight classes from 200 to 250 pounds to lightweight pigs. Cattle receipts 12000 featured lower fed steer values with mixed results for yearlings and bulls. Slaughter cattle and calves showed broad ranges from good to common quality, with prices cited for various weight brackets.
Receipts 17 000 sheep with fat lambs opening slow but bid up to 25c. Native lambs bulk around 13.75 with loads at 14.09. Choice lambs 14.00 to 14.50, feeding lambs 13.75 to 14.50, Nebraska lambs 12.00 to yard traders. Slaughter stock shows light to medium prices with ewes 3.75 to 6.75 and feeding lambs 13.65 to 14.75.
Open high low and close figures for wheat corn oats lard ribs and rye listed by month and contract. Dec Mar May options show fluctuating percentages and yields across the Chicago market reflecting near daily trading activity.
Chicago cash grain reports list corn grades with varied Percent values from 65 to 82 across yellow white and mixed categories. Oats rise modestly with white 49 to 51, barley 75 to 81, rye No 2 at 1.02, Timothy 3.40 to 4.15, and clover 20.50 to 27.75.
Clover cash imports listed at 15.25 for Oct and 17.35 for Dec with other months shown. Timothy cash markets note 1.99 for Oct, 1.95 for Dec, and 2.10 for March. Alsike cash quotes 15.25 for Oct and 15.85 for Dec with 15.50 for Jan and 15.75 for Feb.
Chicago markets report cattle 3100 hogs 22000 and sheep 9000 for tomorrow's livestock estimates. The figures indicate strong hog and cattle volumes with steady sheep numbers in the period.
A. J. Kolthoff former president of Darrow Trust and Savings Bank in New Hampton Iowa was released on parole after serving two years and three months of a 25 year indeterminate sentence for embezzlement. He confessed to stealing about $45 000 and received the minimum term in July 1925 two days after bank examiners found the discrepancy.
Mrs. Ezra Wittmer reports guests including Mr. and Mrs. Earl Swartzendruber and two daughters from Moline visiting Frances Duenbostle. Ray Roth and Cedar Rapids relatives spent weekend here. Jake Roth and family shopped in Washington. Mrs. E J Birney and Mrs. Perry Davison of near Washington visited. Miss Mildred Miller and Miss Edith Boshart of Quincy were in town for business.
A diary style entry recounts a dairy cow closing out sale in Brighton for Ralph Tracy and a south Brighton sale. It names local figures H L Anderson Frank Berry O H Clarks Verdi store Hamilton Richardson Bennett’s and Joe Wright. It mentions Journal subscriptions, weather, fashions and farm prices with cattle and poultry values from local farms.
Miss Frances Eicher of Parsons College spent the weekend with her parents here, accompanied home by her roommate Miss Margaret Vanice. Several families including the Eichers and Wolfs shared visits, shopping trips, and travel plans across Burlington Winfield Pulaski and Washington, with football injury notes and upcoming trips abroad for Mr. and Mrs. Offett.
A testimonial states 18 years of stomach trouble and gas were cured after taking Adlerika. The ad claims the first spoonful relieves gas and removes old waste, improving meals and sleep, with Sherman Bros. Drugists selling it.
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