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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1925
Page
2
Hog prices rose with 10 to 30 cent gains led by active demand for packing sows and slaughter pigs. Cattle receipts steady with strong veals. beef steers mixed, western grassers limited. Cash grain quotes list wheat corn oats rye barley and seeds with modest gains across grains.
Official figures from Chicago list hogs at 18 000 cattle at 6 000 and sheep at 8 000 for tomorrow. In cross examination railroad economist David Friday acknowledged farmers share higher gross income but lower net income and that his hog price forecast once predicted $15 a head overshot the actual rise.
A mail plane piloted by Lieutenant Albert F. Glenn crashed near St Clairsville Ohio during a violent snowstorm. The aircraft was a complete wreck but Glenn escaped serious injury.
Chicago futures show wheat Dec 1.48 near high, May 1.44, July 1.27. Corn Dec 132% with Dec yields around 0.76, May 78 and July 79. Oats Dec 39, May 43. Rye Dec 82 with May 87. Lard Oct 15.40, ribs Oct 16.95, bellies Oct 15.25. Market moves highlight minor price shifts across grains and meat futures.
A sequence of upcoming prices and auctions listed across Iowa towns. Oct 28 Duroc Jersey sale near Richland and Keota. Oct 31 James A Thompson near Washington square. Nov 2 Sheriff sale near Ainsworth with stock implements and corn. Nov 5 Hereford sale by E W Wood at Brighton and Nov 6 J L Brookhart ex. farm sale Cedar township.
The Department of Labor reports average United States pauper expenditure at 334.64 dollars annually with 214 acres cultivated per person. Per capita value of buildings and equipment is 1118.96 dollars. Nevada Alabama and South Dakota show wide cost differences. Keokuk to exhibit local products at the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial with mayor John R. Carpenter approving.
Rev Patrick A Walsh longtime archdiocese of Dubuque priest who served Bankston Lycurgus and Warkon parishes died in Dubuque at 68 Born in Ireland in 1857 he came to Dubuque after ordination in Waterford in 1880 Very Rev Thomas Conry president Columbia College will preach the funeral sermon Ottumwa reports seventy two high school pupils made the honor roll this month High scholastic marks are the requirements
Sugar coated tablets offer cod liver oil benefits without fishy taste. An example reports a woman gained ten pounds in twenty two days while using McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets. Sixty tablets cost sixty cents with money back if not satisfied.
J. E. Lemmon promotes Dave's Mentha-Pepsin as a cure for gas indigestion and dyspepsia. The ad states one dessert spoonful relieves gas within ten minutes and claims a bottle cures related symptoms, noting 6000 bottles sold in a New Jersey town last year.
A Brookline child charmingly tells a mother her eyes would make fine marbles, a small moment captured in local street conversation.
Shenandoah residents Mr and Mrs Hans Pugh were carried from their car after it was forced off a bridge, landing 20 feet below. they were taken to a hospital yesterday.
Prices for cream butter eggs hens springs and ducks listed by weight with per pound and per dozen rates. Includes roosters geese and horse hides. notes no market for defective poultry.
Fragmentary timetable lists arrivals and departures for multiple lines including East and Westbound services, Knoxville branch, and various local trains. Names of agents Jund Lim and Bell appear with schedule notes for weekdays and Sundays.
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