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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 01, 1928

Page

2

Chicago live stock market report pulls mixed week

Receipts total about 2 000 hogs and 1 000 sheep with cattle 500. Market shows slow uneven trends and variable gains. Hog top price 13.00 for choice 215 pound hogs. light and odd lots vary. Cattle demand strong for fed steers and yearlings, cows and heifers up to 25 cents higher, light calves and grass cattle weaker. Week’s top lambs 15.50, natives 15.35, feeding lambs 14.25.

Chicago Department of Agriculture

Chicago Grain Opens Mixed as Wheat Prices Edge Higher

Grain futures show a mixed session with wheat advancing modestly as Sept and Dec contracts post gains while nearby Mar wheat edges up. Traders watch tentative demand signals and global supply concerns as quotes move within narrow ranges.

Washington Produce Markets Poultry and Hides Prices

Market rates list cream per pound at 44e, bees fresh laid at 27c, leghorn hens and springs priced per pound with 16c to 23c ranges, old roosters at Me ducks large breeds 12c, geese 20c, beef hides 12c per pound, horse hides $5 each. One cent extra per pound for poultry delivered.

Keokuk inmate sets fire, escapes jail amid chase

Frank D. Long 25 of Keokuk told police jail walls too weak and then torched cell furnishings. He tore up floors, escaped to a second cell, was recaptured later in Nauvoo, and remains under guard after return.

Keokuk Frank D. Long Carthage Jle Nauvoo Ralph Doughtery John Babcock Keota John Ralph Old Rip Doughtery Iowa Avenue Jhne

Rolfe Fisherman Held for Murder

J W Indian Arnett owner of a Des Moines river fishing shack north of Rolfe was jailed at Pocahontas on murder charges after the body of C W Coffin a Rolfe livestock buyer was found near the shack with four bullet wounds. Arnett was later found sleeping in a haymow. liquor bottles were found at the scene. A coroner's jury backed the murder charge and said Coffin was shot by Arnett.

Rolefe J. W Indian) Arnett Des Moines Rolfe Pocahontas C. W Coffin Coffin Arnett Neaby

Moravian Seminary to Mark Room as Surgery Memorial

A Bethlehem Pennsylvania Moravian Seminary room used as a surgical ward by Washingtons soldiers in the Revolutionary War will be marked Surgery to honor its historical role in the old seminary.

Bethlehem Old Moravian Seminary and College For Women Washington

Pauls Mission Tactics and Thessalonica Message

Lesson outlines Pauls preaching in Thessalonica and Berea, emphasizing the Jew first approach, Scriptural proof for Jesus as Christ, and the threefold case for Christ’s suffering, resurrection, and lordship. It notes Jewish opposition, Gentile converts, and Pauls strategy to preach anew in new fields without duplicating others work.

Thessalonica Jesus Christ Paul Reddy Berea God

Jesus Mission to Proclaim Truth to All People

Jesus chose preaching to spread His knowledge, teaching a few men first and then commanding them to tell the truth to others. Phillips Brooks

Jesus Phillips Brooks

Behold I stand at the door and knock quote

Biblical verse quotation from Revelation 3 20 urging personal invitation and response. The speaker presents a test of hearing and opening to receive companionship and fellowship.

Funeral for D. D. Crone Held in Keota

A large crowd attended the September funeral of D. D. Crone in Keota. Friends from many places shared flowers and praise for the service and singing. The item also notes August sales dating and letters from Ames Iowa, with references to local residents and a sewer extension project.

D. D. Crone Keota ‘Yiday Washington Ames Iowa John McMullen 5Th St Craig Const. Co Des Moines

Ocean liners bear heavy cost aiding transatlantic flyers

London dispatch notes search efforts for lost aviators strain liner operations. Extra crewmember pay, food, fuel, and port delays add costs as ships divert and extend voyages to assist planes, though lifesaving remains a seafaring duty rather than a paid obligation.

London

Old friend asked about his wife's whereabouts

He replied that she had seen the city, indicating she may be touring or exploring. The line hints at a reflective, possibly evasive answer rather than a direct location.

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McDowell Family Auction Near Washington Disclosed

Ten years ago last December the McDowell sale attracted neighbors as J R McDowell and sons sold livestock and crops. Horses fetched 357.50 and pullets 13 a dozen while corn sold at 1.18 a bushel for sorted grain. The total sale reached 4500 with the family planning to move to the Heights property they bought recently.

McDowell Washington J. R. McDowell Thomas Heights

Keota Visit Highlighted By Mrs Winja And Daughter

Mrs Winja and her daughter Mrs Owen Cnossen visited Keota yesterday with family members. The humorous aside compares Lot's wife turning into a pillar of salt to a wife who looked back and became a telegraph pole.

Lot Winja Keota Owen Cnossen

For Sale Apples and Livestock Listings

Classified notes include Apple sale prices from 2c per pound with contact R20 41 and 17012eod. bred sows and other fruit listings with Don McLaughlin and A L Young contacts. also seven breeding ewes advertised via Melack Marek Kalona Iowa. Community notices mention aviator rescue costs and a civic picnic by Odd Fellows Rebekahs at Riverside ball park on Monday Sept 3 with basket tips.

Melack Marek Kalona Iowa Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Ball Park Riverside

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