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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1927
Page
2
Cattle receipts 400 with better fed steers and stockers rising to 25 cents, western grassers weaker. vealers up 50 cents to $1. Bulls and calves mixed. Sheep receipts 1,000, fat lambs higher to 13.85 top. range and native lambs around 12.75 to 13.75. Hogs receipts 2,500, market steady to 10 cents higher, top 11.49 for 180 to 190 pounds, heavier weights up, sows 8.75 to 9.25, pigs scarce.
Chicago market report lists Wheat No. 2 hard at 1.35 percent, No. 3 hard 1.33 to 1.30. Corn prices span No. 4 white 0.994 to 1.0042, No. 2 yellow 1.06 to 1.07, No. 6 white 0.98 to 0.99, and other yellow and mixed grades. Oats varied No. 2 white 0.47, No. 3 white 0.44 to 0.4644, Barley 0.76 to 0.83, Timothy 2.75 to 3.59, Clover 18.75 to 20.75.
Chicago on September 3 reports grain prices with open high low and close for wheat and corn. Wheat futures show Sept Dec and Mar contracts with small gains and percent changes. Corn futures show Sept Dec and Mar contracts with modest increases and percent changes.
A 1940s style repair guide discusses carburetion issues and remedies including priming vacuum tanks, cleaning fuel lines and strainers, and checking tank connections. It covers carbon prevention with a kerosene denatured alcohol mix, moisture use, reshaping bolts and nuts, thinning piston ring edges, overheating causes, radiator upkeep, shifting cautions, hose replacement, and battery terminal care.
The passage discusses how many birds are labeled extinct or fossil though some species disappeared before present, with shifts in terminology since the onset of the present geological era or earlier written records. It notes variability in naming but does not provide a specific event or list.
In Indiana, observer Tilford Moots says defeat laughter fades if no new strong candidate emerges. He believes a high powered campaign is needed to curb the broader ambition seen in national coverage and cautions that political momentum could shift if no challengers arise.
The letter recounts the September 2 Dutch Creek fair in Washington County drawing 2500 to 4000 attendees, with a humorous pants mix up for Rev. Klein and a packed crowd enjoying auctions, music, and meals. The author and Ode Ferguson then travel to Keokuk to view the dam, meet Chicago Mason groups, and tour river and bridge sites, ending with local visits and farm-sale notices in Crawfordsville and Mt. Pleasant.
A collection of old tradesman cards traced to William Hogarth shows the famed artist and caricaturist once worked as an advertisement writer. The cards bore shop names and business depictions used before newspapers.
A trimmed epigraph emphasizing the moral measure of a person by the quality of their friends and enemies. The excerpt suggests that true goodness is judged by intimate associations rather than public reputation.
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