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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1929
Page
2
Hog receipts around 18 000 with heavyweights near 1140 top and prices steady to lower from Tuesday. Cattle receipts about 16 000 with market tending lower. slaughter classes uneven, replacement cattle in narrow demand. calves and yearlings show variable values across weight ranges. Sheep around 23 000 with steady to strong tone for native lambs and feeding lambs in selective weights.
The document lists per pound prices for dairy and poultry items such as cream butterfat tests, eggs, leghorn hens and springs, old roosters, spring chickens, and per animal hide values for beer hides horses and ponies. It notes a per-cent value for poultry delivered and states no market for sick or injured birds.
Market notes list ewes medium to choice 150 lbs down 1285 cull and common 750 to ae 400 to 550 cull and common 250 to 425 feeder lambs good and choice 1275 to 1375.
Wheat and corn prices show minor shifts with September and December contracts trading around 1.0 to 1.5 levels. Oats and lard figures appear in scattered quotes, while some entries resemble corrupted OCR data, listing varied percentages and dates without clear context.
OCR data lists varied grain prices and types including wheat with red and yellow hard classes around 127 to 129 percent, mixed and northern varieties, corn with mixed and yellow types from 101 to 162 percent, oats with white and Mw values, timothy, clover, and barley price ranges. The figures resemble a price sheet showing percent-based valuations and item counts for several grains.
The mother responds to two of her children asking if they are all governors after their father’s election as governor. She clarifies that only she and the father hold the governor titles, addressing the children’s curiosity about succession.
A fragmentary discussion notes the British tendency to praise mildly with phrases like pretty decent and good enough. It cites Macbeth and inn crowds, contrasts with American bluntness, mentions Greek naming of a rhetoric trick, and references Montaigne and Centu ry Magazine to illustrate saying less than one means.
A brief discussion of maple sugar as a plant product, noting its vegetable origin and relation to sunlight and root activity. It asserts sugar forms from plant combustion and mineral matter, with ideas about sap movement and future discoveries from the Montreat Family.
A reader recounts how fresh air hastened recovery during a winter hospital stay, contrasting a closed window with the tonic of open air. He notes his daily cold dips prepared him for the chill and praises daily baths learned from the Far East and India long before Western contact.
A dramatic note describes a physician fish with knife edged fins used to wound rather than heal. Known as the surgeon fish, its tail flanks bear cartilage blades that can extend and strike, with some lances poisoned. It inhabits tropical Indian and Pacific regions and is catalogued in a Philippine collection.
A man escapes tedious tales by yawning and excusing himself but the listener remains unfazed, claiming years of residence near a railway tunnel. The fragment hints at a humorous or odd social exchange without clear outcome.
A distressed speaker laments about an unsuitable grandfather and fears the impact on a daughter and children. The plea questions how a nice, comfortable father figure could exist for a lonely upbringing while acknowledging a troubling family dynamic.
September reports include Mr and Mrs Glad Mast visiting Washington and a Bloomington Jackson reunion with many Washington attendees. Families of John Jackson Charlie Jackson J M Wolfe Clayton Knapp Clayton Bear and I D Quinn present along with numerous young people. Howard Shaffer Christina Rohlfing and son William visit West Chester relatives. George Lemon plans California return with relatives in a car trip. Stanard home burned west of Brighton Monday night. George Garrett and son cutting lumber near Joe Arnold’s northwest of Brighton. Thanks to Mr and Mrs John Palmer for a chicken dinner invitation.
Mrs Ida Larson of Gardner Montana sends word of Jessie Richey daughter of Mrs Rickey who died in St Louis July 18 leaving four children ages 2 5 7 and 9 The community offers sympathy to the mother brothers sisters and father Mr and Mrs Larson and Jay Richey Lee Richey and Gladys reside in Montana and California readers note a large funeral for W W McFarland and a sale ad urging buyers to bid low amid dry hot Washington Iowa weather and local property transfers including Geo Teal selling to John Foster formerly Sam McCleery residence
Enrollment reaches 445 with 85 seniors 109 juniors 114 sophomores and 137 freshmen. Assembly kicks off the year with introductions by Miss Patton and Rev Fulton, then teachers welcomed by Superintendent Peet and Dean Mead. Football and orchestra plans follow, while new locks and varnish refresh the junior college offices.
La Roque stars in Captain Swagger a Pathe comedy romance at Graham Theatre starting Thursday Sue Carol plays leading woman in a tale of a World War I flyer from Lafayette Escadrille turning to romance in France and New York night clubs La Roque plans to buy a plane and continue flying when busy contracts allow
Dr and Mrs Hajek of Cedar Rapids visited Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs John Jeffrey. Sam Henderson visited Frank Henderson home. Dave Evans works for Rob Duncan. Family moved last week from Spencer place south of Ainsworth. Jesse Cook family visited relatives near Lone Tree Sunday. Viola Herr Ted and Elizabeth visited Jack Herr home Cedar Rapids. Shirley and Mary Herr returned home after Weeks with grandmother. Stephens families held picnic Saturday for Mr and Mrs Jo Freeland of Chicago. R N Stephens attended the state fair Thursday last week.
A column notes a tiny dress alike party at Lady Joram's with masked dancers who share looks and manners even after unmasking. The piece highlights the clatter and bang of urban flats as a vivid backdrop and praises sound technology in cinema for giving voice to characters and plots.
All hunting and trespassing on our properties north of town is prohibited. Postively enforced by J. F. Shalla Geo. Shalla and Ed Shalla.
The Journal prints a sequence of closing out sale dates and locations. Listings include Sept 24 Mike Mushek near Richmond and Sept 25 closing out sale by J D Raben admin near Ainsworth, with Oct dates for Knotek Bros Durves Riverside IA W A Duncan & Sons Columbus Junction John Jenkins Shorthorns Columbus Junction IA John Wagner Polands Washington Oct 10 Robtn Sheetz Keota Polands Oct 11 H J Oak & Sons Dur ocs Columbus Junction and Oct 12 W R Gamon & Sons Polands Washington Iowa.
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