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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1929
Page
2
Steady to 10c down in hogs with weighty sows 22c lower top 11 20. Butcher hogs range from 875 to 1226 for various weights. Packing sows 775 to 920. Cattle and calves numbers listed as 2 000 and 1 000 respectively.
The listing shows steady to strong prices across cattle and sheep divisions. Steers and heifers range from 800 to 1700 pounds with good to choice grades, while cows and bulls span wide bands, and feeder stock and lamb markets exhibit modest gains and broad price bands. Prices are quoted for multiple weight classes and quality levels across slaughter and stocker categories.
Market report shows multiple grain futures with Sept Dec Mar and May contracts for Wheat Corn Oats Rye and a line for Lard and fats. Prices include bid ask style figures and percent changes, reflecting a dense OCR of a commodity board page.
The notice lists Wheat, Corn, Oats, Timothy, Clover and Barley prices with multiple grades and percentages, such as Wheat 2 hard 12814 to 129% and 8 hard 1264, Oats 2 white 49 and 3 white 47 to 48%, Timothy 475 to 560, Clover 1225 to 2125, Barley 58 to 64, indicating a market sheet with various quality grades.
Toledo Seed Market lists domestic cash old 1160 and cash new 1160 for clover with October and December figures of 1175 and 1200. Timothy shows ash old 260 and cash new 276 with December 295. Alsike cash new 1020 in October and December 1065. Toda.
Laura La Jolante, the personality girl of the silver screen, makes her stage debut as a chorus girl in The Love Trap. The Universal talking picture arrives at Graham Theatre this Saturday, signaling a new chapter in her screen career.
All hunting and trespassing on our properties north of town is positively prohibited by J. F. Shalla Geo. Shalla and Ed Shalla.
A sequence of sale notices lists closing out sales and administrators actions through late October across Kalona Rich mond Ainsworth Columbus Junction Keota Polands Washington and Duroes Riverside area. Names include Goodfrey Sommers Mike Mushek Knotek Bros W A Duncan & Sons John Jenkins John Wagner Rob t G Sheetz H J Oak & Sons W R Gamon & Sons with dates Sept 17 24 25 30 and Oct 2 3 4 10 11 12.
September report notes rain insufficient to settle dust in Washington Thursday while Rev. Alred of Coppock travels to Riverside with a reunion invitation for Union Dale church next Sunday near William Busby. Johnny Custer hauls a three ton load to Valley Junction and back by night, as the Wilford Smiths return from Grover Colorado after a 2671 mile trip ending with Myral stepping from car to school bus.
The performer has mastered every feminine type from the humble shopgirl to Magnolia in Show Boat and, after rehearsal in simple attire, enters aristocratic halls showing bold range. Backstage sequences were shot on a bare set while the Cadwallader home scenes use lavish, photogenic interiors rivaling New York mansions.
Jules Bledsoe, famed star of Show Boat and Old Man Trouble, is billed as one of the world's great artists. The Columbia Victor gem performer, noted for his acting and singing, has been with Show Boat for the past year and a half and headlines the new production with On Man River as a highlight.
A Dolores attraction at the Fox Theatre presents Madonna A a tale of a lonely girl on a beach encounter with a mysterious boy. The story unfolds into a strange sequence of events affecting both the girl and her distant mother as director Michael Curtiz adapts the script by Mark Canfield and Rev Doyle with cast including Grant Withers and Louise Dresser.
Davenport couple Arlo and wife returned home to Davenport after traveling to Washington for the funeral of Nate Jones their father.
Mr Ben Bietel and Lon visited Washington and noted little rain. The Ed Morrison family hosted a fine dinner at the country club, serving 270 dinners easily. The Lexington fall festival date is Sept 26, with locals buzzing about attending. Davidson, Lemon, and Weldin families traveled to California after visiting friends near Oskaloosa.
Hog cholera outbreaks of greater intensity continue to be reported to the Eastern Town veterinary association. The virulence and rapid farm to farm spread raise concern for a possible epizootic later in the season. Preventive measures are urged in infected areas. no cure exists. Reported losses span multiple towns and diseases including swine pneumonia and blackleg in cattle, pinkeye in cattle, hemorrhagic septicemia in cattle, fowl cholera and fowl typhoid in poultry, and rabies in dogs across several counties.
The Keota Culture club held a September 2 family picnic in the city park after summer vacation. About forty people attended the potluck meal served in the cafeteria. An informal meeting planned the home talent play Corporal Fagen, a public library benefit, set for September 19 and 20 with 100 local cast members.
National WCTU worker Miss Helen J.L. Byrnes spent a weekend in Keota as a guest of Mrs. A.A. McKeon. She spoke at the United Presbyterian women missionary society meeting and urged Loyalty to the Bible flag and body. She addressed Sunday schools and Epworth League service. Her evening talk focused on John the Baptist and the call to be a voice for truth.
Hayden Williams begins teaching in Denmark Iowa while Denis Jones teaches in Wellman. Miss Myrtle Orris and Miss Flizi beth Grace Jones travel to Cedar Falls for the State Teachers college. Mrs J A Moorhead plans winter in Stanwood with Mr Moorhead farming nearby. The Wooleys return to Columbia Missouri after visiting relatives. Rev A N Porter hosts a church dinner with guests from Washington Jacksonville and others. A baptism follows with Rev Porter baptizing Annabelle Jean Jackson during the gathering.
Mrs Dan Klein of Ainsworth was seen shopping in Washington this morning. Local observers noted her presence while highlighting her travel from Ainsworth to the capital for an unspecified outing.
Market listings show fresh laid eggs per dozen, hens and roosters by the pound, chicks and turkeys priced, with special notes on pony or colt hides at 8 dollars per hide and higher pay for delivered ponies. No market for sick or crippled poultry.
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