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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1927
Page
2
Chicago market bulletin shows mixed futures for corn and oats with Sept trade around 1.01 to 1.36 dollars and various months for rye and lard. Live cattle and hogs prices move unevenly with steady to higher bids on some weights, while week prices for lambs and sheep shift lower or steady across categories.
Wheat prices at No. 2 hard 1.33 to 1.34, Corn No. 2 yellow 1.02 to 1.03, No. 3 yellow 0.949 to 1.00, and other grades listed. Oats No. 2 white 0.48 to 0.49, Rye No. 2 0.98, Barley 0.71 to 0.82.
Chicago cattle market shows mixed movement with grain fed steers up to 60 cents higher while western and native grassers ease 25 to 40 cents, stockers and feeders down about 25 cents from last week.
A J Robertson and family return home from Missouri after visiting relatives Mr and Mrs Marion Smith and David Banks attended the state fair. Royal Robertson and wife announce the birth of a 9 lb 2 oz girl born Monday morning. Mother and baby are reported doing well.
Washington watches a full Legion push to back General Pershing for the Republican nomination. Pershing to sail to France aboard the Leviathan with prominent Republicans aboard. Paris convention would launch the campaign to return the former AEF commander to limelight and back to the United States.
Democratic leaders see a frontier of uninstructed delegations emerging from Southern and other states to avert the factional strife seen at the 1924 convention. McAdoo backers are among those backing this policy while seeking a conference consensus on a candidate other than McAdoo or Smith.
Senator Wesley Jones of Washington, chairman of the Senate Merchant Marine Committee, spoke with the President after his return to the Black Mill and declared support for keeping the American merchant marine afloat. He stressed continuity of wartime guardianship and pledged to advocate preservation of key maritime assets.
Northern Sun Chuang-fang forces clashed with southern armies over Shanghai. Initial reports said the north suffered a heavy four day defeat along the Yangtse, but later dispatches claimed they were holding and crossing the river. Southerners abandoned Nanking and moved south of the city as Chinese river cruisers fought the invaders.
The Federal Trade Commission issued ease and desist orders charging fraud and deception in selling Texas oil stock schemes. The actions target Shepherd & Co of Chicago and eight Texas based firms, marking early results of a months long blue sky securities probe.
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