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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1928
Page
2
Livestock receipts: hogs 17 000 and cattle 9 000 with calves 3 000. Hogs mostly 19 to 25 cents higher. top 18.50 for select loads. Cattle and calves firm to higher with slaughter steers 15.25 to 18.60 and fat stock bulls and feeders up to 25 cents. Sheep receipts 20 000. native fat lambs active, steady to strong.
Oct 17 Knotek Bros. Duroc Jersey hogs sale followed by Oct 23 offerings from W. R. Gamon and Sons and H. E. Busby with Poland China hogs listed.
Knotek Bros. famed for Durocs previews an October 17 sale featuring 20 to 25 males and 20 to 25 gilts from the Fancy Stilts progeny. The herd showcases the world champion sire Fancy Stilts with strong demand across Indiana, Montana, Texas, Colorado, and Pennsylvania. Pricing notes include 15c or more on choice westerns and lamb market steady.
Chicago estimates for tomorrow show cattle receipts around 2,000 head, hogs 10,000, sheep 20,000, with holdover hogs about 8,000.
Market notes show wheat, corn and oats futures with mixed September and December bids. Prices range with Sept wheat around 1.07 to 1.12, Corn near 98 to 81, and Oats around 1.40 to 1.41, reflecting volatility in near term contracts.
The item provides a dense table of grain prices including Wheat Corn Oats and forage products with multiple grades and figures such as No. 2 and No. 3 listings, percentages, and unit prices. It appears as a raw market quote with varied grades and quality terms in a historical Chicago exchange context.
September 13 reports wet roads after drizzle, with roads not in good condition by Wednesday. Local visitors include Tom Wolf and relatives en route through Monmouth to Chicago. Mention of Chicago police shooting and alcohol-related violence. Public reflections on kindness and a quote from Drummond. Local notes on hog market activity, with farm shipments and prices, and several residents mentioned in passing.
Report from Washington notes more hogs sold the same day beyond what entered from the town, reflecting higher activity by local producers.
A historical survey notes corporations listing on the New York exchange added over a million common stockholders in five years. Coal output per worker rose from under two to about five tons daily since the century’s start. A government farm census of 14,000 farms shows average inventory of 15445 dollars and net return of 1290 in 1927, up from 1113 in 1926. Rolling steel capacity rose 21 percent in five years to 43196000 tons from 48157845 tons in 1923. Conditions appear improving while farmers seek land and livestock, and urban areas may follow suit. An Irish remark concludes with a rustic aside.
Market notes show Clover cash 1750 with Oct 1819 and Dec 1800 cash imports 1425. Timothy lists cash old 265 and cash new 1900 in December.
Seven police officers pursued Patrick O'Brien through Yorkminster before capturing him and sending him to prison for theft. Elizabeth Samson, 89, improves at her home on East Second Street and recalls entertaining Abraham Lincoln in earlier days.
A fragment notes cash values for Alsike in October 1875 with a reference to edc 295 and new prices. Details are sparse but indicate historical commodity pricing from that period.
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