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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 14, 1928

Page

2

Chicago Market News Hogs and Cattle See Mixed Trade

Hog receipts 16 000 with steady opening and later slow bid for light hogs. heavyweights and sows mixed 10 higher late. Cattle receipts 3 000 with mostly steady slaughter classes. best lightweight steers up to 18.40, cows and bulls varied widely with price ranges across weight groups. Sheep receipts 18 000 with declined fat lambs and mixed feeder lambs. ewes and cull grades lower while prices for good sheep and feeder lambs show narrow ranges.

Chicago Adolph Schneider D. F. Macon A. E. Sands

Chicago Grain Opens with Mixed High and Low Reads

The Chicago grain market shows varied early activity with prices opening higher and lower across different contracts. Traders monitor supply signals and weather outlooks as futures edge in cautious direction.

Chicago Cash Grain Prices for Wheat Corn Oats Barley Clover

Wheat prices show No 2 hard at 112 and No 3 at 109 with several others trading around 95 to 9814 percent. Corn lists multiple grades from No 2 mixed 103 percent to No 6 99 to 100 percent, plus yellow and white varieties. Oats include No 2 white 41 to 42 percent and SG 88. Barley quoted 59 to 68. Timothy 500 to 560. Clover 2125 to 2950.

Toledo Seed Market Clover Prices and Dates

Seed price list shows Clover with cash values 1750 in Oct 1819 and 1800 in Dec 1819 and cash import 1425. Timothy lists old cash 265 and new cash 270 with Dec 279 percent. Alsike shows cash new 1875 Oct 1879 and Dec 1900.

Timothy Alsike

Emu Population Report Highlights Extinction Risk

The emu, a six foot tall bird native to South Africa resembling an ostrich, is a fleet runner but weak flyer. Its flesh and eggs are valued, and its plumage is abundant. The species is rapidly becoming extinct.

South Africa

Gamon and Sons and Busby Sell Oct 27

Gamon and Sons and H E Bushby announce a sale on October 27 featuring Poland China and Gilt hogs sired by the world champion Nighthawk. The offering emphasizes even, uniform stock with strong feet and structure ideal for market or show, highlighting profitable pork production amid favorable corn prospects. Farmers urged to choose from the fall consignments.

Roll Gamon and

Ince Directs And Stars In Not For Publication

Ralph Ince performs a dual role directing and acting in Not For Publication for FBO at the New Graham Theatre. He notes the task is highly difficult due to many principals and overlapping scenes, with Rex Lease Jola Mendez and Roy Laidlaw among the cast, from a story by Ewart Adamson adapted from The Temple of the Giants.

Ralph Ince FBO Ince New Graham Theatre Rex Lease Jola Mendez Roy Laidlaw Eugene Strong Thomas Prower Tom McGuire

Legion delegates elect new officers at Iowa convention

Cedar Rapids Iowa September delegates to the State convention of the American Legion meet finalize new officers and resolutions. George Prichard of Onawa elected state commander with Lyte Musmaker Harry Reed J W Laird and others named to senior posts. Marshalltown won next year’s convention after a close contest with Davenport.

Cedar Rapids, Ta American Legion Smith W. Brookhart George Prichard Onawa Lyte Musmaker Greenfield Harry Reed Wateroo J. W. Laird Mt. Pleasant R. J. Laird Des Moines Donald McClain Town City M. M. Hoffiman Dubu

Market Sale Dates for Poland China and Jersey Hogs

The Journals lists sale dates in October for hog auctions. October 19 features John Wagner selling Poland China hogs, October 17 Knotek Bros selling Duroe Jersey hogs, and October 23 W R Gamon & Sons with H B Busby selling Poland China hogs.

John Wagner Poland China Hogs Knotek Bros Duroe Jersey Hogs W. R. Gamon

Washington Produce Markets Poultry and Livestock Price List

Price list details for poultry and livestock items including butterfat test milk per pound, various hen and spring weights, old roosters, ducks, pease, horse and beef hides. Note overewe paid premiums for poultry delivered and emphasis on marketing for sick thin or crippled poultry.

School Year Begins With Hints Of Teacher Experience

September 14 notes raise questions about teachers new to the year and whether any have prior experience similar to recent examples. The column surveys frontline staff as classes open across districts.

Local anecdotes on manners and politics from a small town

A quirky collection of comments and sketches recounts a sharp tongue school mistress versus a mother, Judge Dan Hamilton on women voters, and office manners. The piece notes a galley episode, a young man’s patience, and observed rural life with cows in clover and a farmer Vene Mareck reflecting on winter scarcity.

Dan Hamilton Sigourney Old Methodist Church

Pair Remembers Her Pleasant Demeanor With Strangers

They recall she was essential and agreeable in social settings, noting she brightened gatherings and could not be omitted from conversational groups.

Christmas Eve Banter and Local Notes From The Journal

Two elderly women share a humor tinged exchange about stockings. Harry Malichky lays cement floor in his barn as visitors note his face. Police dogs at a home provoke caution and a blue mood. Residents discuss Alvin Hasty and praise his Journal writings.

Harry Malichky

Anatomy lesson and local notes from Florida memory

A Florida schoolgirl defines anatomy as a human body in three parts the head chest and stomach. The item also notes Bobby and Robert Baranek’s birthdays, Albert Sharp in Richmond helping with lumber, and a railroad man’s letter about Illinois central railroad tenure and coal mining activity with miner unrest and continued grain movement during threshing season.

Florida Illinois

Twenty Fifth Wedding Anniversary Chicken Quip

A humorous exchange questions whether a couple should “kill a chicken” to mark their twenty fifth anniversary and defends against blaming a fowl for past events. The banter highlights playful marital humor with a nod to old superstition.

Proposals Recalled in Quiet Domestic Exchange

Mrs Spratt recalls the night of a proposal with a playful jab about disbelief, while her husband agrees. The exchange suggests a lighthearted domestic reminiscence from a past evening.

James Havel Debates Lone Tree Homecoming Weather

James Havel was undecided about going to Lone Tree homecoming yesterday due to the weather. The letter-writer notes that if they had a home as nice as Jim’s they would not want to go anywhere.

James Havel Lone Tree Home Jim

Local Exchange Conflicts and Family Portraits in Brief

In a fragmented scene Mrs Mandy Johnson argues with a domestic worker about a suitor named Mistah Roeser while Roy Libe remains preoccupied with farm tasks. Edward F Havel and his daughter Eileen Dorothy work together near the hog pen as observers note their dynamics.

Union District Notes on Local Families and Travel

Mrs Henry Ludwig and children returned to Michigan last Wednesday. Velma Booth will enter Moody's Bible Institute in Chicago. The Reeves, Benson, Bear and Chabal families took trips or attended a reunion in Pleasant Plain. Iowa City visits by Kurtz and Chabal families. Residents organized dental work and school duties.

A. S. Chabal Iowa City H. J. Meyers C. &. Bear Ameal Chabal Wm. Koening Joe Reiner Pave Benson Mildred Benson Will Chabal Charley Chabal Shenandoah John Kurtz Union School

Chilcote Reports Second Crop Hay In Fine Shape

W A Chilcote notes his second crop hay is in very good condition after a rainy week and another heavy rain last night. The damp weather suggests continued wet conditions ahead.

W. A. Chilcote

Milk Bill May Be Hidden By Water Payment

Mrs. Harry McCall told her husband she paid the water bill by making the milk bill. It is hard to get away from goat milk.

Harry McCall

Wyman Community Club Holds Annual Picnic at Sunset Park

The Wyman Community Club held its yearly picnic at Sunset park on Saturday with about sixty attendees. A bountiful noon meal featured fried chicken and assorted salads, fruit, desserts, and coffee. A pleasant social time followed. Local residents Neil Kracaw and Ed Burge were noted visitors, while J. F. Humphrey served on a jury in nearby Wapello.

Wyman Supset Park Neil Kracaw Washington Ed Burge Winfield J. FE. Humphrey Wapello George Davis

Livestock Estimates for Chicago Market

Chicago report lists tomorrow's receipts with cattle expected at 500, hogs at 2,000, and sheep at 3,000. Holdover hogs total 3,000 head.

Chicago

Journal Wan Pay Trial Convince

A short note suggests a trial will settle or prove claims regarding a pay issue in the Wan journal context.

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