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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1927
Page
2
Cattle totals show 300 head with fed steers up to 50c, best weight classes steady, vealers 1.00 to 1.25 higher, top fed steers about 15.76. Western grass steers rise to 12.25, range runs 26,900 under last year. Sheep and lambs irregular with fat lambs up to 1.00, hogs uneven with steer sows steady to down and lots around 11.50. Overall, demand mixed, heavy activity near closing times.
Chicago grain market report notes opening weakness with prices slipping early and closing lower as trading ends. Market watchers monitor futures trends and demand signals amid uneven commodity activity in Chicago.
Chicago market notes the Sept 17 price for LP Wheat with two hard bids at 1.29 percent. Corn prices show yellow grades with bids from .92 to .953 percent and 3 yellow at 90 to 91 percent, and 4 yellow at 8.7 percent.
The note lists prices and grades for feeds and grains. It includes yellow types at 84% to 86 14, 82% to 84 4, mixed at 92 14, white oats 48% to 60% and 46% to 47, barley 75 to 81, rye No 2 97%, timothy 70 to 3.45, clover 18.50 to 26.25.
Mrs. William Kreger, eighty one, died at her Keota home on Wednesday afternoon. Funeral services are set for Saturday at the Presbyterian church. The entire family has been with her for several days.
Washington Lodge Neo 26 A F A M holds regular meetings on the first Friday of each month. W M L B Lupton and secretary R W Thompson are recorded officers.
Aviators push trans oceanic records with Old Glory flight from Maine to Rome reported lost with lifeboat gear, while Sir John Canning and other crews press on across oceans. Hughes returns from France amid GOP speculation as Dawes and Lowden vie for nomination, and prohibition politics heat up with Wheeler death and coast guard liquor cases.
Daily and weekly railway timetables show eastbound and westbound arrivals and departures. Includes numbers such as No 4 Golden State and No 11 Express with times from 3:43 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. for various services and freight. Agent H. W. Russell signs off for the B and Q company.
President Coolidge completes his stay in the Black Hills and returns to Washington after a brief stop in Brookings where he opened the Lincoln Sylvan theater for agricultural students. Rapid City residents bid farewell as the White House undergoes renovations.
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