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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1928
Page
2
Market news notes hog receipts at 17 000 with prices mostly 10 to 25 lower, hogs around 250 pounds down and sows weaker than Wednesday. Top prices 12 90 for select 190 to 215 pound weights. Cattle receipts 11 000 with calves 3 000. steers in the 75 to 150 downturn range on selling basis. details show varied butcher and pig lot prices across weight classes.
A Battle Creek physician warns constipation causes great misery and introduces Rexall Orderlie tablets. The dose attracts water to hydrate and move waste gently through the colon, offering a non habit forming relief. Available at Rexall Drug Stores, 24 for 25 cents. Sherman Brothers.
Cattle and sheep prices show a weak week with stockers and feeders 25 to 50 lower. Prime steers 18.60 with feeders 13.50 to 17.00, slaughter classes mixed. Lambs steady to lower, ewes and feeder lambs weaker, vealers and bulls also noted with varied ranges across weight categories.
Grain market appears to show open high low and close values for Wheat and Corn with Sept and Dec futures mentioned. Data include percentage changes and price points such as 1,191.3054 for Wheat and figures like 1.19 and 1.24 for other months.
A fragmented OCR snippet shows repeated percentages and codes such as Sept, May, Mar and values like 1.017%, 716%, 42% and 81% interspersed with letters T3142 and A4 4. The text lacks coherent context or subjects, making interpretation difficult.
Market notes list mixed and white wheat corn and oats prices by grade numbers with percentages for spring delivery and regional variations. It records ranges for No 3 to No 6 grades and includes timothy, clover values, indicating overall feed and seed commodity levels.
The document lists Clover cash values 1760 in Oct 1825 1835 cash import 1425 Jan 1500 Timothy cash old 279 new 220 Dec 295 Alsike cash new 1879 Oct 1875 Dec 1900.
Chicago market summary shows receipts for September 20: cattle 2500 hogs 14900 sheep 17000 holdover hogs 13000.
A 1928 United Press listing outlines top radio features across networks. Weaf offers NBC concert bureau hour and cities service hour, WOR schedules a Treasury hour, WJZ presents a Wrinkles review, and WGY Schenectady lists players for a 5:50 CST roster.
London fashion notes say multicolored sleepwear gives way to quiet tones. A woman style expert explains lurid reds purples and greens with large floral prints disrupt sleep and calmer pastels dominate afternoon tea inspired looks.
Robert Huffman, 14, remained in the university hospital with a broken left arm and severe heel bruises after a horse and wagon struck his bicycle Tuesday night. Doctors described his condition as satisfactory early today.
Iowa City announces a lecture series featuring Alexander Michealovich and Vilhjalmur Stefansson. Michealovich will address students on October 13 and is slated to speak again on November 5. Stefansson, famed Arctic explorer, also among the invited speakers.
On a perfect Wednesday the Schneider sale drew a large crowd. Cattle and hogs sold well with cows at 90 to 123 dollars and four spring calves at 52.50 with other livestock and crops fetching solid prices. Mrs. Lambert hosted a generous chicken dinner during the event as Adolph Schneider oversaw the proceedings.
Local column shares upcoming events and humorous vignettes from town life. Mentions a dog calling contest on the 28 at the fall festival, a sale advertised by Joe Wright, and pie donations for the Pareil-Teachers association stand. Recollections of visiting residents, church reminders, and thanks to readers and locals fill the piece.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions a trial invitation or payment reference with unclear context and missing details about participants or outcomes.
Herbert Hoover the Republican presidential nominee is expected to win the Fourth District with little trouble, according to district caucus reports. Eight counties were surveyed. Chickasaw showed a possible Smith lead, while over 150 district leaders attended the caucus.
In Okemah Oklahoma on September 17 the Livewire class of the Christian church led by Rev L P Depoister built a 14 hole miniature golf course on the church lawn. Night illumination by strong lights makes the course usable after dark and aims to offer a new form of evening amusement.
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