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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1928
Page
2
Hog receipts 3,400 market slow choice hogs steady with Friday’s average. Top 10.70, loads 180 to 260 lbs, bulk 170 to 240 lbs 11.75 to 12.15. Sows 10.66 to 11.06. Cattle receipts 1,000 steady for good lo choic fed steers, other classes 50 to 100 lower. Bulls 26 to 50 lower. Stockers and feeders 25 to 75 lower. Sheep receipts 1,000 with fat lambs 14.10 to 14.35 and fat ewes 6.00 to 6.50. feeding lambs 25 to 60 lower.
Grain notes show Chicago market quotes for wheat and corn across multiple grades with varying bids. Wheat No 4 hard 11344 correlates with other hard and mixed grades, while corn moves from No 1 to No 6 mixed with percentages. Oats and barley also listed with ranges for several grades reflecting market volatility.
The note lists numeric ranges for two items, Timothy from 510 to 570 and Clover from 2125 to 2950, indicating upper and lower bounds for each.
Seed market listing shows cash and cash imp values for clover and timothy varieties with dates from 1840 to 1875. Entries include Alsike with cash new and old, Der. amounts and various months such as Oct 1875 and Dec 1849.
In Morocco near the Hesperides legends archeologists uncover ruins of ancient Luxus. Scientists seek remnants of Roman civilization as excavations continue on a hillside founded over 2100 years ago by Caesar’s legions. A French led group inspected parts already uncovered.
Aleciphron recalls a fatherly urging to his son Thrasonides to embrace farming and family duties. He contrasts rural toil and stable support with the son’s glories of gear and mercenary life, urging a peaceful, safe life free of warlike pursuits.
Quote by J. A. Griffith in the Lusk Herald extols a religion guiding respect for others, truthfulness, debt repayment, humility, and daily acts of kindness without bias toward wealth or poverty. It praises everyday moral conduct as what the world needs.
A curious object bobbing on waves near a North Wales coast resort turned out to be a solid brown mass with salt-like material. It revealed an Osram lamp bearing a price tag and a marking. The object was placed in circuit and lit, despite likely sea tossing for a long period.
Delbert Chestner once known as the town’s toughest child now preaches in churches across the region. He confessed past theft and gambling after his December conversion, dedicates earnings to church and education, and aims to complete high school then attend Marble College and William Jewell. He asserts a calling to be a soul winner for Jesus Christ.
Letters note farm sales near Haskins and Ainsworth with prices per acre and livestock values. Hog and sheep shipments, local hog auction by John Wagner, Bethel festival by crowds, Dr. Dodd lecture praise, Washington festival exhibits, and a rural church recount of attendance and dinner setup.
Lwis Warren and Mr Griffith receive compliments for solos while local names like Manton Hebner Ralph Shannon Ruth Dodds Ira Rathmel and Hazel Smith appear in a breezy Bedford column. Weather boasts fine fall conditions as farmers harvest seed corn and Bethel’s big day headlines a busy community scene with auction totals and local anecdotes.
An English maid whose eight year search for the American sailor who deserted her after marriage ends in Houston. She endured immigration red tape and travels across Canada and the United States to reach him, but upon visiting his home and seeing another wife with two children and a third on the way, she filed a charge but chose freedom after learning his new family.
Hinsdale Massachusetts reports a hen setting on a nest found to have a tiny kitten beneath her. The hen protected and fed the infant, covering the eyes until it hatched and continued caring for it afterward.
A five foot giant sea turtle, believed to be at least 400 years old, was captured alive by Dr W J Went, Hastings College museum curator. The reptile will be shipped to Hastings and housed in a running-water tank at the mill SevUnt. Rett notes Columbus’s voyage era turtles would be much younger and smaller. Kent’s trip collection already includes a six foot sail fish and numerous smaller fish and birds.
This morning Harvey Matthews met his father John Matthews who is reported to be better today and receiving visitors during the recovery.
The article notes Mrs. Elizabeth Sampson is improving and Reverend Strykler is much better this morning indicating a health update on two local individuals.
Mrs. Wilbur Chala reports from Highland with news of community life. A 98 year old Grandpa Beranek died while staying with his daughter Mrs Charley Kallous near Pilotsburg. George Havel welcomed a baby girl Jean Maxine born Sept 11. Local farms bustle with seed corn, fodder, molasses boiling, and corn crib projects. several residents assist with carpentry and fieldwork.
John Q. Marr captain of the Warrenton Rifles was the first soldier killed in action according to records on the Confederate Monument at Fairfax Virginia.
September 25 Delvert Darnell announces an apple sale five miles northwest of Washington. October 3 Mrs Louis D Mast closes out sale two miles southeast of Washington. October 10 John Wagner hosts a Poland China sale in Washington. October 20 Earnest Carlson Duroc sale at Washington. October 23 W R Gamon and H F Busby present Poland China hogs in Washington.
The text notes that deer teeth closely resemble elk teeth in proportion and look but deer lack the distinctive tooth found in male elk. It mentions artificial teeth imitate that feature and distinguishing between real and artificial is notably difficult.
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