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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1931
Page
2
Chicago livestock market figures show hog receipts around 24 000 with varied prices across weight classes led by 10 to 15 cent declines and record low hog prices since 1908. Cattle receipts near 1 000 with steady overall tone and steer prices near 9.85 to 10.25 for choice medium weights and ranges for slaughter cattle and yearlings.
Receipts noted with varied cattle values from medium to good and choice grades. Bulls and cutters ranged 1.75 to 5 rings. vealers and feeders displayed mixed figures. hogs showed lower, with outside packing prices cited and weights around 210 to 260 pounds. Sheep receipts totaled about 24,000, market steady to strong, with lambs up to 7.25 and natives 6.00 to 6.50, feeding lambs 4.75 to 5.50.
The report lists bulk and long haul hog weight quotes, prices per hundredweight, category distinctions good and choice, and freight considerations. It also provides Chicago grain prices for WHEAT and CORN, Toledo seed and timothy values, and assorted oats and barley figures.
A lengthy Washington Thursday scene covers the Lexington harvest home dinner with locals from Wellman and Lexington, praising pumpkin pie and social chatter. It mentions Mrs Adams, Cy Huber, Mr and Mrs Kalona kola, and a busy river of visitors, plus a review of films at State and Fox theaters and a Calamity Jane era plot in a forthcoming picture.
Nellie Man and Minnie Sprague return to Crawfordsville as hundreds from nearby towns and other states visit the wrecked farms Monday night. Former residents Fred Shaffer Lawrence Shaffer and Rev Holmes M Wayland attend along with Jennie Walker and others on the scene.
Old handwritten fragments describe community auctions and estate sales. Names like CHY Feed Yard and Geo. W. Ste appear with dates such as Oct 7 and Oct 14. Listings mention Duroc and Poland livestock and closings near Washington. The tone mirrors a local newspaper classifieds roundup.
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