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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1928
Page
2
Receipts total 20 000 hogs and 12 000 cattle with lighter demand and prices mostly down from Tuesday. Top hogs paid 11 50 while cattle tops reached 18 60 with lighter weight calves and feeders steady to lower across weights and grades. Sheep receipts 30 000 show fat lambs about 25 lower and feeders steady with varying grades across the market.
The report lists cereal and grain quotes with percentages and ranges for wheat corn oats rye barley and related grades. It includes figures for No 2 to No 6 classes and various quality designations along with suggested prices and percentages across different lines.
Cash and price listings for Clover Timothy and Alsike seeds with entries for Oct Dec Jan and other periods. Notable figures include Clover cash 1820 Oct 160 Dec 1875 and Alsike cash new 1875 Oct 1875 Dec 1900.
Market prices for eggs butterfat tests and various poultry and animal products. Lists include butter 46 cents per pound eggs 2.29 per dozen hens large breeds 21 cents per pound leghorn and black 17 cents per pound springs large breeds waste springs leghorn black 9 cents per pound old roosters per pound ducks large breeds 15 cents per pound hides beef hides 12 cents per pound. One cent more paid per pound for poultry delivered. a market for sick thin or crippled poultry.
The Lexington Methodist Ladies Aid staged the 1928 Harvest Home on Sept 20 with about 350 served a chicken dinner and a thriving bazaar. Awards went to numerous exhibitors in cakes, bread, vegetables, fruit and corn, with prizes donated by Dr. Watson and Fred Franklin. The event raised funds for the church unit and highlighted community involvement.
Wayland correspondents report on visits to Mrs. John Garrick in Memorial hospital Mt Pleasant after her operation and on numerous family gatherings. Birth announced Evelyn Roth September 9 in Washington to Mr. and Mrs. Lester Krabill. Golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Orendorf celebrated September 19 1928 at a daughter’s home. Property transactions include Jesse Eicher purchasing Irvin to short lot and Ted Schantz buying Clyde Troutman property.
Clarence Darrow, famed Chicago lawyer, says the hoover drinking controversy has no bearing on the presidential race. He would not deny or confirm a report alleging he drank with Hoover, noting he has seen Hoover only once in London years ago.
The Journal lists multiple agricultural sales in Washington area including Mrs Louis D Mast estate sale 21 miles southeast of Washington October 38 and previous October dates for Poland China hogs and other farm sales at Washington with sellers such as John Wagner Robt Sheetz Earnest Carlson Duroe W R Gamon Sons and H B Busby.
On Monday morning E R Van Nortrand arrived in town. Silos near Parbyshire farm are nearing completion. Ross has upgraded the old farm significantly over recent years, surprising longtime residents. Horace Hesseltine complained about Journal money, a matter that would require much paper to detail. He is a longtime subscriber and may mobilize staff to help harvest sorgum this year.
Rev. W. R. Stryker will be brought to his home downtown and hopes for a rapid recovery. Town letters mention a fall festival, local showmen, farm scenes with cows pigs and corn, and a postponed Stryker sale from Oct 4 to Oct 6 with apples and firearms added.
Mr James Duffy, seen in Enver, Colorado, sold his 239 acre farm to Clarence Rathmel at 281 dollars per acre. The message urges buyers to acquire land now in anticipation of a coming raise.
A Scotchman sues a baseball company after injuring himself watching a game from a tree. John Rath of Ainsworth Route 2 reports a good crop on Red Ball road and leaves Journal money for the office. A school quiz about a sign prompts a student to joke about slow school ahead. The fall festival features pig club hog sales on Friday the 28th.
Children’s Sunday ends with a baptismal rite as Clarence Burst and siblings are named amid rain and a joking cloudburst forecast. The Journal lists October 3 and 4 farm and house goods sales, plus local neighbor Cy Huber’s family update and a note on paid journal subscriptions. It also cites jokes and a remark on last year’s Washington feed funds.
Crawfordsville Iowa reports correction of misinformed claim that Mrs Alice Gormly was in Colorado Springs. She arrived from Waterloo and will return there in a few days. Mrs J F Baxbatim returned from Bethany Missouri after visiting D R Romig and Gladwin Ingham. Mrs Minnie Sprague also came home from a Washington visit at the C R.
Rev G W Pool moved his hay and household goods into the Methodist parsonage late yesterday evening. Rev W G Barr completed moving his goods to Morning Sun yesterday.
On Sept 25, livestock traders forecast 10,900 cattle 19,000 hogs and 22,600 sheep for tomorrow's receipts. Holdover hogs total 10,000.
Laverne Kennedy aged 24 of Dubuque was jailed awaiting a ten year sentence for forgery after being sentenced yesterday by Judge D. D. Maguire in Dubuque.
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