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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1927
Page
2
Market notes show hogs at 11.80 top for 195 to 230 lb ranges with several loads around 11.75 to 11.80 and light weights easing. Cattle and calves demand mixed with fed steers up to 16.25 and slaughter steer ranges 12.00 to 18.25, sheep market active with lambs around 12.25 to 14.15 and ewes 3.75 to 6.50, feeding lambs 12.00 to 14.00.
Chicago grain report for September 28 lists prices and daily trading range for staples. No detailed quotes or contract names provided in the fragment.
A fragmentary futures table lists rib and rye prices with percentage figures and sixteenth fractions across several months. The data appears as scattered numeric quotes for January through March and September, lacking complete context.
Wheat values show mixed declines and minor gains across grades with 1.32 to 1.81 percent shifts. Corn demand ranges between 92 and 97 for yellow and mixed colors, oats at 48 to 52 percent white, barley 76 to 88, rye noted No 2 at 98 percent, Timothy 2.70 to 3.45, and clover 18.50 to 26.50.
The Pompeii ruins reveal a Roman dyer's shop with vats utensils and ovens. Dyes were once made from plant substances until 1856 when William Perkin discovered how to make fast dyes from coal tar.
A terse reflection on the excessive focus on commentary over actual facts, noting abundant books and debates that overshadow practical understanding. The quotation attributes the critique to Michael de Montaigne and suggests perpetual discourse dominates interpretation.
Ranelagh in eighteenth century London was a fashionable pleasure resort with a rotunda modeled on the Parthenon. It seated about 6,000 guests in a garden setting. The grounds are now occupied by the Chelsea Hospital.
Washington Produce Markets lists prices for cream butter eggs poultry and livestock with per unit rates and weights. In Crawfordsville Rex Long welcomed a daughter. Hattie White visits the area with Will White and at the Eli White home.
Readers report farm movements and rentals including Joe M. Wolfe moving to Brockway farm east of Letts on March 1 and Clarence Rathmel farming the Dufty farm next year. A furniture sale by Mrs. McElhinney is set for Sept 30 and a charity lunch at Hopewell church on Oct 5. The Hopewell band markets horses and a child pony sale is urged. local figures like Bert Booth and Eugene Schulty are noted in resident affairs.
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