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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1932
Page
2
Chicago markets show hogs up to 4.60 top and cattle at steady levels with 1,500 cattle and 10,000 sheep receipts. Light weights led gains, while cows and calves held steady. lambs 7.00 to 7.50 and yearlings 5.50 to 8.00.
Combined hog receipts at 21 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota totaled 15 200 for the 24 hours ending 8:00 A M today down from 26 500 last week and 11 500 a year ago. Prices ranged by weight from 3 40 to 4 05 per pound with various grades and weights listed and noting heavier, more active marketing and frequent long-haul weight shrinkage discounts for extreme weights.
INS Produce lists Butter 9546 tubs and creamery items with 19 20 percent ranges for ex tras and firsts 19 percent. Eggs total 16539 cases with multiple grades and checks. Cheese includes young Americas longhorns bricks and 13 percent daisies. Live poultry covers turkeys hens toms and ducks with varying weights and grades. Potatoes 69 cars on track with U S shipments 834 and regional Ohio North Dakota Minnesota varieties with price ranges.
Chicago grains show varied moves with wheat futures in May July and September trading mixed. Corn and oats display modest gains while rye shows narrow shifts as traders assess supply and demand signals in early April.
Cash Grain Close reports erratic quotes for Wheat Corn Oats Rye and Barley with numerous garbled percentages and fractions. no clear market values or reliable figures are readable. The piece appears to be a damaged OCR transcription of Chicago trading quotes for grains with mixed numbers.
In Chicago on April 1 the seed market shows red clover values with fair quality at 9.50 to 12.00 per unit and choice grade at 12.50 to 13.00, indicating pricing for buyers and sellers.
The Journal's subscription representative reports brief items from nearby towns. Highlights include local meetings, school updates, and community events with names, places, and dates where readable.
April dawns with talk of oats sown and calmer weather if clear skies hold. March 31 brought a tax deadline rush. many queued to pay without penalty, while a few balked at fees. Local events include Charles Faulkner hosting a banquet for the winning basketball team, with 249 plates served, and mentions of area farmers, sales winds, and farm stock notes from Olds and surrounding towns.
The record lists grain receipts: Wheat five cars, Corn ninety one cars, Oats eighteen cars. This summary notes the transportation tonnage and crop types recorded for the period.
The Iowa motor vehicle department revoked M. W. Seaton’s drivers license from Cedar Rapids after he pled guilty to driving while intoxicated on March 23.
March 31 Howard Sitler hosted a group of boys at a hunting camp where towels were missing and the boys replied they never use them. The column also notes bills from the R W Hyde closing out sale near Brighton planned for Tuesday April, with coverage to follow in the Journal.
A guidance note urges starting each day with thanks for current blessings rather than a plea for more. It emphasizes a mindset shift to cultivate contentment and reduce longing through daily reflection.
The note mentions Meyers sale first followed by Whitaker sale on Saturday. It recalls an old Journal item read anew and cites the late Alex Miller noting no such thing as new stories.
Five persons were recovering after a gas filled room nearly killed them in Des Moines on April 1. While singing around a piano a heater pipe disconnected releasing gas. Neighbors found them and revived all with fresh air at the home of W. W. Kirchner.
All eight nations at the North Atlantic Passenger Steamship Conference approve a twenty percent reduction in passenger rates.
Dr. T. J. Pease and Dr. O. F. Boller list office locations in the courthouse area. Pease operates at 19% West Main Street near Penney store, while Boller is at 219% West Washington Street near Commercial Bank, with phone numbers 364 and 76 respectively.
Classified brisk sale notes white oak posts with a contact R80 24 and two Nat s 30x5 tires with under 1060 miles priced at one dollar each. Address ABC care of Journal.
In Manila on April 1 1951 fifty young women were abducted from Culion Leper colony dormitory by about 150 male leper patients in a surprise raid. Officials reported the women were dragged from rooms amid screams while others left with consent. The incident is tied to a long standing protest against a rule barring lepers from marriage.
London April 1 INS announces the discovery of a new planet in the Bootes constellation near Arcturus. It is only 23 miles in diameter and closer to Earth than Eros, which held the previous proximity record. The body was first noted as a comet by Prof Desporte of the Belgian Royal Observatory.
The world's largest frogs are Goliath frogs measuring about 12 inches in body length excluding their strong limbs. Scientists note their length reflects their chunky build and robust physiology.
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