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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1933
Page
2
Chicago market figures show hogs and cattle moving higher with strong demand. Hog prices range from 3.60 to 4.00 for various weights, while cattle and vealers mix steady to higher with selective gains across steers calves and cows. sheep and lambs noted with sales varying by weight.
Market steady for eggs with receipts around 17 288 cars and firsts and extras fluctuating. Butter market firm with receipts about 6 306 tubs and specials showing notable percentage changes.
Market unsettled for poultry with various categories showing mixed percentages and ranges. Fowls, springers, leghorns, ducks, geese, and roosters listed with percent variations and prices. leg horn broilers and stags noted. Potatoes on track with arrivals and shipments totaling hundreds, market dull to firm.
Chicago reports show mixed grain quotes with May wheat at 55% to 56% and July 56% to 57% in open trading. Corn ranges from 32% to 35% across May July and Sept, oats steady around 20% to 21% with Sept at 21% and rye around 43% to 44% in early trading.
Ten members of the Florence Gardner Auxiliary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society met with Mrs. Braden to discuss activities and plans.
D. F. Macon reports brief items from nearby areas including local events, school news, and community happenings, with succinct notes on people and places of interest to readers.
Rainy Tuesday keeps farmers off fields as the Palmer estate sale opens with strong demand. Hog and corn prices are high while cows and chickens sell well. Weese hogs attract many bidders. A large crowd, including new faces, attends both Palmer and Staller sales, with Oakdale names noted and Glad to hear Mr. Cherry in Davenport.
Mary Faith, a rich fiancé, faces a broken plan as Kim admits loving another woman Janet. A late wedding is postponed as Kim confesses and Mary Faith contemplates the wrecked engagement while coping with scornful relatives and unclear future.
Virginia Lou and Patricia Anry Rickey attended dinner at the Harve Freel home. The Advance notes a historic moment as Kathleen Coffey, once a member of the high school girls’ quartet and later director of the Ainsworth girl’s glee club, directed a group that earned an Excellent rating last Friday night. Helen Coffey, a local high school graduate in 1924, was also mentioned.
On Thursday afternoon March 30 Mrs. Chas May er presided in the president’s absence. Mrs. Gardner, honored founder, served twenty years. the society was named for her in 1865. Delegates named for the Mt Pleasant convention are Mrs. Thede W. Zullmer and Mrs Schuyler C. Love with alternates Mrs. Margaret Popham and Miss Ida May Long. Other notes include visits from Crawfordsville and Iowa City, and Samuel Erb leading Sunday services in the pastor’s absence.
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