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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1930
Page
2
The report details livestock prices for hogs cattle and sheep with bids in multiple weight classes. It notes steady to slightly higher pork and beef trading, with sheep and lambs showing demand variations. Grain figures for Chicago cash markets and Toledo seed prices are also listed.
Market listing shows poultry and hide prices in Washington with items such as hens geese roosters and ducks priced per dozen or per pound. Also notes no market for sick thin or crippled poultry and lists reef and horse hides with each value.
April News Notes recounts farm sizes, crops, and neighbors around Washington and Crawfordsville. Mentions Metz farm misprint, 450 acres of corn, 60 acres back forty, potato plantings, Irish help at 8 am, gold pieces unearthed near Cloverdale, and residents like Mrs. Humble, Frank Goble, Phil Weldon, and R. Fordson. Also references school principals, routes, and local tradesmen including a piano tuner from Wayland.
Washington April 7 A clash over Claudius Huston’s future as Republican chair and John J. Raskob’s activities deepens as two GOP spokesmen assert Huston will not resign. The inquiry centers on Huston’s use of a 190 contribution to the Tennessee River improvement association to bolster a margin account with a work broker. The Democrats plan a report. Republicans weigh censuring Huston, while Robinson of Indiana may oppose.
A blast battered the apartment home of Attorney David Alexander assistant corporation counsel in Mayor Thompson's first administration. His wife and three sons on the first floor were shaken as was three of his brothers in law Maurice Ruby Charles Stern on the concourse floor. Two young men fled in a car seen by Ronald Stern arriving home. No motive offered.
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