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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1932
Page
2
Hogs 15 000 head steady to strong with top 4 40 and bulk 3 80 to 4 35. Cattle 2 000 steady with beef steers 7 60 to 8 25 and cows 3 00 to 4 50. Sheep 13 000 steady with lambs 6 60 to 7 59 and yearlings 5 00 to 5 75. Receipts: hogs 15 000 cattle 2 000 sheep 13 000.
U S D A reports combined hog receipts at 21 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours to 8:00 A M. total 19 500 up from 10 800 last week and 21 190 a year ago. Prices vary by weight from 3 25 to 3 95 per pound with light to heavy weights and pigs listed.
In Chicago on April 15 the produce market lists butter at 9 to 18 percent tubs with variations by grade including firsts and extras while eggs show 26 426 cases with current receipts and graded classifications. Cheese options include Young Americas Longhorns brick and daisies with varied percentages. Live poultry figures cover turkeys hens and toms with weight bands and No 2 classifications.
Readable figures show mixed market items including ducks, geese, potatoes, and potatoes per weight. The list references weights and grades across multiple states with several price ranges and packaging units.
Grain receipts list 30 ears of wheat 91 ears of corn and 27 ears of oats. The brief entry records agricultural produce quantities without further context or owners.
Open high low and close figures for wheat corn oats and rye on May July and Sept futures as listed in the Chicago Grain table dated April 15 with multiple price points and percent changes the data shows activity across wheat corn oats and rye contracts for May July and September delivery.
Cash grain close reports mixed bids for wheat corn oats and barley. Wheat includes red hard northern spring and mixed bids from 59 to 61 percent. barley trades 56 to 58 percent. corn shows yellow and white bids around 32 to 34 percent. oats quoted mostly in low to mid twenties with white oats at about 23 to 25 percent. Rye shows no quotes.
Maxine Goodwin reports six week standings with Marjorie Moody Violet Waggoner and Eugene Reed never absent or tardy. Moody and Ruth Smith completed spring dresses and now work on laundry bags and sun bonnets. On March 25 the old Easter.
Lodges Washington Lodge No. 26 AF and AM hold meetings on the first Friday of each month with Glenn Mace as W M and A W Yard as secretary. Damascus Shrine No. 10 WS of J meets the fourth Tuesday monthly at the Masonic Temple with Grace E Twinam as W H P and Hazel Haven as W Scribe.
Station agents release a dense timetable listing eastbound and westbound trains including local passenger freight and mixed trains. Notable items include No 30 and No 50 locals, No 3 Golden State stops for California passengers, Knoxville branch trains No 60 and No 93, and multiple daily operations with Sundays exception.
The Journal’s Subscription Representative D. F. Macon reports brief items from nearby towns. Short notices cover community events, local staff movements, and civic happenings with concise, factual phrasing.
A large crowd attended a furniture sale on the Harry Ferguson lot with buyers debating value, while locals from Noble, Ainsworth, Kalona and nearby areas visited. The diary notes quirky vignettes from judges, drivers, and a dancing bear in snow, plus farm life jokes and road conditions.
The afternoon featured a rabbit visit at the school with ice cream and games. Pupils earned perfect spelling scores this six weeks include Marjorie Moody Le Roy Hotle and Violet Waggoner.
Dr. T. J. Pease operates opposite the Court House upstairs at 219 West Main Street with phone 364. Dr. O. F. Boller is located at 219 West Washington Street upstairs near the Commercial Bank, phone 76.
The 18 grade finished the read er We Three and will begin again. On Monday April 10 the class plans to plant a flower garden at school with vining flowers around the swing poles to grow up over the poles through the summer.
Cathryn Caldwell, Helen Myers and Robert Benson lead classroom items as sixth and seventh graders study history and geography. Harold Ashby wins lower division spelling. Helen Myers wins upper division. Ashby takes second in county contest in Washington. List of punctual students named. Students make airplanes and a flag.
Students Jasper, Marguerite Vodicka, Vernon Stagner, Violet Vodicka, and James Welcher posted perfect attendance. Grades show A and B marks with Marguerite and Vernon earning top arithmetic score. The seventh and eighth grades finished Miles Standish studies as eighth graders prepare for May exams.
Viola Anderson and Betty Caldwell are named in a note wishing them success in keeping a school record toward a 100th year. The text mentions a short vacation for children last Thursday and Friday while teacher Mrs. Lytle attended the Southeast Iowa Teachers association meeting in Ottumwa.
Expert trainer Karl Hagenbeck pioneered training large carnivores of different species to perform together. He also introduced fencing-free outdoor enclosures in his zoological garden at Stellingen Hamburg using broad moats of water to confine groups of large mammals.
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