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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1932
Page
2
Hogs sold mostly 10c lower with tops at 4.35 and bulk 3.75 to 4.30. Receipts light and demand weak. Cattle receipts about 300 with steady to firm prices for most grades, calves up 50 to 75c week. Sheep 9,000 with prices similar to last week, lambs 6.50 to 7.50 and feeders 5.00 to 6.00.
U S D A reports 28 400 hogs received at 21 yards and 7 plants across interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ending 8 a m Mostly 10 cents lower with slower demand. Weights range from 140 to 550 pounds with prices from 2 50 to 3 80 per pound depending on class and weight, including packing sows and heavy hogs.
Chicago dispatch outlines dairy eggs and cheese prices and ranges for creamery extras and standards as well as butter totals 12 338 tubs and fresh graded firsts 11 percent. Live poultry figures list turkeys hens and roosters with varying percentages while potatoes show 105 cars on track old and new 17 price shifts across shipments and sacked rounds in Wisconsin.
A collection of price and grade figures for potatoes and sacks across regions. Entries include Idaho russets No 1 with 125 to 135, Texas 100 Ibs sacks at 360 up, Bliss triumph No 1 fine quality 360, and assorted regional notes for Minnesota North Dakota and Ohio markets.
Chicago cash grain closes show Wheat mainly mixed with values near 59 to 60 for hard winter and 60 for mixes. Corn receipts range from 3 to 34 percent in various yellow and white grades with prices around 32 to 34 percent. Oats mixed around 24 to 26 percent, Rye No 2 at 47, Barley 56 to 58.
Seed market prices in Chicago on April 16 show red clover trades from 10.00 to 14.75 with grades fair to fancy. Alsike ranges 9.50 to 13.50, timothy 3.00 to 3.50, with various choice and fancy levels.
Grain receipts tallied 38 cars of wheat 97 cars of corn and 28 cars of oats in a regional shipment summary.
The grain table shows mixed readings across wheat corn oats and rye with several May and July contracts posting modest gains while others slip. Wheat May and July hover around mid to high 60s, corn May and July in the 30s to 40s, oats around mid 20s, and rye mid to high 40s, indicating cautious trading and slight volatility.
Mrs Nellie Miller of Cedar Rapids president of the Rebekah assembly visited the local lodge meeting last night. The work was shown for her and Mrs Ralph Zeck presided with about 100 members present. The charter was draped for two past presidents and a social followed on April 28 with Odd Fellows and Rebekahs and families.
The Walnut Women's club met Thursday with Mrs. Harry Wentworth. Eleven members and guest Mrs. Dave Wentworth of Brighton attended a plant and shrub exchange and refreshments. The next meeting is set with Mrs. Walter Mickey on the second Thursday in May.
Mrs. L R Baker will head the Summer Roundup committee of the city P T A as plans were finalized at a city library meeting. The event is set for the first week in June with kindergarten entrants to receive physical examinations.
Local column by D. F. Macon reports brief items from nearby towns. Short items cover civic happenings, school news, weather, and community events with concise notes and small developments.
April 16 report from Washington Iowa area records farmers at work on cropland with mules and tractors, names farms, families, and households. Notes social visits at ABR Carr home and Jake Shrader lunch, plus local roads work by Johnny Holmes and Joe Schlatter. Mentions 103 Herefords on Sam Turkington farm and a hospital stay in Iowa City.
Mrs Widmer leads a meeting as Mrs L L Robinson is surprised by a birthday gathering. Mrs Kenneth Carris named chairman of the nominating committee for PTA officers with May elections set. Attending: George Clapper, Mary Atchison, Helen Breese, Beatrice Wilson, Kerr guest.
A double birthday event at the Richard Johnson home honored Miss Ver nette Johnson age 18 and Miss Edrice Nelson age 17, both born on Friday. A younger cousin Richard Lee Johnson, age one, could not attend from South Bend, Indiana. Mrs. Ethel B. Wilde of Peoria was feted by Mrs. William Manassier with two bridge tables and a noon luncheon before planning to return home.
About twenty six young people attended an evening birthday party. For lunch guests sat at quarter tables served by Mrs. Johnson with help from Mrs. William Vinke. A blue and yellow color scheme appeared throughout the celebration with two birthday cakes, one with eighteen candles and one with seventeen.
The Alma Hearne Holland Missionary society hosts a quilt exhibit at the M. E. church on Thursday April 21. Mrs. Wil Fivynn, Mrs. Everett Fleming and Mrs. John Fladneg act as hostesses to Lexington attendees.
Fortnightly drama department meets 7 30 Monday April 18 at 404 East Washington. Pythian Past Chief Circle gathers with Mrs Oren Helwick. Bible department meets 2 30 Monday with Mrs F L Wilson. Past Noble Grand circle with Mrs Will Kes at 7 30 Monday. Young women's missionary society to meet at the homes of Mrs Thora Reynolds and Mrs Nora Marsh.
The Fortnightly club art department plans a Tuesday meeting with Mrs. Elda White. The American Home department section two meets Tuesday April 19 at Mrs. C A Speer’s home. Pythian Sisters of Washington temple hold a Tuesday 7 30 pm meeting. Daughters of Union Veterans host April party at Mrs W Kyle’s home 210 N 2nd Ave Tuesday at 7 30.
The Snowball Social club will meet Wednesday afternoon April 20 with Mrs. Sam Munson. Members are asked to come dressed in old fashioned style and bring an old picture for a white elephant exchange. The Sunshine Community club meeting has been postponed to April 7. Kolah club will meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. D Wein.
New York April 16 Ins The first week of the baseball season shows cast offs making impact with new clubs Hack Wilson homered for Brooklyn in a 8 2 win over Boston Stripp Cuccinel to Dodgers form a strong infield trio aiding Lefty Clark. Sad Sam Jones Bumpy Hadley win for White Sox Carey Selph shines with 444 batting in four games delivering key doubles and hits to back Jones and Hadley in close wins
Entertainment committee for the Journal Want-ads Pay event is led by Mrs Wade Gardner Mrs Everett Huber and Everett Smith. A flower exchange will be in charge of the committees and takes place Thursday afternoon April 21st.
Dr Luis Machado Y Ortega of Havana is a distinguished lawyer and Rotary International director. He studied law at the University of Havana and practices as a counsel for the American Chamber of Commerce in Cuba and the National Association of Credit. He participated in the 1919 Versailles Conference delegation and is a prolific writer with several books and articles on Cuban policy and external commerce.
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