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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1934
Page
2
In Chicago on April 16 hogs totaled 28 000 with 15 000 direct. prices vary by weight from light to heavy, light weights 140-160 lb at 3.50-4.10, heavy 250-350 lb at 3.70-4.00, sows 2.99-3.40, slaughter pigs 2.50-3.50. Cattle and calves show demand for fed steers and yearlings. slaughter cattle by weight ranges 6.25-7.90 with various grades. cows 2.85-4.50, bulls 2.75-3.75, vealers strong.
Mare owners offered insurance terms for a colt to stand and suck at a barn location 0 miles north of Crawfordsville on S 161. Price is 12.50 dollars for insurance, with forfeiture if mares are parted and fees due immediately. Colts stand good for service. keeper not liable for accidents.
Harvey and Maxwell Farm ers' Sales and Service Washington announce the agency for Voss washers at their store featuring John Deere implements. Voss washers have been manufactured for 58 years and both electric and gas motor models are on display. Also listed are cattle and sheep market notes with price ranges for stockers, feeders, lambs, and slaughter specs.
Chicago notes steady to firm conditions acrossProduce categories with detailed receipts and lot counts. Eggs show firm market with 652 088 cases received. Butter steady with 106 466 titbs. Poultry and Potatoes also listed with varied totals and shipments.
Chicago on April 16 reports mixed corn futures with No. 2 mixed at 46 to 46.5 cents, No. 6 mixed at 45 cents, No. 2 yellow at 47 to 47.42 cents, No. 3 yellow 46.5 to 47.4 cents, No. 2 white 48.5 cents, No. 4 white 46 cents. Receipts total 113 cars.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Methodist church in West Chester for Josiah Dayton, conducted by Rev. A W MacBlain with a mixed quartet. Pallbearers were Clem Griffith, Lloyd Phillips, Earl Dunni, Ed Duvall, Tiny Meath and Art Romine. burial followed in West Chester cemetery.
The Des Moines weather forecast covers April 16 to 21 with a focus on the upper Mississippi region. Expect variable conditions, with potential rain and moderating temperatures as spring patterns continue across the area.
Grain price ranges and table data for Wheat Corn Oats and Rye are shown with May July and Sept contracts. The excerpt lists opening highs lows closes and year-ago daily percentages for Wheat Corn Oats and Rye with scattered figures and percentages.
D F Macon reports brief items from nearby areas including civic happenings, local arrivals and events, with concise notes on notable individuals and community concerns.
Saturday's Bible Sera and Geo Griffith sales in Washington drew large crowds from across the region. Jerseys and other livestock sold well with cows at 53 and 51 dollars, a five week Jersey calf at 12.60, and Dick Peters selling a 4030 pound team for 600 dollars.
Sophie asks where to go after a compliment and a cartoonish line about a child named Lyle Herring of Havre enjoying subscriptions. The item thanks Mr and Mrs Har Lan O Loughlin for their home daily and other magazines, and notes Lyle has grown tall enough to look down on his father Lewis Herring's journal.
Johnny Holmes of Crawfordsville and Mr and Mrs Joe Schlatter joined a large crowd for a town idle sale. Schlatter support on the cows noted, Mrs Schlatter praised for cow care. The Evening Journal readers were thanked as a busy turnout filled the town. Gibbs quips about the wife ending the conversation.
A local note recalls a timid girl’s change after marriage with pay envelope jokes. Mr A M Baker of West Chester now in Washington is ill, his daughter Mrs Smith reports a cow purchase yielding milk. Rev James T Nichols preached at the Christian church, native Pleasant Hill, after traveling widely and visiting Jerusalem.
Mostly fair and rather cool weather dominates the lower Missouri valleys and northern central Great Plains. A weak system brings some precipitation early in the week, with a milder finish later in the period.
A brief dialogue shows Mrs Grouch calling a man a brag a groan and a tank of air while Mr Grouch counters that a woman is a page a bone and a hank of hair. The light exchange highlights gendered taunts in a domestic skit.
Paterson, a charming comedienne, starts a bright American film career in the romantic comedy Bottoms Up. Spencer Tracy and John Holes lead opposite her as the story follows a young actress and a trio of rogues who bluff Hollywood. Several song numbers and notable comic turns enhance the entertainment.
Rain throughout the morning forced the postponement of the Washington Senators versus Boston Red Sox game. The makeup date is set for April 23 in the American League schedule.
The report notes that Congress and other high government officials had planned to attend a forthcoming event. It underscores expectations of major participation by national leaders and influential figures.
Bobolinks or rice birds are native to the New World. They breed across the country and winter in Argentina and Paraguay. Their migration follows a defined path called the bobolink route from Florida to Cuba, Jamaica, then across the Caribbean Sea.
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