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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1934
Page
2
Prices for hogs range from 2.25 to 4.00 per cwt with top 4.00 for best heavy weights. Cattle and calves numbers listed with steers 6.00 to 8.15 per cwt and calves around 7.00. Sheep and lambs show slow demand with lambs 9.40 to 9.65 and 90 to 98 pound lambs 9.25 to 9.60. overall market slow and steady on wool lambs.
Chicago reports mixed wholesale activity with produce receipts totaling 44 122 cases of Exs gs and 15 dirties. butter market firm with 10 354 tilbs receipts and high percent of specials and extras. poultry market steady with 24 trucks and varied item percentages. potatoes show on track with 815 shipments and market roughly steady.
Chicago April 20 U P corn prices across grades show No 2 yellow 45 to 46 cents No 3 yellow 46 No 2 white 50 No 2 white 47 percent No 4 white 47 percent Receipts total 62 cars in the bid week.
Busy days of gardening and house cleaning strain muscles while gardens look fine after rain. Mr and Mrs Chas McCulley visit Brumback home reporting lambs and chickens at Wellston and weekly farm eggs. Measles cases rise among schoolchildren. Mrs Roy Gardner to host W H M S of Methodist church Friday. Mrs A W McBlain gave a
Mt Pleasant address noted last Sunday as a bank offering. West Chester P T A held its final business session and announced new officers for next year. Esther Booth and Mrs Lewis spoke on the Fairfield district convention and earned a certificate for our unit’s standard association. Officers: president David Kleese, vice president Esther Booth, secretary Margaret McEnery, treasurer Joy Jane Smith. Retiring president Mrs Brumback and Esther pres elect will attend the Des Moines national convention in May. Membership reached 55. refreshments concluded the meeting. Lyal Smith and Harry Boyer planned a trip to Omaha and western Iowa cities.
Yesterday's results list New York two Philadelphia four and Chicago four Cincinnati one. Games today feature Philadelphia at Brooklyn Pittsburgh at Cincinnati Boston at New York Chicago at St Louis. Ainsworth notes Miss Maxine Weliver returns from Mt Pleasant and visits friends. local visits include Rev W Ogleton from Muscatine and Washington.
An Eid gathering at Mrs. T. H. Will's home included eight attendees and a noon pot luck dinner. Activities included garment making for Perkins Hospital in Iowa City and upcoming meetings at the W. R. C. hall in May. The Saturday Night Supper club met at Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Thoma's home for a pot luck, bridge games, and prize awards.
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