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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1932
Page
2
Hog receipts 16 000 with 6 000 held over. top hogs 4.25 and most 4.00 to 4.20. Cattle receipts 6 000. calves strong at firm prices. stockers and feeders steady. Sheep 11 000 with lambs 6.50 to 7.50. springs 8.00 to 9.50. yearlings 5.00 to 5.75.
U S D A reports 8 500 hogs received by 24 hour period ending 6:00 A M at 21 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota. Sale prices ranged from 2 80 to 3 75 for various weight classes with light weights at 3 00 to 3 55 and heavier categories up to 3 50.
A Chicago market bulletin lists butter standards and extras, cheese varieties with price ranges, live poultry categories including turkeys and leghorns, ducks, geese, potatoes with car counts and track status, and U. S. Shipments with regional sacked potatoes and Ohio and Idaho varieties priced. Prices show wide ranges across fresh dairy, poultry, and produce lines.
Seed market report from Chicago on April 21 shows red clover ranges from 12.50 to 49.50 with grades fair to good, choice 12.00 to 12.40, fancy 13.75 to 14.25, sweet clover 4.25 to 4.50. Alsike seeds run 9.59 to 12.59, timothy priced good 3.00, choice 3.10, fancy 3.40.
Grain receipts detail 30 cars of wheat 144 cars of corn and 54 cars of oats recorded for the period. The figures reflect active commodity movements and stockpiling patterns across the regional grain market.
Chicago opens with a grain table listing futures for WHEAT CORN OATS and RYE from May to Sept. Prices range with Wheat around 56 to 62 percent and Corn around 38 to 46 percent. Oats near 22 to 28 percent. Rye around 44 to 48 percent.
Cash grain close from Chicago shows Wheat values across 2 red 58 to 2 hard 68 to 58 percent ranges and other varieties. Corn bids range from 31 to 34 percent. Oats quotes from 21 to 26 percent. Rye none. Barley 48 to 59.
Readable lines describe Mrs. Maude Harken visiting her mother Mrs. Sarah Pringle in Brighton and kin across towns, the death of Mrs. Bessie Jones Brownlee of Little York IL, a Busy Bee club gathering, restaurant move in Sigourney, and residents sharing town events and car talk amid wet weather.
April weekend visits feature Mr and Mrs Tra McBeth of Missouri and Mrs McBeth of Trenton staying with Carl Jarrard. Mrs McBeth extended her stay while others returned home Sunday afternoon. Mrs Lawrence Howell attended events noted in Route Six society column.
D. F. Macon reports brief items from nearby towns compiled by the Journal's subscription representative. Submissions cover local happenings, small events, and community notices from the surrounding area.
A summary of neighborhood events includes a Saturday cooking school enjoyed by ladies, a bake sale by the Happy-Go-Getters 4H club for the first time with thanks to Mr and Mrs Long, and many social visits. Several residents, including Loretta Griggs, Neva Long, and Marie Zieglowsky, are noted with activities and illnesses. Multiple gatherings, visits to relatives, and meetings of church and club groups fill the week with refreshments, readings, and new officer elections.
Mrs Melo Lasek reports activity around South Highland with visits to the Vondrasek Soukup Rotenberger and Rotenberger families. Local residents including Miller Schwab Knoiter Lasek Rotenberger and Havel families share weekends visiting homes and noting Lorine Lasek’s improving health.
Havre residents report a series of Friday evening visits with neighbors and relatives. Etie ne Spensler and son returned home after a visit to Claud McCall. Several households, including Ziegrowskys and Harters, hosted callers and attended a cooking school run by the Journal. The road maintainer filled ruts on the local road over Saturday and Monday. Mrs Elimee Mason entertained friends.
Social notes show numerous visits and gatherings across Hardscrabble area. Dr and Mrs Andrew Robertson travel to Stronghurst and stay with relatives, others host or visit on weekends and weekdays, including Carris Harvey and Redlinger families plus the Little and Miller households.
April 26 entries show Rev and Mrs E S Hebner visiting a Des Moines hospital. Mrs J A Jones and daughter Helen of Washington dropped by the Manners home Monday. Mrs Cora McKee spent Tuesday in Washington with her parents, Mr and Mrs Slenderson Walker.
Mr and Mrs C E B Horning and family and Mr and Mrs L C Horning and Rex of Richland were Sunday dinner guests at the O W Schmitter. Gerald Cox visited Rodney Hanan. Mrs William Hill of Fairfield spends the week with her daughter Mrs Edgar McClurg. P B Johnson and Clayton Morgan weekend in Des Moines.
A group of liberal GOP readers in Chicago alleges prohibitionists will monopolize key convention posts when the Republican national convention meets in June. They protest the selection of outspoken drys for important positions and urge balanced representation.
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