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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1932
Page
2
Hog receipts reach 23 000 with 12 000 direct to packers. Buyers bid 10¢ lower as supply remains heavy. Cattle receipts 14 000 with steady to strong for shipping steers and feeders. Sheep receipts 20 000 with early market steady despite bearish tone. Top hog 3.90, cattle good beef steers 7.00 to 8.25, lambs 6.00 to 7.00.
U S Department of Agriculture notes 62 100 hogs received in 48 hours at 21 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota down from last week. Prices vary by weight from 2.70 to 3.60 per cwt for various classes and weights with light demand and slower marketing.
Market bulletin lists butter creamery extras and firsts ranges, eggs by case with percentages, cheese varieties with percentages, live poultry including turkeys hens and leghorns, ducks and geese, potatoes with class weights and regional sources, and assorted U S shipments and state varieties with price per unit and quality notes. Strong entities include Chicago Produce CHICACG, April 25, U S shipments, Wis Minnesota Idaho Texas and Ohio regions.
Grain receipts show 34 cars of wheat 139 cars of corn and 46 cars of oats indicating current grain traffic and supply volumes across the inland storage. This reflects ongoing agricultural movement through local depots and rail lines.
Chicago cash grain bulletin shows seed market activity with red clover reaching a price around 16.00. The report context signals price discovery in grain and forage markets in Chicago on April 25.
A legislative bulletin urges counties to study court house expenses and compare with similarly populated counties. It notes that some counties spend far more or less despite population, citing Linn vs Scott and Woodbury, Polk as highest, Audubon to Grundy among lowest, and Webster Lee Clinton as notable in 1928 1929.
A garbled OCR fragment lists price ranges for various items and feeds. Entries include to ranges like 12.56 and 13.00 to 13.75, plus soy terms such as fancy 14.90 to 14.50 and Timothy good 3.00, 34. 10. The text ends with the word Dull and lacks complete context or dates.
Chicago grain prices show fluctuating gains and losses for wheat corn oats rye across May July Sept and Dec maturities. Figures include May wheat at 555 rising to 65 in some contracts and corn near 81 with varied percentages, while oats and rye display single to double digit shifts.
Grain quotes for Wheat Oats Rye Barley listed with quality grades and percentages. Hard yellow mixed white and others show bid ranges for No 1 No 2 No 3 varieties, with oats and barley figures also noted.
Federal inspectors will visit nine Iowa airports during May to examine pilots mechanics and airplane licenses. Cities on the schedule include Burlington Davenport Iowa City Cedar Rapids Des Moines Council Bluffs Sioux City Waterloo and Mason City with dates from May 1 to May 27.
D F Macon reports notes from nearby towns including civic events, school activities and local happenings collected by the Journal’s subscription representative. Community updates cover meetings, helpers, and ongoing projects with brief summaries.
April shower brings a flood of visitors from distant places to Washington rural routes and nearby towns. The Journal lists numerous attendees from Grace Hill Ainsworth Blakesburg and Columbus Junction. Odie Ferguson fears water on a trip. humor about church fundraiser and horse incident circulates. Barbara Cuddy visits from Cedar Walls.
At least 61 high schools from 16 states will send nearly 250 students to the National Forensic league event in Sioux City on May 16 17 and 18. Participants come from Illinois Iowa Kansas Kentucky Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma Ohio and others as state contests continue.
In Berlin on April 25 the Nazi party emerged as the strongest force in Germany after provincial elections. In Prussia they polled over eight million votes, rising to 162 seats and narrowing the gap to an outright majority. The Socialists fell from 137 to 93 seats, while violence occurred with three deaths in several provinces. Ray Guest and Glenn Watson were in Cedar Rapids yesterday.
Classified listing offers 14 inch John Deere gang plow with 5 horse engine and hay rake with basket, two Hampshire hogs and a Duroc boar, a yearling Shorthorn bull, and Reed seed corn varieties R640 6 seed lots. Jay Brewer contact 293 Black Road.
A mother and her four daughters along with the woman's sister died when a Pennsylvania passenger train struck the family car near Monroeville Fort Wayne Indiana. The victims are Theresa Ott of Fort Wayne Lois Kraus of Sheldon and Kraus children Katherine Gertrude Ruth and Evelyn all ages from one to ten.
Ames Iowa April 25 Corn in all its phases is popular in thousands of Iowa homes. The Homemakers' Corn Club, started with talks on uses of corn by Iowa State College Foods and Nutrition Department, has about 4,000 members. Four thousand two hundred recipe talks have been sent to housewives, with interest from other states including Maryland.
The 1932 daylight saving period begins yesterday and will span 15 U S states along with many cities in New York Massachusetts Rhode Island and New Jersey. Canada England France Belgium and more also practice the time shift. Maine and Connecticut show mixed enforcement with some towns observing despite local laws.
A college economist estimates that at least 15,000 additional bushels of corn have been used based on the number of housewives joining the club. A large amount has also been used by nonrespondents to the programs in writing.
A fragment notes Payne visiting the mother of Misa Otl and Mrs Kraus, indicating a personal visit or family contact. The readable text centers on these named individuals and their association.
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