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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1931
Page
2
Combined hog receipts at 23 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 24 hours ended 10 am today totaled 12 600, up from 6 700 last week. Prices weakened mainly 10 cents, with 170 to 220 lb hogs selling 6 60 to 6 85 and long haul 180 to 220 lb at 6 90 or higher at some stations.
The fragment notes a distance claim of 50 miles or more from destination and that the item weighed without feed or water at delivery. the text then oddly mentions a temperature range 10 to 26 C and a press quote.
Chicago market summary shows hogs at 21,000 receipts with direct 2,000. prices range from 6.35 to 7.50 for various weights with top 7.50 and bulk around 6.75 to 7.15. Cattle receipts 1,500 with calves and steers mixed. yearlings steady to lower, best fed around 9.75, most 7.00 to 9.50. Sheep receipts 17,000 with fat lambs around 9.00 to 10.00 and ewes 2.75 to 4.00, slaughter sheep and lambs listed.
Chicago April 28 Produce prices and receipts show steady to firm movement across groups. Butter and poultry supply metrics edge higher with varied item ranges, potatoes on track with arrivals and shipments. regional russet and white varieties cited with price quotes from Wisconsin Minnesota Idaho Colorado and Texas markets.
Chicago grain text shows May wheat around 81 to 83, July near 60, Sept around 64, and Dec about 64. Corn May around 65 to 64, July near 56, Sept about 57, Dec near 61. Oats and rye figures listed in varied ranges, indicating a fluctuating trading day.
Toledo daily grain and hay prices list April 28 showing prime grain quotes for old and new prime including 12 75 14.00 14.25 and October 14.25 with December at 44.50 for alsike cash and timothy hay at 1.25.
April 28 report shows Wheat prices ranging from 1 hard to 1 mixed with values 62% to 64 14. Corn listings include several mixed grades from 56 to 66 with yellow and white varieties noted. Oats and barley prices appear around 28 to 39 with timothy and clover also listed in limited ranges.
Grain estimates for Wheat S86 and corn nine hours ahead show oats at seven. The short OCR snippet lists grain types with numeric markers, indicating a cataloged price or quantity update.
Infectious disease bulletin No. 200 dated April 26 1931 notes outbreaks reported during the past period. The brief item cites multiple cases of animal infections and outlines monitoring for spread.
Lodges Washington chapter No 98 O E S Regular meeting second Thursday night each month Ida McDaniel WM Ernestine Denison secretary Visiting members welcome Damascus Shrine No 10 W 8 of jt Regular meeting fourth Tuesday each month Ma sonic Temple rooms Edith Fulger WP Hazel Haven Worthy Scribe Washington Lodge No 26 A P B A M Regular meeting first Friday each month Harry C Ward WM A W Yard Secretary Cyrus Chapter No 48 R A M Regular meeting second Friday each month J W Euslin HP A W Yard Secretary
Attorneys T A Michels General law practice Temple building opposite Journal office Phone 65 T L Brookhart Law Abstracts Federal Farm Loans First door west of State Theatre East Washington St Phone 19 Livingston Eicher abstract department 204 West Main block east of Court House Phone 147 Morrison Morrison Edmund D and George Morrison building north side square Wy stake 119 West Main Phone 245
Chiropractors Dr. Chas. Brown and Preston Letter with offices near the courthouse and Lemmon's Pharmacy. Downstairs osteopathic office, and A W Clow D O offers general osteopathic work and colorectal treatments in the Journal building. Telephone numbers 102 and 410 are listed for appointments.
The timetable lists eastbound and westbound trains including the Golden State Limited Apache Local Passenger and Mixed trains. Notable notes include California passenger stops and trains operating daily except Sunday with several morning and evening departures and arrivals.
Cattle testing for bovine tuberculosis in Washington county nears completion and county accreditation for May 1 1931 is recommended by Dr H O Johnston federal dairy inspectors. Farmers praise cooperation while officials urge continued vigilance to prevent imports and reinfection and secure eradication benefits.
The list records outbreaks and infections in multiple species across counties and towns including hog cholera in Lyons Clinton Deep River Hedrick Malcom and others, mixed infection in swine Deliiny, necrotic enteritis and hemorrhagic septicemia in cattle, influenza of farm horses, and diseases in sheep poultry and dogs with numerous town names such as Malcom Dysart Gladbrook Clinton Cedar Rapids Maquoketa West Liberty Iowa City and others.
Loretta Young, noted for beauty and style, headlines the National production Too Young to Marry at Fox Theater this Wednesday and Thursday. The film features her as a willful daughter who secretly marries, showcasing her screen presence and fashion.
Morning frost kept farmers from town on April 28 as Frank Snider of Brighton Route & attended early, Arthur Berle from Washington RR, and Clarence J from Crawfordsville with Luther from Winfield visiting Paul Gorshat manager of the Journal. A tale recalls a teen grape mischief era with Arlington Daniels Teddy Rice and Harry Macon, including a wild chase through Mrs Jones’s yard, while Clarence Walker reports a new son for his Oil station at Ainsworth.
Funeral services were held for the late Trey Jones at the Baptist church with a large crowd and floral tributes, burial at New Haven eight miles west of Washington. The journal notes an administrator sale by A. Dunbar next Friday near the North End station. Wimmer, a Crawfordsville banker, was in Washington for a few hours. Barber ill with flu but able to go downtown. Earnest Stram on Wellman Route. Local notices mention West Chester, New Haven, and county residents.
A screenplay centers on a young woman whose relationship with her boyfriend unsettles her mother and a henpecked father as the lover appears under the influence. Grant Withers plays the boyfriend with a strong supporting ensemble including O P Hergie Emma Dunn Richard Tucker Lloyd Neal J Farrell McDonald Virginia Sale and Aileen Carlisle. Mervyn LeRoy directs the production full of dramatic tension and character studies.
A white minister conducted services in a southern black church. After reading scripture a deacon prayed with a harsh plea for vision and punishment, while W. Fl. Gardner arrived from Kansas City with 124 Hereford cattle and expressed faith in the cattle business and country.
Marion Davies headlines a new starring film Its a Wise Child at the State theater on Wednesday and Thursday. The film, a stage hit adapted for the screen by Laurence B. Johnson, is praised as a mirth-provoking farce with Polly Moran and Marie Prevost in important feminine supporting roles.
Mr and Mrs William Best and family with Miss Garna Laney traveled to Muscatine on Sunday for the Best orchestra participation at the first Congregation church program. Mr and Mrs Robert Weitzman and family visited Miss Helen Weitzman in Davenport as Edith Weitzman planned a brief stay with her sister. Will Muller and party came from Mares Iowa to visit relatives until Tuesday. Inez Mannion attends State Teachers College at Cedar Falls and spent the weekend with Dr I P Blythe. Families of Albert Hahn Gerald Philips and Vada Tiedje of Muscatine were visitors. Mrs Hahn remained with ill elder Mrs Hahn.
Hanford M Nider states no interest in running for vice president and cautions that pre-convention talks are not taken seriously. He says he prefers his current Canada post and plans events with Canadian clubs in St John, Malifax, and Quebec. Hoover writes a letter praising Luther College and notes President Nelson will attend the Tth anniversary celebration next October.
Mr and Mrs M A Stransky son Milo and granddaughter Phyllis Shalla were injured Sunday afternoon three miles west of Riverside when a car’s left front wheel came off causing the vehicle to overturn. Phyllis was thrown out and suffered a head bruise while Mr Stransky received a deep gash minor bruises and shock afflicted the others.
Boone April 28. M. Jones of Dana was killed when his car swerved into a ditch and overturned after striking loose gravel. A companion was unharmed. Omaha April 27. Rev Theodore Turner Corning Iowa brother of Gov Turner seeks to lease Bellevue College to establish a school of Practical Christianity.
Glenn C. Haynes, executive secretary of the Iowa food roads association, accuses Governor Turner of allying with the road critics. He says the veto of the state bond act halted a primary road plan and funding, while supporters moved a program to finance primary roads, later killed in the house amid a governor’s camp push to shift funds to secondary roads.
A message from Herbert Tollover praising Luther College was read at the college chapel by J. A. Nelson, local attorney returning from a Washington conference with Mr. Hoover. The note extended congratulations and best wishes to Oserr L Olson, the college president.
In St Paul on April 27 a man named J F E Kennedy was exonerated on charges of negligent driving that caused a death involving Elizabeth. The ruling clears Kennedy of the fatal incident.
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