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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1934
Page
2
Hogs 9,000 head, demand dull, bids around 3.70 with top near 3.95. cattle 200 and calves 409, medium to heavy steers up to 60 cents, yearlings mixed, cows and bulls steady. hogs held at dull demand while sheep and lambs rise with spring movement, first Californians on sale. tops and averages reflect strong prices for heavy cattle and wooled lambs.
Chicago notes steady eggs with 35 698 cases received and 15 percent firsts. Butter market firm with 8 605 pounds received and high percentages of specials extras and firsts. Poultry weak with various poultry types down or up in shares. Potatoes on track with shipments and moderate market activity.
Chicago April 28 Cash Corn No 2 yellow traded at 46 percent. The brief market item notes current price level and grade with no further details.
Midway Sales Co offers horses for work cattle including native cattle and Shorthorn stock cows with calves, yearling steers and heifers. hogs with litters and piglets. plus 200 hedge posts and farming equipment, including a Moline corn planter and manure spreader. A large buying crowd meets weekly on Tuesdays.
The review lauds the hospital profession and Clark Gable in Men in White, showing Sunday to Tuesday at the State theater. It highlights the doctors sacrifices, limited social life, and the clash with Myrna Loy, ending with a hopeful note for the couple.
Oregon report shows state owns 1,149 autos with more than $1 million invested. Most vehicles are in medium price range. The highway department possesses the largest share at 645 cars, followed by 125 for the state police. University of Oregon is listed among state holdings.
A compact survey links Traqg as a state birthplace of the Arabian Knights and Garden of Eden fame alongside Nineveh and Ur. Iraq is described as the land of the gufa, a round reed boat. Tradition reports Moses cast adrift in such a tar-treated craft.
D F Macon reports on local farming chatter as W J Crozier plans hogs with six months lead time and Chester Whites favored. Henry Strauss touts cow stories of a 2 year old freshening to 11 years, while Sam and Will Stockman visit relatives north of Washington. Builders roof Bethel church. Pearson plows twelve acres daily.
Rural column recalls the weekly paper from the ole home town and lists local notes. Fragments mention Uncle Joe's sociable, theft headlines, a measles note, and small town curiosities with names like Oscar Hughs W. G. Robertson Crawfordsville Gus Strums Arthur Lambert Maynard Kallous and Mr Ed Miksehs furniture sale.
Collected observations off the Great Barrier Reef near Australia report female sharks carrying up to 70 unborn embryos, each two to three feet long, illustrating remarkable reproductive capacity.
The April 28 Chicago grain table shows bid ask ranges for WHEAT CORN OATS and RYE across May July and Sept contracts. Values list open high low and close for each commodity with year ago and yesterday references included.
Brighton and surrounding county residents report visits to Chicago Rubio and Clay farms. Church attendance and Sunday school meetings in Washington county are noted with reports from Esther Stone and others. Farm activity includes plowing for corn and beans, and recent stockholder dividend at the Clay Threshing Machine Co. with local social visits and school term completion at White Hawk.
Pontiac engineers unveil the Ride-O-Graph a device that records a car ride’s smoothness on waxed paper. A spring motor diaphragm and stylus trace a graph reflecting road shock absorption by knee action versus conventional springs. Dealers use demonstrations to prove old cars ride rougher than 1934 Pontiacs.
Sunday services featured a guest, followed by dinner with Rev. and Mrs. Waery. The Junior-Senior banquet is set for Friday at the school house. School closes May 11. Mt. Pleasant visitation and local dinners mark a busy week with Iowa Wesleyan guests Lois Chrissinger Leota Hurton Basil Huston. A missionary convention in Danville, Mothers and Daughters Tea at the school, and a Legion Auxiliary meeting in Trenton highlight community happenings. The Henry county Young People conference meets at Olds church April 29 with a 6 o clock lunch in the school dining room COR. Bare of Washington visited Olds Monday.
Natives of Oshima island near Tokyo teach girls to balance water on their heads as children. The island’s volcanic terrain forces long journeys, with carriers traveling five miles or more to fetch water.
The text notes the Roman poet Virgil embedded observations of animal diseases in his writings. It highlights the blend of natural history and poetic craft in his descriptions and suggests a scholarly interest in Virgil as an early observer of disease in animals.
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