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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1930
Page
2
U S Department of Agriculture notes hogs 25 000 head with prices rising 5 to 10 cents, top 10.25, cattle 7 000 head with steers and yearlings uneven, slaughter classes listed with weights and prices, sheep 11 000 head opened steady to strong with lambs and ewes priced across weight ranges.
The Chicago wheat, corn, oats, rye and fat sample market figures show May July and Sept contracts with fluctuating highs and lows. Wheat ranges from about 1.02 to 1.99 percent, corn shows mixed gains around 0.78 to 0.96 percent, oats hover near 0.41 to 0.44 percent, rye around 0.60 to 0.69 percent, and lard contracts around 6.02 to 10.82.
Toledo Ohio April 29 grain close reports prices for Clover and Alsike hay and Timothy seed. Domestic cash clover 11.75 rome 12.00 October 12.60 December 12.80. Alsike cash 11.00 Timothy cash new 3.70.
Chicago cash grain report dated April 29 shows mixed bids for corn with values around 79 to 82 percent, yellow corn prices from 77 to 82 percent, and white corn bids near 82 to 83 percent. Wheat cash offerings are listed as none. sample grades range up to 1.
Washington markets list per pound and per dozen prices for cream, eggs, hens, boilers, broilers, ducks, geese, beef hides, and horse hides. Notes no market for sick thin or crippled poultry. prices include variations by breed and weight.
The notice lists oats at 2 white 42 to 421 percent, 3 white 41 to 41 percent, and 4 white 3914. Rye shows none. Barley priced 52 to 64. Timothy ranges 700 to 850. Clover valued 1100 to 1875.
Riverside March through April items include Women’s Catholic Foresters meeting with new officers installed and a covered dish luncheon. R C Rummelhbart opens a garage in the former Ford site selling Graham cars with a station. St. Mary’s school and high school boys prepare numbers for an parish hall entertainment. An eight pound boy arrives to Mr and Mrs Merton Schmoeberen. Rev Jesse L McLaughlin earns Who’s Who in America mention. K of P to meet May 1 with important business.
The notice lists mixed and local passenger trains with daily and weekly services, including No. 49 Local Pass and No. 49 for Knoxville Branch, plus Westbound and Eastbound trains with times like 9:03 p.m. and 12:16 p.m. It cites agents J. C. McKay and W. C. Bell and notes frequencies Sunday exceptions and freight services.
Report from Brighton recounts road conditions near Marrius Kuhn and a gas stop near D E Wells. Charlie Weldon buys Dr Cash drug store and a home in town, with Phil Weldon visiting from Hedrick. Local residents E C Capper’s Brighton creamery churns about 1000 pounds daily. townsfolk discuss church, the Commercial club, and A B Clarks store as Brighton grows.
Fire in Pella Iowa destroyed the Van der Linden drug store and damaged adjoining property causing an estimated loss over 25000 dollars. The blaze started in the drug store from undetermined causes and was not discovered until the building was nearly ruined, with flames spreading to a neighboring grocery. The letter notes a passenger was offered half fare amounting to about three dollars.
Louis H. Hermann of Hobart Indiana began a 15 year term at Port Madison state penitentiary after pleading guilty to forgery. He also paid a $1000 fine after confessing to passing a $2000 worthless check as part payment on a farm.
In Oskaloosa Iowa on April 28 Hi S Hoover settled two years of litigation over the state highway commission building a highway through his orchard. Hoover accepted $3348 in damages awarded by a jury at the case's second trial.
Frank J. Stillman 66 former publisher of papers in Cresco Riceville and Waterloo died in an automobile accident in Washington DC yesterday. Funeral services set for Glendale California.
Grain dealers of the Middle West meet in Des Moines for a two day conference marking the thirtieth annual convention. Delegates discuss market conditions, prices, and trade practices. Key speakers include industry leaders from regional grain firms and associations.
A letter to Burlington railroad agent Dale Enis in Cereston explains a $3 payment as conscience balm. The note references a past ride with the writer’s small brother on a train.
County bridge men move a cement three by three foot by sixty foot span near Ralph Tracey’s property. Cy Dickinson reports eight mules, many lambs and chickens, and sturdy fences with cows, hogs, and other stock busy on the place. Wesley Hendricks notes his wife misses the Journal. The family recently bought a World War book and their son Brown, hospitalized in Muscatine, is expected home soon improved.
A short quip notes a town’s drinking rules with a witty reply that medical checks are not required beforehand. The punchline suggests doctors are not needed to obtain a drink, hinting at local attitudes toward regulations.
A narrator notes AE Garrett who lives south of Mr Hendricks keeps a neat bachelor home and enjoys his daily paper. He says a woman would not need a paper taken from him but if a wife wanted one he would buy two for her.
A lighthearted column notes mistakes as inevitable and suggests mats under cuspi dors as a playful metaphor, reflecting the paper's tongue in cheek style. The piece frames errors as manageable with proper preparation and humor.
Guy Stansbury plans to read his old hometown daily for a year in Santa Ana California, even if rumors shake him, prompted by receiving a letter from his father.
Mrs. J. B. Walker claims their journal expires May second but others say it is several months away per a filled receipt. Bernard, who attempted to cut his foot, is recovering and tending to his farm north of Ainsworth.
In Davenport on April 28, more than 65 acres on F. H. Kronenberg’s farm were prepared for spring planting. After a barn fire on April 16 destroyed livestock and implements, 16 tractors and seven teams of horses joined to pull plows. The event followed a Hickory Grove farm bureau meeting and drew whole families who aided in planting while wives cooked for workers.
The senate confirmed Glenn A. Tibbetts as postmaster of Waterloo. The action occurred in Washington with the announcement dated April 28.
London report from the War Ministry lists executions for desertion and related crimes during World War I. It states 264 soldiers shot for desertion, 18 for cowardice, two officers for desertion, and one officer for murder and desertion. No British officers were shot for cowardice.
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