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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1931
Page
2
Chicago livestock market shows steady to strong hogs with direct sales 8,000. hogs 140 to 210 lb fetch 7.10 to 7.30. cattle and calves receipts up to 9.25 for top yearlings, cows and bulls varied by weight. lambs and sheep opening slow with prices from 8.65 to 9.75 for lambs and 2.75 to 4.00 for sheep in lighter runs.
Combined hog receipts for 24 hours ending 10:00 a m totaled 7 400 head at 28 yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota, down from 13 600 a week ago. Prices vary by weight from 140 to over 550 pounds with declines noted at many stations and packing hogs quoted 5 60 to 6 50 for various ranges.
Chiropractors Dr. Chas C. Brown and A W Clow provide neurocalometory and osteopathic work. Brown’s office is opposite the court house with phone 102 for both office and residence. Clow offers colonic irrigation and ano-rectal diseases from the Journal building on the second floor.
Chicago market shows eggs steady with receipts 27 037 cases and mixed class splits. Sutter market steady with limited tonnage and varied firsts and seconds. poultry prices rise for turkeys and broilers while cheese peaks and potatoes show weak demand with large shipments. Wisconsin Minnesota Idaho Colorado Florida prices listed for assorted whites and spuds.
Chicago grain prices list May and July futures for Wheat Corn and Oats with old and new ranges. The report shows open high low and close figures for each contract alongside Sept and Dec maturities and rye notes.
UP Cash Grain Close reports odd pricing for wheat corn rye and barley. Wheat ranges show hard red values around 821 and 821 with mixed bids. Corn shows mixed to higher quotes with黄色 yellow bids and white varieties quoted at various percentages. Barley quoted at 28 to 4 and Timothy at 825 to 875 with Clover from 1100 to 1850.
Toledo market notes show prices for prime and choice wheat and clover old and new, with October and December futures around 14.26 and 14.00 respectively. Alsike cash and timothy hay prices are listed per ewt, reflecting dairy and livestock feed values.
Three top stars Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey and Dorothy Lee headline Radio Pictures comedy Cracked Nuts at the State Friday and Saturday. Executives decide to promote the trio to star status after the film’s release.
The duo Wheeler and Woolsey with Miss Lee headline in Assorted Nuts a thrilling Latin American revolution comedy. Their prior hits include Rio Rita the Cuckoo Dixiana Half Shot at Sunrise Hook Line and Sinker and Follies. Miss Lee rises from Hollywood beginnings to Radio Pictures contract in 1929.
Columbia's mystery thriller Subway Express stars Jack Holt and screens Friday and Saturday at the Fox Theater. The plot set aboard a subway coach features stock brokers laborers prize fighters clerks and housewives as a murder disrupts the ride and police questioning reveals unlikely connections among passengers.
Elyria Ohio April 30 Two pilots lie in a hospital after a National Air Transport tri motor crash that killed none and wounded seven passengers. Pilot Sam Taylor and co pilot Allen McDiarmid saved seven aboard including J H Fisher of Cleveland William Webber of New York and P G Gadenbesch of New York.
Mrs O C Steizleder and Coarwood Baber visited in Iowa City on Monday. Fifteen Kalona High School students will graduate, names listed including Kelen Gingerich and Mary Fash. Eclipse Lumber Company opened Saturday with a large, successful showing.
The text outlines that a prisoner who becomes blind is cared for as before with adjustments for mobility and reading. If vocational education exists, it is provided. if not, upon release the individual is sent to a blind institution to learn literacy and a trade for earning a living.
Lord Kames argues that mood swings such as cheerfulness melancholy severity and peevishness are not always proper to call tones, suggesting a philosophical view on mental variation. The remark frames emotion as fluctuating states rather than fixed qualities.
April 30 report from Washington notes Mrs. Maxwell shopping and Harry plowing on the farm east of town. Crawfordsville residents share humor and health updates including Ralph Bozian’s hospital visit, W A Harper letter, and Bill Wells improving. Barber Tom His earns praise while S Smith relocates undertaker business to the drug building.
Reports from Havre to Washington detail neighbors trading with merchants, planting corn, and visiting kin. Mentions include M. Martins seeding progress, Herman Meyers in good shape at sunset, Baker Zieglowsky Pratt and Witting in town, and Keota and New Sharon connections. An obituary note recalls Ira Adkins buried near Keota after a New Sharon death. Ward Essley sends a thank you as strawberry season approaches. Martha Jennings and Keith Adams travel to Washington and visit.
Pete Conrad and Ed Riley gave Miss Clemens house a fresh coat of paint making it look fire and well kept.
The second 4H club leaders canning lesson was held at the Joan Foster residence on East Main last Thursday led by Miss Swinney, extension specialist. Spinach was scarce in Washington, so dandelion greens were discussed as an abundant alternative. The course, led by county chair Mrs. EB Stewart, aims to equip girls with valuable canning skills.
The currant worm damages red and white currants and gooseberries in Iowa. Early larvae defoliate bushes. control options include arsenate of lead dust or spray, applied while leaves are wet. Use a cheese-cloth bag for dusting or 1 lb lead arsenate per 50 gallons water for spraying. If fruit nears maturity, avoid lead arsenate. white hellebore can be used as a nonpoisonous insecticide.
For the fourth consecutive year livestock breeders and judges from county and district fairs will gather. The conference aims to standardize judging methods and share best practices among participants and officials.
The Animal Husbandry Department announces a judging conference at Iowa State College Ames June 17 to 19. Open to livestock judges and mature individuals, with half day sessions for five classes including beef and dairy cattle sheep draft horses and market hogs judged by estimated carcass value. Wallaces Farmer and Iowa Homestead award a trophy for the best score in the hog class.
Reports show clover fields harbor numerous larvae of the clover leaf weevil and army and varied cutworm species. They feed mainly in the early morning and dusk on clover, sweet clover and alfalfa with no reliable chemical control. if damage is severe, plowing under the field and reseeding may be advised.
Cedar Falls Iowa April 24 officials led by President O R Latham and Deans L L Reed and Sadie Campbell with County Attorney S C Jacobsen investigated alleged college drinking. After questioning one man was suspended while about twenty students both men and women were allowed to return on probation.
Davenport Iowa April 30 The Quad City Builders club announced a $1 per day wage reduction for all building trades workers in Davenport Rock Island Moline and East Moline effective tomorrow. Unions are expected to resist the measure.
The letter U and V are discussed with their historical use and current forms in inscriptions. A field note advises plowing ahead to combat pests and outlines a poison bait formula for cutworms and army worms: Wheat bran 20-25 lbs Paris green 1 lb cheap molasses 2 qts water 2 gallons. Farm bureau offices offer aid on treatment.
April 29 Wednesday sessions at Worthington on Spring Management of Bees at 9 30 a m John Stewart Farm 1 30 p m Ka ona Honey Company April 30 Women s Achievement Day May 7 Miss Swinney 4H Club Leaders Training School May 12 Wool Meeting with C W McDonald in charge May 14 Mrs Gregg State Pair Plans
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