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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1931
Page
2
Livestock news from Chicago shows hog receipts around 3 000 with direct 11 000, market moderately active and mixed by weight. Cattle receipts near 17 900 with grain fed steers up to 25 cents higher, vealers strong, heifers and cows varying, while sheep receipts total 17 000 with early declines and mixed prices for lambs and ewe grades.
County crews, led by Chairman Brown and Ed Kos, work to complete Noble road and grade 76 Center while tackling small jobs. Riverside paving expands center-to-sidewalk width, and No 161 paving nears finish except for one mile awaiting water supply. Sam Himmelreich returns after 20 days injured. Wilson concrete prepares cement tile factory on Rock Island right of way with B Ei. Arthur Jr. supervising local plant duties.
Chicago August reports steady eggs and butter with varied receipts and prices. Poultry shows modest gains while potatoes stay firm on good stock with regional price ranges across idaho russets and cobbler varieties.
Combined hog receipts for 48 hours end at 6:00 A M show 32 200 head across 22 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota. Market mostly steady to 15 cents lower than last week with uneven trading at interior stations. Light weights priced 6 25 to 7 10 for 140 to 160 pounds. heavier groups 6 75 to 7 25 for 180 to 220 pounds. packers’ bids around 4 50 to 5 90 for heavier ends. pigs 100 to 150 pounds unquoted. quotations exclude some shipping point weight adjustments.
Open high low and close figures for Wheat Corn Oats Rye and Lard in Chicago at midweek. Contracts listed include Sept Dec Mar May for grains with percent changes and 1 000 car Wheat and 33 Corn and 117 Oats volume notes.
A reflection on the 1893 crash notes Americans hold nearly $5 billion in gold, major savings and industrial outputs. Headlines recall Wall Street turmoil, bank strain, and bread shortages as Colorado miners arrive by freight and cleveland is mocked by some. Chicago commodities and farm prices flicker with cash drains across markets.
Brief quote from the Toledo Blade notes limits on desires and timing. Authorities warn that life cannot satisfy every wish when desired. The remark highlights practical acceptance amid daily frustrations.
On August 3 in Crawfordsville Sat uray Everett Huston Glen's son now in Chicago is noted. J S Holmes and crew do road work on the west side of Robert McCreary farm where Howard Stewart lives. Threshing ran on Saturday with good grain yield. a morning shower paused operations briefly.
Community notes recount thanks for newspaper orders from Mrs. Holmes and others. Neighbor Gordon recovers from a shoulder injury. Rex Long’s Oxheart tomatoes impressed visitors near Crawfordsville. Ainsworth and Crawfordsville residents and families stop by for news and threshing reflections as harvest winds down.
Local residents share news of sales subscriptions and thanks for journal orders. Harold Fisner family assist with dairy while Harold Anderson delivers threshing services nearby. Eddie and Lena Mayer report relatives en route from South Dakota to California. Florence Osmundson to Earl Osmundson marriage announced in Idaho Falls. George Wheelan visits from Council Bluffs with Petty Morris family.
A county crew started work Monday morning to drag the street leading from Wo. 1 toward the county home, near the Shields coal office.
CHICAGO Aug 3 The Agricultural press bulletin says overemphasis on wheat losses skews public view of farming. It notes 70 percent of farm products reach market as livestock and livestock products and asserts bumper crops create wealth and benefit farmers and the nation.
Eagle River Wisconsin August 3 4 George W E Perry a 40 year old former railroad brakeman who confessed to marrying seven women illegally after deserting his family in 1929 faced life imprisonment for the murder of his fourth wife Mrs Cora Belle Hackett. Sheriff Thomas McGregor and two deputies planned to take Perry to Waupun penitentiary today. A jury returned a guilty verdict after less than two hours deliberation.
Wickersham report shows Connecticut federal court in three years ending June 30, 1930, handling minor prohibition offenses with speed and minimal delays. Nine jury trials in 740 cases, 92 percent pleas of guilty, many cases disposed of the day information filed, fines common, bargaining with agencies noted.
Toledo seed prices list various commodities with monthly and futures figures. Clover at 123.00 for October 13.00 and December 13.25, alsike 8.65 for August and December, Timothy hay at 1.25 per cent. Additional dates noted include August 8.65 and December 8.90.
Muscatine Iowa August 8 funeral services set for J L Geis ler vice president of the American Savings bank who died yesterday. A former state legislator Geis ler was 74.
Reports say Oscar Livingston, a black prisoner jailed at Pointe-a-la-Hache Louisiana, was removed by masked men and shot on a highway about 35 miles south of New Orleans after being charged with attempted assault on a white woman near Weeatur Louisiana.
A bomb on the Munich Zagrab Belgrade train exploded between Semun and Semun-Novigrad in Yugoslavia killing three and gravely wounding 16 passengers. An unknown assailant is suspected with police considering Bulgarian communist or other political terrorist links.
A brief caution notes how a single blink can mark a turning point with lasting consequences, underscoring the impact of quick decisions on long term outcomes.
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