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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1931
Page
2
Hogs receipts reach 14 000 with ranges across weights from 100 to 350 pounds and wholesale shifts higher. Cattle trade weak with yearlings and weighty steers priced around 8 9 dollars. vealers strong to 10 60. Sheep and lambs steady to higher with best natives 7 00 to 7 75 and yearlings about 5 75.
Chicago Produce market report shows UP kegs steady with receipts 11 900 cases and varying quality grades, Butler firm with 10 295 tubs and high extras, poultry firm reporting 3 cars with mixed fowls and broilers, cheese prices for twins and Americas, potatoes on track with 183 cars and 276 shipments, price moves for Idaho, Missouri and Virginia cobblers and russets.
Des Moines IA August 4 Combined hog receipts at 22 concentration yards detailing USDA figures and market activity for hogs.
Seven packing plants in interior towns and southern Minnesota processed 7 800 head in the 24 hours to 8:00 A M, up from 7 100 last week. Receipts were light in most sections and the market was steady to 10 cents higher than Monday's average. Prices varied by weight, with good and choice hogs ranging from 5.75 to 7.30 per hundredweight, lighter weights higher, and heavier weights generally lower or unchanged. packing sow prices quoted as 4.10 to 5.10 for the heaviest ranges.
Geraldine Foster was killed on December 24 and buried in tannic acid. Dr. Maskell, her employer, is the prime suspect, while two women were seen leaving his office with bottles like those near the grave. The investigation follows claims of an alibi with Doris and a cryptic journey with police officials.
Commissioner Colt questions Doris Morgan about a Christmas Eve trip with Doctor Maskell. They visit Patchin Place to deliver a parcel, then travel through New York to the Chelsea Hotel and Sherman Square, while a mysterious call to the doctor warns of a terrible event at Peddler Road.
The inspector and his men question Checkles who says he was with the doctor all Christmas Eve. Doctor Maskell sits nearby with Felise Morgan and her daughter Doris, a ten year old girl described with golden hair and blue eyes, forming the doctor’s apparent alibi.
In a Westock apartment trip, Thatcher Colt and Dr. Maskell ride with Detective Burke. Doris recalls a confectioner near Park Avenue where she and Checkles ate ice cream. Doris claims three scoops while she took one. to be continued.
Washington reports labor and coal operators rejected general conference talks on the depressions in coal and transport sectors. 95 coal operators were approached with fewer than half agreeing to meetings, while railroad executives refused a unified labor conference saying issues must be handled by each line.
Sam Miler of Olds reports all is well in the Olds vicinity with threshing underway. Grandpa Johnny Huston recovering after a visit from a new Houston Morgan baby. Mr and Mrs Wittmer of Wayland shopped in town and brought peaches home. Jake Squire visiting his parents in town after a Detroit telephony job. Ainsworth updates include Paul Nazlett's truck crash with a $86 loss, Alva Boileau and crew cleaning yards, and a new bridge east of Ainsworth 147 feet long. Miss Mary Marr to receive a farewell at the farm. Abs Dryden and daughter mentioned.
The Marr family from Chicago spends vacations and maintains the home for Jesse Marr while the twelve year old granddaughter assists grandpa with farm work. Dan Griffith and Date Thompson inspect a new bridge east of Ainsworth with Date using a cane. George Cannett and family dig Irish cobblers, yielding about one hundred bushels at one dollar per bushel, Doris selects entries for a fall festival.
A recollection from Cal Underwoods includes his five year old grandson Lester Howard Hobek offering advice for his plans next year. Miss Jean Stirling of Burlington Iowa will receive the Evening Journal from her mother Mrs Tom Stirling who keeps fried chickens and a police dog on the Washington farm west of town.
In a Washington Star note, Jud Tunkins argues that pedestrian right of way is meaningless when it is constantly disrupted by traffic. The page also includes scattered commodity prices for rye, dew, lard, and cash grain markets in Chicago with varied bids across several grades.
Officials from state and local agencies traced a foul odor near the Washington Rendering plant to a dead pig in a sack near the bridge. A girl watching soup at home was heard singing about the pot growing larger, a local detail noted in the narrative.
A plant sits 640 feet from the road, exceeding the required 200 feet as mandated by state law. The building has been fully screened to meet official requests and operates in accordance with state regulations.
PA, McLamore, manager of the local plant, reports removal of a dead animal on the roadside has likely cleared up odor complaints that followed the incident.
Washington County 4H livestock show and 4H girls achievement days run August 11 12 at Sunset Park Washington Iowa with a county Farm Bureau picnic August 12. Premiums donated by local business leaders. Events include demonstrations judging contests and a community singing with a Holbrook address and trophy presentations.
Toledo notes seed prices with crop terms and dates. Clover prints at 12.25 percent for Oct 12 and 25 as well as Dec 12 at 60 cents. Alsike covered at 8.50 for Aug 8.50 and Dec 8.76. Timothy hay per wagon weight priced at 1.25.
Grain receipts listed include 282 ears of wheat, 18 cars of corn, and 62 cal oats as recorded.
The interview quotes Guy Carleton and Harry C Ward on realized ambitions. Carleton recalls wanting a mustache becoming true. Ward lists childhood dreams of cowboy fireman policeman and engineer, then reflects on growing older and valuing self expression while noting Rotary duck feed speaker at Burlington last fall.
In Detroit Beatrice West testified that her husband owned seven radios and forbade dusting to avoid disturbing them. The court granted the divorce. In Denver Booth Christian ordered fish at a restaurant and coughed violently, prompting medical help. surgeons removed two fish hooks from his throat.
Mrs Mil dred Straka 22 filed for divorce alleging her husband was the cause of the split. She promised to produce a handful of hair she pulled from the head of a woman she found in her name upon returning from vacation as evidence.
The article notes Mark Twain claimed he would die with Halley's Comet, arriving with it in 1835 and leaving with it in 1910. The comet reappeared the night before his death, fulfilling his prophecy exactly.
County Agent Montgomery opened with remarks and introduced Dr. H L Hendricks from the county health unit who discussed the girls health contest. Miss Jacobs the county nurse and Hendricks family were acknowledged as part of the program. Two film reels followed with ice cream and pop served by 4H girls.
August 11 12 features 4H club achievement show and Farm Bureau picnic. August 16 22 Davenport Fair and August 6 September 4 State Fair. September 15 16 17 fall festival marks season events with community groups.
Thomas A. Edison, who was taken ill on Saturday, showed improvement by Sunday and walked to the living room from his bedchamber to sit at his desk. The 14 year old inventor read the newspapers with interest for the first time in several days.
The body of 7 year old Edward Gallien was carried more than two miles after he slipped into a storm sewer entering Indian Creek during Saturday night’s rainstorm. It was found lodged near the creek’s outlet to the Missouri River by searchers who worked through the night, aided by the boy’s pet dog guiding them to the body.
Curtis Willards, 18, died when he slipped and fell from a moving Burlington freight train in Chariton yesterday after stealing a ride. Authorities reported the accident occurred near the city as the train operated.
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