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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1932
Page
2
Chicago livestock report shows hogs 10 to 15 cents lower with top at 4.85 and most 4.00 to 4.75. Cattle at 5 000 head, calves steady, beef steers 6.00 to 9.50, yearlings 7.50 to 9.50, milk heifers 4.50 to 8.00, feeders 4.50 to 6.00. Sheep 16 000 head down 25 cents, lambs 6.26 to 6.25, yearlings 4.00 to 5.00.
Interior Iowa and southern Minnesota hog markets report 26 400 head over 24 hours at 21 yards and 7 plants. Prices ranged from 2.60 to 4.36 per hundredweight across weights with downswings 10 to 80 cents, bulk good to choice hogs 180 to 200 pounds bringing 4.05 to 4.30.
Chicago report lists butter by tub counts and creamery standards. It notes butter ranges from 18 to 19 percent and eggs at 9 292 cases with current yield 12 to 14 percent and fresh extra firsts at 16 4 percent.
The list shows live poultry prices for turkeys hens roosters ducks and geese with weights and grades, plus potato prices by grade and region. It includes Kansas Minnesota Ohio Wisconsin Idaho and Idaho price ranges, with several 10 to 14 percent figures and 60 car unit listings.
The Farmers Holiday Association issues a nationwide call for a farmers strike beginning August 14, 1982, for 30 days unless extended. The move cites Congress inaction on farm relief and urges support from public officials, citizens, and farm groups to secure fair prices and halt production-cost losses. Executive Committee members Mile Keno, John Charmes, and Jesse D. Sickle lead the effort.
Commissioner unveils a complex plot in which Lola Carewe and a staged mother figure hide a web of blackmail and murder. The killer uses theater and photographs to mislead, culminating in the exposure of a crime linked to hospital specimen trade and a vengeful scheme.
A brief market snapshot lists items with varied prices such as 9.505 choice at 10.00 to 11.0, fanes at 12.00, sweet clove 13 percent Arluke at 6.60 to 8.50, Timothy good at 2.60, and fancy at 2.90. The steady market tone suggests traders monitor shifts and demand remains muted.
An OCR fragment reports Crain receipts involving seven cars and ninety three cant plus one hundred fifty cars in a mixed, unclear note. The readable items indicate a transportation or inventory entry with numeric counts but lack clear context or full names.
Angel Rev. and Mrs. Jesse Be. Agan of Litchfield visited Rev and Mrs F Wenger. Mrs. W W Twinam traveled to Chicago for a visit with her daughter Veda. Everette Huston of Chicago vacationing with his parents. The Maxwell and Gilkey families left for Weet Middlesex Pennsylvania. Mrs Cora McKee traveled to Washington to attend her father’s funeral. Mildred Johnson and friends from Columbia Mo and Maurice Maxwell of Chillicothe Mo stayed at the T B Maxwell home and toured Iowa City. Warry Kempffey returned to Chicago after a vacation at the W W Twinam home. Mrs Frank Adams of Ames visited James and Mrs Long. Mrs Robert Hagerman and …
The August 4 entry notes heavy threshing with 2500 bushels oats and 727 wheat, and neighbors like the Davison and Nisle families supplying berries and sharecropper work. It mentions a large crowd at a Brighton band concert, strong hay and livestock crops, and a focus on hard work and preparations for winter.
Harriett sends clippings from Los Angeles Tires as Cloyce Dougherty thanks her. The world watches the city with interest and questions the cost involved.
The Olympic ticket office on South Spring Street lists session prices: Opening ceremonies $3. weights lifting $1. athletics $2. fencing $1. wrestling $2. cycling $1. swimming $2. lacrosse $2. gymnastics $2. football $3. boxing $2 in day, $1 in morning. rowing $2. field hockey $2. closing ceremonies and final equestrian $2. Season tickets vary by sport and age, with adult and child rates shown for each. The note ends with an aside about Washington citizens in California.
Los Angeles July 8. The tenth Olympiad will host athletes from forty eight nations in Olympic Village with languages, foods, and customs from around the world. Reporters like Synnestvedt Steward Almieda and Ovenstierna will cover events, entertainment, and ceremonies as spectators hope for smooth broadcasts and diverse exhibitions.
Two children Doris Jean and George Allen of Swedesburg spent Tuesday here with their sister Mrs. Allee Hagie. Rev and Mrs Wim Jones, Mrs Hugh J. Davis and Elizabeth, and Miss Olive Moore enjoyed a picnic in Iowa City yesterday.
Jetty Gow, famed and colorful in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping drama, sailed today bound for Scotland to visit family. She was the nurse who raised the alarm the night Charlie Lindbergh Jr. was abducted on March 1.
Prison guards and county officers immediately formed a posse and were conducting an extensive search through the Arkansas swamplands.
Attorneys LIVINGSTON and Ricnen 8 W Livingston and CG Michel operate an abstract department in the office at 204 West Main St near Court House. Phone 147.
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