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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1931
Page
2
Chicago market notes show hogs easy to steady with varied weights and packer demand. cattle receipts at 14 000 with grain fed steers steady to higher on early rounds while grass cattle ease. calves and bulls trading mixed as stockers and feeders adjust. sheep purchases at 10 000 with a slow, mostly steady market.
Slaughter sheep and lambs show weak demand with few buyers and broad price ranges. Lambs at 90 lb down good and choice 6.75 to 7.85, medium 5.00 to 6.75, common 3.50 to 5.00. fat ewes 1.75 to 3.00. feeding lambs 50 to 75 lb at 6.00 to 5.50.
Des Moines reports 24 hour hog receipts totaling 8,600 across 22 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota, down from 11,300 a week earlier. Market strength seen in some classes with leaner weights priced 6.40 to 7.45 while heavier hogs decline to 5.10 to 6.10, packing sows mostly steady to higher in spots.
Geraldine Foster is found murdered and preserved with tannic acid on Peddler's Road. Dr. Humphrey Maskell, owner of the house, faces suspicion as two women carry similar bottles away from his office. Witnesses place Maskell near the scene while alleging an alibi flaw. Police press on with inquiries, tracing a pillowcase clue and a supposed perfect alibi as detectives fill the crime scene.
Doris recalls a waiting time while Geraldine may have telephoned Mrs Westock. Thatcher Colt ponders the doctor’s missing link in the itinerary and the plan to reach him. Doctor Maskell confirms they went home after listing seven remaining addresses.
A detective presses Doctor Maskell on the evidence from the scene at Peddler's Road. Thatcher Colt argues that reason can break a suspect, though Maskell remains unmoved and insists on rational limits. The scene ends with a pause as the case continues tomorrow.
A survey piece quotes Lucy Benz teacher Lloyd Helwick shopkeeper and Merritt McDaniel druggist on co-education. They advocate mixed schooling as essential and equal for boys and girls.
The report notes that long haul shipments experience weight shrinkage and hogs filled beyond expected levels. Prices vary with shipping point weights and are excluded from standard quotations.
Chicago market report shows eggs steady with receipts 8 113 cases and varied firsts and seconds. Butter firm with tubs and extras up to 25, poultry unsettled with mixed car receipts and multiple weight categories. Potatoes strong with Idaho Arkansas Louisiana prices and sack purchases noted.
A Chicago market summary shows wheat trading around Sept and Dec contracts with modest shifts. corn and oats display varied daily ranges and delivery months. Rye and lard figures appear nominal with fluctuating quotes. Grain receipts list 364 cars for wheat and 39 cars for corn at the terminal.
The Chicago close shows Wheat mixed with bids around 44 to 48% and Hard wheats near 48. Corn prices vary by grade with Yellow, White and mixed lots quoted from about 44 to the mid 50s. Barley and Timothy range roughly from 38 to 52 and Clover from 10.50 to 17.00 per unit.
Toledo on August 5 reports grain close with Clover prime at 12.15 for October 18.15 and December 12.40. Alsike cash 8.26, August 8.25, December 8.50. Ling timothy per ent 1.25.
Mrs Geo Lemley and Junior visited daughters Mrs Dalton Topping of Wellman and Mrs Clifford Lahey of Kalona. Harold Griggs hosted guests. Verge Pardon helped thresh at Willard Bell’s. Mrs Russel Isaacs and baby returned from Joliet after two weeks with cousin Mrs Edd Stout. Helper crews included Mrs Hazel Griggs and Mrs Harvey, with threshing by Oliver Furst in Wellston.
The writer relays a day of visits in Kalona and nearby Richmond including Harve Shannon of Lee Summit and local residents Norbert Whitmire Louis Whitmire Schillig and Blakley. They describe apple butter prep canning at Triska home and social chatter with Navy Marek Chalupa and others along with remarks on the Journal’s timing and local businesses.
A lively Washington area note captures hot July weather and social life with peaches selling in Kalona and nearby towns. County folks discuss farm visits, hand concerts, cream socials, a farm bureau picnic on August 12, and upcoming rural carriers meeting.
Washington dispatch recalls historic locust plagues that devastated midwestern countrysides as Dr. C. L. Marlatt notes nature rather than science often ends such insect threats. He recalls Kansas childhood amid cloudlike swarms moving eastward across multiple states.
Dr. Marlatt discusses Rocky Mountain locusts and grasshoppers. Poisoning is costly and hard to fund. research seeks disease-based control, though not yet practical. He notes 10 percent of crops are destroyed yearly and federal funds are unavailable for such aid.
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