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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1931
Page
2
Chicago August market reports show hogs at 7.60 to 8.15 with tops to 8.15 and cattle steady to strong. steers 7.75 to 9.50, heifers 6.75 to 9.25, cows 3.00 to 6.75, bulls 3.00 to 5.00, stockers 5.50 to 7.00, sheep 6.50 to 7.75. Large crowds and varied weights influenced prices. futures and direct sales noted.
The report lists unsold ewes fat lambs and slaughter sheep with prices. Lambs 96 lb and under high quality 6.50 to 7.85, medium 4.75 to 6.50, common 3.50 to 4.75. Ewes 90 to 150 lb medium 1.75 to 3.25, cull 0.75 to 2.25. Feeding lambs 50 to 75 lb good and choice 5.00 to 5.50.
A concise market update shows eggs unsettled with receipts and firsts and seconds varying by percentage and case totals. butter steady with large receipt and extra firsts and standard levels. poultry steady with car arrivals and shifts in fowls springers leghorns ducks and turkeys. cheese names Twins 14 and Young Americas 14% to 14. potatoes on track with car arrivals shipments and prices like Missouri cobblers Idaho russets and Virginia cobblers quoted per barrel.
Combined hog receipts at 22 concentration yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ended 8:00 A. M. reported 12,100 head, down from 14,800 last week. Markets were generally steady to 15 cents higher than Wednesday with most stations up to 10 cents, led by light and medium weight butchers and light weight packing sows as marketing grew in several sections.
Thatcher Colt reveals a planned private examination of Doctor Maskell at the Police Commissioner’s home. Bruce Foster is cleared, Armstrong remains suspect. Colt unveils a pneumo cardio-sphygmometer, a lie detector used in Joliet and Berkeley, as part of an extra legal inquiry.
Geraldine Foster vanished after a Christmas Eve visit to Dr Humcott Maskell on Peddler's Road. Autopsy shows fatal injury on December 24 with tannic acid preservation. Suspects include Maskell, Foster's former fiancé Harry Armstrong, and foster brother Bruce. Doris Morgan and neighbors place Maskell with others. a caller warned the doctor to hurry to the scene.
The notice lists hog prices by weight classes from light to heavy and includes sow and pig categories with bid ranges. It notes bulk transaction basis and that long haul shipments with shrinkage or overfilling may fetch prices above or below quoted figures. Shipping-point weight exclusion applies.
Clover prime price shown as 12.15 on Oct 12 and Dec 12.49. Alsike cash 8.25 on Aug 8 and Dec 8.50. Hay timothy per ewt 1.25. IH.
Chicago market roundup lists wheat varieties from 2 red to hard types with ranges around 44 to 48 percent, 1 northern around 50, 2-4 red and mixed grades. Corn shows mixed and yellow entries up to about 57 percent, oats with white grades near 21 percent, rye barley timothy clover prices noted for feed use.
Grain receipts show 230 cars of wheat 22 cars of corn and 60 cars of oats according to the railway tally. The figures reflect available shipment capacity and market movement for the period.
A 17 year old orphan Sadie Meyer was fined for sunning her shoulder on a Coney Island beach when Officer Byington issued a summons. She could not pay the £5 fine and was fingerprinted and jailed. Os car Asterdillo faces $2000 cost to secure passports for his Cuban family as he plans a world tour.
Three or four 20 minute foot baths over several nights melt away corns and calluses. Feet feel lighter and more comfortable, allowing easier walking and dancing. Radox baths are sold at Lemmon's Pharmacy and other druggists for safe corn removal.
Readers of Crawfordsville share memories of the late Robert McCleary at his funeral. Frank Embrees family renews a local Journal, Waldo Wells tends roads in heat, and Mrs. Davis comments on gardening. Grain yields near Crawfordsville, and Timmins farm reports jass jokes and travel plans. Digging into a defunct Diggins bank, robbers find an empty safe. W R Brown recalls 1872 threshing days and crass hoppers.
The piece recalls farm activities including shipments of cattle, with two loads of heifers shipped and two loads of steers on the farm. It notes discussions of times and prices of farm products, mentions Harry Dusenberry’s cattle, and a 70 head herd seen in a pasture. It also records community happenings and social visits among neighbors in Illinois and Cotter, with a note on Rev Parker’s Washington trip and recovery.
A. C. Rothwell of Pueblo sold his doc Prity to Alvin Overbey for 5 dollars after the dog frightened neighbors and caused trouble when Rothwell visited Des Moines. Overbey paid to take Frit away. A later item notes a 13 year old from Alton, Illinois comparing his weight and height with last year, with a dated reference to August 6, 1959.
Roosevelt and former governor Lowden plan a farm policy discussion at Pullman Island near Alexandria Bay tonight. They may tackle rural tax relief and other agricultural issues. Roosevelts bid for the presidency draws Western farmer interest and broad gubernatorial participation.
Citizens weigh in with remarks on staying cool as a heat wave persists. Mrs. O. BB. Helwick suggests keeping busy helps forget the heat, while Mrs. A. Bb. Baldrige notes relief only comes when the breeze returns and temperatures stay under 100.
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