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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1934
Page
2
Chicago market report shows 6 000 hogs and 6 000 sheep traded with 5 000 direct hogs and 1 000 holdovers. Prices mostly higher than last week with late Friday hogs at 5.40 and fat lambs up 75 cents from last week. calves and cattle mixed with higher yearlings but lower grades down.
Chicago reports on August 11 market activity with steady tone for poultry and potatoes. Poultry receipts include fowls springers broilers and leghorns with mixed percentages and truck counts. Potatoes show on track prices around 166 and 101, reflecting stable demand.
Chicago August 11. Reported cash corn prices show No 5 mixed at 745, No 1 yellow 78, No 2 yellow 77 to 78, No 3 yellow 77 to 73.5, No 4 yellow 76, No 2 white 78, No 3 white 77.5 to 78. Prices reflect steady trading with varied grade levels.
A horse entered under the alias The Ringer pretends to be Upder in a race entry. The disguise aims to conceal the true name while competing.
Lodges Washington Lodge No. 26 A F and A M holds regular meetings on the first Friday of every month with Harry B Turner W M and A W Yard secretary listed as officers.
Eastbound and westbound passenger and freight trains listed with schedule times. Stops include California passengers, county seats, and multiple towns such as Brighton, Fairfield, Eldon, and Mor Springs. Agents Goodlander and McKay note daily patterns and Sunday exclusions.
Washington August 11 The department of agriculture projects a corn harvest of 1 607 108 000 bushels the smallest since 1901 due to drought. July 10 forecast was 2 113 137 000 bushels. Wheat output expected 490 960 000 bushels with 527 415 000 in 1933. Overall crop yields fall well below recent years across major grains.
Very cool weather and a shower improve the weekend mood. 4-H show attendees arrived from far away for a parade with fine floats, cattle, horses, autos and tractors. Calves sold well at auction with bidders including J Buckmaster of John Morrell Ottumwa and Martin Whittaker assisting.
Forrest McNeill remains hospitalized in Iowa City and cannot yet return home. He looks well and has a good appetite but his condition prevents discharge. Vernon Conrad, who had surgery there a week ago, is progressing splendidly and will stay about another week.
A doctor at a regent in quest states cat scratches and bites are serious. He notes they occur more frequently than bites from other animals and are more severe than a dog bite.
The narrator notes sunny dry hens and higher hatch counts after Steve built a modern house with concrete floor and lower wall. They praise the solid termite proof foundation and claim the durable construction requires little or no repairs, reducing drudgery of raising chickens.
Chicago August 11 with grain market table showing May and September bids for corn oats rye and barley. Prices include highs lows opens closes and percentage changes, though several figures are garbled.
D D Murphy Louisa county feeder sold a car load of 1241 pound steers on the Chicago market at 925 dollars per hundredweight. Martha Buter reported the sale.
Chick McCulley reported in Wellston that five of his sheep were killed during a dog raid last week. Mrs. Ed Stoutner corroborated the incident.
The Keysers milk 30 cows at a home milking session in Washington with Bob and Morris leading the task. Local families including L. B. Long of Brighton Johnny Holmes Crawfordsville Everett Stewart and family Ainsworth L. V. Hazen Answorth and Isaac Kleese Ro2 attend. R L Duncan Cotteriere praises the program and 4-H youths Wm Koening and Newt Ben son visit. L A Jones speaks and impresses listeners in Central Park. Tonight Journal urged readers to keep the issue for reference.
Johnny Bryan a Cedar Rapids clothing salesman visited Friday and enjoyed the days program and parade with local residents and participants.
Harry and John Rittenhous have bought about three hundred head of lambs from drouth affected areas around Bloomfield, including Martha Thrasher.
The notice corrects a previous article misattributing the Harden Orchard piece. It states the story was written by Mrs. C. C. Dayton, not Martha Thrasher, and extends apologies to both.
Aug 11 Columbus Junction report says the Leonard Hatick reunion will be held in Weed Park, Muscatine, Sunday. Miss Ethel White has been elected to a position at Grandview Grade School and will teach music. Rex Buffington is a surgical patient at Bellevue Hospital in Muscatine. John Bates plans to move to Oxly Missouri. Mr and Mrs Jesse Cook announce birth of a daughter.
Thursday updates report births for Frank Wilson and C B Roberdee families, a Hershey hospital arrival for Cecil Schlichting couple, and Carol Ann Roberdee born to Cedar Rapids residents. Also notes Aug 8 birth for F C Swan daughter and a union Sunday school picnic near Columbus Junction with 200 attendees and kittenball games.
Miss Gertt rude Lewis and Miss Davis of Iowa City visited the James Baird home during the weekend. Families traveled to Albernett and Ottumwa for visits, with several arrivals from Fairfield and Chicago. A Walnut women’s club picnic drew about 67 attendees at Sunset Park.
A tradition from the Seychelle islands in the Indian Ocean holds that Adam and Eve tended the Garden of Paradise at Meir, a legendary site midway between Africa and Asia. The claim reflects local lore rather than historic record.
From Mt Izaru summit in Costa Rica one can see waters of the Pacific and the Caribbean, considered part of the Atlantic. The site is believed to be the only point on the American continents with such a view of all oceans.
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