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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1931
Page
2
Receipts and price ranges for hogs and cattle listed. Hogs range 5.51 to 7.60 per cwt across weights 100 to 500 lb with grading good and choice. Cattle receipts total 9,000 with grain fed steers and yearlings earning 9.40 to 10.00 per cwt for various weights and some heavy steer lots at 9.30.
Slaughter cattle and stocker sales mostly steady with prices ranging from 2.00 to 10.00 per hundredweight across weight classes. Sheep receipts 13,000 with native lambs 7.25 to 7.75 and fat ewes 2.00 to 3.25, feeding lambs 5.00 to 5.65 for 50 to 75 lb. record shows overall steady tone and varied grades.
Receipts at 22 concentration yards and 7 packing plants across interior Town and southern Minnesota for the 24 hour period ended at 1 A.M. show 12 400 head, up from 8 600 a week earlier. Market quotes reflect declines across weights, with prices ranging from 4 75 to 7 00 per hundredweight depending on weight class and quality. Long haul consignments and weight shrinkage affect pricing. shipments by shipping point weights are excluded from quotations.
RF Combined hog market report from Des Moines notes steady price trends and early morning sales. Buyers and sellers indicated firm demand for pork cuts with light week modeled activity.
Thatcher Colt and Dougherty clash over the Geraldine Foster case in a tense library scene. Hogan reveals bloodstained clothes, the pill low-case prop, and the key to Peddler's Road house as Doctor Maskell is arrested on murder charges. Colt questions the motive and warns the plan may hinge on evidence yet unseen.
District Attorney Dougherty and detective Hogan clash with Doctor Maskell’s advocates over the Geraldine Foster murder. Colt insists four key questions must be answered before guilt or innocence will be proven, while Dougherty vows to pursue trial and reveal the truth.
New York rages over the midnight arrest of Doctor Mumphrey Maskell at the Police Commissioner's residence. District methods criticized by George Maskell, while Dougherty presses forward before the Grand Jury. Thatcher Colt and I note two elderly men at the door as the scene closes.
Cricegg reports eggs steady with receipts and prices mixed including firsts and extras. Butter firm with high receipts and steady prices. Poultry supplies mostly steady with varied prices for fowls turkeys and broilers. Cheese prices cited for Americas and aging products. Potatoes on track with mixed regional prices and sacks noted for Idaho Louisiana Missouri New Jersey markets.
Chicago open shows mixed grain trading with Sept Wheat around 50 and Dec near 54 while Corn trades hover near 40 to 44. Oats and Rye display scattered gains and losses across the contract board with Lard and other fats activity listed at nominal levels.
Grain receipts list figures for wheat at 172, corn value unspecified, oats and S and S cars noted. The fragment notes variety of grains and vehicles in a brief market listing with limited details.
Market update shows Wheat prices with various reds and yellows across grades and maturities. Corn and oats display mixed bids with multiple color codes indicating changes. Barley and Timothy listings reflect specific per bushel or per ton figures, with Clover trading at 1050 to 174006.
Toledo market notes list seed prices and delivery dates with Clover prime at 1200, October 12, and December 12 25. cash values around 8 25 and 8 25. hay timothy per cwt at 1 25. other values include 000 and 540 with August and December figures.
Robert Montgomery stars in The Man in Possession at the State theater, disguising as an English butler to aid a distressed widow. He turns a masquerade into charm, delivering an engaging performance as his character fills the absent lover’s role, with Charlotte Greenwood in a supporting turn.
A brief comunity roundup by The Journal's subscription staff highlights local happenings across nearby towns, including civic meetings, school events, and small-scale community notices. The column emphasizes civic life and local connections.
August 12 recap notes Bill Embree’s early visit from northeast of West Chester. 4H clubs and live stock show attract large attendance with quality pigs calves and shorthorn cattle by Penningroth Bros. Local exhibitors include Marion Timmons Paul Gorham Harry Montgomery Joe Jones Alvin Hasty and Tom Gerdes with Emmett Hayes supporting. Cast from a separate note features Irene Purcell C Aubrey Smith and others.
Reisters distributed fire extinguishers for safety. Mr and Mrs Joe M Woolfe returned from a baby chick convention in Louisville Kentucky after a week away. They visited Joe's father in Ohio and toured familiar stopping grounds. Iowa weather and roads look favorable for picnics and outdoor events, with many taking advantage.
Maxine asks for help after swallowing amiy liquid rouge and Mertrand suggests a powd er puff. The fragment shows a odd, quick dialogue with quirky advice.
A fragment from a local page mentions a John T. Malin sale advertised in the Journal, a new daughter arriving at a hospital, and Mrs. Palmer Wilson and daughter visiting Kalamazoo, Michigan. J M Stewart of Ainsworth visits to view state fair judging while Jim remains engaged in judging duties.
The petite comedienne Ray Dooley, born in Glasgow and raised in a theatrical family, brings lively humor to Honeymoon Lane. She starred opposite Will Rogers and appeared in Ziegfeld Follies for seven seasons, later headlining vodvil and Hitchy Koo comedies with Raymond Hitchcock and Leon Errol.
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