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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1932
Page
2
Hog market active and higher with top at 5.15 for 200 lb hogs. heavy weights to 4.85. receipts 15,000. Cattle supply about 1,000 with steady to slightly higher beef and feeder prices. Sheep market steady and active with 10,000 head receipts. lambs 5.25 to 6.25, yearlings 4 to 5, feeders 3.5 to 4.75.
The U S D A reports combined hog receipts at 21 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hour period ending 8 06 a m today at 15 800, down from 18 200 last week and 4 200 a year ago. Prices range from 2 20 to 4 55 for various weights with bulk 180 220 at 4 25 to 4 50 and packing sows 2 20 to 3 60.
The report lists varied commodity prices and grade ranges for butter creamery extras eggs cheese and live poultry plus potatoes and regional shipment figures. Notable items include butter 12,345 tubs with 19 percent creamery extras and eggs at 6,171 causes with current 12 to 14 percent.
Grain receipts record wheat and oats with totals of 211 cars, 246 cars of corn, and an unspecified wheat figure. The note lists three grain types with shipment counts in cars.
Chicago seed market notes price ranges for multiple seed types from April 2 to 4. Red clover ranges 0.750 to 6.60, cholee 11.50 to 19.06, fancy 12.00 to 12.50, sweet clover Alsike 7.00 to 9.50, Timothy good 2.66, cholee 2.96, fancy 3.090.
President Lloyd Walker presided at a county farm bureau meeting with H J Montgomery presenting livestock awards to Guy Gerot Riverside Donald Rinner Noble and Seth Carris. Gladys Kueneman Riverside won the 4H health contest prize from Dr W S Kyle. Awards included grand champion calf Hereford to Gerot and grand champion barrow to Rinner.
Four H Club girls present exhibits at City Hall this morning led by Grace Thompson on bread variations. Demonstrations include whole wheat muffins and economy use of cereals with tables from Beott furniture and George W Stewart hardware. Seven clubs display baking with multiple loaf and bread items.
Local brief from D F Macon reports on nearby towns highlighting community events, civic notices, social happenings, and minor incidents with emphasis on hometown progress and regional ties. Reads like a quarterly digest of small-town life and upcoming local activities.
Heavy rainfall failed to dampen a livestock show with judging, dinner at city hall, and a talk by Mr Hearst to about 200 farmers and families from various towns. Notables including Gene Stephens on crutches and Win Durst with Hereford steers attended, with praise for the audience and local farms nearby.
The item notes that Congress met in Baltimore Philadelphia Lancaster York Princeton Annapolis Trenton New York and Washington between December 1776 and June 1790 due to British troop proximity. It adds a social note about Mrs. A W Nutz visiting Des Moines with grand children and a remark about President Hoover’s radio address listened to by many.
Wellman Aug 9 Excerpts show nine clubs in the county displayed at a fair with items like Swedish tea rings loaves of corn bread and various baked goods. Awards listed include first place for multiple categories across the Jolly Jokers Northern Star Jacksonites and Country Lassies clubs.
A Texas town faced serious rioting and the mayor asked the governor for rangers to quell the disturbance. When a train from the capital arrived, a single ranger stepped off and quipped that there was only one riot, implying the rest were not needed.
Representatives of 16 midwestern states will meet in Des Moines to discuss a farmers holiday strike. Iowa headquarters say other farm belt states are expected to join a 30 day ban on selling farm produce. A permanent organization is to be formed.
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