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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1932
Page
2
INS Hog receipts 9000 with best light hogs around 5.15 and heavies 4.35 to 4.85. Overall hogs 15 to 25 cents higher, highest in three weeks. Cattle 100 head, steady trade. steers up 25 to 50 cents, cows up to 1 cents, calves up 5 cents, feeders up 25 cents. Sheep about steady with lambs 5.25 to 6.25 and yearlings 4.15.
Interior Iowa and southern Minnesota hog markets report 18 500 head receipts for the 24 hours ending 8 90 am. Mostly steady with light marketing due to heavy rains. Prices listed by weight range from 3.35 to 4.50 per hundredweight, with sow and pig valuations included.
Chicago market report dated Aug 13 lists live poultry prices for turkeys hens and roosters by grade and weight, with ducks geese and spring varieties. It also shows on track car counts and U S shipment totals for potatoes and regional cobbler prices across Wisconsin Missouri Nebraska Idaho Kansas Minnesota and Ohio.
Grain prices in Chicago show Sept wheat at 2.62 51 2 with Sept corn at 81 2, Dec oats around 17 19 and rye near 32. Prices move modestly with new highs and lows listed for wheat corn oats and rye across Sept Dec and May contracts.
Grain receipts show 57 car loads of Wheat for the corporation and 18 percent for Oats noted amid shipments. The listing also mentions 215 care related entries.
E Pleasant Plain notes Rev. Father Sendbuchler leaves next week for a new parish in St Paul Iowa after three successful years. Marys church of Polishville marked its golden jubilee with a reception led by the Davenport bishop and visiting priests. Rev Father Gelski formerly of St Marys now in Chicago celebrated High Mass.
Chuck Klein belted his 34th and 35th homers as the Philadelphia Phillies topped the Braves, a note that contrasts Jimmy Foxx’s fading pace toward Babe Ruth’s 60 homer record. Foxx’s two recent numbers show no further blasts since July, while other major league results and local social notes fill the recap.
Leona Vondrasek reports social visits and returning workers in the Palestine area. Families including Kron Kaspe Novy Havel Knotek and Vondrasek are noted visiting relatives in Iowa City Kalona and Washington.
Mrs C M Maxwell reports Earl Berkshire visiting Washington while Wayne handles farm work. Toynn Davis keeps Braden company. An ice cream party at Claude McCoy home with most neighbors present. A R Smith sale well attended with attendees from Keota Wayland Kalona Riverside Junction Muscatine Winfield. Eldred Berkshire operated on for appendicitis with hopeful recovery. Claude McCoy placed in Henry County fair prize money for horse exhibit and Mrs McCoy earned prize for culinary.
Local briefing from D F Macon reports on nearby towns events and community happenings including small town meetings weather, and social notices with emphasis on civic life and local initiatives.
A July to August weather update notes rain steady yet light with corn standing tall. Farmers like W. W. Twinam praise unbroken yields from long-unbroken ground while road conditions worsen and town life carries on with family birthdays and local visits.
A reader recalls being told over the telephone to report to Preston Wells by five o'clock. Nervous about the summons, they arrived promptly and were met with an unfolding scene.
Hollywood’s Holt and Graves, longtime screen rivals turned pals, headline War Correspondent with Lila Lee returning as Julie March in a tale of modern China. Also featured: Lombard and Fairbanks Jr. in Sinners In The Sun and Love Is A Racket with a wide Paramount cast and multiple camera setups on location.
Mr and Mrs Keith Goltry of Iowa City visited Ainsworth on Tuesday with their friend Miss Wanda Spessard. Mrs A F Wheeler bought the Stickley property adjoining the Wheeler home and plans repairs and renting to tenants. Mrs HH J Peters suffered a sore hand from an insect bite but infection is under control. Dr and Mrs B W Spessard and Mr Jaine Pressley visited Des Moines earlier. Mrs J A Marsh remains in Des Moines with her sons Robert and Maynardites. Communion service was observed.
Lovely Alberta Vaughn, star opposite Tim McCoy in Daring Danger at the Fox next Friday and Saturday, began in film after winning Screen magazine’s funny face contest. The prize led to a comedy studio contract and the start of her rise to fame.
Sunday church services followed by a musical hour led by the senior and Junior choirs. Mt. Pleasant residents M. G. Trasher visited Dr Spessard, while Des Moines guests included Martin Telford. Hand injury from electric saw. May Staple visiting East Strausburg relatives. Arthaud and Arthaud visits noted. Kensington club luncheon at Mrs. Olive Arthaud. Stephens family illness prompts travel to Waterloo. Women's Relief Corps and Royal Neighbor Lodge held meetings with hosted socials.
Mrs Hi J Mangold correspondence from Dublin reports visits by J J Banks and Cora Mae Randall in Washington, and many locals at various homes. A barn on H A Engle’s farm burned late Monday night with contents lost. neighbors staged a quick response. Threshing at W C Hotle’s finished by the Dublin crew led by Petzel and Greiner.
The item lists visits and gatherings around Moline with names such as Roy Lowash Lease and Leon, C M Corpman, Julie Soethaut, Keith Augustine, Mrs John Barker, Wanda Hotle, Retha Robertson, Tom Randall and Ray Randall family, Clarence Randall, Mrs W C Hotle, Nona, Mrs Mike Tinnes, and Dwight Moody. The entries describe Sunday dinners, Wednesday and Monday visits, and threshing day preparations.
Brighton residents share news of travel and guests including Mrs. Valda Prizer from Des Moines visiting friends, Miss Katheryn Frazey attending pre nuptials, and extended family trips to Burlington, Washington, and Grinnell. Early August social gatherings and family visits feature prominently among locals and travelers.
Wayland and nearby families attend visits, reunions, and club events across Indiana Illinois and Nebraska. Families such as Wittmer Zook Boshart and Roth share trips to Berne Aurora and Kansas City while memorials note Mildred Kauffman’s fatal plane crash. The Aug 7 Nicholmus field reunion and a Golden Glow club event are highlighted along with new local mail service at the news establishment.
A Crooked Creek outing for a local school class and a Campfire Girls hike were reported on Monday near Stringtown. Various community members welcomed new births and recent hospital recoveries, while notes covered shipments, travels, and social visits across Beatrice Nebraska to Albany Oregon and beyond.
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