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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1932
Page
2
Hog totals 28 000 with 5 to 10 cent declines and top at 6.05. Cattle receipts 13 000 with steady to higher beef steers while other grades soften. Sheep 22 000 with about 25 cents lower. lambs 6.25 to 6.00, feeders 3.75 to 4.50. ewes 1.00 to 2.50.
U S D A reports 24 hour hog receipts from 21 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota totaling 33 500, up from 28 300 a week ago and 22 600 a year ago. Prices vary by weight from 3 50 to 4 55 per hundredweight with pigs and sows also listed and hauling conditions causing uneven marketing.
The cited quotes reflect bulk shipments with weight shrinkage and hogs filled to excessive levels. Prices vary around quoted levels, with long haul hogs excluded from quotations when judged by shipping point weights.
Today’s bakery butter shows 12.278 tubs produced with creamery exports at 19 and standards at 194, extras and firsts near 18 percent. Eggs list 8 083 and 8 580 current with fresh extra firsts and percent ranges noted. Cheese includes young Americas Longhorns at 128 percent and bricked varieties with daisies and prints at 12 to 13 percent. Live poultry covers turkeys hens toms and leghorn lines with diverse No 2 and weights and ducks and roosters listed by class and size.
Patricia Braithwait faces a choice between marrying the wealthy Harvey Blaine to save her father’s fortune or pursuing a forbidden romance with a young camper named Jack. Aunt Pamela urges practicality while Pat longs for romance as ballroom scenes unfold and family tension grows.
The fragment lists varied figures such as potatoes, shipments, and state crop results. It mentions units like 97 cars and 231 U.S. shipments, with state ranges including Minn, Ohio, Idaho, Wis, Neb, Iowa, and Kans. The text implies comparative gains or percentages without full context.
Chicago Aug 15 grain table shows Wheat Sept 51% to 62% highs and closes. Corn Sept 31% to 31% highs with 31% close. Oats Sept 16% to 17% highs with 17% close. Rye Sept 81% to 82% highs with 82% close. May and Dee options listed with varying figures for each commodity.
Chicago cash grain closing prices show mixed quality readings across wheat corn oats barley and related samples. Wheat values range from high grade to weevily and smutty with several hard and northern spring lots noted. corn shows mixed yellow and white samples with prices around 32 to 33 percent. oats list several mixed and white grades. barley prices span 28 to 36.
Aug 15 report lists seed values for red clover from fair to fancy ranges 7.50 to 16.00 per unit, sweet clover at 3.5 percent, timothy hay priced 2.65 to 3.00. Details reflect market jargon and grade distinctions.
Actress Lila Lee aims for a dangerously thin figure weighing around four pounds but medical advice forbids any weight loss after a serious nervous breakdown that kept her in convalescence for years. Her 118 pound frame is approved by doctors and the camera as she returns in War Correspondent as the film’s heroine.
Our threshie run finished two weeks ago Tuesday and we held an ice cream social at our house last Friday evening. The gathering was belated but merry with everyone enjoying all the ice cream and cake they wished.
August social notes list visitors to Washington and Kephart and Keubsam homes including Emma Rading Mrs James Smith of Trenton and John Goodwin of West Plains who comments on Missouri dog markets. Des Moines visitor KK Benson and others from Des Moines Davenport Chicago Regina discuss river banks and high water at Keota area.
Faithful parishioner Miss Jennie K Fleming of the Wayland area attends church despite injuries and is assisted by friends with seating. The Methodist service featured Rev. W S Gardner of Chicago delivering a well received sermon to a large audience.
An elderly Abraham murmurs to his family as they gather around, asking if Moses Ruben and others are present. Rachel confirms, while the dying man jokes about neglecting the state and a preacher quips about his husband’s company and a pig in the gutter.
Community diary notes illness recoveries visits and travel. Joan Schoonovey and Howard Sigafoose improve after illnesses while Cathryne Caldwell and Cleoane Caldwell head to Orb Nebraska to visit relatives. Local road, crop and social events include the Rich family reunion, Dave Schantz threshing, and a juvenile writing project aboard the Jolly Pilgrims cruise.
Sanford JP Ewing, an 81 year old noted local poet, died today after a lingering illness in ObskalooBa. The passing ends a long career as a respected literary figure in the community.
A Des Moines bulletin warns against propaganda promoting a farmers strike tied to the Holiday movement. It notes a Des Moines meeting on August 15 and reports peaceful labor action from Illinois Minnesota and Iowa farmers. Prominent business and labor figures express support for the stance amid farm price disputes and milk delivery refusals near Sioux City.
Reports to state headquarters indicate Earl May, owner of a radio station, is at the center of inquiries involving station operations and regulatory compliance. Details remain sparse as investigations proceed.
Byron Batterson of Kalona guests at J. A. Walker home. Washington trips for Bruce Moore and others on Tuesday. Harry Campbell hosts wedding guests Miss Roberts and Mr Berry in Washington. Swisher returns to Washington visiting family. So and Sew club picnic postponed to next Wednesday. Keota visitors call on Campbell’s Thursday afternoon.
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