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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1933
Page
2
Hogs totals near 21,000 with weights under 250 lb firm while heavier hogs and sows ease. Cattle and calves show mixed trends with steadier to lower fed steers and yearlings, and varied price ranges across weight classes. Sheep around 15,000 with openings slow and lambs 90 lb down from prior levels.
Local timetable notes provide daily trains at Washington with No 3 and 4 stop patterns for California passengers and county seat connections. Mixed trains Nos 429 and 430 operate daily except Sunday, with listed departure times and agent endorsements from L Goodlander and I C McKay.
Chicago market report notes unsettled produce with 10 681 cases received and mixed firsts. Butter remains steady with varied prices for specials extras and firsts. Poultry market steady with receipts of 43 trucks and range for fowls and turkeys. Potatoes track with arrivals 42 shipments 210 and market steady to slightly weaker.
Chicago grain prices show mixed futures with wheat and corn holding narrow ranges. Sept contracts for wheat hover near 92 percent while corn Sept moves around 49 percent with modest gains. oats and rye exhibit broader inconsistencies in the scattered figures.
Chicago August 15 sample shows mixed corn grades trading around 46 to 48 percent with No 2 mixed at 48 to 48 percent and No 4 mixed at 47 percent No 5 mixed 46 4 No 1 yellow 48 percent No 2 yellow 48 to 48 percent. 4 yellow 47 14 No yellow 47 No 6 yellow 45 to 46 No 2 white 50 percent sample grade 37 receipts seven cars.
Harm Rademaker hosts Home Missionary society annual picnic despite threatening weather with 45 attendees including members and families. L. G. club held an ice cream supper at Merredith residence with guests Abe Swift Motley families and seven tables of progressive rock. Clair to meet in two weeks with Harm Rademaker committee and Mrs Campbell Genkiller and Rademaker. Little John Lee Johnson employed by oil firm turned kerosene from barrel doesn’t get fired. he’s a volunteer worker. Sunday visitors were Mr Lievel Hopping’s sisters Cora and Miss.
Yesterday's results show Philadelphia defeating Cleveland 11 to 5 and Detroit beating Boston 6 to 5. New York played St. Louis, Washington faced Chicago, and Philadelphia won again in the American League action.
Mabel and Clark McConnell and relatives gathered at J. J. McConnell's home. Mary McConnell visited before a Chicago trip. Joe McConnell from Tacoma and Edna Dowell joined relatives Friday. Ed Luis learned of his niece's ill two month old in Esterville. Mary Acheson visited Grace Stone. Burnett family hosted Elaine and visit with Grace Judson. Gien Anderson and Mary Cathrine stayed with Ralph Kelsey. Lyle Kelsey returned from Iowa City. Acheson couples attended Shipping Association picnic at Sunset Park.
Mrs Effie O Laughlin Dunning of New York City, visiting relatives in Washington, paid a visit to the Homestead Farm family. She and brother James enjoyed the cordial reception and detailed travels noted, including eleven trips to Europe and four each across the Pacific to China and the United States. Mrs Dunning holds a lucrative New York City post supervising a large business needing secretaries and stenographers, with Mrs Harvey as a sister. Brothers Mr O Laughlin of Riverside Bank and Dr O Laughlin of Winfield are also related.
Mr and Mrs Martin White recall the Homestead farm family with a cheerful afternoon visit. Mrs White enjoys good health and remains active for her age while Martin prepares a new umbrella tent and up to date earning equipment to enhance their fairground home at the state fair.
Local briefs compiled by D. F. Macon summarize happenings from nearby towns. Updates include notable meetings, community events, and civic notices affecting residents across the region. The column preserves a daily-life snapshot with names, places, and dates as reported.
August 15 reports T M Beenblossom and Merle Brinning in town while Mrs. Masson visits Mansfield. A note praises fields west of Washington showing abundant second crop clover with few weeds and mentions uncertainty about seed quality.
Charley Scvhulty reports his farm seed quality and searches for a clover huller. The road south from Merle Statler’s corner on No 2 to Grace Hill has been graded and looks good. once graveled, Grace Hill could connect to Washington or nearby towns, aiding local travel.
W E Derby and family live on the Hollingsworth farm along Dutch Creek. They note fields of corn and moved fence rows with cattle on feed. Fall plowing is under way and a fine garden yields large red tomatoes for the boys to enjoy like apples.
A visitor recalls a trip to a farm to see a young deer, noting astonishment at its beauty and calm demeanor as a boy feeds the fawn.
The author notes good plow performance despite dry weather and describes interactions west of Valley with Frank Feltz. He shares Texas memories from 1876 to 187%, mentions beeves gathering, meat abundance, and a calf club plan. The piece ends with a visit to Lee Henry and his calf news.
The report states timothy seed brings 4.15 dollars per cwt or 1.87 per bushel. It notes farmers cribs may not net 0.50 dollar per bushel and reflects on corn selling prices at 0.44 dollars. It also mentions Frank Chez, a veteran mail carrier on BR. F. D. No. 3, delivering last Saturday and his familiarity with the route.
The text describes calves raised by Gaie Brinning and Merle Briine cousins, Henry with calves and his 3500 turkeys, and mentions Mr John Henry at age 76. It references WY Heisdorffer and Dawson Hereford herds, and a calf show in Washington with Robert Vaccon.
On Monday farmers gathered shelled corn on a farm while Mr Naw 80n S00On returned home and Mr Heisdorffer weighed corn north of Talleyrand. Both men noted calf club rules boys must follow to feed calves and approved them as beneficial for the youths.
Eve ning Journal notes the Heisdorffer and Dawson purchase of a Hereford cattle herd with a Sept 13 sale date at their farm to be announced later. The report mentions Rev. John Simpson at a meeting, C A Owen speaking, and social events at the UP church with music and feed. Billy Cox, son of J W Cox, prepares for Des Moines band trip to the state fair and a worlds fair trip. Ottumwa Currier is referenced.
R. 6 Prairie Flower remembers a veteran mail carrier who, after two years on retirement, still gets a monthly U S Treasury check related to his long service. J L Turnipseed first delivered hogs to Chicago by truck with H J Wye of Wayland supplying eighty head for the trip.
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