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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1932
Page
2
Hog receipts reach 20 000 with 8 000 sent to packers as demand weakens. Hogs trade 3.60 to 4.90 with top 4.90. cattle steady with calves and feeders mixed. sheep at 6.50 for lambs and 4.00 to 6.00 for commons. Major items include heavy hogs 4.25 to 4.60 and cows 2.40 to 5.00, with yearlings 7.50 to 9.50 and feeders 4.50 to 6.00.
Des Moines buyers report 24 hour hog receipts at 18 200 head across 7 packing plants in interior towns and southern Minnesota down from last week and year. Prices vary by weight with light to heavy hogs ranging roughly from 3 35 to 4 30 per pound and packing weights quoted for many categories.
Chicago market summary lists butter, cheese, poultry, and potato shipments with varied grades and price ranges. Notes include tub and creamery butter levels, cheese varieties, live poultry with weight and grade details, and U S shipments for potatoes from multiple states with price quotes.
Chicago grain markets closed with minimal activity on August 17 as traders awaited further direction from export data and weather cues. Prices for wheat corn and oats showed narrow gains amid mixed overseas markets and speculative interest.
Secretary James J. Renda reports settlement of numerous losses across Washington and surrounding towns. Listed are hogs, cattle, horses, sheep, calves, hay, grain, and farm machinery with payments ranging from 1 to 800 dollars, including Damages to houses and barns. Persisting names include Davison Wayland Neff Kalona Sharp Leeper Gray Braunhausen Zickefoose Vanzke TeBockhurst Whitmire Junction McKinstry Beenblossom Trail Chalupa Brown Heisdorffer Havel Arington Sieren Cray Augustine McCreedy Schnoebelen Benda and others. Also shows wheat corn oats rye prices and market activity.
Chicago cash grain closes show wheat mixed with varieties 53 to 53.2 and 50 to 51 for northern spring, yellow hard around 62.14, corn mainly mixed 32 to 33 and 23 to 32, oats 16 to 18, rye none, barley 32 to 26. Prices given in percent values reflect bid levels for multiple grain types.
Seed market updates show clover ranges from 7.54 to 12.00 with terms like fair to good. Timothy prices vary around 2.75 to 3.14, including choics and fancy quality levels, while Alsike sits 7.50 to 9.75.
Grain receipts show 30 carloads of wheat and 129 carloads of grain at the depot. Hats and 125 cars noted in partial counts for the shipment period.
Rev and Mrs J P Hebner and their daughter Mrs Newsen were seen in Crawfordsville on August 14 as part of a local family gathering.
Report from D F Macon highlights local happenings in surrounding towns. Brief notices cover community meetings, school activities, and notable events with concise updates and names of involved residents and institutions.
August weather stalls threshing as commuter travel worsens roads. Visitors include I. K. Colthurst and son Roger of Ainsworth, Charley Horak, J. W. White from Haskins, Edward Horak, and others. Trucks from Muscatine and Cone carry cantaloupes. Local tales range from road conditions to a courtroom anecdote and county picnic reports.
In town, Mr Richardson of the Keota Eagle and post master Johnn Ranous share news with JL Thurston the republican candidate who recruits papers. The Vincent reunion draws about 62 at Keota park. Mike Trier plans to enter five mules and six Duroc hogs in fairs. A cashier quips about lobster and crab. W S Helcher absent from shop. L A Warrington talked of compliments to the Evening Journal.
Bloomfield Iowa and nearby towns posted a weekend of visits with Mrs BE Hebner and others from Monmouth Davenport Williams Cedar Rapids Washington Mt Pleasant and Williamsburg. The school board awarded bus routes and drivers for nine routes. The postponed band concert drew a larger crowd than expected with a famed Wayland male octette, prize drawings, and a lively program.
L H Rinner and family attended farm bureau meetings and a Washington picnic last week. Cal Monson of Monticello and sons visited old friends in the neighborhood. Miss Alice Ramaseyer of Fulaska visited the J J Rich home. Widmer family and others attended a Widmer reunion at the J T Wenger home near Washington. Mrs Rev Daniel Graber and Missionary Joe Graber were hosted at the J C Graber home. Rex Swan and Donald Brooks spent Monday in Burlington with Marian Swan, who then returned home. Mabel Graber also left for unknown after visiting relatives.
Evelyn Gingerich visited relatives in Kalona and returned with C C Gingerich. Two new babies arrived Galen William Bower born Aug 11 and Rosa Irene Diener born Aug 12. Various local families hosted and visited in Wellman and nearby towns including J Paul Kennedy piano concert and a birthday picnic for Enid.
Children play at a wedding game where Tom acts as minister. The officiant declares that anyone who knows why the couple should not wed must leave the room, signaling the mock ceremony's tense moment.
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