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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1930
Page
2
Chicago hog receipts reach 35 000 with strong demand for light hogs and top live hog prices around 10.95. Cattle and calves receipts total 14 500 and 2 000 respectively with most killing classes up 24 cents. heifers and cows show broad activity and varying price ranges. Sheep receipts 26 000 with steady to higher market for feeding lambs and mixed ranges for ewes and lambs.
Toledo market news reports Clover trading in domestic cash at 14 75 prime choice 15 15 and October at 315 as of today. The August 18 update lists grain quotations with modest activity and no major price shifts for nearby deliveries.
December prices and cash figures for Alsike hay timothy and clover. Chicago grain notes show bid ranges for Wheat Corn Oats Barley and timothy with sample grades and car counts.
The regular W R C meeting was held with President Annas reporting on the Ottumwa gathering. Social hour led by Mrs. Ray Townsend and Mrs. George Goble. Various local visits and family events are noted, including trips to Denver, Waterloo, Morning Sun, Sunset Park reunion, and several kinship gatherings.
Ruth and John, after a lovers quarrel, meet by chance when Ruth’s car breaks down. A helper and John repair the vehicle, revealing a bottle labeled Olive Branch & Co. as a playful omen. They drive off together and discuss reconciliation, then accept an invitation to the Eldge’s dance.
A note explains that paragraphs from Saturday's paper were re run this day due to an accidental mix up in the newsroom. The writer apologizes to Mr. Macon and others and mentions social visits with Harriet Dougherty and S A Stephens and San and family.
Local reminiscences note Marek family youth and relatives in Kansas Estherville and Kalona. Rain reports from Ralph Minick and Mart Kern. Sands reunion set for Sunset Park. Visits by Mr and Mrs T D Woodburn of Columbus Junction. Pigs marketed by Wilfred Smith near Crawfordsville. Rev Fred M Blick preaches at First church with old friends present. Frank Gallaway teaches Men’s Bible class. Everett Stewart teaches class. Harry Mackon visits from New York. West Liberty fair week with Mackey feeding stock for his club.
People traveling from Washington and nearby towns for the chautauqua and trade mingled with many locals in Ainsworth on Saturday. The note mentions families from WyMan Keota Kiota Kalona Cotter and others, plus remarks about Ira Coon, Rev Stryker, R A Acheson J Lee Nicholson Wr Teaney and Eugene Martin highlighting community spirit and shared values.
At the J T Scott home relatives gathered as Paul Scott, a former student at Time School and current Orient Iowa teacher, returns with raise. Layton Scott serves in the U S Naval Hospital San Diego and travels widely. The family notes Layton’s government post and gifts from around the world. Their Columbia University sons rode from New York to Mt Vernon in a Ford, arriving early Sunday.
Lernard Frieze shells corn for Davis Bros. William Miller Jr. delivered shelling on Wednesday. Guy Koch shelled Thursday. Betty Ward seeks Dr Frey treatment in Ollie for a lifelong limp. Mr and Mrs Charlie Custer and Robert visited Manvatine. Potato digging and haymaking are active amid good weather. In San Francisco 41 livery stables operate per city auditor Tom Boyle.
From Harbin a tale says an army of rats is marching through outer Mongolia toward north Manchuria on its way from Yinsk in Siberia. The millions move in disciplined formations under various corps leaders and stop only to forage for food.
The Hamilton Spectator notes Zeppelins may grow so large they could carry ocean lifeboats as lifeboats for passengers. The Boston Transcript echoed the idea, reflecting speculative aviation progress of the era.
In Chicago August 18 a judge questions a man brought before Judge John Lyle on a charge tied to a loaded shotgun. The exchange reveals a playful mispronunciation of “Bugs Moran” as “bugs,” with the court clarifying the suspect is not one of Moran’s men, but insects in the jest.
Ed Dripps, a farmer near Urbana in Vinton Iowa, was leading a bull to a water tank when the animal charged and gored him. He died soon after from severe injuries. Survived by his widow and a daughter.
The author argues that a house should prioritize being a home over appearing as art. When a dwelling effectively serves its basic function as shelter and comfort, its potential as an aesthetic work increases naturally.
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