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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1930
Page
4
Hog receipts reach 35 000 with 18 000 direct as buyers push prices 10 to 25 cents higher. Cattle receipts total 14 500 with strong demand across killing classes and heifers and cows showing broad gains. Sheep demand steadier with feeding lambs rising and range lambs around 9 to 10 dollars.
Toledo the grain market closed with Clover domestic cash at 14.75 and prime choice at 15.04 for October SE. The brief update reflects end of session values and near term price direction observed by traders.
Chicago Aug 18 grain market summary shows cash wheat and corn ranges with mixed quotes for white and yellow varieties. Receipts list wheat 125 cars, corn 358, oats 189, timothy and clover prices noted. timothy around 9.25 to 5.5, clover 10.75 to 18.25 dollars per cwt.
The Ainsworth W R C held its regular meeting with reports from the Otumwa gathering. Social hour was led by Mrs Ray Townsend and Mrs George Goble. Several local residents travel for family visits and attend reunions. The United Presbyterian school picnic and local ball game were noted with multiple attendees from surrounding towns.
Ruth Walton and John Carstairs mend their lovers quarrel after a stubborn stalemate. A roadside mishap brings John to Ruth as he quietly helps with her stranded car and offers a ride home. She accepts, shared olives spark humor, and the pair plan to attend the Elridges’ dance together.
The column notes a reprint of Saturday paragraphs due to an accidental mix up in the newspaper office. It records greetings to Harriet Dougherty and mentions her upcoming Glendale wedding. It also describes visits with S. A. Stephens and Samr family and a small town scene at the schoolhouse with local figures.
The letter lists many visitors traveling from Washington county towns for the chautauqua and local trade. It extols several residents including M O Huton, Nick Tinnes, Bowers, and Mart Kern, notes Ira Coon and J Lee Nicholson for community service, and lauds R A Acheson and Wi Theaney for civic effort and newspaper support.
Mrs Thoress Gerdes Valencia Glendale appearance noted as resident Bernard Frieze shells corn for Davis Bros William Miller Jr shells and delivers on Wednesday Guy Koch shells on Thursday Betty Ward receives treatment from Dr Frey Ollie Ta for a birth lameness thought to be curable Mr and Mrs Charlie Custer and son Robert drove to Macatine Thursday Potato digging and hay making are the main farmer tasks with good weather for both crops
Tom Boyle, city auditor, completed a report on business licenses and found that 41 livery stables are operating in San Francisco, countering residents' belief that the horse had disappeared. Local authorities note the finding will influence city records and oversight.
The Hamilton Spectator reports Zeppelins will reach sizes enabling ocean liners to be carried as lifeboats, a speculative prediction by Beston in a branscript.
The column records family ties and gatherings in the region. It mentions Marek farm relatives now in Kansas, the Sands Henderson reunion in Sunset Park, and visits by Mr and Mrs T I Woodburn of Columbus Junction to Washington. Pigs marketed by Wilfred Smith and rainfall reports near Kalona are noted along with church events led by Rev Fred M Blick and discussions around the Fint church Bible class.
A telephone tip sent Hay ray Macon from New York to West Liberty where Lester and Robert Macon and his father pursued him. In West Liberty they met Mr Mackey who ran the cute and once lived near Mim er Horning. He aided locating the Jesse Scott home where Harry would be and promised to feed about 40 of the Boys and Girls Club stock at the fair.
In the Scott home residents report Paul Scott, a time school teacher at Orient Iowa, with increased pay this year. Layton Scott serves in the United States naval hospital in San Diego and holds a government post. Mr Scott works in Rock Island special service for fifteen years and inquires about local officials and Sheriff McCarty. The family notes gifts from Layton and mentions Columbia University students who traveled from New York to Mt. Vernon in a Ford, arriving Sunday morning after a long night drive.
A Harbin report claims an army of millions of rats is marching from Yinsk Siberia through outer Mongolia toward north Manchuria. The rats move in disciplined formations under various leaders and pause only to gather food.
Chicago reports a man brought before Judge John Lyle on a charge of carrying a loaded shotgun. When asked his business, he replied exterminator. The judge quips about Bugs Moran, prompting the prisoner to explain he means Bugs Moran’s men versus Bugs Moran the insect.
Ed Dripps a farmer near Urbana was attacked and gored by a bull while leading it to a water tank. He died soon after the brutal incident with his widow and a daughter as survivors.
A quoted reflection attributes Emerson suggesting noble souls pay with what they are not solely with wealth or deeds. The fragment invites readers to consider inner character as the true measure of value and duty.
A reflection on architecture prioritizing livability over aesthetics, arguing that a home succeeds best when it serves inhabitants well, with beauty as a secondary outcome tied to daily comfort and practicality.
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