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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1932
Page
2
Markets report from Des Moines shows combined hog receipts at 9,400 for 24 hours, down from 15,800 last week. Prices rise 10 cents across weights with light demand. quotes include various weight ranges from 100 to 550 pounds and sow ranges, noting long haul and heavy shrinkage affect pricing.
Chicago August 19 cattle and hogs show steady to higher tendencies with light hogs at 4.60 to 4.90 and heavy at 4.25 to 4.60. Cattle light supply mostly common quality selling slowly but steady, beef steers 8.00 to 9.85, yearlings 7.50 to 7.50, cows 2.40 to 5.00, calves 4.50 to 7.50. Sheep 4,000 head steady with lambs 6.60 to 6.75 and yearlings 4.00 to 4.75.
Chicago market data shows prices for produce items across categories. Butter, creamer, cheese, poultry, potatoes, and regional shipper notes list varied percentages and lots, with figures for firsts and specials, live poultry divisions, and state shipments. The itemized values reflect contract and market conditions across August.
Grain receipts show 35 cars of wheat and 241 cars of corn recorded, with 125 cars of mats noted in the day’s tally.
Chicago grain table shows fluctuating quotes with misleading figures. Wheat and corn entries appear garbled, offering unclear open high low and close values and several nonsensical percentages.
Fragmentary numerical sequence appears with repeated percentages and decimals. No identifiable people places organizations or events are readable to form a proper news item. Additional readable context is required to compose a valid summary.
Chicago cash grain quotes show Wheat and Corn in mixed bids with several grades listed. Oats and Barley prices range across white and mixed lots, with seed market values for clover and timothy progressing from fair to fancy.
Several local men attended a Farmers Union Oil Association meeting in Sigourney. Mrs. Robert G. Sheetz and daughters Gladys and June visited in Keota. The district saw numerous calls to homes, farm helpers, and social gatherings. Family visits and a 45th anniversary service at St Pauls Evangelical church in Sigourney were noted along with wedding bells in the community.
Mr and Mrs Otto Sutter and children plan to return to Iowa from Ohio and farm at Joe Wenger’s place with Homer Wenger moving to Dan Widmer’s northeast of Noble. Widmer buys Eleher farm north of Noble awaiting spring changes. Clarence Nafziger family and John Nafziger of Archbold Ohio visit relatives Will Nafziger and family. Amy and Winifred Scott visit Elmer Bains. formerly from this community now in Moline Illinois. Legionaires group plans attendance.
D F Macon reports brief items from nearby towns including small civic happenings, local meetings, and community updates across the region. The notes sketch local life and upcoming events with concise, timely details.
The article records a collage of rural life in Seventy-Six Township with thoughts on farming and economy from David R. Munroe and Charley Atkinson. It recalls coal field roots, a new poem, social visits, Ferguson reunion, farm chores, and many neighbors in Wyman and nearby areas.
Local residents record visitors and life events including births, marriages, and informal reunions. Names mentioned include Saw Eicher Leroy Curry Dr J Ht Mc Kirahan Louis Wenger Orva Van Winkle John Martin Leonard Martin Harold Armetgoney Merle Martin and others. An August 14 birth at the Jarrard home and various visits to Bluffton College and Hazelton are noted along with school openings and church group activities.
Monday August 29 list shows superintendent John Ellis principal Jacob Roth and staff including D E Jones Irvin Rich and others. The Davenport Democrat will deliver Aug 21 and reach Wayland daily at 5 pm. the men’s octet performed in Crawfordsville and Swedesboro with the Wayland band, while Otto Williams of Dayton visited Joel Binge and friends.
The Old Man of the Mountains in the White Mountains NH inspired Hawthorne’s The Great Stone Face. Discovered in 1805 by Francis Whitcomb and Luke Brooks on the Notch road, it was first described by Gen. Martin Field in 1827. The chin to forehead height is 1640 feet. the rock projection is predominantly granite.
Albert Osborn, a handwriting expert, has calculated the probability that two individuals could write identically without distinguishing traits. The math outlines how rare exact duplication becomes, highlighting the uniqueness of personal script.
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