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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1931
Page
2
Receipts total 19 000 hogs and 7 000 cattle with midwestern prices mixed. Pigs and packing sows show strength while hogs varying by weight. cattle steady to easy with steer and yearling prices near top ranges. Sheep and lambs active to steady with feeding lambs firm on light weights.
Combined hog receipts at 22 concentration yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota totals 16,990 for the 25 hour period ending 8:00 A M today up from 10,200 a week ago. Marketings light in most sections.
Chicago market report shows steady eve produce receipts 6746 cases with varied grade shares. Butter unsettled with 6042 tubs receipts and multiple grade ranges. Poultry supply weak with fowls, springers, leghorns, ducks and broilers listed with price ranges. Cheese prices Twins 145% to 165% and Young Americas 15% to 16. Potatoes on track with arrivals 77 shipments 559. Idaho Wisconsin Utah price spread noted.
Grain receipts listed for Wheat 157 cars, Corn percentage and 73 cars for Oats. Chicago price board shows Wheat Sept at 49 49 4 194% Dec 53%. Corn Sept 43 44 42% Dec 38% 3812 mapping, Oats Sept 20% 20% 22% Dec 22% 26% with May and Mar contracts noted.
Partial historical pricing and percentage figures for rye and lard appear in a jumbled OCR fragment. The readable items include month labels such as Mar May Dec and values around 0.37 0.41 for some commodities, with scattered numbers and symbols. No coherent event or outcome can be determined from the text alone.
Chicago reports mixed grain prices with wheat ranges from 40s to 60s for various grades and types including Red, Hard, Northern and Yellow. Oats barleys timothy and clover prices are listed with scattered cents and dollar per bushel figures.
Prices listed for Clover at 11.75 in October and December 12.00. Alsike cash 8.25 and Augneat 8. Pound figures for December 38.50. Timothy hay priced at 1.25 per cent unit. Market notes reflect fluctuating forage costs.
Bert Wheeler leads the farce Too Many Cooks a radio Picture entertaining film at the Pax Theater tomorrow night. Dorothy Lee co stars with Wheeler as a young couple amid the Cook family escapades with Rosco Ates Florence Roberts and Robert McWade in supporting roles.
The Columbia feature Arizona screens Friday and Saturday capturing the Army Navy football clash with West Point cadets and Annapolis midshipmen amid tense kicks. John Wayne appears as Bob Denton in a USC flashback sequence recalling field exploits.
The Columbia feature centers on a standout player nicknamed Point, detailing his life beyond college days and the enduring influence of those years on his current pursuits. The piece highlights personal resilience and ongoing ties to the sport.
The state of Iowa to all interested: Robert C. McCleary died. A will dated June 25, 1931 was filed for probate and a hearing is set for August 26, 1931 at 9:00 AM in Washington Court House before the District Court or Clerk. Edna C. Purvis, Clerk.
Mrs Albert Kosnar and daughter Mildred visit at Mrs Mary Sojka home. Ed Kasper and daughter Margaret shop in Iowa City. Roy Kron and James Kutchera families host weekend visits. A baby boy named Leland Howard born to Howard and Mrs Fisher at Washington hospital. Darlene Klephler visits relatives. Irene and Mildred Kron spend summer with Henry Kron. Kron and Knotek families host and visit across several homes in the area.
Fragmentary excerpt reflects a philosophical inquiry into creation and nature as a grand research beyond human reach. The text suggests a speaker contemplating creative power and origins, contrasting mortal limits with cosmic processes.
August 20 weather notes indicate widespread light showers in many areas while Washington sees a brief heavier shower at six pm Wednesday. Residents from Ainsworth Fairfield Stockport Lexington Keota Crawfordsville and nearby farms report minimal rainfall with one stronger shower late Wednesday.
Ainsworth attended the Henderson-Sands reunion in Sunset Park with Morris Swisher reporting from Wisconsin. Swisher says the corn crop looks better there and Moris plans to return home. T J Reighard of Brighton in hospital is in good spirits. Several mentions of family visits, nurses, and weather conditions follow in a brisk local update.
A state examiner's report cites a shortage of 7962.27 dollars in the accounts of Alfred McKeel former Guthrie County engineer. It notes 8848.80 unaccounted and 886.53 restitution by McKeel who denies owing county. A second report charges E A Hlensal supervisor with 2504.72 due and former sheriff W B Saehau with 295.48. Saehau left county over two months ago.
Glenn Allen of Indianola sues Maude and H W Rutger in district court for $10,000 damages claiming they enticed his wife Dala away from home causing expenses worry and mental injury. The suit alleges the couple induced Dala to leave and prevented her return.
Federal liquor permit inspectors reveal that local doctors prescribed whiskey for heart disease hypertension heat exhaustion and even pneumonia. Some patients did not know the doctor or the prescription and did not know they were being treated with liquor. In Waterloo Karl McBain's life sentence was cut to 25 years by Gov Turner making him parole eligible.
Governor Dan W. Turner will speak at the Gideons religious service during the state fair on August 20. The event was announced by P F Arney, president of the society. State auditor J W Long will also speak.
Des Moines reports Ronal Hast and Tom Egan were sent to Anamosa to serve 10 year sentences in the state reformatory for attempted robbery at the Mission Billiard parlor.
Ten thousand spectators watched the second day of the annual Town rodeo in Sidney. Gene Ross of Sayre Oklahoma bulldogged a steer in 10.2 seconds for the best time in that event, while judges named Billy Bishop of Gordon Nebraska as the best bronc rider.
J W Sullivan, 69, prominent attorney and former Kossuth county representative, died yesterday in Algona. The longtime figure in local politics and law left a marked impact on the community through public service and legal work. He had served as a representative for Kossuth county and was well known in regional affairs.
Applicants for 150 openings at the Ames Canning Company reached more than 600 when work began this week. The firm announced it would hire only local residents for the available positions.
A coroner's jury exonerated W. R. Powell, Des Moines salesman, in the death of Edward King, 72, who died from injuries after an auto accident involving the Powell and King cars near Knoxville on August 20.
Sioux City reports the funeral for W M Crooke who died from rabies after being bitten by a shepherd dog on July 20 and showing symptoms on August 8. The services are scheduled for tomorrow.
Iowa City Aug 20 UP notice that S K Stevenson files appeal to the Iowa supreme court challenging disbarment from practicing law in the state.
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