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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1930
Page
2
Chicago receipts show hogs at 18 000 with top around 11 35 and varied weights from light sows to slaughter pigs. cattle and calves traded unevenly with steers 10 50 to 12 25 in midweights and cows 5 00 to 8 25. Sheep receipts reached 26 000 with fat lambs down 25 to 50 cents while feeders held steady.
The market shows ewe and wether lambs at 9.75 to 9.75, bucks 8.50 to 8.75, lambs around 90 lb good 9.00 to 10.00 and medium 7.50 to 9.00. All weights common 5.50 to 7.40, west 90 to 150 lb medium to choice 2.40 to 4.25, cull and common 1.50 to 3.00, feeding lambs 5.0 to 7.5 lb good and choice 7.00 to 8.00.
The page lists bid figures for WHEAT CORN and OATS with Sept Mar May contracts and mixed percentages. It includes LARD pricing details and a grain receipts tally showing Wheat 58 cars, Corn 129 cars, Oats 58 cars, and related notes.
Chicago market prices show wheat ranges with multiple qualities and percentages, corn varieties from mixed to white, oats with white classifications, barley, timothy, and clover listed with price bands. No clear single headline. itemized commodity quotes reflect a daily cash grain report.
Clover prices show cash 13.75 and prime choice 14.05 with futures at 14.75 for October 14.95 for December and 15.25 for March. Alsike bids 12.25 cash and 12.50 October and 12.15 December. Timothy hay sells at 1.60 per cwt.
In Crawfordsville on Sunday morning F F Wenger baptized four children at the Presbyterian church with Elder E Latimer Davis assisting. Singers Mrs Eva Wenger and Mrs Etta Buxbaum performed That Sweet Story of Old as the Wenger family noted cousin ties among the three families. The baptized children were Richard Lee Holmes Gerald Robert Howell Willard Dean and Wilma Jean Love.
Word was received of the death of Sterling F. Riks formerly of this city, died August 21 1959 from endocarditis. He graduated from high school in 1919, attended Monmouth College class president 1923, earned a master’s at Northwestern in 1925, taught at the University of Wichita, began PhD studies in Chicago. Illness began in January and he had been bedfast seven months, was writer of poetry including a recent poem. The record also notes church and social mentions including local visits, a World Sunday school convention in Glasgow, and reunions of Crawfordsville Bible school participants with various local figures attending events and services.
The Aug 26 report notes multiple Widmer kin gathering for reunions in Olds and Mt. Pleasant with about 400 attendees at the Conrad reunion in John Graber's timber. Other relatives visited Washington and Pulaski Iowa, and trips to Amana colonies and Des Moines are mentioned along with local farm families and a new John Deere tractor.
August observations note heavy traffic to the Iowa State Fair with 60 cars counted early Monday. Reports from Crawfordsville mention the Fishburn reunion at Sunset Park in Washington and local chatter about farms, neighbors, and sheep shipments.
Columbus Junction reports busy social life with family reunions at chautauqua park, including the 1740 Woodruff descendants party and the Kemp descendants gathering. Firemen win 28 to 20 in kittenball, Wyman beat Columbus Junction 7 to 4, and locals like Dr. W J Woodruff and others visit. Community events, school staffing updates, and local visits fill the week.
Aug 25 Pilotsburg reports mainly showers and pleasant weather. Residents attend fairs in Oskaloosa What Cheer West Liberty and the state fair with Daryl Oldfield exhibiting pigs. Families visit kin including Sadie Rickey Ralph Hamilton and Wilson Ashby. Community dinner at Pilotsburg church followed by visits as school district plans progress.
A bandit waving a flash gun and claiming to be the law held up two men early Monday, escaping with 55 dollars and a watch. Victims are C. M. Zuzzenbuhler of Des Moines and Arthur Smith of Davenport visiting at the Zuzenbuhler home during Iowa State drilling news. Local school details note Sept 1 start and teachers Miss Robertson and Miss Haller. Other local mentions include Mrs Omer Green of Wellman and Lewis Jones family trip to Muscatine, plus visits by Miss Bessie Bushy.
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