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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1933
Page
2
Hogs totals reach 17 000 with 7 500 direct as 9 000 pigs and 100 piggy sows run. Market steady to 15 cents lower. top 4.45. Cattle mostly fat steers and yearlings 25-40 cents lower. extreme top on 1 398 lb steer at 7.40. Sheep 560 head. week ending 8 400 direct. natives under pressure with top 7.60. bulk 7.00 downward.
Chicago August 25 market report shows steady butter and produce prices. Receipts for eggs total 7 921 cases with various grade breakdowns. butter receipts reach 10 014 pounds with multiple grade levels and percentages noted.
The notice lists daily trains with arrival and departure times including No 93 morning pass at 1 15 a m and No 21 evening pass at 6 90 p m. No 22 evening pass 6 10 p m No 94 freight 10 56 a m all trains daily except Sunday J C McKay agent and W C Bell agent clocks and lines indicate local service in Washington with multiple east and westbound trains on varied days.
Market steady for poultry with 10 truck arrivals. Fowls 10 to 11 percent, springers 19, leghorns and ducks 7 to 9, geese to 9, turkeys 10 to 11, roosters 7, leghorn broilers 9 to 13 percent. Potatoes on track with 149 arrivals, 62 shipments, market barely steady.
Chicago market news lists cash corn quotes across mixed and yellow grades with percentages ranging from 48 to 61 percent, including No 2 mixed at 51 percent and No 5 yellow around 49.5 percent. Receipts amount to 108 cars.
Paramount comedy stars Charlie Ruggles and Mary Boland as a quarrelsome couple in a bustling family farce. Norman MacLeod directs a cast including George Barbier Lilyan Tashman Walter Catlett Ruth Warren in a light hearted snapshot of married life filled with giggles and domestic mirth.
In Wayland at 3 30 am Wednesday the Meyer bakery and Reaschly Grocery suffered blown out plate glass windows from a basement gasoline stove explosion. Local authorities reported no injuries and investigations began.
Midway Base Co and I. F. Staylie and sons announce a Tuesday auction at Algon on August 20. consignments include saddle and work horses, mares, good milk cows, calves, heifers, steers and Hereford stock, with hog buyers in from government price lists for brood sows and pigs.
The American Pearls defeated Morning Sun 4 to 0 at Junkin field behind Stan Kiesey’s solid pitching. Kiesey fanned fourteen and allowed four hits as Morning Sun was stifled, while Kerr for Morning Sun also pitched well but the Pearls combined timely hits in the third and fifth innings and two Morning Sun errors for the securing runs.
Local brief from The Journal's subscription representative D F Macon reports on happenings in nearby towns. Items mention community events, small gatherings, and ongoing local concerns, with emphasis on civic notices and everyday affairs affecting residents.
The narrative covers August 25 celebrations in Wayland with visitors from Washington and Mt. Pleasant, a Ferguson reunion in Sunset Park, and remarks on speeches, balloon ascent, ball games, and a lunch that day. It praises local residents and the Wayland band, noting antiques at Bollers store and memories of early town life.
Nation standings show New York at .619 with 43 losses, Boston at .653, Chicago at .533, Pittsburgh at .455, Philadelphia around .? and Brooklyn near .421. Yesterday Philadelphia beat Chicago 8-4, New York 8-6, Pittsburgh 8-2, Brooklyn 4-3, Cincinnati 7-3. Today Cincinnati at Brooklyn, Pittsburgh at New York, Chicago at Philadelphia, St. Louis at Boston.
Notes thanks to Chalmers Sturgeon of Keota for Tom Gregory's subscription via Sigourney and Emer Roth of Way, with daily home delivery. Jim Walker cites a corrected date for Jesse James being in Wellman and killed in 1882, while 1891 was incorrect.
In a slate of games the Cavaliers beat the Senators while the Bulls and Pistons posted losses. Cleveland topped Washington 6 to 4 as Philadelphia routed Newark and St. Louis defeated Boston. Philadelphia meets Chicago while New York faces Detroit.
A string of visitors and travels is noted with many relatives and friends gathering at homes in Wapello and Olto. Leslie Miller and Mixa Lydia Miller attended a Richer relatives picnic before traveling to Los Angeles for a two week visit. Arthur Rott to marry Katherine Musselman in Pennsylvania. Others travel to Heston Kansas for a conference and attend family and church events in Britt and Archibald Ohio.
Mr and Mrs Martin Kruse and others left for Little Rock after weeks here. Lydia Alliman, soon to graduate, was operated on for appendicitis last Friday. The Riches from Emporia arrived for the Conrad reunion and Old Settlers Day. A large group attended Miller and Mennonite gatherings in Indiana and Kansas with visits from Philadelphia guests. A birthday basket dinner reminded Peter Stoshart of his 70th.
When you spot a chickadee in the woods, halt and listen. Then imitate its calls and note if it responds. Chickadees often react to mimicry, revealing subtle behavior cues in natural settings.
Collier's Magazine notes widespread misrepresentation of Corot landscapes. It cites about 600 originals painted by Corot and an alleged 6,000 in the United States, yet fraudulent copies fetch prices double that of genuine works on the market.
Ward Hixson will lead a balloon ascent at Old Settlers Day scheduled for 1 30 p.m. in the Cumintus pasture just north of town.
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