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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1934
Page
2
The Chicago market shows 42 000 hogs with cuts across weights 140 to 360 pounds and sows. cattle and calves total 16 000 with steers and heifers selling across weight ranges 550 to 1500 pounds. Slaughter and feeder cattle move weaker on higher grades, with sheep and lambs in steady to firmer demand and feeding lambs priced 5.50 to 6.25.
Chicago reports steady markets across produce. Receipts include 2260 cases of mixed items with varied quality levels. poultry stocks show steady movement with springers and broilers quoted. potatoes on track with 371 shipments and steady market.
Old corn prices include No 1 yellow 96 and No 2 yellow 96. New corn lists No 3 mixed 103 No 4 mixed 93 No 3 yellow 94 No 4 yellow 3? No 4 white 103 sample white 44. Receipts total 37 cars.
The Franklin Township Farm Bureau meeting postponed from last Friday due to road conditions will be held this Wednesday at Franklin Center school house starting at 8 o'clock. Officers will be elected before next Saturday's county convention. Educational and comic moving pictures will be shown after the program. Everyone is urged to attend regardless of membership.
Step in Fetchit faces a real rival in Andy Devine the 285 pound gravel voiced comic. Devine stars with Warner Baxter in Hell in the Heavens at the State theater Wednesday and Thursday. Other cast members include Conchita Montenegro Ralph Morgan Russell Hardie Herbert Mundin Vince Barnett and William Stelling.
In the RKO romantic comedy By Your Leave at Fox, Frank Morgan and Genevieve Tobin star as a couple exploring a marital holiday. The husband flops as a Romeo while the wife finds a romantic interest, with a supporting cast including Neil Hamilton Marion Nixon Glenn Anders Margaret Hamilton Gene Lockhart Charles Ray and Betty Grable. Lloyd Corrigan directs.
Ten baskets were given out by the high school Girl Reserves with Miss Marian Baker, county welfare worker, helping plan. The group held a luncheon at the Y Wednesday noon where Miss Kathryn Latta spoke. Baskets were prepared in the domestic science room Wednesday afternoon and distributed that evening.
Eureka reports Floyd Wagner and Roland Armstrong returning from a trip to Chandlerville Illinois last Friday evening. They drove the Howard Wagner car. Mr and Mrs Clark Wagner spent Thanksgiving day at the parental J L Coon home in Iowa City. Jesse Moore had a narrow escape when he cut his foot with an ax while chopping wood for BK Babb. He cut the end off his small ox. Ethel Wagner and Roland Armstrong visited the Clark Wagner home Sunday afternoon and evening. Storms have made roads bad and travel by car nearly impossible. Billie Johnson spent Saturday afternoon with John Wasner helping him with school work while he is absent with a broken leg.
Fifty three bird species have been observed feeding on hale enternulare caterpillars, indicating a diverse avian response. Researchers note the behavior spans multiple habitats and suggests ecological links between birds and caterpillar populations.
Grain table from Chicago shows Wheat, Corn, Oats and Rye values with May July and December contracts. Prices move between open high low and close with varying percentages across wheat corn oats and rye.
December report describes travel through snow and mud on rural roads. Mentions Paul Horak from St. Louis, crowds in Washington and Kalona, and drivers including Lloyd Turnipseed Oscar Sheets R 3 W C Hotle R 4 John Work and L N Pringle. Jim O Loughlin saw 500 cars stalled near Marshalltown. funeral for Fred Skola today in Kalona. Dr Oldaker notes very bad roads but people still travel. Deans former Washington citizens remain of interest.
Local notes compiled by D. F. Macon cover happenings in nearby towns. Community events, small meetings, and short reports from neighboring locales provide a snapshot of regional life.
Peter Witting runs a neat harness shop and expects more customers as Kalona improves its roads. VY Green from near Lexington visited Monday noting poor roads but managed to arrive. KE Sigafoose of Washington RK arrived Monday and reports neighbors and others will reach the Wallingford Kep hart sale eleven miles south of Havre and 14 miles west on Thursday. The ad notes a stock and feed sale at eleven o'clock and thanks to Mr Sigafoose and wife for their home daily magazine order.
In a terse exchange a landlord demands arrears while Rathor promises payment after receiving funds from a publisher. He intends to send a novel once a suitable subject and inspiration arrive. Separately, local sentiment notes favorable weather with merchants optimistic about the moisture's immediate benefits to town climate.
A lady hosts Marvin, the son of a married friend, and questions his ability to cut meat. He answers confidently that he can, remarking they often encounter such tough meat back home.
Public sale notice for Kephart and Walline at the Washington yard near 1214 miles W closing on December 6. Vera Turnipseed listed among sellers with items from the City Peed Yard. Proceeds to be offered by dec 6 at the Washington public sale location.
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