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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1935
Page
7
Market summary reports hog sales at 9.75 to 9.85 for 170 to 320 lb hogs and 9.50 to 9.80 for lighter grades, with top hog price at 9.90. Cattle and calves show gains for choice and prime fed steers up to 25 cents, with shippers active and steady lower grades. Predicted Thursday receipts listed as 15,000 hogs, 9,000 cattle, and 1,500 calves.
Wealers steady at 11.00 down. Stockers and feeders continue to get good action at 8.50 down. Estimated cattle receipts for Thursday 6,900. SHEEP 9,600. Fat lambs opening slow around steady. Feeding lambs firm. Good to choice natives and westerns 11. to 11.25. Slaughter owes 4.50 to 5.26. Estimated sheep receipts for Thursday 9,000.
Chicago markets on December 4 show steady to firm prices across produce dairy and poultry. Receipts include 1559 cases of produce, 6352 pounds of butter with high extras, and 17 trucks of poultry with mixed category shares. potatoes on track with 329 on hand and 50 arrivals.
Market report notes mixed corn prices with No 4 and No 5 categories and varying yellow and white corn percentages. Receipts recorded at 130 cars.
A fragmented OCR snippet shows repeated phrases about grain price ranges and percentage figures, but no clear event date, location, or named entities. Unable to confirm specifics beyond generic price range references.
December items recount visits by families from Oakdale and Washington R 1 and R 3, shop improvements, sales and favors to readers, church suppers, and parish notices. Local residents like Chris Jensen and Dale Gallagher are mentioned with social events and farm sales planned for December 12 and 19.
Market notes show No 2 yellow soybeans priced at 83 and No 3 yellow at 81 percent. Prices reflect standard commodity quotations.
Norma Shearer headlines Colombia's roman a clef style comedy She Couldn't Take It at the State theatre directed by Tay Garnett from a Towne and Baker story George Raft stars as the reformed Ricardi with Joan Bennett as the lively Carol The Van Dykes figures large in the social whirl depicted on screen.
The scene builds to a tense finale with an authentic kidnap plot. Supporting stars include Walter Connolly Billie Burne Lloyd Nolan, Wallace Ford James Blakely and Donala Meek in a standout ensemble turn.
Norma Shearer’s performance in Smilin’ Through is praised as outstanding and the Fox theater revival draws letters urging bring back the production. Shearer, hailed as cinema’s First Lady, delivers a striking dual role as Moonyeen and Kathleen eclipsing her noted recent parts.
Mrs Schartner, a Des Moines resident, prayed after a boy she took in from an orphanage ran away with her $25. Eight months later the boy returned the money, vindicating her faith in prayer.
The Basset hound originated in France in the eighteenth century. It stands about 14 inches high and weighs roughly 40 to 50 pounds, with both rough and smooth coats though the rough coat is rare in France.
A crowded list of closing out sales appears across counties with events at Rock Felind Coal Shure near Egypt School Dee, Smouse farm Crawfordsville, Washington area southeast, Kalona and West Chester. Cattle sale planned at Brighton December 27 with 70 head mostly Shorthorns. several farms host midweek sales at Columbus ration every Wednesday.
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