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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1935
Page
7
Hog trade shows strength with 16 000 head, top at 10.00, 180 to 820 lb range 9.85 to 10.00. Cattle and calves ample, steers up to 14.50, best heifers near 10.50, cows steady to 15 percent higher, bulls strong. Sheep 8000 fat lambs steady to weak, feeding lambs 11.00 to 10.60. Friday receipts estimated 10 000 hogs, 2000 cattle, 7000 sheep.
Local sale column lists multiple closing out sales and cattle auctions with dates in December. Entries include W A Chilcote southeast Washing Washington area and Mrs Howard Brown near West Chester plus N R Coffman east of West Chester. Street locations specify miles east west or northwest of nearby towns. Midway Sale Co. Columbus operation runs every Wednesday with several closing out sales on farms near Kalona and Washington.
Chicago dispatch notes a steady market across eggs butter poultry and potatoes. Egg receipts total 2 447 cases with grade breakdowns. butter receipts 3 827 pounds with multiple quality lines. poultry arrives in 32 trucks with varied fowl percentages. potatoes on track with 446 shipments and 264 on hand.
The report shows Chicago prices for corn and wheat with grades and ranges. No. 4 yellow and No. 5 yellow corn mix at 52 to 64 percent, No. 8 white at 56 percent, No. 4 white at 55 to 56 percent, No. 5 white at 53 to 54 percent. Receipts listed at 160 cars.
The report lists No 2 yellow soybeans at 82 percent and No 3 yellow beans at 80 to 81 percent.
Mr and Mrs Lee Nay and Barbara Lea of Orb Neb and Mr and Mrs J T Moore and Dickey of Washington were dinner guests at Gian Pratts. Pleasant Hill December 4.
Regular sale features cattle hogs and sheep including 24 Hereford steers and 100 Hampshire shoats. Also bulls milk cows heifers ewes lambs brooder house wagon posts lumber furniture and other items with Whittaker Son and Mrs Macon Ferguson acting as auctioneers and clerks.
December 5 parade drew crowds from miles around with many residents from Ainsworth Washington and nearby farms. The evening featured festive scenes, magazine giveaways, parading families, and reports from shopkeepers and church groups about meals and subscriptions. noting a well attended Haskins church chicken supper and community generosity.
The report lists numerous Thanksgiving get togethers. Families visiting included the Wittigs, Cantons, Mills, Telfords, Kepharts, Lamberts, Pratt and Nay households. Neighboring residents hosted dinners and oyster roasts in Washington and West Chester with several extended family members attending.
The article lists numerous local residents hosting and visiting over the weekend. Families including the Millers, Bleeses, Heessels, Hethcotes, Kepharts, Bakers, Erlenbushes, Harveys, Musics, Telfords, and Gammons share meals and attend Sunday activities. Hog sales to Armour are recorded for Sigafoose and Kephart Lambert. A birth is reported near Crawfordsville with relation to Mrs. Howard Baker.
Ardith Luithly of Ames spent the Thanksgiving vacation with her parents in Rubio. Mrs. Luithly and Ardith were joined by Mr. and Mrs. John Luithly and their daughter Janet who escorted Ardith back to Ames. Thanksgiving dinner gatherings included Mr. and Mrs. Art Reignhagen, Mrs. Nellie Arcey and family, and Dale Leppert.
Early Virginia miners mistook iron pyrites for gold ore sending a shipload to England. The shipment caused dismay in London as the fake riches were exposed and questioned for authenticity.
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