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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1930
Page
2
A program will be held at Pleasant School on Friday evening December 22 with a hot lunch served. All are welcome. Vera W. Harvey is the teacher.
Chicago receipts report hogs 55 000 with direct 29 000 and varied weights top at 8 40 while most 8 00 to 8 40. cattle receipts 15 000 with calves and steers mixed. vealers 6 50 to 11 50. bulls and cows weaker to steady. Sheep receipts 20 000 with feeding lambs strong and native and western lambs 8 00 to 8 50, ewes 2 00 to 3 75, feeding lambs 6 75 to 7 50.
Combined hog receipts at 22 yards and 5 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 48 hours ended 10:00 a m show mostly steady to 10 higher prices. Buyers were aggressive at most stations though hogs moved slowly with typical weights and price ranges across light to heavy categories.
Chicago grain prices show mixed activity with Wheat and Corn futures posting varied old and new month quotes. Oats and related contracts display modest shifts while reporting stations note fluctuating percentages and settlement levels across December to July maturities.
Chicago price rundown shows cash grain values for Wheat, Coin, Yellow, White, Oats, Rye, Timothy, and Clover. Notes include various grades and bid ranges such as Wheat 1 hard 79 and 2 hard 78, oats 1 white 35, Timothy 800 to 25 dollars, Clover 1500 to 2275, with multiple mixed and yellow classifications and percentage bids.
New York report says four of seven inmates from Beacon State Hospital for the Criminally Insane were recaptured in Brooklyn after detective George Webber cornered them in a dim apartment. The four, led by William H. Nelson, included Harry Gordon the mad butcher of Rochester, John Biggins, and Frank Gambil, with Mrs. Marie Ockenfels charged with harboring criminals. Webber challenged Nelson's pistol, then waited for fellow detectives to arrive before returning the quartet to the hospital. The four had split from the others for being too dangerous.
Tom Gerdes buys a new two door car after traveling to Kalona with neighbor FE Lemley. A large turnout visits Sherman's funeral home and a young married man resists accompanying his wife. John A Witter and family visit from Ft Madison while Fred Jarvis of Ainsworth Rtoute 3 stays in Washington. A Henry Wallace speech draws farmers to the Y building and the Kyle boy incident near Brighton is noted as not dangerous. Editor Kramer and wife attend the Wallace event. Presbyterian ladies supper occurs in Brighton.
District No 5 reports Thanksgiving gatherings at the Bandy and Rhodebeck homes. Victor Calhoun and wife welcomed a 6% pound baby girl on December 3. Jessie Phillips died, with district sympathy offered. A N Porter of Crawfordsville joined Thanksgiving dinner with Harve Porter and Claud Rhodebeck. Farm Bureau lesson on Personal Efficiency and Planned Leisure held at the Y W room. Rhodebeck family visited Os kaloosa to see his mother spending winter at Beatty home.
Mrs John L Coon 66 a resident of Wapello last year and Columbus Junction the prior twenty years died Thursday in a Burlington hospital after an operation for wall stones and appendicitis. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 1 in the Presbyterian church at Wapello.
Delegates from Columbus City Columbus Junction Cotter Fredonia Gladwin Dixie and the Welsh neighborhood who attended the tri county conference at Muscatine will hold an echo meeting in the Presbyterian church Friday after a pot luck supper at six. Reports will be given and the public is invited. Mr and Mrs David Hull welcome Naomi Irene born Tuesday to the family. Mr and Mrs Ted Lewis announce the birth of Dorothy Marie born Wednesday.
Mrs. A A Knotts and L W Newton of Fairfield visited sister Mrs Walter Leet. Bruce and Lyall Moore found roads muddy making travel hard. Lawrence Mottet and wife welcomed a newborn son last Sunday. Carl Herring of near Washington visited J A Walker. Dr Pershing of Keota attended the ill child of the Harry Anderson home.
An 1880s Burlington agent in Washington is recalled plus local events. The piece mentions a Presbyterian church sermon by Dr. Eastwood, a Gerald T. White song, and a quartet. It notes the D C Davison sale near Coppock on December 10 and hedge post sale on December 13. It also reports on Pfeffer’s aviation exam success at Iowa City and a bull at a Perdock sale surrounding local gossip and memories.
Toledo daily grain column lists Clover and Alsike hay prices with monthly futures and cash bids. Prime Clover in various maturities ranges from 14.50 to 16.50, with December and February notes. Alsike cash and futures shown. Timothy hay priced at 1.75 per cwt.
The journal lists sale dates and locations for multiple closings and estate sales. O Davisons, H A Phillips, A J Robertson, Clegg Bros, Lee Chambers and others are scheduled near Brighton, Washington, Wellston, Ainsworth with percentages indicating commission or shares and dates from December 9 to December 30.
Prices subject to daily market quotations and change without notice for items such as hens leghorns ducks geese and other poultry. Listings show weights under and over four pounds with per pound figures in cents.
The name Alaska translates as The Great Land or Mainland. It was likely named by early Russian explorers who encountered the region. exploration and settlement by Russians began in the early 1700s.
Captain Robert Gray named the Columbia River after his ship the Columbia in 1701. He is noted as the first American to circumnavigate the globe and raise the flag during his voyage.
A scientific study summarized by Woman's Home Companion notes hawks and owls derive sustenance from mice squirrels and other pests. The article emphasizes their overall economic value outweighs the harm caused to livestock and game.
Read the Journal Classifieds noting yardage or stock figures for Wheat 29 cars, Corn 261 cars, and Oars minus 46 cars in a compact listing.
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