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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1931
Page
2
Chicago livestock market report lists hog receipts 45 000 with direct 17 000 and prices from 3 25 to 4 25 for various weight classes. Cattle receipts 2 000 with steady to lower demand. steers 7 25 to 11 00. cows 2 00 to 5 00. vealers 5 75 to 7 50. Sheep receipts 26 000 slow mostly steady with lambs 5 50 to 6 25 and feeding lambs 4 50 to 5 00 per hundredweight.
Local briefs from neighboring towns report civic updates, school events, and community milestones. Officials announce meetings, library programs, and charity drives, with snippets on weather, traffic, and public services impacting residents.
Combined hog receipts at 22 concentration yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours to 8:00 A M totaled 40,700, up from 36,500 a week earlier. Market was steady to 10 cents lower, mostly around to lower, with heavy movement of bulk good to choice hogs 18 to 260 pounds.
Chicago market update shows steady egg receipts at 1 705 cases with various grades listed. Butter and poultry prices fluctuate amid mixed receipts. Potatoes on track with 196 cars arrivals and 500 shipments. Wisconsin round whites quoted at 8 to 8 5 cents. Nebraska prices rise from 1.00 to 1.16, Idaho russets 1 45 to 1 55.
December 14 reports heavy snowfall keeping roads treacherous except for drivers with chains. Sales at the Mrs. Wymore event attract bidders from Parnell Kinross Wellman Kalona Riverside Sigourney Harper Keota West Chester Washington Crawfordsville Valley Wellston Brighton Williamsburg Ainsworth with strong lunch service and notable attendees.
Grain receipts show Wheat 11 cars, Corn 148 cars, and Oats 20 ears recorded in the consignments report.
The Louisa County Farm Bureau holds its annual meeting Friday December 18 in Columbus City at the United Presbyterian church starting at 10 00 a m Earl Elijah Cedar county farmer and national master farmer will speak on the value of farm organization Local 4 H boys and girls and Columbus Junction residents take part Election of officers and a noon banquet theme centers on the farm bureau family The Un ited Presbyterian church ladies will serve the meal.
The American Farm Bureau Federation votes unanimously to urge Congress to amend the agricultural marketing act using an equalization fee to control crop surpluses. Delegates fault the act’s adequacy after two years of experience. Edward A. O Neal is reelected president and Charles E Hearst is reelected vice president with Fraternal groups backing the effort.
Grain prices listed for corn oats rye timothy clover with ranges and percentages across several grades including yellow and white varieties. Values show Old and New Corn, hard and mixed grain categories with bid ranges and peak percentages.
Joe Vedakov was jailed in Davenport today in default of 8000 bond after his arrest on counts of passing counterfeit twenty dollar gold certificates. Vedakov pleaded not guilty before U.S. Commissioner A. G. Bush and was ordered held for the federal grand jury.
President R M Hughes of Iowa State College lifts the recent ban on cigarette advertisements in college papers and approves acceptability if ads do not suggest cigarette use by women.
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