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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1934
Page
2
Chicago market report shows hogs 40 000 head with price gains 5 to 10 cents and cattle slaughter waves across weight ranges. Hogs top 6.20 with varied classes for light, light weight, and sows. calves and feeder cattle mixed. Sheep 18 000 with lambs weak and feeding lambs noted.
Dated column by D F Macon reports brief local items from nearby towns. Short notes cover community happenings, events, and civic updates with names of residents and local groups.
A chaotic market and community note column from Keota Iowa in 1934 mentions Mr Squires and a peculiar pup, W D Roberts of Ainsworth, Albert Hopkins with a red apple, a three month subscription request to the Evening Journal, a closing sale at Sturgeon farm with Angus cattle and blue roan mares, snow drifts and multiple farm or sale references, and local residents Charley Brinning Rolla Eckerman Jessie Meek Karl Kephart Roy Kephart Ted Herr Slam Johnson and others in Washington and Dublin during cold mornings.
Market brief notes lambs weighing 40 to 75 pounds selling as good and choice at 5.50 to 6.10 dollars per hundredweight reflecting steady demand.
Grain prices show fractional changes across Wheat Corn and Oats with mixed May July and December futures. The table notes open highs lows and closings for wheat corn oats rye across different contract months and includes percentage changes and parity values.
Chicago reports unsettled eggs market with receipts 1 483 cases and variety of firsts and specials. Poultry remains steady with 37 trucks and multiple poultry grades. potatoes are on track with 203 arrivals and 355 shipments.
Chicago price desk lists No 2 yellow 95 cents, No 3 yellow 94, No 4 yellow 92.5, No 5? yellow 89, No 6 white 103, No 4 white 100 cents. Old corn No 2 white 195 cents. receipts 62 cars.
Des Moines report shows Iowa October highway crashes killed 62 people andinjured 1066. There were 1482 persons involved in 982 accidents. Ten months totals: 9469 killed and 9641 injured, compared with last year's 9473 killed and 10229 injured. October deaths fell 14 from the previous year.
Ainsworth December 11 the Ainsworth Masonic lodge elected new officers Monday evening naming the master warden secretary treasurer and other posts for the coming year with officers listed by name and position.
Public sale notices appear for December including J F Lambert closing out sale at City Feed Yard twelve dates, Mae Sturgeon closing out sale near Keota and Washington, and Mrs Florence Bush auction near Washington. Auctions list locations and dates in rural area notices.
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