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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1934
Page
2
Markets show 31 000 hogs and 6 000 sheep traded with varied prices across weights. Hogs top at 6.10 to 6.65 for different classes while cattle and calves move slowly with good and choice ranges from 4.75 to 10.25 for steers and heifers and cutters at lower levels.
Chicago market notes unsettled prices across fruits and butter with mixed receipts. Poultry shipments show an easy market with 31 trucks and 1 car received.
The report lists livestock and produce price ranges and shipment figures for springers ducks geese turkeys stags and potatoes. It notes market activity as dull with shipments totaling 477 and rivals at 49 while potatoes show track progress at 189.
Chicago market update shows mixed No 4 at 90 Times. No 2 yellow 94 No 3 yellow 4 No 4 yellow 94 No 3 white 11. Old corn scales Nos 2 yellow 95 No 2 white 195 No 3 white 104. Receipts 72 ears.
Local lore names a mountain in Persia as deeply revered as the site where King Solomon allegedly took the Queen of Sheba to cool her. Persians call it The Coldest Spot on Earth and a sacred place in tradition.
Chicago grain prices show wheat corn oats and rye trading in mixed ranges with May July and December contracts. Observed figures include modest gains and losses across open high low and close quotes, reflecting typical near term volatility.
D F Macon reports brief local items from nearby towns including council actions, school news, and community happenings. Notes highlight small-town updates and civic changes, with emphasis on residents and local organizations.
December 14 report from Ainsworth area notes jolt of travel weather and passable roads for buyers. Crowds at Bush sale Thursday were steady though not large with many farmers and neighbors naming stock sellers like J M Stewart and Evertt, Elmer Kolesick, H Hochstettler and Whittaker firms. Upcoming Sturgeon sale near Keoin on December 20 draws interest in Gow mares and purebred Angus cattle as bidders anticipate strong prices.
H A Lunning of north of Havre attended the Bush sall Thursday.
R H Fulton will read his home journal until mid summer on Keotaft. His home is northwest of Washington. Thanks to Paul Bell of Wayland for daily support. J M Lord of Ainsworth visited Thursday. P A McLamore runs the rendering works and faces poor road conditions. R J Chorpening of Washington R1 visited on business. his farm is kept in fine condition year round.
A morning call from Tony Kauffmans of Washington R 2 confirms the community sale ad. The notice indicates Saturday’s sale will include substantial furniture and livestock and is expected to begin early.
J. G. Love of Crawfordsville sends a warm Christmas message to our office and daily readers, expressing thanks for the holiday kindness.
Wyman high school swept Mt. Union in a doubleheader with girls winning 39 to 20 and boys 19 to 16. Ruth Hammond scored 28 for Wyman, Elva Gibbs 13 for Mt. Union, and defense dominated. Wyman travels to Ainsworth Friday for two league games while Olds visits Wy man next Monday. The Wyman Winfield game moved to December 27 during Christmas vacation.
Young actress Anne Shirley stars as Anne in RKO’s adaptation of Anne of Green Gables at the State. At sixteen, she adopted the screen name after the character, crediting the novel as a lifelong favorite. The cast includes Tom Brown and Helen Westley under director George Nicholl Jr.
In Magrat Pictures production Crimson Romance star Rey Lyon as Bob Watson an American aviator who has joined the German air force before U S entry The narrative places him in a stark moral bind after the U S declares war choose to stay and face treason or refuse and risk court martial Also features John Wayne in Laws Frontier and a Wyman High School declamatory contest with fifteen participants and coach Miss Dorothy Kean.
Frances Ernst of Hellevue Iowa notes in Colliers Weekly that Miephanta are delicate yet strong with tough hides. Teak lumber camp workers in Siam rest two days out of three and enjoy a long summer vacation while enduring recurring wounds in Nletiml caused by wiht tuekeva.
Jonas, agent for a U S munitions company in South America, testifies before the Senate committee about armament transactions. He states American firms sold arms to Paraguay and Bolivia during the Gran Chaco conflict as cited to investigators in Washington.
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