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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1930
Page
2
Chicago market notes hog receipts 38 000 with 13 000 direct. Hogs open steady, then weak to 10 lower. top 8.10 for 130 180 lb, various weights widely traded. Cattle receipts 5 500. calves 2 000. fed steers and yearlings firm to modestly higher. slaughter cattle and dealers show strength with steers 600 900 lb at 10.25, bulls and feeders about steady.
Feeder cattle ranges from 6.50 to 10.25 for common to good and choice. cows and bulls show various grades with prices from 3.00 to 6.25. Sheep receipts hit about 12 000 with bulk good and choice lambs selling 8.00 to packers, light lambs at 6.50 to 7.25, ewes 2.00 to 3.75, feeding lambs 6.75 to 7.50.
Combined hog receipts at 22 Iowa yards and 5 plants totaled 19 000 for the 24 hours ending 10 p m today, down from 26 900 a week earlier. Market mostly steady to 10 cents lower than Wednesday's average with lights and butchers sometimes higher at a few stations. Prices cited cover 140 to 800 pound ranges, with packers varying by weight and quality and sow values listed.
Chicago markets show wheat and corn trading with limited moves. Old and new contract quotes reflect slight shifts in Dec Mar and May positions with minor percentage changes. Traders monitor price ranges and futures activity amid thin trading and parcelled daily ranges.
In Vermont, Senator Frank J L Greene died after a relapse from hernia surgery linked to a February 1924 Pennsylvan ia avenue shooting during a bootlegging raid. Funeral set at Congregational church with Greenwood Cemetery interment. replacement expected and Senate party balance noted.
Liberty was short lived for two trustees James Kelly and Clyde Jackson who escaped the state reformatory in Anamosa yesterday. They were free at 6 p.m. and headed to Cedar Rapids where they were captured two hours later. By midnight they were back in their cells.
The Pay-Off, a Radio Pictures drama at the Fox theatre Friday and Saturday, stars Lowell Sherman who directs and leads the cast. Hugh Trevor handles a first heavy role with Marion Nixon and William Janney. the film traces a crook driven by love and devotion, denying crime its ideals in a gripping, memorable story.
The advertisement touts Bronchuline Emulsion as the best remedy for stubborn coughs. It claims half a bottle stops even severe coughing cases and notes a New York course failed while Bronchuline succeeded. J. E. Lemmon Druggist offers bottles with three or four doses expected to stop ordinary coughs.
A December letter from Journal readers expresses appreciation to residents of Kalona Wellman and Washington for their support and kindness, noting the shared sense of community. The writer playfully warns that if a desk is ransacked only this letter would remain.
A collection of letters from Doris Skola and readers in Iowa and Colorado recount holiday greetings, subscription gifts, and community support for the Washington County Evening Journal. Mentions F Fred Skola, C I Richards, Mrs Huber, A J Robertson sale, Grace Hill Ladies Aid, and local readers backing the newspaper through yearend gifts and subscriptions.
Community tidbits include memorial report from West Virginia, Peterson studio photo push, Christmas gifts, a fairground remark about Murray and a horse race, a studio sale two miles off pavement near Fairfield, and comments on local stores and neighborly help in Washington and surrounding areas.
A fire at Fort Des Moines destroyed the KE and F Troops barracks sending 200 cavalrymen into the snow in nightclothes. Damage exceeds 650000 dollars with one minor injury from a collapsing ice box. Flames started around 12 30 a m and were fueled by exploding shells as troops evacuated, no casualties.
Dec 19 closing out sale 10 miles south of Dublin by 4G Humston. Dec 22 Titterington and Sage nine miles northwest of Fairfield closing out sale. Dec 29 Milo Weaver closing out sale four miles northeast.
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