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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1934
Page
2
Chicago market report shows hogs 41 000 head with weights 140 to 550 lb and prices 4.00 to 6.30, cattle and calves totals given. Slaughter and feeder cattle ranges from 2.75 to 14.00 for varied weights. fat lambs steady with 11 000 head noted. Early top prices cited. market activity moderately steady Monday.
The report lists lamb prices by weight and grade. Lambs 90 lb down good and choice fetch 6.75 to 7.60 with common 5.60 to 7.00. ewes 90 to 150 lb good and choice 2.00 to 3.25. feeding lambs 50 to 75 lbs good and choice 5.00 to 6.00.
Chicago reports mixed farm commodities with egg market easy and steady butter amid strong poultry demand. Egg receipts 1 973 cases and dirties 1914. butter specials 29 percent to 29. poultry market gains with fowls 11 to 13 percent and turkeys 16 to 28 percent. Potatoes market dull.
Chicago cash corn quotes show No 2 yellow at 92 percent the No 3 yellow at 91 and No 4 yellow at 60 while No 3 white hits 98 with old corn No 2 yellow at 4 and No 1 white at 102 percent receipts total 72 corns reported.
Viennese actress Mady Christians makes her U S debut in A Wicked Woman at the Fox theater. Born to Rudolph Christians and Bertha Klein, she was named Mady as a German diminutive of Marguerite. Her name pronunciation is May-dee.
Young herbage stores proteins sugars starches and minerals and contains caroene which yields vitamin A in animals. Vitamin A promotes growth in farm stock and humans and helps resist disease.
Dec 18 close figures show mixed grain moves with wheat corn oats and rye. Prices wobble as futures fields show slight declines from prior sessions and openings.
Local briefs by the Journal’s subscription representative D. F. Macon report on events in nearby towns. Quick updates include community meetings, weather, arrivals, and civic notices affecting residents across the area.
Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson and daughter Ainsworth visited with Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Brinning from near Valley, Tommy Simpson from north of Washington, Griffith Pros near Titus, O. S. Page R. 3, Rev. McBlain of West Chester, and J. A. Porter who keeps his home daily and stays informed about local happenings.
Notes from Crawfordsville and surrounding areas describe livestock operations, a thriving meat market, alfalfa baling valued by farmers, and busy shops in Ainsworth. Mentions include J W Robertson east of Crawfordsville, George R Yeager of the Crawfordsville Meat Market, Clarence Herring, Joe A Conrad, and Mrs Ella Rowan. Visiting relatives from Lincoln Nebraska and California are noted with holiday plans.
Mrs T M Harvey and Mrs McCoy of near Glendale shop in Washington Monday morning. The area traffic and early activity include Johnny Rath at the Coast to Coast station east of Ainsworth with their new house, Wayne Romine hauling slab wood for the Rath project, and local residents like W Moberly seeking the Evening Journal for sales and home news. Frances Bush and Everett W Green are noted as early Washington business people along with Lexington connections.
In Crawfordsville Rob Williams store sees ongoing trade while a local woman shows off a beautiful shopping basket bought at the 1892 World’s Fair, highlighting the bustling commerce of the era.
The funeral for Eben Williams ay Cotter, a relative of the Christuers, will be attended by family and friends on Sunday.
Bill Jackson of Kalona plans to handle Evening Journal business with Ode Ferguson. John R. Williams of Crawfordsville visits the city and praises horse stock on his farm. Frank K.R. Scranton of Aineworth appears, living across from the Wooly Grove farm on the old White Way. Congressman Edward C. Richer and wife will spend holidays in Washington D C and in their old town Washington Ta. The Sturgeon sale and purebred Angus cattle sale near Keota are noted in today’s paper.
Cedar Rapids Iowa man F P Warren of Eldora was fined 300 dollars and costs after allowing his cattle truck to back down a highway hill and strike a passenger bus. Half the fine was suspended for driving while intoxicated.
Improvements at the State Theater continue with a new jegge dynamic speaker adding depth and timbre to music. The system now covers 60 to 10,000 hertz, reproducing voices and high fidelity sound with a third speaker behind the screen. speakers can be rearranged to suit stage use.
The retail sales tax division of the Town state board of assessment and review announces a delay in mailing quarterly return blanks. Mailings begin January 2 and retailers should receive blanks by January 15 to accommodate holiday rush and potential mislaid forms.
Mr and Mrs RR Leffler of Paskina have purchased the Midway Cafe from Mrs Ray Minick and assume operation. Mr Leffler remains in Hawkins and will take charge in about a month with Mrs Leffler managing until then.
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