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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1932
Page
2
Hog prices range 2.90 to 3.25 with top 3.25, down 5 to 10 cents from last week as receipts total 45 000. Cattle about 8 000 head, calves 2 000, beef steers mostly 5.50 to 7.00 with other grades mixed. Sheep 15 000 head, lambs 5.25 to 6.25 top, yearlings 4.00 to 5.00, ewes 1.00 to 2.50.
Combined hog receipts at 25 concentration yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 48 hours end 8:00 A M show 94 200 head, up from 60 600 last week and 7 200 a year ago. Prices mostly fell 5 to 10 cents across weight classes amid slow demand.
Chicago wholesale market notes unsettled car lots for butter creamery exports and eggs with varied price ranges. Potatoes show strong shipments from Wisconsin Michigan and Idaho with several quality grades and freezing injury notes.
Local column by D. F. MacOk highlights happenings in nearby towns. Brief items cover community events, club meetings, and notable residents, with concise notes on dates and locations.
Chicago seed market prices list the Clover varieties at 700 to 950 with different grades. Timothy and alfalfa show higher ranges with grain seed values noted, indicating overall strong activity in mid December.
In Chicago on December 19, estimated receipts for carrots are Wheat 2, corn 57, and oats 14 as noted by INS-Es timated figures.
Chicago December grain quotes list wheat, corn, oats and rye futures with open high low and close figures for Dec May and July contracts. The table displays fractional percentages under each commodity noting slight gains in select months and stability in others.
Chicago cash grain closes show no actual sales report. Wheat values around 1% to one over December, corn mixed around 22% to 25, yellow and white corn various 22% to 25%. Oats listed 16% to 15, rye showed none.
Chiropractor Dr Chas Brown offers neurocarometer service with office opposite the court house. Contact office phone 342 and residence 102. Reads like a small classified medical ad from a historical newspaper.
The report lists residents from Ainsworth and nearby towns visiting on Saturday. Names include C A Kron and sons S W Augustine Roy Moore and Ronald Buckeye editorial staff and many families from Lexington Wellman Kalona and Crawfordsville. Subscriptions and magazines are noted along with a closing sale and farm life mentions.
Hollywood director Ernst Lubitseh spends more than twice as long preparing his films as filming them. His latest Trouble in Paradise starring Miriam Hopkins Kay Francis Herbert Marshall Charlie Ruggles and Edward Everett Horton opens at the State theater Tuesday and Wednesday.
Talullah Bankhead stars in Paithless at the Fox theater a timely drama of an heiress whose lux life ends in economic low mood. Robert Montgomery plays the steadfast suitor aiding her return to balance as she seeks a way out of chaos.
Riverside reports Victor ii lodge A F and A M elected Worshipful master VWhoert Novy senior warden Frank Skola junior warden Joe Ek Chythak treasurer A H Youn kin secretary C F Fitzsimmons. Royal Neighbor lodge elected Oracle Mrs June Laney vice oracle Mrs Anna Kos past oracle Mrs Mary Soukin chancelor Mrs Fannie Meeks recorder Mrs Mary Salladay receiver Mrs Clara Rath marshal Mr Philomene Scott inner sentinel Mrs Vernie Lantz outer sentinel Mrs Leona Prueege muete jan Mrs Hazel Blythe juvenile.
The Senior Needle club selected officers for the coming year with Mrs Lena Sueppel as conv ention officer. Officers chosen included President Mrs Fannie Meeks Vice President Mrs Mary Son kup Secretary Mrs Mary Salladay and Treasurer Mrs Clara Rath. A Christmas program and party were planned for January and December activities featured a holiday meeting at Mrs William O Loughlins with games crafts and a prize to Miss Estelle Critz.
Miss Mildred Lantz of near Wyman visits with her sister Mrs Everette Lantz and family this week. Mrs Lydia Miller of Waterloo departs after a three week stay with relatives here.
Riverside's high school canceled classes this week due to illness among staff. Superintendent R C Knight and teacher Joan K Rinehart are out, with Margaret Griffin substituting in grammar grades for ill Gladys Lage in Kalona.
Mrs Frank Clark mourns father Charles Pence who died Thursday night. Tri T club hosted by Mrs Alfred Keith. Eastern Star meeting attended by Mrs A B Macderran. Queen Esthers raised 21.62 at church bazaar. Local families shared a Thursday evening party at Dave Meyer home. Wolf weighed 26 pounds shot near Will Kauffman farm. Golden Glow club enjoyed Christmas exchange hosted by Allen Meyer. Mrs Paul Rainier of Adrian visiting. Edwin Salteman wed Zola Seberg near Swedesburg. Salteman works in gas and oil.
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