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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1930
Page
2
Chicago livestock market receipts and quotes for hogs cattle and sheep. Hogs steady to higher with top prices around 10.50 per hundredweight and mix of weights varied. Cattle prices showed strength for fed steers and yearlings with several weight classes quoted, vealers and bulls also listed. Sheep and lambs reported active demand with steady to higher prices and regional Western/Natives selling.
Des Moines December 24 Combined hog receipts at 22 interior yards and 5 plants in Iowa and southern Minnesota totaled 22 500, down from 30 000 a week earlier. Prices varied by weight from 6.90 to 7.70 with most barrows and gilts between 7.20 and 7.70. Heavy weights and packing sows showed similar ranges and uneven trading as rail deliveries with destination feed and water affects.
A collage of brief Christmas items from Chicago to Buffalo and Des Moines highlights holiday humor and hope. Santy’s wife asks charges in secret, Lincoln cemetery caroling for emancipation, a baby girl born to Mrs. Hudson, a tattered collar found in Des Moines, sea bound children expecting Santa, oil discovery worth 200000, and Governor Roosevelt commuting sentences for Christmas mercy.
Mrs. D. Hornbrook and Mrs. Emma Robinson planned a Christmas banquet for all hungry horses in Kansas City. Hornbrook’s lawn was turned into a barnyard with a large supply of oats laid in for the.
Twenty five babies were delivered to 25 homes as Christmas presents after photos of the children were printed in a Memphis paper by the Tennessee Children's Home Society. In Jefferson City Missouri the boy Albert Mason asked Santa to bring back his dog Rex, who had been missing. The dog returned the next morning.
News snippet reports Father Neptune to assume Santa Claus duties aboard the grace liner while Santa Barbara nears the equator. includes reference to three children and upcoming travel.
Chicago December grain figures show mixed ranges across wheat corn and oats with numerous old and new prices for each contract. The report lists open high low close values for various months and includes backdated percentages, indicating volatility and shifting bids from old to new contracts.
Chicago cash grain close shows Wheat at 79 to 79 percent for hard variety. Corn mixed with values around 60 to 64 percent for several grades, including yellow and white types. Oats listed at 32 to 32 percent, Rye unavailable, Barley 40 to 68, Timothy 850 to 876, Clover 1500 to 227 percent.
Toledo Ohio December grain prices show Clover in multiple prime categories with old and new pricing and specific futures. Alsike hay quoted cash and futures with December and March values. Timothy hay priced at 1.75 per cwt.
A mysterious donor delivered a Christmas package to Columbus police containing 14 submachine guns intended for use against the citys new radio cruisers. The incident was reported today and authorities will investigate the sender and motive.
The Salvation Army money pot in the Danville post office building was stolen on December 23. It contained funds intended for distribution to the poor at Christmas.
Philadelphia dispatch reports Billy Prophet age six and his brother Warren five face a bleak Christmas as their father was shot dead a month ago and their mother remains jailed in connection with the killing.
Howard Schwartz, out of work for months, found a snow shoveling job in Denver. Just before quitting time he fell from a truck and suffered a concussion of the brain.
Edith Dennis aged seven and Evelyn six express hope for their father who died in an automobile accident more than a week ago. Their mother plans to tell them after Christmas while Edith recalls his illness in a hospital. In St Louis, a dog named Bob endures a hard luck Christmas after dog catchers seize him, his year 1927 run over and 1928 trapped in a foundation hole.
Warner Brothers Vitaphone film Sinners Holiday screens for two days at Fox Theatre. A modern Coney Island tale with Evalyn Knapp in her screen debut and Wise in a falsified murder plot. Supporting stars include James Cagney Joan Blondell Lucille La Verne Noel Madison Otto Hoffman Warren Hymer Parnell Pratt Ray Gallagher Hank Mann.
In Cedar Rapids on December 21 62 000 pounds of fish were distributed from the Cedar River to assist poor families. Deputy game warden B F Alsop reported the catch is worth about 5500 at market prices and amplified the effort.
Virgil Marshal 27 to be charged with robbery for holding up his father's Brookville bank and fleeing with 7700 dollars. He shot himself in the side as officers closed in at his home 15 miles west of Dayton, while the elder Marshall expressed confusion over his son's actions.
Mason City Iowa reports that author Dixie Willson of New York expressed a curious Christmas wish to the thief who lifted her purse. The incident draws attention as details of the theft emerge from local police reports.
Children at the Salvation Army’s Children of the Golden Gate orphanage in Santa Rosa awaited Christmas with sadness as a Monday fire wiped out the gymnasium where Thursday exercises were planned. Brigadier W C C White, superintendent, appealed for more presents to replace those lost.
In Globe Arizona on December 24 the world's meanest man visited and stole the brightly colored electric light bulbs from the community Christmas tree marking a vandalism incident during the festive season.
Chicago police arrested 11 year old Edward Sazwed and his father Michael Zswed in a department store toy section. Witnesses say the boy took toys and passed them to his father who loaded a sack. Edward claimed the toys were for his four sisters and noted he did not believe in Santa Claus.
Miss Willson chased a purse snatcher who grabbed her handbag in an alley. The tall polite thief agreed to an equitable split but kept most of the money. after negotiations he gave back the purse and three dollars, while the $500 remained inside.
Reports from Amsterdam state Merapi lava streams in Java advanced over six miles since Monday. The death toll tops 790 with many missing as villages around Stroemboeng burn. Refugees suffer starvation. troops mobilized to aid survivors.
Northwestern Bell Telephone to extend and improve equipment in Iowa during 1931 at an estimated cost of about 4 4 4 1 million dollars. H G Cenger general manager says the largest projects will be across the northwest state.
Local readers learn about nearby towns through the Journal's subscription page. The brief notices highlight regional events, civic updates, and community milestones across neighboring municipalities.
Local notes report the Titterington Sage sale bringing in 2317 dollars, with crowd guesses and festive comments as residents remark on Christmas spirit. Visitors include Vir. Elliott Wyman of Richland and Humphrey Davis and wife, while Dr. Murry McCreedy interns in Wichita.
Harry EK Montgomery of Washington travels in South America by airplane writing for several papers, likely earning good pay and enjoying the trip. Tom Wolfe visits family in Ainsworth after military training at Aledo, Texas. Harry Macon and wife of Valley Junction drive to Burlington Junction to collect his wife's parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fleming for Christmas, arriving Wednesday morning at 30 2. mm.
A fragmentary 1939 Washington Iowa note from Terence and Pat includes odd dialogue about a lad, a wife’s child, and a request for a few dollars. It mentions D F Macon in Washington and sending a subscription payment for 1931. The letter thanks Oral Sweet for a year’s subscription to a newspaper.
Nellie Manners reports Dee Strain, a Drake University teacher, visiting her parents in Crawfordsville for the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Newton Wilkins, who stayed with Miss Olive Moore, head to Chicago to spend winter with Ira Warren. Clarence Davis returns from Fairfield for holidays. Bates Barnes from Monmouth and Max Anwy from Northwestern are home for the break.
Weekly report lists hog cholera in DeWitt Petersville Low Moor Maquoketa Martelle Solon Brighton and other towns. Notes necrotic enteritis in swine coccidiosis in cattle and blackleg in young cattle at Princeton Durant Dunkerton Center Point Dubuque cascade Anamosy. Rabies in cow at Anamosy and fowl cholera in Dankerton Town City.
Cedar Rapids opens a new central office equipment facility while Decorah expands with a new building. Shenandoah erects a new building and installs central office equipment. Burlington and Davenport add to existing buildings and upgrade equipment for long distance service.
A writ of special execution directs a public sale of lands in Washington County Iowa in front of the Washington Court House. On Wednesday January 21 1931 a 2 pm sale will offer the east half of the northeast quarter and the west half of the northwest quarter of sections 27 and 26 township 77 8 west as road strip excluded. Property is owned by Pp Pinch and Lulu Finch and sold to satisfy Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa. Sheriff G M Struble notes the sale.
East Highland notices Christmas cheer as residents speak of Santa coming with gifts. J. W. Coon delivered two truckloads of hogs at Lone Tree last week while C. Raymond had one truckload shipped by the Farmers Union.
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