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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1932
Page
2
Chicago market shows hogs 5 to 10 cents lower with top at 3.30 and heavy cattle steady to strong. Receipts total 27 000 hogs and 8 000 cattle. calves up 50 cents from early week. Lambs hold at 16.25 with weaker bids on lambs.
U S D A notes combined receipts at 25 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ending 8:00 A M total 54 200 down from 35 500 a week ago and 45 990 a year ago Demand slow due to heavy rain with liberal marketing Prices show lighter classes 140 to 160 lb lights 3 25 to 2 65 and 160 to 180 lb mediums 2 35 to 2 70 with 180 to 200 lb at 2 47 per cwt.
Lodges Washington Lodge No. 90 regular meeting first Friday each month. Glenn M. and W. Yara Damascus Shrine No. 10 regular meeting fourth Tuesday each month at Masonic Temple rooms. Mrs Grace B. Twindm, W. H. P., Mrs J OW Bidwell, W. Scribe.
A dense railroad timetable lists passenger and freight trains with daily and Sunday exceptions, notes on station stops, and agent names. It names trains like No 12 and No 4, local freight and mixed trains, and specific stop points including Brighton and Liberty, along with agents L Scoodlander and J C McKay.
The document lists hog price ranges by weight category from 100 to 550 pounds with quality grades good and choice. It notes base quotations on bulk transactions and mentions weight shrinkage and hogs filled affecting prices, plus exclusions for shipping point weight pricing.
Chicago market report shows butter steady at 10 542. creamery extras 21 1 4. firsts 20 to 20 1 2 percent. Live poultry totals include turkeys and hens 16 with No 28 hens 4 percent. Potatoes on track 158 cars with U S shipments 425. Idaho russets 115 to 125 and Colo McClures 125 to 150.
Grain estimates released from Chicago indicate wheat at 3? and corn at 18, with oats at 4.
Seed market notes show Clover prices from 659 to 700 and 760 to 800 for various grades. Blu timothy and alfalfa quoted with highs around 900 and 1650 respectively. Grimm priced at 1800. other entries include alsike and dull indications.
Edward G. Robinson stars as Yates Martin the Colorado silver king who climbs from poverty to riches and falls after romance and the gold standard. Bebe Daniele Alin MacMahon lead a strong supporting cast in a three day engagement at the State.
Nancy Carroll stars in Hot Saturday at the Pox theater with Cary Grant and Randolph Scott. A popular girl faces jealous rivals who spread rumors after a Saturday date. She walks home to avoid a reckless suitor and risks her job and home as the plot unfolds.
In District Court No 641 state of tows Washington County you are hereby notified that a writ of process is issued. To whom it may concern the department of writhe purper notifies interested party of action.
Local notes from D F Macon, Journal subscription representative, summarizing happenings in nearby towns. Includes brief items on community events, notable residents, and upcoming local meetings.
December 28 notes a holiday gathering with many residents returning home and visitors from Chicago and beyond. Muddied roads hinder travel while Christmas programs, shopping, and dinners occur at Bethel church and various homes. The record also mentions a will probate hearing for J George Maxwell dated 1930 and filed January 1993.
The writer recounts a Monday river trip to Lacon Illinois with a brother, observing the Illinois River bridge opening and ice cutting pilings, mentions the Galva banker kidnapping case in Oct 1928, notes locals trapped without ransom, a Fort Collins Colorado saddle horse once connected to McKinley remains, and reports fair weather and W. V. Wells’s death.
The state railway board will hear Natural Gas Pipe Line Co. of America on January 17 for permission to extend natural gas pipelines to about 200 miles into 20 plus Iowa cities including Davenport Malvern Clarinda Osceola Chariton Ottumwa Fairfield Centerville Albia Oskaloosa Sigourney Iowa City Coralville Cedar Rapids Riverside North Liberty Keota Washington Wapello Mount Pleasant Burlington Fort Madison Keokuk.
A Midway sale at the Midway pavilion yielded strong prices for horses calves and cattle with six and seven year old horses selling and milk cows bringing thirty dollars. Shoats sheep roosters and fresh beef also traded as a local bank served as clerk and Paul Klotz along with H M Duncan acted as auctioneers.
Riverside residents welcomed relatives from Manchester Conesville Cedar Rapids Iowa City and Chicago over Christmas. Families visiting included the Swifts Krebses Schnoebelens Craig Salladay and Quinns along with extended relatives and a Mercy hospital nurse. The gatherings featured multiple local hosts and holiday greetings.
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