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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1933
Page
2
Chicago markets show hogs 36 000 head including 7 000 direct and steady to 1% lower. Prices vary by weight with top 3.40 for year-ago 3.50. Cattle and calves strong for light weights. weighty steers slow. various steers heifers and cows priced per weight and grade across ranges compiling a comprehensive market snapshot.
Cattle and sheep market notes show steer and heifer prices from 2.60 to 7.25 per hundredweight with quality spreads. Slaughter lambs and feeding lambs list ranges from 1.50 to 7.85 per hundredweight, indicating a soft undertone and slowing fat lamb demand across weights.
Chicago markets report mixed produce results with eggs showing strong firsts and dirties, butter unsettled with varied receipts and quality percentages, poultry trading mostly higher with diverse weights and breeds, and potatoes on track with arrivals and shipments while market activity remained quiet due to cold weather.
Chicago report lists No 2 yellow at 49 percent No 3 yellow 48 percent No 6 yellow 46 No 2 white 50 No 3 white 49. New corn grades include No 3 mined 45 to 46.14 No 4 mined 45.14 No 2 yellow 48 No 2 yellow 47 No 4 yellow 45 No 3 white 49. Receipts total 241 cars.
Riverside December meeting lists elected officers for the Royal Neighbor lodge including Oracle Mrs June Laney Vice Oracle Mrs J M Soukup past Oracle Mrs Geo Kos Chancellor Mrs Fannie Meeks Recorder Mrs Clara Rath Receiver Mrs Frank Lafourek Marshal Mrs Philo mena Scott Assistant Marshal Mrs Kate Ingram Inner Sentinel Mrs Verna Lantz Outer Sentinel Mrs Lena Bruegge and others The sixth card social in St Marys parish winter series will be held January 2 with sponsors listed.
The bones of an elephant from the Quaternary epoch, older than mammoths, were found at Saint Vallier in a clay bed thirty feet beneath a quarry terrace.
The small port at Hamilton Bermuda spans 150 acres and serves as the world’s smallest city. It reports heavy traffic with hundreds of ships entering in a year and ranks among major global ports alongside Philadelphia San Francisco Montreal Rio de Janeiro and Bristol.
Local dispatches from neighboring towns compiled by D. F. Macon report community events, small-town notices, and brief updates on residents, schools, churches, and local clubs through concise notes and items.
A reader recalls a snowy winter excursion toward Keota visiting Harry Davidson’s white farm and Paul Redeker’s plowed corn ground. They describe friendly chats with D. H. Reed and his son Loren, a playful electric train, and a warm hotel stop with Frank Wells, a Jewel Tea rep, sharing a homey dinner experience.
Dinner and reading the papers, meetings with Glen Davis and Walter Romine, and a busy Bros. sale on a cold day. Obituaries note the deaths of Lee Brown and John Nelson, while a university professor speaks on the Need of Education. A pre nuptial party honors Miss Rose Worton and Harry Drucker with a chicken dinner at the Kunik home.
A letter from north of Ainsworth expresses gratitude to neighborly help in cutting and sawing wood, Roy Steel for the saw, and to the ladies for dinner support. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Nicholson commend such deeds that keep local home papers in touch with community interests.
Canadian Honey for Britain reports that Quebec will transfer about 86 tons of surplus honey to British interests for export. In Canada the announcement notes no worry over the year's crop as the surplus will be delivered. A second item mentions a San Antonio store celebrating its 60th anniversary by using an old stage coach for deliveries dating back to 1870.
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