Livestock Market Report Chicago December cattle hogs sheep
Chicago market report shows hog receipts 27 000 with direct sales weak to lower and mixed weights. hog prices 4.15 to 4.55 per pound by weight class and sow values 3.45 to 3.75. Cattle receipts 8 000 with calves and heifers steady to higher, steers 7.00 to 11.25, cows 2.10 to 4.75, vealers 6.50 to 8.00. Sheep receipts 15 009 with medium lambs 5.00 to 5.75 and feeding lambs 4.50 to 4.99. packing bids lower for slaughter sheep and lambs.
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Chicago
News Notes Of Our Neighboring Communities
Local brief from The Journal's subscription representative reports community happenings across nearby towns. Highlights include civic meetings, school events, and notable incidents with brief context and local voices.
Iowa Hog Prices Fall Across Des Moines Market Area
Combined hog receipts at 22 concentration yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota totaled 50 100 for 24 hours ending today. Market unevenly weak 16 25 cents lower, mostly about 1 cent under Monday’s average, with bulk good to choice hogs 180 to 260 pounds at 3.60 to 3.80, and various weights quoted across ranges. Pigs 100 to 130 pounds unquoted. packing sows 275 to 550 pounds priced 2.86 to 3.40, depending on weight.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Minnesota
Chicago Produce Market Report on Eggs Butter Poultry and Potatoes
Chicago daily market report shows unsettled eggs and butter with multiple receipt ranges and price changes. Poultry receipts steady with varied quotes for fowls springers ducks geese and turkeys. Potatoes on track with round whites and russets priced across Wisconsin Idaho and Nebraska markets.
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Chicago
Idaho Russes
Nebraska
Grain Receipts Include Wheat Corn Oats Totals
Grain receipts show 6 cars of wheat 65 cars of corn and 19 cars of oats recorded as listed.
Seed Prices and Timely Cash Prices for Clover and Alfalfa
Toledo seed market reports Clover prime at 0.90 and 8.90 on February 8 and March 8, Alsike cash at 8.75 and 8.85, and timothy hay at 1.00 per cwt. Prices reflect current market quotes and timing.
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Clover
Alsike
Hay Timothy
Cash Grain Chicago Close Report
Chicago wheat futures show yellow hard grades at 55 and 55 for different loads, mixed at 52. Corn prices vary with No 2 mixed at 38 14 to 38, 3 mixed 36 14, and multiple yellow and white lots ranging 34 to 49 to 38. Oats for 2 white 25 345 to 26, 3 white 24 26. Rye unavailable, Barley 42 to 57, Timothy 400 to 425, Clover 1300 to 1550.
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Cash Grain
Chicago
Columbus Junction Notes Show Local Club Talks And Visits
Mrs H Lee Huston will entertain the Half Hour club on Tuesday afternoon. Miss Effie Kelly discusses The Next Step for Woman. On an 12 the meeting will be in charge of Mrs J W Hubbard who will talk on Health Hazards. Several local families are noted as visiting relatives in West Liberty Muscatine and Cedar Rapids. Lions club meets Tuesday at the Legion hall and Aletha May returns to Columbus City for vacation from the University of Iowa.
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H. Lee Huston
Effie Kelly
J. W. Hubbard
R. E. Oldt
Mt Pleasant
K. M
Frank Deford
W. A. Rankin
Rock Island
William Deford
Robert E. Owens
Chester Williams
Lyle
Chicago
Frances Williams
Lions Club
The
Legion Hall
Aletha May
University of Iowa
Columbus City
Gladwin
Estella Taylor
Gladwin Methodist Church
Theodore Cline
Walter Cline
Cyril
Silvis
Lester Orr
Waukon
J. C. Richie
Rex
Duncan
Jennie Duncan
Norma and
Hildegard Gilfey
Claud Hill
Eugene Lewis
Ed Tisor
Helen
Muscatine
Paving Planned for Federal Highway No 61 in 1932
Federal highway No 61 in Louisa county will be paved in 1932 under state highway commission orders. The route will be more direct, avoiding Grandview, with grading culverts and a bridge over the Iowa river completed. The project follows the old Muscatine Burlington and Southern railroad right of way for several miles and leaves only the Aluisa county gap unpaved.
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Columbus Junction
Louisa County
Des Moines
Muscatine
State Highway Commission
Grandview
Iowa River
Muscatine, Burlington and Southern Railroad
Aluisa
Iowa
Royal Arch Masons
Columbus
Roads and residents report on local travel and events
Roads vary with improvements and neglect across the area near Havre and Wellston. Residents discuss dangerous cave ins and road conditions while others travel to town on improving routes. Local social notes mention weddings, visits, and longtime residents around Brighton, Washington, and Crawfordsville with holiday reflections.
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Lee Hesseltine
Havre
Lee Hesseltines
Town Visitors and Local Anecdotes Fill Monday
Many relatives and neighbors visited Washington on Monday from Keota Ainsworth Iowa City and Cedar Falls. Local stories include a playful hat remark by John Clegg of Ainsworth and a humorous exchange about a parlor visit.
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John Erlenbush
Silas Caldwell
Howard
Henry Sheets
Otto Sheets
Keota
John Cherry
Washington R
John Clegg
Ainsworth
Mr. Clegg
Christmas Dinner Guests In Crawfordsville Celebrations
Miss Nellie Manners reports a Christmas family dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs J C Mitchell with guests from Waterton including Mr and Mrs How ard Krattet and son Richard Ev erette Mitchell and Miss Elsie Hemmings. The Kratter party returned to Waterloo while others stayed through Sabbath. Mrs Milton White received a box of delicious pears from her uncle James Love of [location].
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Crawfordsville
J. C. Mitchell
Howard Krattet
Richard
Everette Mitchell
Elsie Hemmings
Waterton
Families share visits and travels across states this winter
Medford residents and relatives gathered for weekend visits. Katharine Buxbaum travelled from near Brighton to stay with Mrs. Etta Buxbaum Farle Barnes in Athens Tl for the holidays. Elizabeth Williams found a pansy blooming in December. Etta and Katharine Buxbaum planned a trip to Chapel Hill North Carolina for university study.
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Medford
Oregon
Love
Ainsworth
Katharine Buxbaum
Brighton
Etta Buxbaum
Farle Barnes
Athens
T. H. Barnes
Gladys Maxwell
Cedar Rapids
J. M. Maxwell
Elizabeth
Augusta Williams
C. H. Fishburn
R. R. McKee
Alice Hagie
Washington
Charlies McCleary
Loma
Adel
Town
R. C. McCleary
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Buxbaum
Stringtown School Christmas Party Delights District Mothers
Stringtown teachers and pupils hosted a Christmas party for district mothers. Santa Claus arrived with a treat for the children, followed by refreshments of fruit salad, whipped cream, and doughnuts.
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Stringtown
Stringtown School
Santa Claus
Christmas Visitors Gather at Local Homes Near Washington
Wilbur Schantz and a family joined Christmas visitors at J. T. Wenger’s home near Washington. Miss Bessie Wenger plans a short stay. J. Graber family celebrated Christmas with the Dave Graber household. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Rich Raymond and Helen visited Cedar Rapids. Joe Widmer family spent Christmas at the John Widmer home in Wayland. John Gugel Frank Nebel Clarence Fos hart Adam Rapp Hilda Bila and Louis Rapp shared Christmas dinner at Noah Widmer’s. Raymond and Helen Rich visited friends near Pulaski Iowa.
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Wilbur Schantz
J. T. Wenger
Washington
Bessie Wenger
J. (. Graber
Dave Graber
Clarence Foshart
Adam Rapp
Hilda
Bila
Louis Rapp
Noah Widmer
Raymond
Helen Rich
Pulaski
Iowa
Pleasant Hilin
Eephart
Roy Kephart
A EE. Kephart
Earl Kephart
Bertha
Beatrice
Jomer Kephart
Lawrence
Mildred
Fred Kephart
Bernard
C. Roseenvlossom
Yerma
Alvin
Gamon
John Gamon
Will Stafford
Aaron Straffords
Sigafoose
Frank Stuart
Howard Caldwell
Frank Scrant
Bud Chalupa
Silas Caldwell
Howard Witting
Mairfield
W. R. Gamon
Will Miller
Glenn Pratt
Mack Been Blossom Home
Kari Kephart
S. E. Sigafoose
John Jagner
G. Anderson
J. K. Linders
Will Miller Ana
B. FB
Hesseltine
John Evlenbush
Charley Thomas
Christmas Gatherings and Farm Work Near Washington
The piece lists families hosting relatives over Christmas in Cedar Rapids and Washington including Miss Freda Snyder, Mrs. Mary Hilderbrand, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Swift, and others at various homes. It notes farm labor scenes with Theos Crezg, Will Longer, George Hopping, Jake Snyder, and Rube Chorpening loading hoes and cattle at Verdia, plus Joe Wright shipping cattle. A corn husking gathering helped George Hopping after his fall in the barn.
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Ainsworth
Golia Miller
Reeds
Washington
Rube Corpening
Théo Crezg
Will Longer
George Hopping
Jake Snyder
Rube
George
Pleasant Hill Christmas Dinners and Local Visits
Christmas dinners were held across Pleasant Hill with families of the Kephart, Gamon, Stafford, Sigafoose, and Miller households noted. Several visits occurred in Rubio and nearby towns, including church programs and holiday gatherings at multiple homes and farms.
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Indee Evening Journal
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago Grain
Toledo
Martha Butler
T Am
Conklin Bros. Commission Company
Charley Scranton
Hugh
West of Wellston
Scraton
Art Nicola
Brighton R. 3
Packwood
Art
Myril Lemley
Wellston
W. P. Moore
al Huber
Don Huber
Jim Chorpening
West Chester
Taylor Stout
Brighton R
T. P. Winter
Lewas Duke
David Johns
Wes Porters
Ed Nicholson
Winfield Over
Cotter Bros
Ross Galloway
Waterloo
Esther McCreedy
Barbara Cuddy
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Corbin Girls
de Moines
Herman Kron
J. K. Peal
Mrs
Jay McNamara
Iowa City
Our City
Milt Wallrabb
Ainsworth R. 2
H. S. Schermerhorn
S. Ave. C
Schermerhorn
Harry
Dick McCleery
Aleen
Nellie Manners
Helen Rich Corresponent
Sehmoeller Bros
Remington
V. Crall
Chas. Ralston
C. A. Ruesham
Washington Street
General Electric
A. J. Franzen
Ed Gallagher
Marion Ave
Zeus
Lairgeh Buff Rock Coekerels
H. D. Cherrywholmes
C. G. Selmnoeller
Breitenbach & Dayton
Howard McCleery
Riverside
Cyrus Birka
Johnson Grocery
Green
O. L. Samson
Kor
North 4Th Ave
Solowa
Elmer Borham R&14
Will Hesseltine
Sam Merlu
Glen Green
Jimmy Harter
Fred Weekly
Sue Rath
Sam Lambert
Homer Lambert
Haro
D Glasgow
James Benda
Will Salterberg
Howard McGatlin
Howard Jopping
Thornt Beenblossom
Chas
McKay
F. M Beenblossom
Tony Ruggles
Fairfield
Inquire Journal
Blanche
Ildeed
Whittaker
S. R. Fink
Call
Sto
BUICK
Stewarts Auto Shop
Methodist Church
W. S. Reister & Sons
Pfatve and
Releen
Smet
L. Y W. Marie
South
Iowa Ave
Peterson Produce
Washington St
Pleasant
Hill
Vic. and
Mae Cannon
George W. Wells
Rubio
Cth. Morgan
Margaret
Owey
Allen
South Inelisn
Olivier Johnson
Charles Owen
Rubio Church
Con
Clayton Morgan
Howard Butler
P. B. Johnson
Thelma
Bernies
Daisy Derby
Francis Derby
Charles Derby
R. L. Gibson
N. Marion Ave
Albert E. Kent
Saugus
Mass
Muriel
Ella Kent
Albert
Mary
Laura
Kent
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