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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1930
Page
2
The notice outlines price ranges from five and three quarters to six and a quarter cents per unit for deliveries by truck or raf deliveries with feed and water at destination. For shipments starting over fifty miles away weighed without feed or water at delivery, prices typically sell from two to twenty five cents above quoted.
Chicago markets show steady produce and mixed grain quotes with firm cheese prices. Receipts include 6,449 casts of CHICAGO, 11,080 tubs of PUTTER, and various poultry and dairy items. grains list hard red wheat near 9.2 to 9.4, corn values around 58 to 65, oats 30s, and barley 40 to 60 cents with regional winter prices noted.
The Toledo seed grain listing shows prices for Nose Clover domestic prime old 14.00 and prime new 15.00, prime choice new 15.85, prime chore old 14.80, with December 18 February 1 Alstke 19.75 and March 14.35, plus Timothy hay at 1.60 per cwt.
Chicago grain market closed the year with fractional changes as open high low and close figures were reported for December 30. Prices showed modest shifts across wheat corn and oats with traders awaiting fresh cues from the holiday markets.
A garbled OCR fragment shows a string of percentages and letters over multiple tokens. Clear names, dates, or events are not present. The readable bits suggest no coherent news item or identifiable entities for a proper summary.
The January term district court in Louisa county convenes in Wapello January 5 with Judge Oscar Hale presiding and foreclosures leading a list of sixty-one new cases. Nora Simone sues John Harris for $19,000 for slander. Parish notices mention a Tuesday Presbyterian service and a Wednesday study group at the manse. Community notices report residents visiting relatives and local staff changes, with social and church events noted among daily life items.
Stringtown school children enjoyed two days of Christmas vacation while teacher Bessie Wenger spent her vacation at her parents’ home, reflecting a brief local holiday period and community school life.
Washington reports President Hoover confirmed talks among eastern railroad executives in New York and Washington that will consolidate four major systems into four trunk lines: Pennsylvania, Chesapeake & Ohio, New York Central, and Baltimore & Ohio with traffic rights and cash considerations settled. Officials from New York Central, Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio, and Chesapeake & Ohio discussed allocations of Readings Jersey Central Lackawanna Lehigh Valley and nickel plate routes amid ongoing squabbles over Lehigh Valley control and traffic rights through Buttato.
Wellman correspondent reports Mr sie Nicola and Miss Maria Campbell will join Wellman public schools after the holidays with teachers. Wayne Booth of Jeiney Pickle factory Muscatine plans an 80 week vacation with his parents Mr and Mrs Vernon Booth on the farm north of town. James Murphy of Chicago is mentioned.
Community column recaps holiday events and local life in Wellman Iowa including church programs, hospital trips, visitors from Chicago and Des Moines, auto plate lineups, and neighborly updates. Mentions residents like Henry Stricker, Jasper Wassom, the Murphy family, and the Rentzberger clan amid a brisk December scene.
A large crowd attended a program in Omaha as TALLEYRAND and Joes staff or hosts engaged the audience on a Monday evening. Hubert was referenced by speaker Sheets who called on him during the event.
Miss Pde Manasmith daughter of Mrs Edna Manasmith and Charles Singleman wed on Christmas Day in Davenport attended by her sister Thelma Kanasmith and brother William Singleman. The couple will live in Town City. Many local residents and visiting relatives spent Christmas with family across Riverside and Davenport.
Social calls and visits recounted across Sigour area with Petie Tines, Sheet z, Anton Buch, William Kiefer, Ralph, Ammon Romoser, Ruth Redlinger and others. Church event at Valley church on Wednesday evening and various family visits occur through Thursday to Sunday.
Original Samuel Pepys diaries stored at Magdalene College are largely penned in Pepys own handwriting. The texts are mostly shorthand with proper names and dates shown in longhand.
Fragmentary notice lists a base date of January 3rd 75 for a timber sale. It places the sale about 21 miles northwest of Noble and 26 miles southeast of Ainsworth, with unclear references to Leiebty and Henderson.
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