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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1934
Page
2
Chicago hogs cattle sheep and feeding lambs listings with price ranges by weight and grade. Includes cash grain table for wheat corn soy oats rye with May July December quotes and daily open high low close figures.
Bethel correspondent reports a busy Christmas week with dinners at Loyd Foster and Rennie Dawson homes, church and social visits by the Foster, Birney, Shaw, Shirney, and Whistler families. Several relatives, including Margaret Stewart and Etheal McCreedy, are mentioned in holiday gatherings and travel plans.
Chicago reports mixed markets for produce poultry and grains with firm receipts and varied pricing. Butter and potatoes show firmness while poultry remains unsettled amid diverse crate sizes and shipment counts. Corn prices and yellow corn grades listed with several White and yellow varieties noted.
D F Macon reports brief local items from neighboring towns including upcoming events, small community notices, and quick updates on local people and happenings. Highlights cover festivals, meetings, and service changes affecting residents in the area.
Generous reader notes from O. D. Norman R 3 and Cc L Brown of Brighton R 1 urge continued daily delivery. Wesley Hendricks and George Marshall of Brighton, Jim Owen and Owen Wehr praise the paper, with neighbors sharing support and small town chatter about sales and community news.
The note recalls William Lukavsky of Ainsworth R2 attending the Whitaker sale with hundreds present. It mentions locals like H J Breneman on Washington R1, Pat Swift near Havre, Mrs Swift as a former Evening Journal correspondent, Rolce Wagoner sending a Memorial Coliseum card from Cedar Rapids, J M Stewarts of Ainsworth R1 shopping in town, and thanks to Paul Gorham of Newton and Banker Boyd Deredo of Rake Iowa. The Evening Journal promises important sales this week.
The article lists multiple family gatherings for Christmas Eve and Day. Attendees include Donald Prown family with Patty and Phyllis, May Lambert family, Frank Pearson and David, Anna Brown, and at the Brown dinner held at Ray Lambery home. Also notes on Grandma Brown’s activity, Kathryn Gallagher’s hospital return, Velma at home for Christmas, Reed at Keokuk, Loyd Mares at the 4-H convention in Ames, and several youngsters at the Little Minister play in Des Moines plus Clive Gray family visiting Des Moines this week.
Mr and Mrs Howard Gardner and Hoyt attended a family Christmas dinner at the Harve Frees home in Wellman last Saturday with relatives.
Delays and travel woes mark Christmas visits as Mr. and Mrs. Freel miss the dinner arrival from Eldora. Multiple households in Keota Washington and Wellman host relatives, including the Gardners, Pattersons, Oldfields, and Fluid family members, sharing meals and a blizzard night homeward.
Nelle Manners reports a Christmas gathering at the Harry White home in Crawfordsville with Mr and Mrs Raymond Dun can and daughter Martha of Muscatine visiting. Martha stayed through the week. A dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs W J Udgar honored Rev and Mrs A N Porter with guests including Mr and Mrs Clement Edgar and 80 of Washington.
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