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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1932
Page
2
Chicago market reports 12,000 hogs received with prices mixed from $3.70 to $4.10 for heavies and $3.60 to $4.15 for others. Cattle steady with light receipts. beef steers $4.50 to $9.50, yearlings up to $9, calves $6.50 to $9.00. Sheep 3,000. lambs $6.50 to $7.40, ewes $2.50 to $4.00.
U S D A combined receipts from 21 concentration yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota totaled 38,600 for the 24 hours to 8:00 A M. mostly weak to 10 cents lower with heavy marketing. Quotes cover light, medium, heavy hogs and packing sows, with prices ranging from about 2 50 to 3 60 per hundredweight and notable weight shrinkage affecting shipments.
A fragment notes that quotations exclude hogs priced by shipping point weights and that some figures sit above and below par. The text references price basis and the effect on buyers and sellers in determining quotations.
Chicago on February 6 reports varying prices across dairy and poultry items. Butter ranges from 19 to 21 cents per pound with creamery extras and standards at 20 percent, eggs show mixed case values, and cheese prices cover young Americas to brick and daisies with several 12 to 14 cent figures. Live poultry details include turkey, hens, toms, and ducks with per pound quotes, while potatoes list several regional grades and shipments figures.
Chicago grain quotations list open high low and close for Wheat Corn and Oats across March May July and September contracts. Prices range with Wheat around mid fiftys to sixty cents, Corn near thirty to forty cents, Oats in high twenties to low thirties, plus spread notes and oddities in partial entries.
Chicago cash grain close lists mixed bid levels for Wheat Corn Oats and Barley with several color coded varieties and percentages. Wheat ranges show red and yellow bids. Corn includes mixed and old yellow listings. Oats show white varieties. Barley quoted at 54 to 574. Rye not listed.
节录显示芝加哥地区于2月6日发布的农资报价目录。列出红三叶草、爱丝克草和时葱草等品种的出价区间、优等与精选等级，以及提到的提到的羽扇豆等其他牧草的价格区间，文本中含混乱的拼写和缺失信息。
In the classified ads a note lists wheat with 15 cars, corn with 181 cars, and oats with 39 cars. The tally emphasizes agricultural commodity shipments and stock descriptions for buyers and sellers.
Horses including a 4 year old brown horse and a 3 year old gray horse with weights. Holstein and Guernsey cattle, calves and yearlings. Hampshire sows, Leeding shoats and Hampshire pigs. sheep. Fred Wood burr oak and white oak posts, seasoned timber and loads of wood. machinery and general sale invitation to bring offerings.
Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery star in the screen adaptation of Noel Coward's Private Lives at the State theater for three days. Reginald Denny Una Merkel Jean Hersholt and George Davis fill prominent supporting roles as the divorced couple reunites for a remarriage with new partners and ends up sharing adjoining suites on their second honeymoons.
Lionel Barrymore delivers a dramatic performance in Veiller's Guilty Hands, the new talkie at Fox Theater starting Monday and Tuesday. The film promises fresh thrills with a tense climax while promising audiences a standout departure from typical stories.
In Crawfordsville R 1 and 2 reports Will Mulhern of Columbus Junction died suddenly after illness began about 1:30 Wednesday. The Mulhern family notes a pattern of sudden loss. Funeral planned Sunday at 1 30 at the home. Meantime Wilme Wooley reports other local medical updates and snow trends amid winter weather.
Columbus Junction high school held a Thursday declamatory contest in the auditorium. Winners announced by judge Mrs Kenneth Carris of Washington include Carl Weber first in Oratorical for The Supreme Menace Iris Ogier first for Prohibition and Gregory Dircks second for Gladys Goes Out for Baseball Clara Lyn first in Dramatic with second Shell on Self and other notes of local visits and upcoming nominations and a Boy Scout banquet.
Sally Eilers flies her own plane and rose from a replaced trouser scene to fame in several films. Madge Evans stars in Guilty Hands, with Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery in Private Lives. James Cagney headlines Taxi and Charlie Chan’s Chante features. Union Depot boasts the largest set in a studio.
Feb 6 report notes warming trend stalled by deep snow with thawing roofs showing non frozen patches. Local residents from West Chester Kingsworth Crawfordsville Keota Ainsworth and nearby towns visit Washington and share small talk about berries work and social ties. A regency tone item mentions Clyde Maxwell's sale and predicts a large Washington crowd this Saturday.
Des Moines dispatch reports that Iowa grade and high schools were urged to mark George Washington's birthday and the bicentennial observance. State Superintendent Agnes Samuelson asked schools to cooperate in the national celebration and to include activities highlighting American nation building.
Chas Brown plans a carload sale at City Feed Yard next Wednesday after returning from a buying trip. Report notes a growing preference for horse power in farming and cites bankers favoring horses as safer and more economical.
Multiple sale notices list events at Midway sale pavilion near Columbus Junction Iowa. Includes horse sales on various dates and a bred sow sale by R F Smylie and Sons in Colby Junction. Continuous terse listings reflect rural auction activity and local auctioneers.
Kalona notes report a Tuesday fire west of town that destroyed a cattle barn full of straw and farm machinery. The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs hosted a well attended dance at the hall and many locals participated. Various residents and visitors are mentioned including Henry Yoder, Veda Whrenfelt, and Mrs. Kepler with health updates and social visits.
Two men were struck by a Burlington train while sleeping on the right-of-way near Milan Missouri. Ralph Gridwell a 40 year old farmer and his brother Joe Gridwell were in serious condition after the incident reported from Centerville on February 6.
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