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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1931

Page

2

Hogs and Cattle Prices and Grain Receipts Summary

Hog market steady to slightly lower with 15 000 head noted including 12 100 direct. light weights scarce and sow quality around 160 pounds traded near 7.80 to 7.90. Cattle market weaker across most classes with fed steers down 25 to 80 cents and yearlings down, bulls down 25, week’s top 11.75 and average near 9.73 to 7.50. Sheep market fully steady with 7 000 head week totals. direct loads steady with 8.50 to 8.75 for good lambs and 7.25 to 7.75 for native lambs. Grain receipts show mixed bids for wheat, corn, oats, rye, and barley across Chicago and Toledo markets, with nearby price ranges and several new month figures.

Cl. Ee Department of Agriculture

Des Moines Hog Market Prices and Receipts Report

Combined hog receipts at 22 concentration yards and 5 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 24 hours ended at 10:00 a m were 31 400, up from 23 400 a week ago. Prices ranged from 5.90 to 7.85 per cwt across light to heavy weights, with big weight butchers down to 6.10 and occasional sales below 6.00. Pigs 100 to 130 pounds and packing sows quoted in several bands, deliveries via truck mostly, rail shipments at origin sell above quoted.

Towa Livestock Market Des Moines Towa Minnesota

Chicago Grain Front Shows Mixed Open and High Values

A partial grain market blurb notes Chicago grain prices with terms like open high and references to nearby currencies. The fragment lacks complete data on specific commodities or figures.

Chicago

Wayland Men Bera Willace Semmonct at WAYLAND

In Wayland February 4 the declamatory contest judged by Mooney Pleasant Christensen and Mrs Clyde Hillhouse of Brighton crowned winners across divisions. Oratorical led by Elmer Wenger with Wilbur Graber second, dramatic won by Lilac Time with Alice Roth, Antonio Ops and Marjorie Goff among finalists in humorous.

Wayland Messers Mooney

Local Church Event Sparks Close Contest at PTA Meeting

Sixteen contestants performed with high quality, leading to a tight judging outcome. Attendees included Mr and Mrs J A Taylor and others from towns like Havre and Pleasant with names such as Dale Klopfenstein and Raymond Wilting. A hospital patient Ernest Lebranch in Town City seeks diabetes care while Tyyatiss Exe of Connell Bluffs, Feb 1, starts an indefinite stay with cousin Clara Wen. Mary Freyenberger visits her son near Flowers.

Wesley Pritchard Kermit Klopfenstein J. A. Taylor Washington Dale Klopfenstein MS. Pleasant S.C. Witmer Ons Willis and Lee Raymond Wilting Havre Ernest Lebranch Town’ City Connell Bluffs Clara Wen Mary Freyenberger Menno Flowers Braden Delbert Well Muscatine Ailen San Diego California Winatche John Neal Long Beach Cloud McCoy Grandma McCoy Crawfordsville Eldred Berkshire Leona Long Eldred Latimer Davis Cary Long Earl Herkshire May Hesseltine Claud McCoy Blake Spencer Vadmer Davis Braden M. Maxwell Me Sonnehey Mariel Maxwell W. C. Richards Town City Carter George Berkshire Fort Berkshire John McCall Frank Hesseltine

Local Notes From Havre Area Families

Walter correspondent reports visits and gatherings across the Havre area. Families including Kneider, Becket, Gardnee, McCall, Gerdes, Steph, Donalds and Witting share small motions of support, meals, and chores at homes near Vera and Weertan among kin and neighbors.

John John Gerdes Ars Steph Forrest Donaldson Walter Une Gardner Clara Witting

Local residents visit and travel notes in Wayland area

Names of Crawford and Schlatter families, Wittmer and Johnson households, and others frequenting Mt Pleasant Olds Wayland locations. Tuesday and Saturday visits, farm moves, tuning planes, and illnesses mentioned. Several households visit relatives, with multiple days noted and several travel and social calls recorded.

Burlington G. Hildebran Carl Effie Wittmer Miss Marie Johnson Wayland Jake Schlatter Geo. Shaner Olds

Carris corps installs officers for year at Keota meeting

At their last regular meeting Keota Carris corps installed officers for the ensuing year. President Kai Pulver and others were named with Grace Dayton treasurer Edith Teshaplain Nellie McKeon conductor Anna Valenta and Gertrude Mayer past inst Ella Russell asst. conductor Margaret Mayer asst. guard Winnie Statler and Mabel Fitzford serves color bearers. The group plans a February suatee event as Gal Michaels visits Gibbs with F W Banteood delivering the sermon.

Newman Mabel Fitzford Winnie ‘Statler Tia Strataug Gibbs Masoud

Man to Man stars in dram a of guilt and redemption

Warner Bros and Vitaphone present Man to Man with Grant Mitchell Phillips Holmes and Lucille Pow as a father jailbird and his son. The story follows a prison release and the son's struggle with the stigma, as both men seek to reclaim devotion and face life back home. Alan Dwan directs from Roy Williams tale with an ensemble cast including George Marion Otis Harlan and Dwight Frye.

Warner Bros Vitaphone Grant Mitchell Phillips Holmes Lucille Pow Fox Mitchell John Bolton Phittius Holmes Alan Dwan Ben Ames Willams Barber Jobin’ Roy Saturday Evening Post George Marion Otis Harlan Russell Simpson Dwight Frye bin Bank. Or

Local notes from Ainsworth and surrounding areas

Community news from Ainsworth and nearby towns details hospital transfer of Mrs Rush and visitors, basketball results, basketball coach Wanda Spessard, Rainbow installation in Washington, Deaconess and missionary society activities, moving in town, church meetings, and local residents traveling or planning to move.

Crawfordsville News Briefs and Local Notices

Local items from Crawfordsville and Washington Iowa describe weather, sales changes, farm activity, school absences, and community visits. Insurance of a court report outlines final dividend, distribution, and a February hearing in Washington County District Court for Farmers Merchants State Bank receivership.

District Court State OF Towa Washington County Farters & Merchants State. Bank Washington Kine L.A. Andrew Farmer Merchants State Bank of Iowa Farmers & Merchants St. Ban

Richmond Social Notes Echo Cedar Rapids Visitors

Feb 4 Richmond residents Mr and Mrs Leonard Elias and John Elias of Cedar Rapids called at the Frank Horesowsky home Sunday Viola Eagle is helping Mrs A

Richmond Leonard Elias John Elias Cedar Rapids Frank Horesowsky Viola Eagle

Local News Briefs and Community Updates

Wedding and birth notices, a calf theft report, and a smallpox quarantine headline a village summary. Attendance at a Tuesday dance with the Renda orchestra, upcoming performance, and local social notes frame a snapshot of community life.

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