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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1932
Page
2
Chicago reports a dull hog market with bids down 10 cents. Receipts light. hogs top 4.15 and bulk sold 3.60 to 4.10. Cattle steady as beef steers range 4.50 to 9.25, calves 6.00 to 8.00, stockers 3.40 to 4.25. Sheep at 2,000 head, lambs 5.75 to 6.40, ewes 1.50 to 4.00. Overall market back to last week’s levels with light trade.
Combined hogs receipts at 21 yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 24 hours ended at 8:00 A.M. showed 37,700 head, down from last week’s 38,600 and last year’s 19,300. Numbers weakened 10 cents, buyers bid 19 to 20 cents lower at times, heavy marketings with lighter week-ago totals, quotes by weight range for lights to heavy hogs and pigs.
The record lists butter and eggs stock levels for two days with percent changes and varieties. cheese and poultry categories with grades and percentages. live poultry specifics including turkeys ducks geese with weights and grades. potatoes and U S shipments with state designations and price ranges. It reads as a market ledger with multiple commodity lines and numeric values.
Seed market figures show red clover prices from 10.00 to 15.00 with grades fair to fancy, sweet clover 4.00 to 4.75, Alsike 9.50 to 13.50, timothy 3.35 to 4.00 with choice and fancy tiers.
The Chicago grain table lists Wheat Corn Oats and Rye futures with various delivery months. Prices show mixed gains and losses across Mar May Jul and Sept contracts, reflecting market fluctuations for wheat at Mar about 57 percent and corn near 28 percent for Mar with oats around 24 percent.
Wheat shows varied bids with numbers around 57 to 58 percent for several lots. Corn features multiple lots with 34 to 36 percent ranges and scattered figures above 35 percent. Barley bids at 55 while rye offers are absent. oats show mixed results around mid-twenties.
Grain receipts show Wheat 27 cars Crn 166 cars Oats 58 cars. The document lists daily cargo counts by grain type and rail car totals for delivery records.
In Columbus Junction on February 12 a closing out sale on the Firaas estate farm drew buyers for a span of back mules aged one and eleven years old selling for 204 dollars.
Listings of sale announcements across Iowa in February and March. Various auctions include combination sales at Midway sale pavilion in Columbus Junction and closing out sales near Washington and Dubuque, with vendors such as Lester Wagner C. C. Hotle J. W. Lambert Ina McDowell and R. F. Smylie & Sons.
The Cotter Presbyterian church elected officers Tuesday evening after a picnic supper. David Jones was chosen elder, Spencer Bell and Arthur Williams trustees, William Owen treasurer, Mrs Ed win Richards pianist, Mrs Chauncey Stapp assistant pianist, Rev W H Parker chorister. Department reports were satisfactory. Mrs Milton Wolf hosted the W M B class Wednesday afternoon. Farmers in the area held a sale with various livestock and crops, including milk cows, brood sows, stock hogs, buff Orpington pullets, corn, seed corn, hay, and farm equipment. Auctioneer Paul Klotz of Columbus Junction conducted the sale, Letts State Bank served as clerk.
The Herald Playmates club held its first meeting at Miss Val esia Montgomery s home to draft a constitution and rules of order with all members present and one guest Grandma Trotter. Mr and Mrs C E R Beaty celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary with sixteen relatives attending and Maxine Cummings reading. The Methodist Aid society reported 197 members attending across homes, with units meeting in many locations and plans to serve at the next general meeting.
Regular column from the Journal’s subscription representative highlights brief items from nearby towns. Notes cover community events, small achievements, and local happenings with concise descriptions and local relevance.
Henry J. Kiene of Riverside suggests he will publish his Journal after March first in Washington. J. W. Lambert near Beth el church plans a closing out sale for February 1st. Next week's sales in the Journal will include 16, 17, 18, and 19, with possibly more to come.
The Milo sale in Warren County featured twin functioneers Doe and Lou Goode and twin clerks R V and R D Amsberry. Report says auctioneering appeared in two places at once causing astonishment among attendees. Everett Amsberry, Keota’s used car dealer, notes the twins are about fifty, one a realtor and the other a hardware dealer, both amiable. Roy Davison also clerked the Wagner sale, and the column suggests a photo for Roy’s next bill.
Mrs. Will Wooley and daughter Wilma returned from Iowa City hospital on Thursday about two o clock. Wilma is resting well. Mrs. Rex Long in Washington hospital recovers slowly. Mrs. Tong seriously ill with Rex with her. Talma staying with grandparents. Neighbors visit Sands family. local chatter over roads and Sunday school survey. City council meeting led by president Rodney Kephart.
Edd Curtis and Qral Long operate the saw and tractor while Bert Hesseltine delivers hogs to the Chicago market Thursday morning. Friends in Price Owens celebrate his return home from Mount Pleasant after two to three weeks away, hoping for continued recovery.
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