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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1932
Page
2
Chicago hog prices ranged from 3.80 to 4.15 for light hogs with slow demand and bids down about 10 cents. Heavy weights sold 3.80 to 3.90. Cattle receipts 2,000 with slow trading and steady cows and calves. Sheep market offered 15.00 with lambs at 6.50 to 6.75. Feeder steer demand weak and calves sold slowly to 7.50.
Tuesday February 23 at 1 o clock at Midway Sales Barn Columbus Junction Iowa selling 25 native well broke horses and mules with 3 to 6 years age and various weights 100 head good feeding hogs 50 fall pigs 10 Hampshire brood sows with litters 15 head good ewes with lambs Sears Saddlery with harness and parts 2000 ft native lumber February 23 special machinery day with inquiries for gang plows discs seeders drills corn planters harrows manure spreaders used harness and collars
Livestock prices listed include hogs at 3.60 to 4.15 for bulk, 3.90 to 4.10 for heavy, and 3.75 to 4.10 for light. Cattle show beef steers 7.50 to 8.00 for Choice, yearlings 6.00 to 9.00, cows 2.50 to 4.50, calves 5.50 to 7.50, and feeders 3.50 to 5.50. Sheep at 15,000 head, lambs 6.00 to 6.75, yearlings 4.50 to 5.25, feeders 4.75 to 6.25, ewes 1.50 to 4.00. Holdovers listed at 5,000.
Iowa hog market report shows 85,800 head received across 21 yards and 7 plants for 24 hours ending 8:00 A M. Prices vary by weight from 140 to 350 pounds with ranges for light to heavy weights and packing sows. Quotations are bulk-based, with long-haul weight shrinkage noted and some exclusions for shipping-point weights.
Chicago markets show butter at 10 820 tubs creamery extras 22 percent firsts 21 to 44 packing stock 13 to 14 specials 22 to 23. Eggs listed at 8 200 cases current 14w y extras 15 percent firsts 14 percent to , dirties 11 to 12 checks 11 to 1134. Potatoes 95 cars on track 194 US shipments 699 Wis round white No 18 to 85 Idaho russets No 1 155 to 145 No 2 100 to 105.
Seed market report from Chicago on February 19 shows red clover ranges from fair to good 9.50 to 13.00 with top grades 14.00 to 14.50 for fancy. Alsike 9.50 to 13.59. Timothy mostly good 3.85 with choice around 4.60 and fancy about 3.99.
Grain receipts listed show Wheat 28 cars Corn 137 cars and Oats 39 cars in the latest tally. The figures reflect ongoing shipments to regional markets and storage facilities.
INS Grain table shows opening highs lows and closes for Wheat Corn Oats and Rye with figures for Mar May July and Sept contracts. Notable values include Wheat Mar 59 May 623% Jul 635% Sept 65% Corn Mar 37% May 41% Jul 431% Sept 44% Oats Mar none May 25% Jul 26% Sept 26% Rye Mar 48% May 47% Jul 49% Sept none.
Chicago cash grain close lists Wheat with various bids and mixes from 58 to 69 cents, Corn bids shown as mixed and yellow at 34 to 36 per bushel, Oats trading around 23 to 25 cents, with rough percentages and billing differences noted. Barley quoted 50 to 54 per bushel and Rice No 1 and No 4 figures at 46 and 42 percent respectively.
The White Way club met at Mrs. Roy Wells home on a poor roads day with twelve members present including former member Mrs George Bartholomew. Marion Wells won a mixing bowl in a occupations game while Emma Ralston received a glass fruit dish. Mary Elizabeth Wells helped with napkins as the group enjoyed a two course luncheon. Next meeting planned with Miss Olive and Mrs Edith Munroe on March 5 weather permitting. The Enterprise P T A held founders day programs with Dr Hendricks speaking on preventable diseases and students performing. The King’s Heralds met at the Methodist church for a stewardship themed gathering followed by refreshments.
A brief column by D. F. Macon highlights happenings in nearby towns. It covers local events, meetings, and community updates, naming contributing towns and organizations involved. The note adds a sense of regional connection through concise reports.
February sales at J. W. Lambert draw buyers Eli Spiedel and Fred Kephart from near Wayland. Gardners crew and Yaro Sojka buy top cows and sows while Charley Lemley clerked. Mrs. Lambert and neighbors served a fine dinner. reporters tease Martha Lambert and Patricia Brown as youngsters joke during the event.
Barbara Weeks and William Bakewell recall the most thrilling moment of their careers in Foxs Cheaters At Play filmed with Thomas Meighan and Charlotte Greenwood. The sequence follows aero catapult launch on an amphibian plane at 80 mph, then spaceward from a liner deck. The Deadline at Fox theater stars Buck Jones and Loretta Sayers in a prison deadline tale with a gang hold up and bank funds recovery.
Buck Jones stars in a fast paced western tale where a sheriff posse challenges a desperate band of outlaws during a bank robbery. A runaway heroine faces continual danger until Buck Jones arrives to ensure her rescue and safety.
Francesco Roncetti, a peasant in Brescia Italy, faced a mass of crows gathered in a valley. As he approached the birds attacked with their beaks. He fought back with a sickle and killed several, scaring off the rest.
The saying notes riches cannot create virtue and praises the noble who earns a benefit rather than the donor who bestows it. It emphasizes merit over wealth in moral worth.
Local Montgomery Ward sale ad lists used and new home goods with deep discounts. Items include electric washing machine with copper tub and wringer $39.50, a 5 burner oil stove $24.95, a 4 burner gas stove with oven $15.00, a Brant concrete mixer $25.00, various tire sizes and prices, a hammer mill with dust collector $99.00, a taupe mohair living room suite $69.95, an incubator for hogs $24.95, and a 375 lb cream separator for dairy use, each offered for quick sale.
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