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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1930
Page
2
Chicago livestock prices and early trade show hogs up to 10 higher with 22 000 head listed. cattle and calves firm to higher as buyers bid for feeders yearlings and fat cattle. Quotes include hogs 139-160 lbs 9.40 9.75 and cattle 1000-1200 lbs around 12.49 16.90 with feeds and lambs noted as higher in parts of the market.
Dr James Clark of Nashville argues at a conference that American college religion suffers from two dialects of slang. He says campus slang in church life is misread by students and adults alike and urges translating church language into everyday campus speech to reduce formalism and misinterpretation.
After four years in war, Bill, crippled in body but not pride, is surprised by a chance reunion with Alice Mobry in New York. He races to confess his love and plans a wedding as Stanley Spield, his former lieutenant, joins them for the next big step, best man at their noon ceremony.
A garbled finance note lists amounts 300 and 125 with dates March 3 40 and February 10 9h and March 21 00. It resembles a ledger fragment noting payments or installments and a reference code 10402.
Market reader summary lists approximate prices for wheat corn timothy clover and hay grades with several inconsistencies. Entries show ranges from about 62 to 82 for yellow and white forages, 1040 to 1800 for clover, and timothy around 620 to 615 with other grains summarized in mixed figures.
United Press reports on New Year’s Day results across regional all star games. Scores include North All Stars 21 versus South All Stars 12. Midwest 1. Southwest 12. North Central 12. Pitta bureh 14. Fac 19. West 7. Southern California 47. Rorky Mountains 6.
Pitotshurs Ladies Aid will hold a bake and craft sale on Saturday at the Woehteton- caners venue. Dress ed chickens cakes pies cookies and other good things for sale.
Nature Magazine notes pups struggle to survive on bare offshore rocks. In storms rocks become fully submerged and pups unable to splash drown.
January 2 report notes J Q Matthews and family forming a social club of about fifty at their new home near the Pete Berds property. Plans include a cake walk by J O Matthews and a coon story by Arthur Reubsam with Chas Wolfe speaking on Farm Relief.
The Gamon family notes the missing granddaughter still away after nearly a week. John Gamon plans visits to the farm near R. W. Gamon’s land, while Grandpa and Grandma hope for quick word. Local cameos include Susan Skinner’s illness at Mrs. Schulty’s home and sunlit roads cited with cheer.
Miss Violet Ewinam returns from Chicago with sister Miss Veda while Miss Marjorie Hanna resumes study at Waterloo. The United Presbyterian church hosted a New Year’s dinner for 100 plus attendees, with a cafeteria service and month based skits. Local teams the Crawfordsville Collegians and Y Leaders faced off in basketball, as teams from Wyman prepared for Friday night games.
A note from The American Magazine praises absorbing activities for improving mood and reducing concern about small worries as people engage fully in chosen hobbies. The piece links immersion in activity to better disposition and mental calm.
A rural catalog style note praises Sargents products including Protex Mineral and Pig Meal with endorsements from Dr. Horner of Brighton and local buyers like Ralph Livingston Elmer Burham Paul Nedeker and Earl Burroughs. Laying Mash and Oyster Shells are advertised with Mrs L W Kennedy of Rolfe citing 200 to 248 eggs per year.
Detroit January 2 1934 police and state authorities renew a manhunt for Fred Burke the so called most dangerous man alive a suspect in a dozen murders and bank robberies after a report he left Kalamazoo for Detroit with a companion in a sedan officers blocked highways into Detroit and statewide alerts were issued.
Chicago predicts tomorrow's livestock receipts with hogs at about 21 000, cattle 10 000, and sheep 8 000. The figures outline the upcoming market supply for hogs cattle and sheep in the regional trade.
The House of Everlasting Fire sits in Holemauman lake within the Kilauea volcano region on Hawaii Island. The lake is described as frequently filled with boiling lava and lies in the eastern part of the island’s volcanic landscape.
Listing of per dozen and per pound prices for eggs and poultry at Washington markets. Includes fresh laid eggs, various hen weights, leghorn varieties, ducks, roosters, horse and pony hides, and states no market for sick or crippled poultry.
A sequence of public and closing out sales listed around Washington and surrounding towns. Dates run Jan to Feb with sellers including J H Simmering Wilbur Beenblossom J H Baird Albert Maas Work and Coulter Zeck Teets Matthews Hawkins Babcock Hotte Huber McCall D Rodney Davis Wilson and Dayton McNeil Crawfordsville. Listings specify miles from Washington and towns Ainsworth Rubio Wellman and Crawfordsville.
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