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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1932
Page
2
Chicago livestock prices show receipts of 55 000 hogs and 18 000 cattle with varied slaughter weights. Hogs sold mostly 4.35 to 4.50 for 140 170 lb pigs and 180 210 lb hogs 4.85 to 4.46. cattle ranges include steers 6.00 to 8.00 bulk and yearlings top 10.75. sheep strong with fat lambs 6.00 to 6.85 and slaughter lambs 5.50 to 6.50.
Combined hog receipts at 21 concentration yards and 7 packing plants in Iowa Minnesota for the 48 hour period ended 8 00 A M show 53 900 head, down from 75 800 last week and 1 800 a year ago Market weak to 15c lower with most stocks lower in price
An Adlerika ad recommends avoiding sleeping on the left side due to gas and heart pain and promises relief in one dose. The notice credits Sherman Bros. Druggists as the retailers and urges easier sleep.
Chicago market report shows eggs steady to 2 lower versus Thursday with 11 085 cases for 3 days and butter steady to 1 lower. Poultry and potatoes also described with varied receipts and price ranges across springers leghorns ducks geese turkeys and russets and Wisconsin round whites.
Lodges Washington Chapter No 98 O Regular meeting second Thursday night of each month da McDaniel W M Ernestine Nenison secretary Visiting members are welcome Washington Lodge No 26 AM and AM Regular meeting first Friday of each month Har y Ward W M A W Ward secretary
The excerpt lists eastbound and westbound train arrivals and departures for several routes including Golden State and Apache lines, with service notes for daily except Sunday and local freight. It names agents L Goodlander and J C McKay and notes California passenger restrictions on No 3 and No 4.
Secretary James J. Benda reports payments by Washington County Farmers Mutual Insurance Association to policy holders for various losses. Items include damage to crib $25.39, mare $50, houses and contents totaling about $2,718, cattle and sheep losses, and other farm stock claims across Washington Wellman Ainsworth Riverside Crawfordsville and other towns.
Wheat and corn futures reach mixed gains with April March May and July contracts listed. Grain receipts show wheat, corn, oats, and rye activity across Chicago markets with bid and ask levels and closing figures.
Boone Jan 4 An attempt by John Chalmers farm ers union official to oust the Boone county farm bureau from the courthouse failed. The county board of supervisors denied Chalmers petition unanimously. Chalmers is county president of the farmers union and vice president of the state organization.
James Cash of Omaha Nebraska and Burton Jerrel of Oskaloosa Iowa were injured when their auto crashed into a freight car in Welland Ontario. Cash suffered shock and a broken ankle while Jerrel sustained a fractured hip and severe burns. The collision toppled the freight car from the rails.
Des Moines reports Dr. C Steelesmith state health commissioner warns municipalites public health may be endangered by reducing operating and maintenance costs of water works and sewage plants. He urges immediate sanitary improvements to get value from money spent. The same dispatch notes veterinarian meeting details with Dr. Oscar Seifried as principal speaker in Des Moines, January 22 to 24.
Davenport January 4 Francie Lawcon made a decision yesterday in a local matter. Details are sparse in the brief OCR fragment.
Local items from D F Macon report brief community notes across nearby towns. Short notices cover events, meetings, and small civic updates with names of residents and local organizations.
January notices recall Mrs. Knight Wagner's funeral and church memories at Shiloh. Local residents from Washington and surrounding areas mingle at events, with chatter about neighbors, stock, daily life, and a notable levee accident. Street conditions and town humor dominate this column of community anecdotes.
Federal agents found a pint of alcohol during a raid on a Mason City city hotel Saturday night in Iowa's northern district. Manager Tom Zanios will be arraigned in Fort Dodge today.
Funeral services were scheduled today for Martin McCarty, 85 year old guard at the state reformatory here. McCarty died after 48 years of service.
The state game farm near Clive is being abandoned per Superintendent Geo. Br. Coon. Most structures adjacent to the state prison farm have been removed to Lansing, Iowa, as part of a plan by the fish and game commission because the land has been used too long for raising wild animals.
Burlington manufacturers plan a confidence parade and exposition Wednesday to showcase products to residents. Scores of floats are being prepared and local merchants offer window displays to advertise the articles.
A. J. Hartman reports a 290 percent uptick in air passengers at Burlington municipal airport during 1921. In his annual city report he notes the federal weather station funding nearing 40 thousand dollars for weather observing equipment as construction progresses.
Officials report a weather observation station has been installed at a Fort Madison origin and will broadcast reports on conditions along the Chicago Burlington Kansas City air route.
Iowa health commissioner Dr D C Steelsmith reported the week ending December 30 recorded 37 chickenpox cases, mostly in Washington and Black Hawk counties, and 35 smallpox cases with 13 in Pottawattamie and six in Washington. Scarlet fever 22, whooping cough and diphtheria 15.
Mrs Derby Thompson former deputy court clerk filed a claim with the Des Moines county board of supervisors asserting $780 is due as back salary. She says she was kept at clerk pay rather than deputy rate under state law and issued notice of suit for the difference.
Saturday January 9 readers note a community sale at City Feed Yard with local vendors and items for sale displayed in a journal column style.
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