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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1930
Page
2
U S Department of Agriculture shows hogs 50 000 with 7 000 direct and top at 9.74 for 160 200 lb weights. Cattle calf numbers 8 500 and 2 500 with steady trade. Prices span a wide range for steers heifers bulls vealers and sheep as buyers remain active and margins vary by weight class.
The report lists open, high, low and close prices for Wheat Corn Oats and Rye for March May and July contracts. It includes percentages and figures such as March wheat near 1.28 and 1.26 percent moves and rye around 1.02 to 1.01 with minor fluctuations.
Readable data shows January and March figures with small values and a later May entry. Elements include a 9.87 and 10.20 with 10.40 appearing, plus a 1.06 figure and a 40. The exact entities or context are unclear from the fragment.
Columbus Junction reports J Carson Duncan of Columbus Junction chosen as chair of the Louisa county board of supervisors for 1930 at the Thursday organization meeting in Wapello. Salary decisions set Frank Ross at 1200 dollars yearly and janitor Philip Wiederkehrt at 70 dollars monthly for six months.
In Waterloo on January 7 Ed M. Smith secretary of state warned the Iowa Rotary Club that new taxation statutes are essential but useless without enforcement machinery. He said adoption of an income tax must be paired with spending limits to curb legislative pressure for appropriations and suggested directing part of income tax revenue to relieve strained school districts.
Mrs James A Liblin 86 a pioneer resident of Jefferson county died at her home near Fairfield Iowa yesterday. She had lived on the same farm for 66 years leaving a long record in the community.
A sequence of closing out and public sale announcements around Washington and nearby towns. Listings show sellers such as J H Baird W M Meeks Jennines Bros Allison Maas and Zeck Teets with sale dates from January 8 to February 12 and locations ranging from Wellman to Crawfordsville.
John H. Simmering reports a January public sale with a large crowd, finishing on time before one o'clock. cattle and hogs sold near Riverside and Wayland at solid prices, hay prices ranged 7 to 7.50, Charley Lemley and Kelley Bros. featured stock and hedge posts, with remarks on a pleasant dinner and nearby sales including Mrs. Scearcey’s ad south of Rubio.
Reward efforts surge as Humane Society reports 1924 in pledges for capturing the person who sewed a small dog's mouth shut and abandoned it to starve. Donations from Orphans of the Storm and others flow in from Deerfield Illinois, Athens Georgia, and Dallas Texas with messages urging swift action.
The Humane Society investigator Robert F. Sellar probes tips about a terrier case. A woman storeskeeper reports a young man warned her to stay silent after a cord and needle sale tied to the dog’s mutilation. A boy saw a watchman chasing a terrier. The dog died by a physician’s painless injection. Also, Jennings Bros arrange a native horse sale near Winfield to be held in Washington Saturday January 11.
Mr. J. N. Waggoner, owner of a notable pulling team, sends a Journal from Indiana where his three children reside. He has just returned from a visit with his children, bringing home news of the family.
W L Glenn, too busy with his farm duties, walked to the Simmering sale Monday, purchased property, and sent more money for the Journal. His long legs soon step off a mile.
Henry J. Kiene of Riverside Route 2 leaves a bequest to the Journal and the War Book. The note thanks Mr. Kiene and laments future loss of these books, predicting they will grow in value and be scarce.
Dr. Ross Huston told Bankers Life Insurance officials that character hazards are now as vital as health in life insurance. He noted that moral risks, like bootleggers facing constant danger of death, are considered equal to disease in underwriting today.
Three men were injured when Ben Hesse of Fort Madison Earl C Eldring of Keokuk and Richard Runke of Wisconsin were hurt as Hesse drove his Christmas gift auto head on into a streetcar. Hesse suffered internal injuries and was in serious condition while Eldring had severe head cuts and Runke was not seriously hurt.
Community chatter mentions a February 3 sale by Ray Perry near Grace Hill and praise for Journal support. It notes a California-bound Journal delivery to a former resident family, jokes about business colleges, and Mrs. W. P. Wells’s recovery at home. A dinner joke and street banter close the item.
Prices list from Washington market includes butterfat at 82 cents per pound, eggs at 86 cents per dozen, small pullet eggs 26 cents per dozen, hens 20 cents per pound over four pounds, 15 cents under four pounds, Leghorn hens and Springs varieties listed with various penny rates, beef hides 87 cents per pound, horse hides $3.00 each, pony and colt hides $1.50 each, note no market for sick or crippled poultry.
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