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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1932
Page
2
Chicago livestock prices and receipts for hogs cattle and sheep with ranges for various weights and grades. Hog receipts 34000 including direct 8000. cattle receipts 9500 with steers vealers cows and bulls priced from around 3.25 to 11.90. sheep receipts 23000 with lambs and feeding lambs priced broadly from 4.50 to 6.75.
Combined hog receipts at 21 concentration yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 24 hours ending 1:00 A M show market strong to 15 cents higher. Prices range from 3.35 to 4.60 for various weights with sows and heavy hogs also quoted, bulk transactions basis.
Prices quoted exclude hogs bought on the basis of shipping point weights. The note clarifies that such hogs are not included in quotations.
Grain receipts listed include four cars of wheat, eighty two cars of corn, and twenty five cars of oats. This brief item records stock movements with a focus on quantity by grain type. No further context is provided in the fragment.
Chicago market note shows steady conditions across eggs butter poultry and potatoes. Receipts include 2 854 cases of eggs and 6 809 tubs of butter with varied firsts and extras. Poultry supplies light with mixed weights and cheese brands listed. potato arrivals 41 ships 590 and Wisconsin round whites and Idaho russets priced accordingly.
Open showing mixed moves across Wheat Corn and Oats with shifts in March May July and Sept contracts. Lard prices edge higher with notable ranges for January to July periods, while rye and wheat stay within narrow bounds amid steady volatility.
Cash grain on January 7 shows wheat bids at 2 yellow hard 56 and corn mostly 38 to 41 percent in various grades. Oats range 25 to 26 percent with sample grade at 35. Rye No 2 at 51 percent and barley 42 to 57 with timothy 375 to 400 and clover 0 to 1550.
Toledo market notes list seed prices for Clover prime 8.75 March 9, Alsike cash 8.75 February 8.85 March 9.00, and hay timothy per cwt at 1 dollar. The short quote reflects January 7 update with prices in dollars per unit.
Mrs. Bad Stoutner reports on social rounds in Wellston with an oyster supper for the Brinnings. visits include Geo Lemsey, Charley McCulley, Irene Harvey and Vera Harvey at various schools and homes. Obituary noted for Jake Mayer of Washington. Local travel features include Bennett and Porter guests at Brinnings and Kolesick hog shipments.
D F Macon reports brief items from nearby towns including local events, civic happenings, and school district notes. Highlights cover community meetings, small-town actions, and forthcoming activities impacting residents.
A journal-style note dated January 7 lists visitors from Crawfordsville including John Hamil Claud McCoy Oral Long and Jim Long as well as Clyde Huston. Kalona resident Dan P. Yoder and community figures Mrs. Nannie Dickinson Frank Wood and William Smy He from Ainsworth appear. The piece describes farm upkeep meat rendering at Frank Eagle’s home in Kalona and social visits at Mose Levy Dean Bakery and the Alliman household, with light humor about names and local chatter.
Mrs. Bray notes families visiting during the holidays including Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Coffin and Owen, Charley Dodes and son Johnnie with Mrs. Robert Hyde in Fairfield, Lucile Jones returning to Ames College, and multiple visits among Spaldings Groves Roberts and Miller families. Cattle dealer Jose A. Rice sold fat cattle to Charney Cecil of Hedrick and drove them to Ottumwa.
Helen Hayes makes her first talkie appearance in The Sin of Madelon Claudet directed by Edgar Selwyn. Lewis Stone and Neel Hamilton star in the MGM drama hailed as an outstanding talking picture of the year.
The Lullaby opens Friday at the State theatre for two days. It follows a woman’s melodramatic rise and fall for her child, noted for stirring drama and parallels to Stella Dallas and Madame X. Vaudeville features Edna Hardy and Dixie Layer with new dance and song hits.
The Fox comedy Stepping Sisters opens at the Fox theater Friday and Saturday with novelty numbers by James Hanley. Look Here Comes a Rainbow and My World Begins and Ends With You are hits. Stars include Lovie Dresser Minna Gombell Jobyna Howland Barbara Weeks and others directed by Seymour Felix.
Mildred Kurtz reports Sunday visits at the Kron and Beranek homes. Roy Kron called from Riverside. Beranek and Liska families shared meals and evenings. Frank Novy remains ill with Malta fever. Dolores and Dale shopped in Riverside.
The record lists multiple family names including Bernadine and Clayton along with Mr. and Mrs. Ed H. Beranek Arthur Don ald Robert and Richard, Mr. and Mrs. John Sturtz, Mildred Lucille, and others. It notes visits and social calls at the Kron Liska Horak Kurtz Prybyl Navy and Beranek households during a series of weekend and New Year gatherings.
Oliver Davenport, a farmer in Cape Girardeau Missouri, faced the loss of his mortgaged farm. He allegedly struck five of his children with a hammer, seriously injured his wife and another child, then died by his own hand using a public safety item.
In Honolulu on January 7 a Japanese prowler Masatu Hayashi aged 19 was found in the home of Lt. Demas T. Craw of the Army Air Corps. Hayashi ignored commands to halt and was shot in the lung as tensions rise in a series of incidents.
A fragment notes an old Egyptian city near Cairo and the ancient city of Mem Memphis ten miles south, with ruins dated to the ae era now standing as the villae of Metrahineh.
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