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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1930
Page
2
Hog prices eased with slow uneven demand. top 9.85 for around 160 lb hogs, 9.50-9.70 for 140-200 lb, 9.25-9.45 for 260-310 lb. Cattle supply 1,000 with steers and yearlings up 25-50, extreme top yearlings at 16.75, fat cows weaker, vealers up 1.00. Sheep 3,000 with fat lambs steady around 14.06-14.50. 11,000 direct shipments noted.
Fat lambs bring 14.75 for late consignments with higher quotes by 200. Fat ewes sell around 7.00 to 8.15. Late bulk fat lambs range 14.00 to 14.50, yearlings 11.00 to 12.75. Feeding lambs quoted 25 or more higher with choice eligible around 12.75 to 13.00 or higher.
Futures show wheat trading around 1.22 to 1.30 per bushel with Jan Mar May and July positions. Corn ranges near .91 to .97 a bushel with uneven daily changes. Oats and rye display narrow moves in the .48 to 1.03 area while lard quotes hover around 10.25 to 10.60.
Market note lists wheat prices at 3 hard 123, 4 mixed 84 to 85, 6 mixed 71 to 81. yellow 3 at 8, 4 yellow 84 to 85, 5 yellow 82 to 84, 6 yellow 80 to 81. white 4 86 to 87, 5 white 82 to 85. Oat prices show 8 white 44 to 45. barley 65 to 65 14, timothy 520 to 615, clover 1015 to 1775.
Market report lists domestic cash and new prices for Clover, Timothy, and Alike seeds. Figures show January to March pricing, including cash, old, new, and choice variants with small increments and imports noted.
Dorothy MacKail stars in The Love Racket a First National film adapted from Bernard Burns The Woman On The Jury A lone woman in a jury room with eleven men faces a moral dilemma as she weighs a verdict that could endanger her happiness for another woman’s fate.
A January 11 reader note columns report deep snow yet clear roads and travel anecdotes from Burling ton to Washington. Local residents including Francis Roth and Arlene Ferguson are mentioned along with small town social updates and upcoming sales near Rubio and Ainsworth.
The era’s talkies push natural speech over stage accents in Marianna and So Long Letty. Marianna features a postwar romance with an adopted family of war orphans and a blinded ex-soldier. The program also includes The Love Racket and So Long Letty with a large, all talking cast.
Wilbur Bartholomew, age 20, of Council Bluffs Iowa, was legally twice divorced from his wife Winifred. They first wed in 1925 at age 16, then a divorce and remarriage occurred, and a second divorce has just been granted.
Mrs. H. J. Raffles was granted a divorce decree in Clinton, Iowa, after her husband died by suicide at home. The ruling followed her declaration in district court while the spouse was already dead from a self-inflicted bullet wound found two days later. Raffles had recently lost his job.
James Gleason veteran of three wars discusses theatre and plans a soldier play. Lucile Webster Gleason and he speak on beauty tips noting ice as the greatest beautifier and claiming massage loosens facial muscles while ice tightens them.
Cedar Rapids on January 11 a civil suit to recover 150 dollars in back rent was filed against George F. Huckins and his wife Vida Huckins. The action stems from a high interest business and accompanies criminal charges alleging obtaining money under false pretenses. Mary A Nunemaker filed the suit, bringing Vida Huckins into the ongoing dispute.
A list from The Journal shows multiple farm and livestock sales with dates in January and February. Buyers include Allison Maas, Work and Coulter, Zeck and Teets, Albert Janecelli, J O Matthews, Millers and Dittmar, Hawkins, S. W. Livingston trustee, B C Babcock, Hote Huber and McCall, D Rodney Davis, Ray Perry, H P Wilson and Son, Axel Anderson, Claude T McCoy, Dayton McNeil Crawfordsville. Locations cover Wellman, Washington, and Crawfordsville estates with distances from towns.
The Washington market lists butter at 30 cents per pound and eggs at 36 cents per dozen. Poultry prices include hens at 20 cents per pound for over four pounds, 15 cents for under four pounds, and various sized springs and Leghorns. Hides and animal byproducts show beef at 7 cents per pound, horse hides at 83 dollars each, and no market for sick or crippled poultry.
In Davenport on January 11, petitions were filed in federal district court by attorneys for farmers near Riverside Washington county. Charles Vondrasek reports debts of 20539.65 with 4562.10 secured and assets of 2992 with 1697 exempt. Anna H Lear lists debts 7823.68 with 2900 secured and assets 1840 with 990 exempt. Attorneys are Morrison and Morrison for Vondrasek and T A Michels for Lear.
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