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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 1931

Page

2

Chicago Live Stock Prices Report Beef and Hogs Bid Higher

Chicago market summary shows hog receipts 33 100 with 6 000 direct and prices up 10 to 15 cents from Monday. Top hog price 8 35 with various weight classes listed. Cattle and calves receipts 6 000 and 2 000 with steady to uneven trends. steers 600 to 1500 pounds 8 00 to 14 25, heifers 7 75 to 11 75, cows 4 25 to 7 25. Sheep receipts 13 000 uneven, freights and fat lambs strong to packers 8 25 to 8 65, ewes 2 50 to 4 00, feeding lambs 7 00 to 7 75.

Chicago

Des Moines Hog Prices Rise Across Iowa Minnesota Markets

Combined hog receipts at 24 yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ending 10:00 am show 22,800 head, up from 17,200 a week earlier. Prices range 7.25 to 7.70 for 170 to 260 lb, with lighter weights 7.10 to 7.65 and many offerings selling near the upper end as activity remains strong.

Des Moines Iowa Minnesota

Hog price quotations by weight and delivery terms

The report lists weight based hog prices for heavy weights 250 to 550 pounds with varying bid ranges and quality, noting terms for truck and rail deliveries. It states feed and water at destination affect weight and price, and shipments 50 miles or more from destination weighed without feed or water usually fetch 10 to 25 cents above quoted.

Chicago Produce Prices Journal Jan 18

Egg receipts 7 369 cases firm with mixed grades. Butter unsettled with 13 691 tubs receipts and various grade ranges. Poultry steady with carload fowls springers leghorns ducks geese and turkeys listed. Cheese Twins and Young Americas quoted. Potatoes on track with 184 cars arrivals 89 shipments 711 market steady and regional price ranges for Wisconsin Idaho and Colorado.

Duce Wisconsin Idaho Colorado McClures

Grain Receipts Reported for Wheat Corn and Oats

Grain receipts listed include 54 cars of wheat 88 and a half cars of corn and 14 cars of oats. The brief item notes totals by grain type without further details.

Grain Price Fluctuations From Chicago Exchange

Chicago on January 13 reports shifts in grain bids with wheat corn oats and rye futures. Old and new quotes show small gains for some contracts while others slip, reflecting a mixed market for March May and July maturity notes.

Chicago Grain Market Report Jan 13 Prices

Cash grain close shows mixed bids across wheat corn oats and small barley and timothy and clover values. Wheat ranges 1 red 82 and 2 red 92 with 1 hard 81 percent, corn bids from 65 to 68 with mixed lots, oats white 33 to 44, barley 41 to 65, Timothy 875 to 900, Clover 1475 to 1450.

Chicago Grain Chicago Kiye Noe Timothy

Royal Neighbors and Odd Fellows Install Local Officers

Oak camp No 6601 Royal Neighbors of America Conesville installs Grace McCormick as oracle Minnie Maxwell as vice oracle and other officers. Odd Fellows encampment in Columbus Junction installs Guy Lewis as chief Patriarch and other leaders. fifty attend a post meeting banquet.

Columbus Junction Oak Camp No Royal Neighbors of America Conesville Grace McCormick Oracle Minnie Maxwell Margaret Mckee Frances Buser Mary English Nita McKean Neva Maxwell Roxie Hawkins Hilda Owen Louella Nicholson Anna Owen Mina Bulliis Ruby Wagner Lorena Maxwell Elvera Maxwell Maud Dyche Verda Westlake Jennie Maxwell Agnes Hawkins Winifred Maxwell Nettie Forbes Ethel Curtain Cecelia Buster Mary Singleton Odd Fellows Lodge Guy Lewis Vin Cunningham J. E. Lukins E. E B. Shellabarger W. G. Roberts Winifred Henry Harold McCormac Cleveland Ohio Columbus Junction State Bank G. W. Weber T. N. O'Neill

January 13 Community Update At Kalona And Banks

On January 13 visitors toured Kalona seeing Dr Miller and Dr Fry sharing an office and dining at Wayside Inn. People at Farmers Savings Bank included Mr and Mrs Davis and Miss Skola while local merchants discussed weather lore from an elderly ancestor. N S Schenoeblen of Hillsboro ND was visiting.

Kalona Farmers Savings Bank Wy. EB. Davis Magarete Skola Mr. Davis Mr. Eglin

Local Roundup From Kalona and Wellman Sales and News

Reports from Kalona and Wellman note a busy TeBockhorst sale with Dave Yoder auctioneering and a strong crowd. Mentions Hiumston's timber near Young America and good weather aiding upcoming sales. Word of triplets in Wellman and a reminiscence session with Jim O Loughlin in Kalona.

TeBockhorst Dave Yoder

Community notes from Conesville area and nearby towns

Reports show the cashier Lee Huston’s satisfactory duties and a five percent dividend paid to stockholders on December 31 raising surplus to 14000. Local visits include Gail Rogers of Freeport visiting relatives. The Conesville high school oratorical contest features Burton English and others. A infant death in Columbus City is noted with funeral details. Local sales report 2000 bushels of corn at 63.5 cents. Farm auction results include calves, cows and horses with prices. An accident on Oregon street injures a woman, with both cars damaged and the baby uninjured. Laverne Bollenbach returns to Fort Wayne after visiting family.

Lee Huston Anna M. Mulhern J. D. Guinn Rudolph Schlichting Dale Edmondson Jay Robertson G. W. Weber Roy Aringdale T. N. O'Neil Gail Rogers Freeport Lll Kia Edwards Conesville High School Burton English Burton Forbes Donald Ramner Orville Smith Charles Howard Jesse Riley Columbus City Lucy Dorothy Mildred

Jud Tunkins on speech making life hardship notion

Jud Tunkins remarks that many men endure hardship after believing public speaking is an easy way to earn a living, reflecting on the lure and reality of the craft as seen in the Washington Star.

Jud Tunkins Washington Star

Flood Conference opens in Chicago with regional officials

Left to right Arch Hurley of New Mexico on the flood centre executive committee James Reed of Louisiana and Representative William E Hull of Peoria gather at the Congress hotel Chicago for the Mississippi Valley waterway and flood control conference which opened Monday Mayor William Hale Thompson acted as host

Arch Hurley Flood Centre New Mexico James &. Reed Waterway and Flond Control Association Louisiana William E. Hull Peoria Congress Hotel Chicago William Hale Thompson Inset

West Chester Notes on Visits Illnesses and Help

Mrs D L Rohrer reports visitors from Mt Union to Mrs Chesley while she recovers from a long illness. Dr Stewart examined whooping cough cases and scarlet fever infections at Lester Sigmund home. Grandma Ott died last week and funeral held in Washington with many West Chester attendees.

West Chesther Virgil Weekley Marion Mt. Union Washington West Chester Lester Sigmund Ruth Eunice B. L. Rohrer Dave Turnipseed George Hotle Wellston Ola Brumback Homer Porter

January sale notices and closings across Iowa listings

A sequence of farm sale notices from January to February lists closing out sales and horse auctions across towns near Ainsworth Wellman Washington Wayland Crawfordsville and Washington again. Notable names include Whittaker Feed yard A C Ziegler Chas Maple Ellis Rickey N Lantz Gardier and Mayhew with locations ranging from 3 to 31 miles.

S. Hl. Henderson Ainsworth Whittaker Feed Yard A. C. Ziegler Chas. Maple Washington Ellis Rickey Wellman Defran Hros N. Lantz Wayland Frank D. Rickey

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