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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1933
Page
2
Chicago market mixed with hogs around 10 lower on Thursday. Hogs 180 to 220 lb mostly 3.15 to 3.25 plus light weights 3.10 to 3.20. Slaughter cattle and vealers active with steers 550 to 900 lb 5.25 to 7.25 and 1100 to 1300 lb 4.75 to 7.25. Sheep 14,000 head, lambs 5.80 to 6.44 for 90 lb down, multiple weight ranges noted.
The Devil is Driving, a melodrama led by Ed mund Lowe Wynne Gibson Lote Wilson and Allan Dinehart opened this afternoon at the State theater. The pace is furious with a thrilling climax blending ribald comedy and melodrama. Lowe plays Gabby the wisecracking hunter of raceteers and Gibson stars as his love interest. Also on the program are Harry Langdon in The Big Flash and another twenty minute Henry Armetta short.
Roscoe Ates known for a speech impediment in film proves a skilled violinist and singer during Renegades of the West at Fox theater. He shared stage stories between scenes, bringing Maude Powell’s violin. The cast includes Tom Keene and debuting Betty Furness, with Dorothy Darling co starring in vaudeville.
The data shows rye prices or rates at 36 percent in May and July with slight variations around 35 to 36 percent and a 5 percent figure appearing in the sequence.
Shiloh reports a flu outbreak disrupting daily life with six of fourteen pupils absent from school. Families like the Gambles and Schantzes note ill relatives and hospital visits while Donald Burger recovers after ten days bedfast with intestinal flu.
D. F. Macon of the Journal's subscription service gathers brief items from nearby towns. The column highlights local happenings, civic notes, and small community events of interest to readers across the region.
Attendees from across Iowa gathered for Chris Jensen’s bee sale in West Chester with Ralph Scott and a Rose Hill bidder among top purchasers. The event began at eleven, drew buyers from Keota to Sioux City, and featured strong prices for multiple bee stands as well as a large steak meal afterward.
A humorous exchange centers on sleep advice and a bellwether cold. One person asks about sleeping with the window open to cure a cold, while the other’s reply pivots to missing a watch and a pocketbook.
The quarterly health unit report shows 468 physical defects corrected in school children, improvements in public milk supplies and food handling, and 37 inspected and 236 examined children. It notes 1074 defects in 616 children, immunizations for indigent youths, 330 lab tests, and extensive rural inspections plus Christmas Seal fund activities.
Summary notes from the Sumter district describe the Christmas Seal Sale program listing three mats and two cuts as part of diphtheria prevention and dental services. Summer round-up results were reported to the P T A sponsoring the events with many children examined.
Two visits describe a child with very limited vision in one eye that parents blamed on measles and had not seen a doctor about. The mother expressed concern and planned to seek medical care soon, gratefully receiving the information. A second visit involves a bedfast non resident adult previously treated at Iowa City, now cared for by a sixteen year old sister with social service supervision requested.
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