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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1932
Page
10
Chicago market reports light hog receipts at 23 000 with prices up 15 to 25 cents as best light hogs reach 4 30 and heavy hogs 4 10. Cattle receipts 1 590 steady with beef steers 8 00 to 11 00 and calves 5 50 to 8 00. Sheep 15 000 steady with lambs 5 50 to 6 60 and yearlings 4 00 to 4 75.
Combined hog receipts at 21 concentration yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hour period ended 8:00 A.M. show 1 900 dollars in receipts versus 35 800 a week ago and 33 300 a year ago. Hogs 170 to 220 pounds mostly 1 00 cents higher with 100 to 170 pound weights cited at 3 55 to 3 80 and 230 to 260 pounds averaging around 3 40 to 3 60.
Chicago cash grain closes show Wheat 3 red 54, 4 red 54 1/2, 2 hard 56, 2 mixed 54, 3 mixed 60, Corn 3 mixed 34 to 35 1/2, 4 mixed 34 to 34 1/2, 2 yellow 37 to 38, 3 yellow 35 1/2 to 36, 4 yellow 34 to 36, 5 yellow 34, 3 white 36 to 36 1/2, Oats 2 white 25 to 26, 3 white 24 to 25, Rye No. 2 49, No. 3 49, Barley 50.
Chicago grain prices show mixed moves across wheat corn oats and rye with March May July and September contracts listed. Highlights include wheat around 54 to 57 cents, corn near 37 to 42 cents, oats quoted with limited data, and rye mid forties to forty six cents.
Chicago market notes show butter and eggs movement with lots numbers for diverse items. Cheese varieties and dairy products list percentages and grades while live poultry and meats, ducks and geese, and potatoes appear with shipment and track data for the day.
Seed market in Chicago notes prices for red clover and timothy. Red clover ranges from fair to fancy with values 11.50 to 16.00 per unit, sweet clover shows 4.24 to 5.00, alsike 11.00 to 14.5, timothy from 3.60 to 4.25 with various grades.
A description of Jainism in India emphasizing the non-violence ethic. Devotees avoid causing harm to any living being even by disturbing or killing beings that feed on their bodies. The principle guides daily conduct and dietary choices.
Journal subscription representative D F Macon presents brief items from nearby communities. Short notices cover local happenings, upcoming events, and community updates gathered for readers daily.
January reports detail icy streets and glazed sidewalks trapping travel. Residents reflect on harsher days, note changes since thirty years ago, and share local sightings from West Chester and Washington area. News mentions funerals, road conditions, livestock, and everyday errands amid the cold spell.
Wellman Iowa January 12 members of the normal training class presented a declamatory contest at the gym on January 11 the proceeds to fund the annual trip to a beauty spot in Iowa. Prizes were awarded for oratorical humorous and dramatic divisions with Miss Lora mae Huber and Miss Ethel Yoder among top performers.
A meeting of the Four-Square implement dealers was held at the Washington cafe last evening with E. E. Cline in charge. Roy Murphy of Forestdale Farm Burlington Iowa spoke on horseless farming citing 200 acres, tractors and trucks, and precise costing. The gathering included many dealers and members from local farms and implements firms discussing farming operations and soy beans alfalfa and corn production.
A school class met with Mrs Earl Crogsett for a pot luck dinner and work on Tuesday January 12. New members attended as guests and the group pieced quilts and knotted two comforts to be sent to a home. Regular teacher Mr C C Gardner is wintering in St Petersburg Fla and sent tangerines for distribution.
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