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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1932
Page
2
Chicago Livestock Prices Fall to Season’s Low Across Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Hog prices drop 15 to 25 cents with most classes at 3.75 to 4.10. Receipts total 33 000 hogs and 25 000 sheep. Cattle receipts 4 500 with beef steers 8.00 to 11.60 for top grades and cows 3.00 to 5.25. Fat lambs steady at 6.00 to 6.25, feeders and calves also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hog market report from Des Moines area shows lower bids
Combined hog receipts at 21 concentration yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ended at 1:00 AM were 33 600, up from 24 600 a week ago and 1 600 a year ago. Prices mostly 10 to 15 cents lower with spots about 20 cents lower. quotations list several weight categories with prices ranging from about 2.60 to 4.00 per 100 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
INS
Minnesota
Grain Market Table From Chicago Opens With Mixed Prices
Chicago grain prices show Wheat futures from March to September trading with varied highs and lows. Corn and rye futures display modest gains and steady closes amid steady demand and seasonal shifts.
Chicago Seed Market Prices in January Report
Seed market prices show red clover and Alsike at 11.50 to 14.50 and 11.50 to 14.50 respectively. Timothy ranges 3.60 to 4.25 with quality levels from good to fancy. Wheat and corn cash grain quotes listed with multiple grade- and color-based values in early January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alsike
Timothy Good
Fancy
Insurance Agencies on Main Street
Ralph W. Thompson offers insurance bonds and abstracts from the Bailey Building on the third floor near the elevator with phone service. Lemley and Yard provide all kinds of insurance opposite Washington National Bank with an office at Hast Main Street and phone 784.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph W. Thompson Insurance
Bailey
Lemley & Yard Insurance
Washington National Bank
Main St
Osteopathic Physicians in West Chester Practice
Osteopathic doctors listed with offices and contact numbers in West Chester Iowa. Preston L Epter D C offers rectal disease care with office on Lemmon's Pharmery stairs. Henrietta Griffith at Old National Bank Blog provides general practice with day and night calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston L.epter
D. C
Lemmon's Pharmery
Res
Henrietta M. Griffith
Old National Bank
West Chester
Iowa
Washington News Reaches From Local Visitors
Keota residents report Washington people seen in Washington D C and Phoenix Arizona. Travelers note road conditions, farm work, and local shops while highlighting familiar names such as Stoutner Harper Duffy Warfel Wenger Beal and Herr. Residents discuss roads, farms, and improving health at area hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Link
Willis Todd
California
Washington
W. A. Harper
Jim Duffy
Pave Warfel
Iowa
Phoenix
Arizona
Joe
County Home Receipts and Expenditures Reported for 1931
The Board of Supervisors ordered publication of the Financial Statement of the Receipts and Expenditures of the County Home for the year ended December 31, 1931, and the value of property on hand January 1, 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Grain Mix Figures Show Shifts in White Rice Variety
The report lists percentages for several grains with white and other varieties. Oats show 4 white at 28 to 26 percent and 38 white at 24 to 25 percent. Rye shows none. Barley ranges 50 to 56 percent, while rye remains absent.
Chicago Produce Prices and Supplies Report
Chicago wholesale price and stock list for butter creamery extras firsts packing stock and specials. Also covers cheese varieties live poultry including turkeys hens and toms leghorn ducks geese and potatoes on track with varying prices and weights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Obituary and county notices from Columbus Junction area
Jan 14 death of Mrs Roy Adams formerly of this vicinity in Arkansas. Burial at Keokuk. survived by husband two home children and a step daughter. Funeral attended by friends from Conesville and Grandview. Licenses sales brought $32,000 with county share $1,037.70. October gas tax to Louisa county $2,400. Church candle lighting by Woman's Foreign Missionary society Sunday 5 pm. Farm Bureau lesson on Feeding the Sick in Orono township Friday. Old Clifton club meets Thursday. Chester Williams returns to Chicago after visiting Frances Williams. Pollyanna Four club officers named. Mrs Roy Dellivan and Lila Jean visiting in Columbus City. Allen Kemp hosts 14th birthday. Louisa county Boy Scout meeting Jan 28. Wapello district anniversary banquet Feb 8. Wealth Hazards talk by Mrs J W Hubbard. Miss Pearl Harrison speaks on The New Spain. Albert Dean Het tinger born to Clarence Hettinger and wife. Ladies Social circle meets Thursday. William Sink ships horses to Holyoke Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Roy
Adams
Arkansas
Keokuk
William Pine
Conesville
Grandview
Hl. L. Davison
Louisa County
Virginia Owen
Roy Dellivan
Lila Jean
Bagley
J. L. Stratton
Columbus City
Allen Kemp
Louisa County District
A. R. Morledge
Wapelio
Wapello
J. W. Hubbard
Tall Hour Club
J S. Blair
Charles Eliase Wil
Albert Dean
J. H. Rodruck
William Sink
Holyoke
Mass
Woman Found Guilty of Perjury in Iowa Trial
Mrs Mildred Adair chief alibi witness in the Mer Snyder trial convicted of perjury and facing up to ten years in the state women's penitentiary after a four hour jury verdict in Cedar Rapids Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atherton B. Clark
Snyder
State Penitentiary
Adair
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
INS
Mildred Adair
Mer Snyder
State Women's Penitentiary
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John W. Applegate
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State Theatre
Fred's
Johnson's Grocery
Chas. C. Brown
A. W. Clow
D. O
D. KR. Steninger, D. O
Jones Funeral Home
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E. Bassler Ainsworth
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Frank Stoutner
Keota
Hilt Rabenold
Haskins
John Wenger and Sons
J. C. Wenger
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Straw College
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John Erlenbush
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Washington County Hospital
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Maurita Darnel
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