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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1931
Page
2
Hogs receipts 54 000 with 18 000 direct. Prices mostly down 10 cents from Wednesday. top 8.20 for 130 210 lb hogs. Cattle receipts 7 000 including 2 000 calves. steadier to higher on fed steers and yearlings with strong demand for midweights. Sheep receipts 11 000. lambs and ewes mixed, best lambs 8.50 8.75, other categories softer.
Hog receipts across 24-hour period ending 10:00 a m at 24 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota totaled 51 600, up from 41 800 a week earlier. Prices mostly steady to 10 cents lower, with bulk 170-230 lb at 7 15 to 7 45, 240-280 lb 6 90 to 7 25, heavy weights 290-350 lb 6 60 to 7 05, and sows included. Marketing slowed due to the decline.
Cline manager of the Total International Harvester Company store announces the 100th anniversary of the reaper invention by McCormick to be celebrated at the Washington International store on January 23. Highlights include a sound film The Reliance of the Reaper and an exhibition of the original reaper. A truck driver will invite rural schools to view the display, with invitations extended to Washington Junior College and the local high school.
AP reports unsettled fees and mixed receipts across produce lines on Jan 15. Butter holds around 5,002 pounds with extra firsts near 26 and 9.26 percent. poultry shows varied marks with springers at 21 and turkeys rising to 22-24. Potatoes move on track with Wisconsin whites at 1.49-1.50 and russets at 1.85-2.00, as branded arrivals from Col aie McClures reach 1.90.
Fragmentary OCR data shows Peronne Seay Chicago entries with mixed percentages and dates. Incomplete figures include percentages like 83 823 82 and 85 88, plus month labels May July and fragments such as New ss and Rye Mar. No clear event or outcome can be determined from the readable text.
The so called Father of Lawn Tennis is praised for recognizing the sport’s use for modern needs and for filing a 1874 patent for a new court design. Early equipment included Indian rubber balls and wooden rackets, with oval packets not used until 1880s.
The article describes a hearing test using ordinary speaking voice at 20 feet and a whisper at 10 feet to assess how well a person can repeat words. It notes these tests are standard methods among ear specialists and are considered average procedures.
A description recalls a little Servian church in Serajev built in the sixteenth century after Turkish conquest. The sunken church lies below street level, its roof concealed by surrounding walls to avoid suppression, as market day scenes unfold with varied costumes and chaos.
A fragmented OCR style snippet hints at a theme of opportunity being half the battle and mentions differing forms of ability. No clear event, person, or organization is identifiable to anchor a full news card.
Joan longs for a twin pink sapphire to unite her with a love she holds dear. A jeweler reveals the mate is not for sale until a stranger, Godfrey Vale, reveals he owns the other stone and wishes Joan to wear it, sealing their bond as fate and family ties glow with shared gems.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions virtues and parentage linking Eo Economy with Doetor Johnson and a notion of temperance cheerfulness and health. The readable parts suggest a literary or moralistic statement, lacking clear events or concrete individuals beyond the named terms. The piece reads as a stylized, cryptic moral prose fragment.
Lanolia, derived from sheep wool, was a favored ointment among ancient Greeks in earlier times. The item’s historic role highlights medicinal practices and the long tradition of wool-based preparations in classical civilizations.
Keota based community items recount a closing out sale by Guy Brown on Jan 27 and a local journal gift to Art Minick. Readers share dinners at Dawson cafe, frost on roots, neighborly chatter, and family notes from Decatur and Washington Iowa dated Jan 1991.
Chicago market wire lists grain bids with fractional quality notes for Wheat Corn Oats Rye Barley Timothy Clover and mixed grades. Prices show ranges and percentages, including white and yellow corn, white oats, and timothy for March bids, reflecting a volatile grain market.
In northern Bohemia, eight grain receivers or mountains specialize in producing and exporting musical instruments including strings reeds and brass annually.
Copenhagen is described as the City of Spires though ancient and with a modern bow. The Parkier houses built of weed and brick and stone byens note parks including the Tivoli gardens laid out in 1843, among the most famous in the city.
A boy riding with his grandmother observes pigs eating greedily in a clover field. He asks who they are, and the grandmother replies they are eating Clover. The boy voices a dislike for spinach, showing simple rural dialogue.
A father tells Jerry that what they discussed is secret and to keep it. Jerry promises secrecy but recalls he never told his mother about bringing her vase last week. The moment centers on family trust and a small escalation of privacy inside a home.
Fragmentary notice lists a sale date and names such as Washington High Clan and Guy Brown, with scattered OCR fragments. It reads like a local auction or closing out sale itemization from a newspaper page, but the exact items and terms are unclear due to garbled text.
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