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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1931

Page

2

Livestock Market Report Slower Cattle Trade Mixed Pigs Upgraded

Receipts cattle 1500 calves 1000 steers and yearlings slow with Thursday downturn. Steers 600 to 1200 lb good and choice 6.50 to 14.28. heifers 550 to 550 lb 5.00 to 11.50, cows 4.00 to 7.00, bulls 4.00 to 6.40. Sheep receipts 7000 with fat lambs strong to 25 higher. lambs 90 lb down good and choice 8.00 to 8.85. ewes 2.50 to 4.25, feeding lambs nominal. Pigs mostly 8.00 to 8.25 for light weights. sows 6.25 to 6.85.

Eline Guernsey Jack of Lakewood Jersey Jack Bextra McCormick-Deering John Deere Alilwaukes

Towa Livestock Market Dies MOVIES saw

Combined hog receipts at 24 concentration yards and 7 packing plants in interior Towa nd southern Minnesota for the 1 hour period ended at 10:00 a m today were 23,200 vs 42,500 a week ago. Prices ranged 6.60 to 7.65 with weights 160 to 290 lb. Quotations reflect feeder, lighter, and heavyweight hogs with varying grades and sales conditions.

Towand Minnesota Point of Delltually

Chicago Produce Market Commentary From Jan

Chicago Produce report shows mixed prices and receipts across categories. Poultry and dairy hold steady with modest gains, while potatoes move slower with arrivals down and market easing slightly. regional white and Russet potato pricing noted in Wisconsin and Idaho trades.

Wisconsin Idaho

Crawford social notes echo Sunday dinners and visits

Marie G Crawford correspondent reports numerous neighbors and families in Mr Pleasant and surrounding areas sharing Sunday dinners and visits. The column lists the Coleman family, Sponburgs, Johnsons, Kempfs, Wittmers, Roths, Alrines, and others attending meals and calling on friends, with mentions of health, travel, and ailing Swan improving slowly.

A. H. Roths Jee Ruth Olson Job Burlington Hospital Johnson Olds Glenn Kempt John Alliman Unday HL. Johnson Effie Wittmer Mt. Pleasant Bo Miller Elancre Iris Miriam Joan Christner Alie Robert Pauline Lyman Johnson Marie Velma County Farmers Union

International Celebration On Tuesday Jan 27

The Centennial celebration marks the 106th anniversary of the invention of the reaper to be held Tuesday January 27. Organizers say community interest is high and a large crowd is expected for events featuring the Reapers aise and a beam film.

Metin Washlnge

Grain Futures Snapshot From Chicago Bulletin

The Chicago cash grain page shows mixed futures quotes with Wheat, Corn and Oats for March May and July contracts. Prices move within narrow ranges as markets reflect open and close levels and daily highs.

January Farm Sale Draws Buyers From Many Towns

A large cattle and miscellaneous goods sale drew bidders from Keota Washington Oskaloosa and nearby towns. Prices rose for cattle with a bull at 550 and the average for cows around 92 per head. total sale receipts reached 7432.25 with Dr Macon as auctioneer.

Wapello Wayland Noble West Chester Keota Riverside Titus Crawfordsville Wyman Winfield Washington Alneworth Haskins Gladwin Cotter Columbus Junction W. P. Welle James Thompson Brindley Hollingsworth Bros

Dublin Socials and Visits Highlight Weekend Notes

Sunday visitors include Mr and Mrs Edward and Dale Englehom and Preda Pokrants. J Mangold and John Mangold spent time with J J Banks. The Lochtouts reported a sick child improving while families Sam Stouffer H J Mangold and Clarence Randall shared woodwork and visits in Washington and Ains.

Dublin Alvin Strum Edward and Dale Preda Pokrants Visi Sam_ Stouffer John Mangold Fay J. J. Banks Jake Locthout Curtis Snyder Howard Snyder Sam Stouffer H. J. Mangold Stanley Mangold Clayton Robertson Clarence Randall Wood Banks Glen Little Walter Wolfe Clarence Randal Washington Blanche

Allies Take German Trenches in Belgium at War’s Front

War dated reports note Allied forces seizing German trenches in Belgium while Russians gain on the Vistula’s right bank. An anti war demonstration circulates in Vienna as a Czech editor is executed for treason amid the broader conflict.

Belgium Lille Vistula Vienna Trea

Keota Social Notes Mention Local Visits And Visits

Worth Mr and Mrs Walter Wolfe and Cleo visited Henry Trier in Keota. Aileen and Luella Times stayed with Clarence Fulton. Lydia Lutz appears on slick list Cloyce Robertson visited Leroy Richardson in Washington. August Pokrantz Jake Seethout and Howard Mangold helped Sam Stouffer with summer butchering. Verna Mangold enjoys vacation from boat duties at Washington high school. Mrs Nick Tinnes and Mrs Doc Engle attend Valley aid meeting. J W Van Dyke and Will Robertson visits last week.

Walter Wolfe Con Cleo Henry Trier Keota Aft Aileen Luella Times Clarence Fulton Lydia Lutz Cloyce Robertson Leroy Richard Washington August Pokrantz Jake Seethout Howard Mangold Sam Stouffer Verna Mangold Washington High School Nick Tinnes Doc Engle Valley J. W. van Dykes Will Robertson

Screen Stars Shine in Wheeler Hook Line and Sinker

Dorothy Lee Johyna Howland Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey head a star studded Fox Radio Theater comedy Hook Line and Sinker Seventeen players headline a straight talking picture with notable names like Johyna Howland Ralph Harolde Natalie Moorehead George Marion Hugh Norbert and Stanley Fields. The cast promises a humor filled film with no chorus and updated screen antics.

Dorothy Lee Johyna Howland Fox Theatre Bert Whesler Robert Woolsey Ihare Faations Dorothy Tsras

FOR SALE AND NOTICE ITEMS IN SCATTERED ADS

Classified snippets list items for sale including a Shortnorn fly rug leather davenport and heating stove plus home grown red clover seed with phone contacts. An odd insect myth and a note on snakes hearing claim tongues sense vibrations and a history of paper in China and its spread by the early centuries.

Frank McKay

Barefooted Stars Dominate Stage Across Nations

A fragmented passage notes vast barefooted populations and early stage successes. It mentions India’s 2000 population and at least 220 million barefooted people, then highlights performers who gained fame in straight comedy, vaudeville, and stock theater in London, America, and elsewhere.

India Whee London America Woolsey

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