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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1933
Page
2
Chicago market data shows hogs 260 to over 316 pounds steady to higher. Pigs and packing sows range 2.30 to 3.75 per pound with various weight classes. Cattle and calves largely steady with vealers strong. Slaughter steers 4.75 to 7.35 per pound, heifers 4.75 to 6.75, cows 2.50 to 3.50. Sheep and lambs mostly steady with lambs 5.75 to 6.35 for 96 to 110 pounds.
A Riverside group gathered at Mr and Mrs Harry Nessler home in Iowa City to celebrate the eleventh wedding anniversary with bridge games. Inez Mannion and Leo Linder won first honors, Fred Kron and wife were consolation winners, and Dr K E Blythe received the traveling prize before refreshments.
The Pythian Sisters plan a regular meeting Tuesday evening. City Council PTA holds a called session at 7:30 PM in the library, welfare chairmen urged to attend. Royal Neighbors meet at Woodman hall for officer installation. Fortnightly Art Dept meets with Miss Alice Van Viiet at Mrs Anderson's home Tuesday evening.
The Snowball Social club will meet with Mrs. Ralph Oldfield Wednesday afternoon January 18. The Pythian Sisters and their families will have a pot luck supper Wednesday evening at the hall. Members please bring one dish to pass sandwiches and own dishes and silverware. West Chester PTA will meet Tuesday evening Jan 17. The Enterprise Harmonica band will entertain. Mrs Frank Goble will entertain the Pythian Circle on Wednesday afternoon at her home. Eureka Ladies Aid will meet Wednesday Jan 18 with Mrs Geo Wells Work will be furnished. The H and H Bridge club will meet with Mrs Ives McKay Wednesday evening at 7:3
IX club meets Thursday at 2 00 pm with Mrs Harvey Waggoner. Lincoln PTA hosts 3 45 pm. Chapter 1 PEO meets 1 00 pm for pot luck at Mrs Maudel Stewart. Founders day program planned. Pythian Past Chief Circle gathers Thursday evening at Mrs Myrtle Poole. Christian Ladies Aid holds all day quilting Thursday at church with lunch. Kensington and U P auxiliary of West Chester meet next Thursday afternoon at Mrs Earl Pearson. devotions entertainment and refreshments. All ladies welcome.
The W H M S of West Chester M E Church meets Friday January 20 with Mrs Edgar Stewart. The Ladies Aid holds a general meeting in the social hall at 2 20 PM with Unit 4 in charge of the social hour. Unit 2 runs a food market.
St Marys school hosted Riverside public schools with the second team winning 15 to 14, the midgets tying 4 to 4, and St Marys first team prevailing 29 to 20.
Community briefs compiled by the Journal staffer D F Macon summarize local events, personalities, and developments across nearby towns. Short items highlight travel, meetings, weather, and civic notices affecting residents.
Readers in Ainsworth Nebraska and nearby areas share letters from Harve Shannon and others, recounting past sales, local events, and farm life. Messages mention badger fights in Robstown, Texas, visits by residents to Washington and Havre, and updates on residents and crops while expressing well wishes and thanks.
Harry Bishop of Havre and Mr and Mrs Sam Sigafoose of south of Washington visit. We are sorry to hear Lute Sigafoose has been ailing. The youngster will be 90 years of age in March.
Lewis Herring near Havre and the home of milking goats was attending to business in Washington Monday.
Thanks to Gay Berkshire of Crawfordsville for his support. He was here Monday, we never saw him but we saw his money. He lives on the county line near Wyman and not far from the gravel road, which reminds us of the Zicke foose sale near Wyman Wednesday of this week.
A note mentions Mr Frank Sehant2 and his wife of near Shiloh visiting our town, indicating a personal or social visit.
A Warner Bros. Vitaphone release features a redheaded lead, playing a distinctive role for the third month running. The film spotlights a different part each time, with the star opposite a redhead in both appearances.
Rene Warner reported handling thirteen thousand cattle since October first destined for feed lots and consuming substantial corn supplies. From Saturday to Monday he received sixteen ears of feeding cattle and most were sold.
Several hundred bushels of corn were sold January 26 at the Davis and Jackson sale just north of Ainsworth on paved road 161. The item hints at local corn market activity for the coming year.
Red Davie jokes about a Christmas time headache and vows to keep drinking water and vote dry in Lake City. The remark appears in the Lake City Reporter as a humorous anecdote.
Twenty four dancers, chosen for beauty and skill by director Gregory La Cava, appear in The Half Naked Truth at She State theater Wednesday and Thursday. The Broadway musical comedy stars Lee Tracy Lupe Velez Eugene Vallette Frank Morgan Shirley Chambers and centers on lairyhoo.
Mrs Fern Drury was held in Red Oak today on extortion charges. Police say she attempted to coerce $3000 from a woman who identified as Jacqueline Lavare but is believed to be Delores McMann of Quincy Illinois. The suspect allegedly warned that McMann’s life was in danger if payment was not made.
About 250 farmers pressured the sheriff at the Pratt Attisburg farm in Humboldt Iowa to postpone a farm mortgage sale set for today. They aim to have Aetna Insurance Company send a personal representative Friday to negotiate.
Six youths from the Washington Presbyterian church attended the Iowa City presbytery young people's meeting on Saturday afternoon and evening. Attendees were Sherman and Evelyn Watson, En Littl, Mary Mickey, Jary Rickey and Flora Dodds, with plans discussed for the annual summer conference at Fairfield. Mary Mickey, Mary Rickey and Flora Dodds shared brief accounts of their experiences at last summer's conference.
The first school for the hard of hearing was opened in Hartford Connecticut in 1817 marking a milestone in deaf education. It established formal instruction for deaf students and influenced regional literacy efforts.
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