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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1933
Page
2
Markets show 18 000 hogs traded including 8 000 direct with gains up to 25 cents. Cattle and calves listed with varied offers across weights and grades. stockers, feeders, and sheep also noted with price ranges and market tone.
Chicago grain table shows wheat May and July around 48 to 48 percent with close values near 47 44. Corn May 26 percent to 28 percent with Sept at 29 percent. Oats May 17 percent and July 17 percent. Rye May 36 to 34 percent with July at 35 percent.
Buck Jones stars in Sundown Rider a Columbia western at Fox Theatre. He faces cattle thieves and sheriff confrontations as he races his white horse Silver to bank funds to save Barbara Wee in a tense climax before sunset.
Born in Sedalia Missouri and educated in New York City Oakie began as a Wall Street clerk who kept the office laughing He moved from stage to screen after May Leslie cast him in a junior league show and a word-of-mouth turn led director Wesley Ruggles to cast him in Finder Keepers His rise continued with roles in The Fleets In and a Paramount contract before being borrowed by World Wide for Uptown New York as Eddie Delmar's character.
Mary E. Stiles deceased. Will and Codicil dated 1920 and 1925 filed for probate. Hearing set for January 26, 1933 at 9:00 A.M. at the Washington County Court House before the District Court or Clerk. Edna C. Purvis, Clerk. Washington Iowa.
Miss Harriet Phillips of Washington RN tends to ill Jean at the Wilbur Schantz home while Joe Widmer and family visit the Peter Graber Jr. household on Sunday.
Washington and Crawfordsville met in a girls basketball clash with Crawfordsville taking the win. Key scorers included Meyers and Holmes with 12 each for Crawfordsville while Clemons led Washington with 4 points. Referee Henry Little officiated.
Hertha Graber works at the Lund home in Washington while Mr and Mrs Noah Widmer spend Tuesday at the Clarener Boshart home. Men folke attend the Finch sale near Washington as Ora Orpha and Mabel Graber spend Thursday at Jacob Ger.
Local brief from the Journal's subscription rep D F Macon highlights community happenings, small events, and neighborhood items across nearby towns with concise notices and quick updates.
A collection of brief notes from Minot North Dakota and nearby towns recounts journal renewals from Pauline McFarland and Clarence Richards, social visits and anniversaries in Kalona and Washington, travel by Studebaker, and thanks to local merchants. The piece blends personal correspondence, travel remarks, and small town vignettes with encounters in Ainsworth Kalona and West Chester.
The column references a man in a well and a joke about calling servants at eleven thirty. It lists residents and visitors including Mr Bemis, Earl Frey of Haskins, Ed Newell of Columbus Junction, Hugh Davis, Marty White of Crawfordsville, John Wagner, Ray Kephart, Frank Horn, and R R 2 and R 3 addresses. It mentions a new boy at Tom Palmer’s and expresses thanks with a casual rural tone.
Mrs. Howard Sigafoose and family suffer a flu siege while Jen misses school all last week. Mrs. Frank Schantz and Mrs. John Gamble are also ill. Francis Armstrong visits from Davenport as students resume classes and some take semester exams.
Mr and Mrs Boward Sittler of Washington visited E Deans in Kalone and talked of their old hometown and friends while sampling Deans cookies.
In Wayland the home quilting group hosted visits including Mr and Mrs Victor Wenger and J T Wenger at the Wilbur Sehanty home, and Joe Widmer with family at Petr Widmer's. Teachers and neighbors attended a Stringtown schoolhouse social with songs readings plays jokes conversations and a prize fight. Refreshments followed with Mr and Mrs Paul Harvey and the Mangold party of Washington among guests.
Dialogue shows Rufus declining a lodge meeting with a tense exchange about discipline and a grand potentate figure. Feufus quips the supreme ruler is not beaten by his wife, reflecting local color and informal humor.
Mrs Honsinger leads a January Monday class on homemade candy. The gathering lists attendees including Mesdames Keith Adams and Lloyd Durst. Sunday school begins at 10 a m and English services at 10 30 a m with Luke 4 38 44 theme Jesus the great Prophet of Nazareth and mission work.
The W Q W literary circle met Monday evening with Mrs W 8 McIntosh presiding. Mrs Ross led the business session as the legislative committee discussed state and federal government affairs. Mrs Blery N Foster presented a book review of Mutiny on the Bounty by Nordhoff and Hall, noting Norman Hall’s Tahiti connections. Jean MelIntosh concluded the gathering with a closing tribute.
Mrs Henry Schoonover traveled to Chandlerville Illinois after her stepmother's death. The Schoonover family visited Moscow Iowa and Evelyn Turner hosted friends. Leslie Been blossom awaits healing from a leg setback. Grandpa Sigafoose is ill with influenza but improving.
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