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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1931
Page
2
Chicago market report shows receipts 45 000 hogs and 6 000 cattle with slow, mostly steady to 10 cent drop. Hogs top at 8.25 with varied classes priced. cattle and calves mostly steady, fat cows and butcher heifers sluggish, steers and heifers ranges listed across weight groups.
Sheep receipts total 14 000 with early market mostly steady to shoppers backing city butchers. Lambs, fat ewes, feeding lambs show varied bids with choices at 8.75 to 9.90 for lambs and 3.50 to 4.50 for fat ewes, plus mixed weights and grades selling from 2.00 to 8.00 across categories.
Combined hog receipts at 24 yards and 7 plants in Interior Town and southern Minnesota total 46 500 for the 24 hours ending 16 00 a m. Mostly weaker bid levels with weight classes listed from 140 to 550 pounds. Prices vary by weight and class, with heavy hogs and sows showing declines and long-haul sales at up to 7.60.
Chicago notes market steadiness across produce and dairy with mixed lots. Pegs and extra firsts show modest gains, butter runs firm with various grades, poultry receipts include several carloads of fowls springers leghorns ducks and geese priced per grade and weight.
The 200th anniversary of Moe Cormick’s reaper will be marked at Washington International Stores and the Fox theatre Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Manager Mr. Cline promises an educational event with a five reel sound picture The Romance of the Reaper at 2:00 p.m. Experts from International Harvester Co. will attend.
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January twenty second brought many travelers despite freezing weather. Sam White came from Fairfield and shared memories of their childhood neighbors, noting how the mischievous boys are now grown men with families in other states.
John Jones a banker from Haskins traveled to Washington and returned to Haskins to clerk a cattle safe in the stockyards there at one o’clock.
Acheson family and Havel Homestead visitors are recorded in Washington and Ainsworth. A Haskins cattle sale yields good prices via Paul Klotz. Trev Jones, aged over 80, remains engaged and optimistic. The Long Beach note mentions pleasant seaside living and a film review lauding Maureen O Sullivan and John Garrick in a 1980 scenario with praise for Brendel, Miss O Sullivan, and Marjorie White, plus other cast members and David Butler’s direction.
WHEAT MAR futures show Old 80% BOM May 82% New 83 88% 82% 85 with July 66 1/4 66 5/8. CORN MAR Old 67 1/2 65% New 67 1/4 66 1/2 66 8/ Old 69 1/4 69 1/2 67 7/2. OATS MAIR Old 33 1/2 33 Old 33 New 23 1/2 83 3/4 39% July 22 1/2 82 82 3/4. RYE MAR Old 40 1/2 40 40 New 41 41 1/2 41 41 2/4.
Toledo notes commodity prices for Clover and Alsike hay include prime old and new Clover at 14.50 15.06 15.35 24.80, with February 15.35 and March 140, Alsike cash 12.75, March 14, and hay timothy 1.60 per cwt.
Chicago market report lists wheat grades 2 red 89 percent, 1 hard 80 and 2 hard 79. Corn varied with mixed grades from 65 to 66 and 64 to 65. White and yellow corn readings, oats, barley, timothy and clover prices shown with wide ranges and changes.
Wheat receipts total 66 cars while corn receipts show 0 cars and oats at 13 cars. The report lists grain movements by carload counts without further context or destinations.
Fox Movietone musical romance Just Imagine had its premiere at the Fox Theatre this afternoon. The Fox production stars Fred Brendel with a brilliant cast and features songs by the famed DeSylva Brown and Henderson team.
A Washington area roundup describes the Jennings horse and mule sale and an 80 head shoat sale slated for Saturday January 24. It notes brisk bidding, with cows and calves fetching high prices and sows in demand. Names include Frank Jennings John G. Stewart Guy Brown and Robert Coulter with others in Haskins Keota and Keota sales.
The Gulf stream moves between Florida and Cuba, travels north along the North American coast to about 40°N 50°W, widens northward, and at roughly 41°N meets the Labrador stream. Its main axis crosses the 45th parallel at a shallow angle off Halifax.
Mrs John Haskins writes from Haskins on January 20 reporting visit by Mrs Jim Cherwinker to Columbus Junction. Ellis Swisher's household endured a two week siege of a peculiar illness affecting many, children seriously ill but returned to school Tuesday afternoon. Marjorie Edwards spent the weekend with her cousin.
The article notes the city of Venice receives drinking water via an aqueduct that runs beneath the lagoon. It highlights the engineering feat enabling the city’s water delivery system.
Public sales and closing out auctions listed for January February across Washington Keota Wayland Crawfordsville and surrounding areas. Entries include Frank Jennings Guy Brown Magdefran Bros N Lantz Evan Evans Eben Williams Gardner and Mayhew with dates from January 24 to February 19 and locations stated as miles east west south of towns.
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