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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1931
Page
2
Chicago hog market receipts reach 45 000 with 20 000 direct. Demand slow and steady to 10 cents lower. Bulk 130 to 610 lbs 7.80 to 8.15, top 8.25. 220 to 320 lbs 7.20 to 7.80. Slaughter sows 6.40 to 6.75. Light weights 140 to 200 lbs mostly 8.00 to 8.25. Heavier hogs 200 to 350 lbs 7.45 to 7.55. Pigs 7.75 to 8.15.
Market notes show receipts totaling about 11 189 head with cattle and calves steady to sharply lower on some classes. Steers and heifers command 5.00 to 14.00 per cwt with varied ranges. hogs, sheep, and lambs feature mixed prices, feeding lambs 7.25 to 9.50, butter and poultry steady, dairy products listed with standard ranges.
Losing out and leaving the farm the owners will sell at public auction three miles north and a half mile west of Wayland on Tuesday January 27 1931 at 11 oclock a m. Head of livestock includes horses mules and mares of various ages and weights plus cattle hogs sheep and manure equipment. The sale also lists machinery two beaters a cultivator and plow with other items. Lunch served by Ladies Aid. Wenger Bros and Lb HW Rinner Auds Wayland Saw Bk Clk.
Combined hog receipts at 24 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota total 38 500 for the 24 hours to 10:00 am. Prices show steady to 10 cents lower with weight classes from light 140 to 160 pounds up to heavy 350 pounds. Quotes reflect truck deliveries and destination weights. shipments over 50 miles weighed without feed or water fetch different ranges.
Chicago grain prices show mixed opens with wheat and corn futures fluctuating. Old and new quotes for March May and July contracts appear with fractional changes and percentage figures across wheat corn and oats amid a low close.
The item notes D. F. Macon as the subscription representative for The Journal. It indicates duties related to reader subscriptions and service communications. No further details provided.
In Crawfordsville Iowa on January 29 Mr. and Mrs. John Smylie celebrated Mrs. Smylie’s 90th birthday. The pair, married 67 years, shared a large cake with 90 candles as relatives gathered for a dinner and stories from a long Midwestern life.
Fragmentary OCR style figures show percentage shifts between old ANI and new Ang, with inconsistent decimals and stray symbols. No clear event or entities emerge. data appears as a garbled table of percentages and codes without a coherent narrative.
Cash grain trading in Chicago shows wheat listed at various red and hard prices, with corn values described as mixed around 62 to 66 cents. Oats and rye figures appear limited, with barley and timothy ranges noted, while clover prices span from 1475 to 2250.
Rainy conditions affect Clover seed prices with old prime at 14.65 and new prime at 15.00. Prime choice variants range around 14.80 to 15.95 with dates noted for February and March. Alsike and Timothy hay prices listed with Timothy around 1.60.
The Vienna congress of November 1887 adopted the World's Musical Standard, aligning with France's prior 1859 adoption and ending widespread pitch confusion. The standard A vibrates at 485 double vibrations per second and is now global.
Jed Stalder and Emil Stalde families spent Sunday at Tony Kaufman’s. Mr and Mrs Ben Widmer had Sunda dinner at the Kaufman brothers home. Emil Stalder family later visited Chriss Marn est on Sunday evening.
Reports from Geneva say a movement to re-establish a military dictatorship in Spain is under way. The Duke of Alba Spain's prime minister is said to have departed for Madrid to attend a crucial cabinet meeting.
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