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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1932
Page
2
Chicago receipts show hogs 37 000 with steady to weaker prices and top 4.20. cattle 6 000 steady with beef and feeders varying. sheep 25 000, lambs 6.00 to 6.50, bids weaker. Bulls strong, calves steady, light calves in good demand, packers and feeders active.
Combined hog receipts for 24 hours end 8:00 A M at 21 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota totaled 29 500 up from 25 400 last week and 18 300 year ago. Prices mostly down about five cents with ranges by weight and lot size noted including 140 160 lb pigs at 8 00 3 50 and heavy weights up to 3 50 with various brackets for 100 550 lb hogs. Long shipments indicate excess demand but text cuts off mid sentence.
Buyers set hog prices by shipping point weights and exclude hogs fully. The system notes weight shrinkage and hogs that are over or under valued are usually sold near quoted prices but can vary.
Chicago market report lists butter eggs cheese and poultry prices with ranges for tubs cases crates and weights. It covers butter 12 001 tubs eggs 6 407 cases cheese varieties poultry and geese with per pound and per unit figures and regional grain shipments for potatoes and Russets across states and machines.
Chicago January 26 seed market notes list red clover fair to good 11.90 to 13.00 choice 13.50 to 14.00 fancy 14.50 to 15.50 sweet clover 4.75 to 6.10 Alsike 10.00 to 14.00 Timothy good 3.50 choice 3.75 fancy 4.00.
Grain receipts listed include Wheat six cars and Corn fifty five cars with Oats twenty cars noted in the shipment tally.
Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper headline The Champ now playing at the State theater. Beery portrays a faded boxing champion seeking a comeback while Cooper plays his son who believes in him, creating a poignant father son romance that shines with emotional depth.
Local briefs from D. F. Macon summarize community events across nearby towns. Updates mention civic meetings, school activities, market happenings, and notable arrivals or departures shaping the area this week.
In West Liberty Cloyce Dougherty and companions visit publisher Geo Hise and daughter Margaret while touring P. N. Gibson's Monday sales near Rock Island yards. Gibson handles hundreds of hogs cattle and thousands of tons of feed yearly and hosts large auctions with notable guests Col. P. N. Gibson and S A Buckman.
The Pythian Sisters of West Chester Temple will hold their regular meeting Tuesday evening January 26. All members urged to attend and a social hour with refreshments will follow.
Members of the O W club will meet with Mrs Amos Norton Tuesday evening. Regular Damascus Shrine meeting at the Masonic temple January 26 at 8 o clock followed by a program and social hour. Evening division of Missionary society meets at the church at 7 30. Miss Margaret Cowden will speak on her work in Persia.
District directory lists chiropractors osteopathic physicians attorneys real estate and insurance firms, plumbers and funeral homes with office addresses on Main Street and vicinity. Notable entries include Dr Chase Brown Dr W Dwyer Dr T J Pease Dr O F Boller and Prestonetter Osteopathic practice, Jones and Sherman Funeral Homes, Ralph W Thompson Insurance and Abstracts, Ream and Carson Plumbing, Applegate Real Estate, and Lemley Yard near Washington Bank.
The Chicago grand jury began a wide inquiry into the city and county judiciary with orders to indict any corrupt judges after Chief Justice Harry M. Fisher directed the investigation amid accusations that some jurists are mountebanks. A report from Phoenix notes dramatic testimony followed.
The 6O. G. T. club will meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Howard Anderson. Havre Social club will meet Thursday afternoon with Mr Jim Thompson.
The Women's Missionary Society afternoon division of the United Presbyterian church will meet Friday January 29 at 2 30 in the church rest room. Miss Margaret Cowden will speak on her work in Persia. All members are urged to attend. Also the W M of M church will meet with Mrs J E Kunath Friday at 2 30. Mrs R C Wilcox will lead the lesson with large attendance expected. Rebekables plan a meeting Friday evening at 7 30 for alterations by order of the Esoteric Grand.
In a court session the trial judge indicated the case will go to the jury before nightfall. The 22 remaining defendants face charges totaling 12,000 060 conspiracy in bootlegging.
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