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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1931
Page
2
Chicago livestock market report shows January cattle and hog receipts with slow demand and mixed price shifts. Hogs trade near lower Wednesday levels with heavy weights around 7 to 7.9 and sows 6 to 6.5. cattle show steady to higher tones for feeders and vealers, with steers 8 to 13 and cows 3 to 6. Sheep demand steady with lambs 9 to 9.5.
The market lists prices paid by shippers with ranges for fat ewes feeding lambs and lambs at different weights. Good and choice Lambs in the 90 lb range bring 8.75 to 9.50, medium 7.50 to 8.75, and 90 to 100 lb medium choice 7.00 to 7.30. Ewes 90 to 150 lb average 3.50 to 5.00, culls 2.00 to 4.00.
Combined hog receipts at 24 yards and 7 plants in interior towns and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ending 10:00 a.m. today totaled 40,000, down from 46,000 a week earlier. Prices varied by weight and class with bulk 176 to 230 lb averages around 7.00 to 7.80, while lighter and heavier weights showed different ranges.
Chicago market report lists eggs steady with 6 806 cases received and various grade ranges. Butter prices ease with 4 359 tubs received and mixed extras. Poultry shows steady to easy movement with multiple counts. Potatoes track arrivals and shipments with Wisconsin and Idaho russets and McClure branded varieties noted.
Chicago grain notes January 29 report reveals Wheat and Corn futures with varied old and new positions. Prices list Mar May July contracts for Wheat and Corn with frequent percent changes and inconsistent decimals in the data.
Fragmented OCR excerpt shows scattered percentages for oats and rye markets with repeated Old and New tags. Reads like price or yield figures but lacks clear context or complete data for a coherent summary.
Cash Grain Chicago morning report lists hard red wheat at 7 percent to 78 percent, corn at 4 mixed 5414 to 6014, yellow and white corn ranges 64 to 64 8, oats mixed 32 to 31 percent, rye none, barley 40 to 66 3, timothy 75 to 94, and clover 1426 to 2275.
The article notes that rubber originated in Brazil and was later spread to the East, with seeds introduced from Brazil about 54 years ago, shaping the growth of vast plantations and the global rubber industry.
Suburban readers learn how the Journal’s subscription representative assists residents with renewals new orders and account questions. The brief notes outreach methods contact times and service options emphasized for local households and businesses.
Journal entry recounts juror Sam Henderson from Ainsworth and social chats with Chas Brown and O T George. It describes a hedge cutting plan, comments on newspaper printing costs, and a funeral service for Mrs Jamies McFadden. Ed Rees is praised for courtesy observed along the Crawfordsville procession.
A Crawfordsville funeral drew mourners as Mrs. McFadden’s pew stood empty at the home church, marking a somber tribute during the service.
A diary style notice recounts visits in Crawfordsville and Ainsworth. It notes a sale of Mrs. Etta Rush’s household goods on February 14 and her hospital stay bed fast for weeks. The entry describes gatherings at the Elder home for a large family meal and humorous references to friends and local gossip.
Toledo seed market notes closing prices for clover and alsike hay timothy and grain totals list wheat corn and oats car counts for 59 130 and 8 respectively. Published in Journal Classified Ads Poy.
Mr and Mrs Ray Bell and son visited Nate Benson's home Sunday. Amel Chambel helps John Kurtz move. Mr and Mrs Allison Maas and son Harold stay several days at Albert Maas's home. Milton Mass helps Albert Maas butcher Monday. Banks Monser can walk a few steps and is improving. Dave Stumpf Joe Vodicka and Orva Scott plan to get electricity on Washington line. Stumpf is the only one used to lights with his own plant now for sale.
Jockeys began to ride with saddles high on the withers around the start of the century with American riders pioneering the change. English turfmen resisted at first, but forward riding proved to give the horse a slight advantage and the practice became general.
The hawk possesses keen vision and from great height can spot a mouse across a field. It dives with uncanny speed and accuracy to seize its prey.
A series of closing out sales advertised in February near Gladwin Washington Ek Crawfordsville and surrounding areas. Listings include Raymond Lorack Gardner and Mayhew Reb Frank D. Rickey and Raymond Kos with locations described as miles west of Gladwin 4 miles west of Gladwin 12 miles north of Washington and 2 miles west of Crawfordsville.
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