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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1932
Page
2
hogs 9,000 at 5.25 top. cattle 7,000 steady to strong with beef steers 7.50 to 8.75 and stocker/feeder 4.00 to 6.00. cows 2.65 to 5.00. calves 4.00 to 6.00. sheep 7,000 up 25 cents with lambs 4.00 to 4.75 and yearlings 4.00 to 6.00.
Combined receipts at 21 concentration yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota totaled 409 head for the 24 hour period ending 8:00 A M. Prices were mostly 10 to 15 cents higher with spots 20 to 25 cents above Tuesday’s early levels. Prices listed by weight class ranged from 4.00 to 4.85 for various light to heavy hogs with sows at 3.60 to 4.00 and 3.35 to 3.85 for the lightest to heaviest categories.
Chicago reports mixed butter prices with 18,479 tubs traded and creamery extras and standards at 16 percent, extra firsts at 15 percent, and firsts around 12 percent in quiet trading.
The notice lists varied percentages for packing stock specials eggs and cheese grades, with items like eggs at 11 percent current receipts 12 582 cases and graded extras and dirties. It also details live poultry categories including turkeys toms hens roosters and leghorns with assorted percentages and weights, and potatoes on track with cars and US shipments figures.
INS reports show cash grain and grain table data with multiple grades for Wheat Corn Oats Rye and Barley. Futures reflect July September and December positions with varying highs lows and closes across Wheat Corn Oats Rye contracts. Receipts list 12 cars wheat and corn and 21 cars oats.
Miss Frances Ernest visited Friday night and Saturday at E Sigafoose's. Kermit Jones visitors from Moline over the Fourth. Ed Chatupa family attended Richmond Fourth. Mart Stiles of Iowa Falls visiting Mary Stiles who is not well. Sigafoose and Kephart families at P H club picnic at O E Babb home Monday. Lee Hesseltine callers at John Caldwell's. Stanley Brock and baby spent the Fourth at Wil Miller's.
D. F. Macon, subscription representative for the Journal, reports updates from nearby towns. Local items include community events, upcoming meetings, and changes in appointments.
July six notes recount visits from Le Roy Jones of Brighton and others to Washington area. Families from Ainsworth Crawfordsville and Davenport share news ofHospital stays, river levels, rain, crops, and local chatter with colorful anecdotes and local figures.
Allen Stewart marked his 85th birthday on the Fourth of July with family at the old home four miles north of Washington. He notes in a letter to the Journal that he is in excellent health and recalls family gathering since the spring of 1875.
A long message recalls a 38 year home move and a farm overseer FR L Stewart. Theodore Cannon Stewart, five months old, entertained with a tune. fried chicken, ice cream and two birthday cakes marked a double celebration. The group praised the Democratic ticket Roosevelt Garner but favored Hoover Curtis for recovery hopes. Contained criticism targeted Dana Turner and calls for honest leadership in estate offices.
Mrs Rath returned home after aiding her sister in law while Mrs Duvall stayed with her daughter Mrs Fred Weekly. Myra Harvey visited Hazel Longer, and Mr and Mrs Fred Downing were at Dale Woodburns. The H H club held a July 4 picnic at Gray Schoolhouse with numerous local families and visitors from Burlington Oklahoma Davenport and Ainsworth.
Mrs Carl Amerine reports Mt Pleasant visitorsMrs Loren Dusenberry and family arrived from Montana driving through to Oakland area home Mrs Dusenberry known as Nel Van Winkle before marriage Mr and Mrs Glen Shafer and daughter Thelma tour Wayland Margaret Crile visits Boyd Lanty home and other local callers Busy week with travels to Wellman Fairfield and Brighton including Amrine Crile and Eshelman families plus Van Winkle brood and Reshley gatherings.
The phrase urges action in the present as the key to future success. It emphasizes timely effort and practical steps over speculation.
The second annual Duncan family reunion was held at Mrs. A H Parsons home instead of the planned Columbus Chautauqua Park. Mrs Frank McNelly was elected president, Edward Duncan vice president, and Mrs Amor Kelly secretary and treasurer. Fifty attendees including distant relatives from California Texas Illinois and Iowa.
The Medina and Mecca are described as the centers of the Moslem world. Millions of pilgrims travel from the Orient by camel, vessel, horse, rail, and on foot to visit these holy sites as Mohammedan prayers are said facing toward them.
Mr and Mrs Lee Lease hosted a July 4 family dinner with out of town guests including Mr and Mrs John Wooley of Columbia Missouri and Bruce Lease of Davenport. Rev and Mrs A N Porter attended a 4th dinner northwest of Washington. Jacksonville Illinois visitors Mr and Mrs W J Strady and daughter left Porter home yesterday. The group traveled to Excelsior Springs Missouri to visit J M Maxwell who is improving and plans to stay another week. Margaret Cowden missionary in Tehran Persia will speak at a United Presbyterian church union service on Sunday night. A Legion hall meeting Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock seeks to organize a Girl Scout troop for girls 10 to 18.
Des Moines Iowa July 6 inquiry from INS reports the Iowa department of agriculture will ask 42 counties to levy taxes for tuber cutosis eradication this year down from 6 percent collected in 1982.
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