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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1931
Page
2
Live stock receipts total 15 000 with 4 000 direct. Two way market shows best hogs 10 to 15 cents higher, steady. Sows steady to lower. Bulk hogs 7.70 to 7.90, top 7.95. Pigs 6.50 to 7.00. Light weights 140 to 160 lbs, good and choice 7.25 to 7.70.
Cattle and sheep receipts listed with price ranges across weights. Feeder cattle and stocker classes show good to choice levels. Sheep receipts 10,000 with lambs weak to 25c lower and natives 7.50 to 8.00. Feeding lambs 60 to 75 lb 5.00 to 5.74.
Combined hog receipts at 22 concentration yards and 7 plants in interior towns and southern Minnesota total 21 240 for the 24 hours ending 1 A. M. today, up from 21 400 a week earlier. Prices vary by weight class with light hogs showing 6.35 to 7.00 and heavy weights around 6.00 to 6.75, packing sow ranges from 4.00 to 4.85.
Shipments show excessive weight shrinkage and hogs filled overly. Prices vary with weights and buyers prefer shipping point weights, which are not included in quotations.
Chicago grain overview with July and Sept futures for Wheat Corn Oats and Rye. Prices show opening highs lows and closes amid scattered percentages and decimal quotes. Livestock and seed oils included with lard futures cited alongside minor monthly ranges.
Evening cash grain close from Chicago shows mixed moves across wheat and corn. Wheat ranges include hard and yellow grades with values around 52 to 62 percent, while corn features yellow and white samples from about 59 to 66 percent. oats and barley also listed with scattered quotes.
Clover prime priced at 12.50 for July 17 and 50 for October 13 and 13.75 for December. Alsike cash quoted at 900, 904 for August and 925 for December. Hay Timothy per cwt listed at 125.
Market notes show butter firm with high receipts and varied grade figures, eggs steady to higher, poultry mixed with weak overall tone yet strong leghorn numbers. Potatoes also noted on track as shipments rise while regional barley and cobbler items trend unsettled and uneven.
When gas enters a carburetor it mixes with air. the oxygen combines with hydrogen in the gas to form water. This water exits as vapor in the exhaust and may condense into droplets.
The article notes a reversal in island life as distant South Pacific communities revert to pre contact habits after ships no longer regularly visit. It recalls former trade with freighters for food and water, and suggests life now resembles earlier conditions before white contact.
A British gentleman in Sydney exposes fraudulent intentions by interrupting church banns. He declares an objection and waits outside. If couples conceal misdeeds they pay him money to keep silent, sometimes including jewelry. He claims to earn a living from this scheme.
A Vermont legend tells of Merruwacomet also known as Joe English a friendly guide to colonists. While pursued by hostile Indians he leaped from a sharp precipice to a hidden ledge then escaped and returned to Old Devonstable fort after the danger passed.
An undated account describes Sardinia’s Nuraghi or rock towers in the north, rising up to a hundred feet with round bases. The unhewn stones lack mortar, and about 5000 such structures may exist as burial chambers temples granaries or refuges from ancient conflicts. Inside they are cave like and dark, now abandoned to snakes and decay.
Senator Bingham notes that only after 1895 under Cleveland did a secretary of state back the Monroe Doctrine to avert European war. He cites the Venezuela British Guiana boundary dispute and discovery of gold fields as turning points that drew the United States into the crisis led by Secretary Olney.
The irregular agitation of tiny solid particles in a liquid, observed by Brown in 1827, shows particles moving to and fro rotate rise and sink with no steady rest, maintaining a constant average state of motion despite being in a fluid.
Omaha reports ongoing manhunt as police search for Larry after a bank robbery. Details remain scarce while authorities pursue leads and securing witnesses.
On the way to Brighton thrashing and straw-building were observed at several farms. W A Bealer threshing and Sandy Hook’s Dan Hesseltine had much straw to harvest. Brighton businesses appeared busy despite heat. At Dr Horners Mildred Marian and Harold played with neighbors while their dad was away. Dr McCreedy had a very busy day. E Swank was recalled to Zellville, Ohio by a relative’s death. Homer Brown helped manage his business in his absence.
The narrator notes the Brighton creamery as the coolest spot in town with nothing else to do. They mention travel through the town and Washington visitors. An ambulance was called to Fairfield in the afternoon for a young lady who had.
A powerful bomb exploded in the Vatican gardens at 2 A M, rocking Vatican City and the nearby Trionvale district in Rome. Windows were shattered but no injuries reported. Investigators say neither Fascists nor Azione Cattolica agents were involved, blaming unknown parties seeking to sow chaos.
The Havre Social club gathered yesterday afternoon at Mrs Sam Bakers home with eleven members four guests and several children present. President Mrs Howard Witting led the business meeting while Mrs Lewis Herring arranged entertainment and prizes went to Martin Telford and Mrs Lee Hesseltine. Refreshments were served and a next meeting with Mrs Dale Darbyshire is set for August 6.
Bottorff and Herman Banning, two St. Joseph bank robbers, continued to resist arrest as searchers believed they might have pierced lines around their hiding place and escaped. For hours officers and possemen hunted near Fort Calhoun and Nashville with help from Iowa authorities from Missouri Valley Council Bluffs and nearby areas.
Report from Washington describes the heat in town driving residents to cooler rural areas. Families from Brighton and Crawfordsville visit the farm region, seek to receive the daily Journal, and note farm work like threshing near completion as a dry spell looms next week.
Chicago tempers peaked at 96 to 100 as heat swept the Midwest. Heat deaths were reported in Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota and Nebraska with numbers rising to at least 15 nationwide. Beaches filled and relief from cooling breezes came only sporadically. In Chicago Judge Joseph B. David released Justina Urbek jailed for contempt after six months. he cited the heat as a factor in leniency.
Burke notes that intense friendships can turn toxic, equating heated loyalty with the impact of quiet hostility. The quote suggests emotional volatility influences personal dynamics and conflict outcomes.
Fox Pilms presents Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter in Daddy Long Legs in a Washington state theater engagement. Una Merkel John Arledge Claude Gillingwater Sr Kathryn Williams lead a strong supporting cast as the tale of Judy and her college dream unfolds with emotional peaks and a lovable child ensemble.
Roving Mustangs appear in Gan Smoke outdoor western starring Richard Arlen and Mary Brian at the Fox. The film traces wild cayuses descended from Coronado era horses roaming frontier Idaho Nevada and nearby states. Arlen hunts horses while Brian's character resists, as the story follows frontier horse lore.
A 1652 London printing recounts Drake era burial rites with his body lowered in a lead coffin to the sea. Trumpets sounded in doleful tribute and all fleet cannons fired as sea funeral customs marked the great loss.
A citation notes that the earliest card forms were called sheet dice and bean to appear, with some authorities dating their origin to the seventh century.
A remarkable will found in a chair leaf belongs to Frenchman M. Auguste Pasquier. The testament is engraved directly onto the wooden seat in a moment that blends art with final wishes.
Lieut. M. M. Dupre Jr examines the three Riefler clocks at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington DC. The clocks are slated for a new vault and will serve as the time standard for all sections of the country.
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