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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1932
Page
2
Hog demand slowed with steadier bids hoped as receipts were smaller. Cattle receipts reached 16 000 with bids 15 to 25 cents lower. calves steady. Lambs around 6.00. Des Moines and interior Iowa pricing cited with hogs mostly weak to 10 cents lower and mixed weights fine for bulk trading.
Chicago market notes record butter and bee product prices with varied grades and lots. Grain tables show July wheat at 44 percent and corn around 31 percent, with oats near 18 percent and rye around 30 percent. Cash grain values list mixed wheat, corn, and oats categories with current quotes. Seed market reports offer ranges for red clover timothy and alsike, with receipts tallied for wheat corn and oats.
Police probe Lola Carewe and her associate Christine Quires murder in Lola's apartment. Dr Hugh Baldwin's death scene and a sealed memorandum hint at Lola's blackmail scheme and a physician's tragic patient death. Commissioner Colt uncovers a web of desire, betrayal, and possible motives tied to Basil Bou cher and others.
District Court of Washington County Iowa opens probate for the last will and testament of Mary M Optenberg deceased dated February 11 1920 with codicils dated 1930 1931. Hearing set for 9:00 A.M. July 25 1932 at the courthouse. interested parties must appear and show cause. Clerk Edna C Purvis ordered the notice dated July 18 1932.
The First National feature The Famous Case plays at the State theater. It centers on a baffling crime mirroring known cases but avoids real names. Joan Blondell leads the cast as a newspaper sob sister character.
D. F. Macon, the Journal's subscription representative, reports brief items from nearby communities. The notes cover local events, small-town news, and community updates gathered from subscribers and correspondents.
July 18 notes highlight a crowd from Crawfordsville Cotter Ainsworth Wayland Pleasant Hill and R1 residents at a muddy gathering. Harold Anderson tops oats at 50 bushels per acre. old school day names persist among friends. Joe Embree renews Evening Journal. Verry Jones contributes. Albert Donovan displays new suspenders on the square and jokes about the cost.
T. O. George drew comment over his new suspenders in the Sab bath school class while Oscar showed embarrassment. J. S. Stockman from Ainsworth visited with family and noted a stout young son leading his dad at 10 pm. H. L. O'Loughlin returned to Washington R. 6 after a busy farm week with hot but harvest-friendly weather. This Monday morning promises a pleasant day and Washington county threshing will continue. Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Nicholson and daughters Margaret Louise and Velma from west of Fureka visited town Saturday. The writer remarks on Margaret's remarkable hair and notes they milk 19 cows, Velma preferring plenty of cream.
In Washington on July 18 the national prohibition board of strategy, a coalition of 33 dry groups, ruled unofficially for Hoover and against Roosevelt while stopping short of formal endorsement of the Hoover Curtin Gow ticket. The body issued a statement detailing each candidate’s prohibition record.
Des Moines report cites Iowa Health Department figures that from 1927 to present, about 790 infants under age two died from diarrhea and enteritis, with бизнес noting 1936 deaths far surpass other diseases. Bottle feeding, heat, and cleanliness cited as key factors, urging breast feeding and sanitary care to cut future deaths.
In Chicago on July 18 a brunette gun girl, identified as Billy Poster, 29, was captured after a fierce alley confrontation with a police squad. She fired a non loaded revolver at Sgt. Emil Boett cher and fought before two officers subdued her. She cited hunger and a missing husband as motives.
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