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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1930
Page
2
Hogs receipts 45 000 with 20 000 direct decr 10 20 cents. Top hogs 9 75 light 140 160 lbs 9 25 9 75. Cattle calves receipts 13 000 2 000 slow. Steers 600 900 lbs 8 95 11 00. 900 1100 9 75 11 00. cows 4 25 8 00. vealers 11 00 12 00. Sheep receipts 15 000 market slow 25 50 cents lower. lambs 9 25 10 25. ewes 2 25 4 00.
Chicago grain prices advance with a mixed session as wheat and corn show gains and soy slips. Trading focused on overnight export demand and weather outlooks for key growing regions.
Chicago cash grain close lists prices for wheat corn oats rye barley timothy and clover. No. 2 hard wheat 89, corn No. 2 yellow 81 to 82, sample grade 63 to 73, oats No. 2 white 36 to 38, barley 46 to 57, timothy 52.5 to 65, clover 1025 to 1075 per unit.
Toledo report lists cash and futures prices for Clover and Alsike and timothy. Details include cash Clover at 13.25 and 13.55 for prime choice, October at 14.00, December 14.25, Alsike cash 11.60, October 11.90, and ilay timothy at 1.25.
Gas filled Sam Bianco's bath room when the water heater flame went out. He blacked out until a census enumerator Morton Kotzen burst in, turned off the gas and opened the windows, saving his life. He asked Sam for his name and whether he had a radio after the rescue.
A New York Supreme Court jury awarded Pauline Goodman 22500 after an October 1927 collision staged by E Gates Barnard damaged Goodmans skull and caused loss of taste and smell. Specialists testified the injury was due to the accident.
Secretary James J. Benda lists settled claims for policyholders across Washington County. Amounts include hogs, heifers, cows, horses, sheep, a mare, mules, steers, a calf, a sow, and even house contents, with payouts ranging from a few dollars to about two thousand dollars. The list names Robertson Bros, Columbus Jet, Downey, Ge nerot, Eden, Tinnes, Long, Acheson Ainsworth, Turnipseed, Hinton, Sieren, Kennedy, Graviat, Skubal, Murphy, Taylor, Masonholder, Hoch, Shelangosky, Showalter, Corpman, Berdoest, Fuhr, Owen, Greiner, Carris, Henn estate, Musil, Nordyke, Carter, Neff Copnock, Kennedy, Hotle, Arnold, Long, Helmick, Schmitter, Humston, Edwards, Jones, Sam Witting, and others.
A historical note defines butcher's meat as the flesh of domesticated animals slaughtered by a butcher, distinguishing it from wildlife or game. The term reflects traditional butcher shop practices and classification of animal flesh for consumption.
A reflective aphorism notes that people often mock what they cannot grasp and resist the good and beautiful when it lies beyond their sympathy.
A crowded Washington scene draws numerous out of town visitors including Will Cochran and Gerald Neff of Coppock Rev Parker from Cotter T D Woodburn family of Columbus Junction and many others. Local residents like Nick Times Keota R 3 and Cy Hubers also appear as the community notes mail deliveries and daily paper habit changes.
Don Brown near Washington receives mail at Ainsworth and inspects the new Evening Journal building. Sam Sands reports a quiet Minnesota fishing trip with no fish memory of him. Chester Holcomb visits family in Roseau Minn after fifteen days. West Los Angeles card shows Hebner Griffith Crail on the western front. Orrie Turner returns from Long Beach after a 2600 mile journey and 126 degree heat in Phoenix. John Schneider visits from Chicago with wife and three month old Lucille May at Chalupa residence near Kalona. Grant Humble’s band night remark amid Grandfather's Clock. Alfred Faulkner recalls a past closing out sale. Charley Faulkner owns a Kalona filling station. reunion at Olds. Robi Williams of Crawfordsville travels to Wales via Montreal. Carlton Wilson reports incoming visitors from Hollywood around the 20th. Central Park hosts a reunion of young married women, with only two known.
The passage notes the heart as the strongest part, followed by the jaw and thumbs, while the collar bone is identified as the weakest bone.
The Floyd Vanderham family of St. Paul visited relatives and friends and will head back to their home in St. Paul soon. Mrs. Marthel Morton Vander ham of St. Paul and Mrs. Cecil Ford Washington recalled old school days during the gathering and joked about ice cream cones sold two for a nickel.
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