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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1933
Page
2
Markets report hogs, cattle, calves, and sheep in Chicago with totals 26 000 hogs and 6 600 sheep. Hogs ranged 3.00 to 4.65 per pound across weights, sows and slaughter pigs listed. Cattle and calves show mixed steers, heifers, cows, bulls, and feeders with varied price bands by weight and grade. Sheep market notes fat lambs and slaughter lambs with price ranges for light to heavy weights.
Chicago reports mixed produce activity with butter steady and high receipts of 17 859 tubs, poultry at 39 trucks with varied fowls and ducks, and potatoes on track showing early prices at 46 with 171 shipments while current receipts show 7 457 cases for produce and 1 859 tubs for butter.
Chicago July 26—upbeat grain session with open high low and close figures in the daily table. Market movers monitor futures, cash bids, and export demand as price levels shift.
Chicago cash corn prices listed by grade with mix percentages and color designations. The data shows No 2 mixed and yellow varieties trading around mid forties to high forties, No 3 and No 4 yellow grades in the mid forties, and No 2 white around forty to fifty cents.
Only games today include New York at Boston and St. Louis at Detroit. Washington at Philadelphia, Cleveland at Chicago are also on the docket with multiple intercity matchups.
Fragmentary OCR lists include race or test values with No 4 white at 47 and No 6 white at 44, sample grade 40 to 32, and room receipts showing 267 cars. The text lacks clear context, dates, or full event details.
Nellie Manners Carr funeral attended by Mr. and Mrs. W G Muston Mr. and Mrs. Everette Huston and Miss Essie Harper at Mr Pleasant Crawfordsville resident for many years. Essie and Lois Harper visited Hedrick Iowa Sabbath at Richard Bennett home. Kant Edwards visited Excalator Springs Missouri bringing Mrs Edwards home for treatment. Women's Missionary Society of United Presbyterian will meet Friday afternoon at Mrs Lee Hanna home. Harlow Engel family visited with Etta Bushbanm. Clarence Younus and Robert Davenport visited PF Young home. Family dinner at Farrel Young home. John Long Washington guests.
The Giants defeated the Wasy Aces 4-0 marking their first real league win, while the American Pearl rallied past the Little Demons 11-1. Atkinson and Labay sparked the Giants with Macon and Wagner driving in runs, as Linn added a third inning hit. The Little Demons, hampered by five costly fourth-inning errors, fell to the Pearl despite solid starts from Edmondson and Crawford. The Orioles beat Kalona 6-5 at Kalona. Lineups listed for both games reflect the era’s positions and players.
Nina Wilcox Putnam author is shown with her new fourth husband Philip Eliot Eng th writer. They wed in Las Vegas Nevada and are honeymooning in Hollywood as Peggy Joyce observes their marriage.
Local item from the Journal’s subscription representative D. F. Macon surveys neighbors’ happenings. Short updates cover community events, notable arrivals, and small civic items from nearby towns.
Mt Pleasant July 24 1933 townsfolk report Wayne Norman on county line east of Ainsworth keeps a well conditioned farm with a fine group of spring shoats expected to grow into large hogs. Local social notes include Mrs Zenno Tinnes and daughters visiting and Harriet to teach next term.
Wilson D Martin, injured by a bull in Missouri, lies in Keokuk hospital as friends hope for a full recovery. The region reports threshing largely finished or wrapping up with farmers noting high yields such as Earl Lemiley’s oats at 29 bushels per acre and quality beyond expectations. A humorous exchange about a diamond ring highlights contemporary rural chatter about value and possessions.
A diner compliments eggs as the best in years, prompting a playful retort from a waiter about bringing newer batches. The exchange captures a lighthearted dining moment amid a casual restaurant scene.
Mrs liggins notes Mrs Briggs boasts of a fine family while J comments pleasantly. The weather is perfect for threshing and sleeping at night. Hope the extreme heat is over for the year.
Mrs T M Carter hosted the Ladies club on Wednesday evening. Threshing is finished for the year in Clay. Van Gabby of Rubio completed the north street run on Friday and the south street run ended Saturday evening. Frank Meacham, a former Clay boy now missionary from Africa, preached at the Clay church and spoke on his ten years in southern Rhodesia. Roger Stannard and Junior Farrier both have an arm in a sling from accidents. Local residents visited Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Ralph Morris of Ainworth underwent tonsil removal Monday morning and is recovering well. Mrs. Jack King and Mr and Mrs A B Orris of Crawfordsville were seen shopping locally Monday.
PD H Real of Keota and Le Hanna rural mail carrier were in Washington Monday visiting. Hanna formerly lived in RF 2 out of Keota and now resides east of Crawfordhville. Both men spent the day in the capital city.
A playful line suggests Thanksgiving began as a nod from parents whose sons survived the football season. The quip frames the holiday as born from sports resilience and family gratitude with a humorous tone.
A baseball clash shows ARL 4 1 and Easy Aces 0 0 with late runs, while American Pearl-Winn 3b Case and Edmonson mix onfield plays. Umpires Lupton Edmondson call Clark and Matlock as Little Demons and Life Demons deliver a tense innings battle.
Workmen in Mark street Glenarm Scotland unearthed a large flint stone resembling a human head with clearly outlined eyes mouth ears chin and forehead. The artifact weighs nearly 17 pounds.
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