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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1934
Page
2
Markets show carry over supply around 5 000 with steady to higher bids on select cattle and hogs. Slaughter cattle and feeders range from 2 00 to 9 75 per cwt with varied grades, while sheep and lambs include 90 lb lambs at 6 00 to 6 75 and ewes 175 to 275.
Chicago traders report a quiet market with steady prices for fruits and vegetables. Traders note modest demand and light activity as buyers purchase limited lots.
Receipts and prices listed for butter poultry and potatoes show mixed activity. Butter market steady with high receipts and varied grade counts. poultry market firm with multiple truckloads and diverse bird types. potatoes on track with arrivals and shipments but weak blanket.
Mixed grade prices listed with percentages for No 1 to No 6 yellow and white corn. Receipts total 352 cars.
A light RKO comedy directed by William A. Seiter stars Edna May Oliver Billie Burke Marion Nixon Reginald Denny Joan Marsh and Larry Crabbe. Arabella a West Texas cousin disrupts a rich household plotting elopement stock gambles and a wedding while guiding a demure country girl to romance amid Santa Barbara Ensenada and a yacht visit.
D W H Jackson from Kalona visits on a hot Tuesday. Jarrard, Fulton, and Lambert households report threshing, ice deliveries, and corn growth. Stanley Jarrard injures a finger on a mower. Allen Augusting recovers in hospital. Raymond Lambert’s kittenball beat Brighton 19 to 7. Ainsworth hosts a pavement dance. Clara Faulkner sale ad appears in the Evening Journal.
Mr and Mrs Glen Dunnar spent Sunday at George Baker s home. The Nelsons visited Fairfield to see Bert Nelson Edith and Mrs Orin Champ and daughter. Aimee Semple McPherson spoke at the chautauqua grounds. The Walnut club plans an August 19 picnic at Sunset park. Funeral of George Brinning attended by Mrs Fink and Mrs Lloyd Ferns. Joe Wright visited Bill Chemicars business.
Mr and Mrs Merle Statler spent Sunday at the Chris Brinning home. Miss Milicent Baker of Cakaloosa visits her cousin Miss Grace Statler. Mr and Mrs Walter Sheets and daughter, Mr and Mrs J C Combs and family, and Mr and Mrs Frank Seibel of Mo.
The Chicago grain table lists July and September figures for wheat 96 98 to 67 percent, corn 41 9 percent and 2 percent, oats 44 45 percent, rye around .78 price and ranges high low close. It compares recent and prior values with December and other month data and notes fractional percentages across grains.
Social notes from Pleasant Plain and Des Moines area events include visits by Mr and Mrs Wo Jones and Lucille, Mr and Mrs Dale Jones, and Mr and Mrs N F Jones to Pearl Vikett residence, visits by Harry Hamilton to his sick sister Edith Daering, Just Us club gathering at Walter Bray home, Hosking reunion attendees near Des Moines, and funeral attendance for George Brinning after an auto accident.
Mr and Mrs Harold Hadley and son Dickie of Davenport and Mr Frank Smith spent Sunday at the Marion Smith home. Alvin Strum twisted his knee stepping from a tractor. Washington calls mention Mr and Mrs W C Hotle and family dining with Homer Meyer. Roy Wells and daughter Gaye visited Washington Friday afternoon. Ice cream 80 cal at New Haven church Thursday evening. Read the ad and permit.
Uncle Eben laments a cheat prone man who loses patience when he must play honestly, warning that consistent deceit ruins sport and character.
In November Usui, Zebulon M. Pike identified Pikes Peak for which he gave the name. The first exploring party led by Maj. 8. H. Long reached the summit in 1819.
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