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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1931
Page
2
Hog receipts at Chicago reach 15 000 with direct at 500 while cattle show 56 000 head and sheep 10 000. Market remains slow and around steady with varied gains for sows and feeder cattle, calves and vealers shifting through the mid-range prices.
Combined hog receipts for 24 hours ending 8:00 a m in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota totaled 7100, down from 9400 a week earlier. Market activity was light with prices steady to firm, and buyers at several stations showing mild aggression for lighter weights.
Thatcher Colt investigates the murder of Geral dine Foster near the Peddler's Road house. The scene includes wine scented fluid and bottles linked to Dr Humphrey Maskell, the doctor seen with two women carrying similar bottles. The twist unfolds with Maskell revealed at the doorway and Colt preparing to question him.
The police discuss a Christmas muffler as a key clue in a murder case. Thatcher Colt and the District Attorney examine suspects including Doctor Maskell while reviewing a grisly crime scene. Hogan provides the tracker work, Dougherty boasts, and the team weighs the axe murder link and missing alibi.
Colt, Hogan, and Dougherty wrestle with pursuing Dr Maskell as the District Attorney demands details on Geraldine Foster's movements from December 24. Thatcher Colt urges a careful approach while Dougherty pushes for a quick verdict, and a 24 hour deadline looms. The scene ends with a promise to continue tomorrow.
The document lists bulk hog price ranges by weight: 275 to 350 lb at 4.50 to 5.00, 350 to 425 lb at 4.16 to 4.75, and 425 to 550 lb at 3.75 to 4.00. It notes long haul shipments with excessive shrinkage often trade above or below quoted prices, and excludes hogs bought at shipping point weights from quotations.
Chicago July 28 Produce: Eggs steady with 8 762 cases received. extra firsts 19 to 20 cents. firsts 18. current receipts 15 to 16 percent. seconds 12 to 1344. Butter firm with 12 377 tubs. extra firsts 22 to 93 percent. firsts 21 to 22. seconds 19 to 20. standards 24 14. Poultry firm receipts of 2 cars with fowls 19 to 23. springers 26 to 28. leghorns 15. ducks 15 to 17. geese 14. turkeys 15 to 18. roosters 12. broilers under 2 lbs 22 to 24. leghorn broilers 18 9 to 29 0. Cheese twins 13% to 13 8%. young Americas 14 to 14%. Potatoes on track 238 cars. arrivals 27. shipments 338. market about steady. East shore Virginia Irish cobblers 2.35 to 2.59. Kansas Missouri sacked cobblers 1.15 to 1.50. Mississippi sacked bliss triumphs 1.50.
Chicago July grains show varied moves with wheat July at 513 and Sept around 5056, corn July near 0 60 percent, oats July 235 and rye July 28 with mixed shifts across contracts. Traders watched July and September positions amid modest gains and losses in oats and rye while corn and wheat held narrow ranges.
In Chicago July 28 cash grain quotes show wheat mixed with 2 fed 50 to 50 percent and 2 hard 50 to 50 percent ranges. Corn grades show 2 to 6 mixed at 51 to 59 percent, with yellow corn at 57 to 59 percent.
Washington area lodges and chapters announce their regular meeting nights. Ida McDaniel and Ernestine Denison lead Lodge events while Damascus Shrine and Cyrus Chapter schedule their sessions at designated Masonic Temples with specific officers named. Visiting members are welcome.
SULA on the Chicago Herald Examiner front page shows Fred Reubsam with his fire team aboard the Northwestern. He plans retirement soon and transports the Golden Coast from Chicago to Clinton Iowa returning with a thru stock train at about eight miles per hour. The article also notes local travel toward Kalona with gravel trucks, threshing in full blast, and mentions L E Gratt of Diamond Crystal Salt reciting a political speech in Kalona. Mrs Dean at Dean's bakery and restaurant is ill but improving, W B Davis at the bank travels to Washington, and rural carrier Frank Chez near Kalona will retire July 21 after fifteen years since starting in Washington.
The Kalona community notes Frank Chez ending a rural carrier career begun in 1916 with 15 years of service and an annuity under the 1930 act. Walter F. Brown of the Post Office sends congratulations. Local figures F. E. Bourgeois and C. Shimon discuss business, vacations, and plans. oats yield up to 70 bushels per acre around Kalona. V. FE. Davis and wife prepare a new Kalona home.
Iowa health officials argue rivers belong to the people and sewage must be treated as a public utility. They warn that increased waste jeopardizes streams, fish, and recreation, urging municipalities to fund sewage removal and disposal like other essential services.
Eastbound and westbound schedules list Golden State Limited Apache Local and Freight trains with daily and Sunday exceptions. Officials L Goodlandier J.C. McKay C. M. St. P. & P. R. RB. CO. agents announce arrivals and departures across Baley and Knoxville branches with note on California passengers and mixed trains.
Paramount brings Confessions of a Co-Ed to the State theater for a two day engagement starting Wednesday. The film portrays a anonymous co ed’s daily life with modern college youths showing joys rivalries jealousies and love affairs. Phillips Holmes Norman Foster and Sylvia Sidney lead the cast in this vivid college life drama.
Burlington leaders C W Bond and C G Clark testified in defense of K L Naumann on the Des Moines county board of supervisors amid ouster proceedings. They supported that Naumann was on county business during a trip to the state capital and disputed mileage charges cited by the state.
The summary lists bids and ranges for oats barley rye timothy and clover with old and new percentages and multiple color coded lot numbers. Prices shift across sections including oats 24 to 26 percent white varieties, barley 34 to 59, and timothy 375 to 425 with clover rising from 1250 to 1950.
Market brief from Toledo Colorado shows Clover prime at 13.59 with October 128.50 and December 13.57. Alsike cash at 8.65 with August 8.65 and December 8.99. Hay Timothy per cwt stands at 125 for reference.
Mr and Mrs Robert Stephens visited Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs Jim Morrison north of Weil man. Mr and Mrs A P Jeffrey hosted guests Saturday including Mrs George Welch of Omaha Neb and Mrs W A Walker and Mrs Lyon.
Van Horn family and friends from Washington and Oakdale visited last week. Threshing is nearly finished with oats yielding 60 to 30 bushels per acre. Local helpers include Lee Hunt with a combine and A P Jeffrey with Grace Walker aiding at Vane Wallace’s. Several visits tie to Mrs. Crawford Henderson Crossett and Stephens households.
Jay Gilman Chester Hulin and Justin Gunderson are recovering after a car collision. Hach One blamed the crash on watching girls playing croquet.
Funeral services for John King Cooper 86 retired Justice of the Peace and former county superintendent of schools for Pottawattamie county are held here. Cooper entered the Civil War at age 16 and is believed to have been the last surviving veteran in the area.
A veteran living in Council Bluffs who served in the Battle of Gettysburg is noted in this brief item highlighting his long service and local remembrance. The report underscores his participation in a pivotal Civil War clash and his status in the community.
Henry De Long Jr, known as marrying parson of Council Bluffs, promises a new marriage parlor suit in Omaha by week’s end. Since the five day marriage law, business has declined. he will establish in an Omaha hotel.
High tensions erupt as farmer Harland Butt is accused of seriously injuring Herman Rutt during a threshing quarrel. Officials move Harland from the jail amid unconfirmed reports, with whereabouts undisclosed.
In Des Moines on July 28 a six year old, Glenflord Sneak, died from injuries suffered in a Sunday automobile accident. The boy's mother, Mrs W Speak, was killed when the family car went into a ditch between Melrose and Russell.
Three year old Billy Wayne Hamilton, prize baby of Adair county born in 1920, drank kerosene from a spout and died two hours later.
A quote attributed to Dana notes that it is better for people to be driven from society by children than to be disliked by them. The remark frames childhood opinion as a harsh social standard.
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