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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1932
Page
2
Scarce offerings pushed prime hogs higher while cows and heifers held steady and sold slowly. Sheep receipts reached 14 000 as hogs traded around 4 40 to 4 90 and sows 3 25 to 4 00. Holdovers noted at 5 000 with varied pig prices.
Cattle numbers around 4 000 with calves 1 500 steady. Beasts include steers 7.75 to 9.75 and 6 to 6. Averages for yearlings 7.50 to 9.50, heifers 4.50 to 8, cows 2.50 to 5, bulls 2.75 to 4, calves 4 to 6.50. Feeder steers 5.50 to 6. Stockers steers 4 to 5.74, cows and heifers 3 to 4.50. Sheep about 14 000 steady. Lambs 5.50 to 6.25, common 4 to 5.50, yearlings 4 to 5, choice ewes 1 to 2.50, feeder lambs 3.50 to 4.50.
Combined hog receipts at 21 concentration yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ending 8:00 A M show 17 000 head, up from a week ago and last year. Prices range by weight from 3 75 to 4 55 per cwt with light lights at 3 75 4 35 for 146 160 pounds and heavy weights at 3 75 4 26 for 290 350 pounds.
Chicago grain quotes show Wheat, Corn, Oats, and Rye with July and Sept contracts. The table lists opens highs lows and closes, noting percent changes and irregular punctuations across July and September figures.
Marion Nixon stars as Rebecca opposite Ralph Bellamy in Kate Douglas Wiggin's saga at the State Theatre. Alfred Santeil directs a vivid production with Mae Marsh and Louise Closser Hale in key roles, while outdoor scenes and Rebecca's hopeful spirit drive this romantic drama.
Grain prices with assorted wheat, corn, oats, and barley bids and grades. Includes mixed colors and varieties, percent changes, and sample grades. lists age No. 2 weevily at 46 for barley.
Chicago market report lists produce items with detailed grades and pricing across vegetables, dairy, and poultry. Includes tub counts, fresh and dirties, cheese varieties, live poultry, leghorns, roosters, geese, potatoes, and regional shipment notes with percent ranges and lot codes.
Local residents report visitors and travel across town, with multiple calls at homes in Ainsworth and Ottumwa. Families including the Scrantons Mannesters Reaneys Rabenolds and Robs, plus threshing and wheat harvesting progress, dominate the brief.
Short regional briefs from the Journal outline local events and notices in nearby towns. Highlights include civic meetings, school activities, public announces, and community updates with emphasis on residents and local organizations.
July 28 report notes a packed audience for the George Washington pageant with 24 scenes, praise for the band, and widespread attendance. Local residents Ralph and family, Judge Dewey’s Des Moines visit, and farm life anecdotes from Winfield and nearby areas are included along with social calls and threshing dinner details.
At the Hudson's Bay Co annual meet in London Governor Sir Ashley Cooper quoted a Canadian farmer whose letter warned about debt with sharp humor. The note said I got your letter about what I owe and hinted at judgment day yet promised payment when able. The report also notes Mrs. Harve Porter visiting Illinois and mentions a shift in election expectations and farming by Lt. Bauer.
Plaintiff S Wolcott seeks fee simple ownership of described real estate in Township 74 North Range 9 West with defendants including Clarence B Wolcott Congregational Home Missionary Society American Missionary Association and American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions plus unknown claimants. The petition asks construction of J B Wolcott will, establishment of title in plaintiff, barring all claims adverse to him, and general equitable relief. Defendants are summoned to appear by Aug 1932 term. default will bring judgment. Attorneys Livingston & Eicher. July 28-Aug 18
Correspondent reports Mrs Ezra Wittmer notes a badly sprained foot from a misstep on an embankment while blackberrying Tuesday morning. Ottumwa visitors Mrs Flora Parsons Mr Earl Parsons and son stay a week with cousins Mr and Mrs Ben Eicher and John and Peter Kauffman and sisters from Ohio visit their mother Mrs A Martin. David Alter and Lester Leach families from Pleasant Township spend last week at Leonard Martin’s. Mrs Mary Burkey and son Glenn of Orville Ohio visit Chris Frevenberger's home.
Levi Miller visits from Ohio with his brother near town. Families plan a picnic at Olds park with Wyse, Eicher, Richard, Widmer, and Widmer kin. Threshing crews expect completion tomorrow as weather cooperates. Fruit yields vary with blackberries improving. early harvest apples and canning activity described.
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