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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1934
Page
2
Chicago notes July market activity across produce, butter and poultry. Receipts show 7 487 cases with firsts and extras varying. butter receipts reach 12 200 with multiple grade percentages. poultry receipts listed as 3 cars with varied fowls, broilers, ducks and turkeys. potatoes on track with arrivals and shipments, market described as stronger.
Chicago July 30 mixed yard results show No 1 mixed 79 and No 2 mixed 79 with lower scores for No 3 mixed 68 percent and various yellow and white samples. Receipts total 619 cars.
Yesterday's results show Chicago 7 Cincinnati 3, Philadelphia 4 New York 0, Boston 5 Brooklyn 1, St Louis 7 Pittsburgh 5. Today Chicago visits Cincinnati as the only scheduled game plus a round of Midwest matchups across Milwaukee Toledo Columbus Louisville Kansas City St Paul Minneapolis Indianapolis.
Dr Emma J Neal and Miss Verde Yearick of Cedar Rapids visited Mrs Mary Dill and family Sunday James Snyder a former rural mail carrier and Louisa county carriers group president is a delegate to the Cherokee state convention Aug 1 Mrs Snyder is a delegate from the womens unit Ted Tucker has returned to Ottumwa after visits to relatives in Columbus Junction and Washington Lloyd Prior and Raymond Wilson trip to Indiana Hazel Mildred Thompson spent weekend with brother Arthur Thompson and family in Ottumwa Wanda Marshall returned from Prince ton visit Miss Margaret Huston will review a book at the Presbyterian church missionary society meeting a pot luck dinner will be held at noon Mrs Glenn Helmick visited Davenport this week Mrs Milton McGuire and daughter visiting Chicago Wywan kittenball team.
Washington teams won 11 of 17 matches at Keokuk with girls taking three of four singles and both doubles. Douglas, Boyer, and Little led men’s events as mixed, doubles, and singles produced several tight wins and losses.
Readable lines show grain price ranges for wheat corn oats rye and related July to December contracts in Chicago. The figures include open high low and close values with May July Sept and Dec months and multiple grains represented.
Community brief from the Journal's subscription representative D. Macon notes local happenings in surrounding towns. Highlights include civic events, school activities, and small-town developments with brief mentions of dates and places.
Mr and Mrs Cy Huber and family with Roger Johnson and Ira Huber depart Wellman for a northern vacation. They plan to visit Richard Freel at Spooner Wisconsin.
Report notes buyers paid less than expected at articles sold in a Far crowd Saturday in Washington with strong turnout both afternoon and evening.
Northwest of Washington residents thank Mr and Mrs H L O Loughlin for Evening Journal support and loyal reading. John Griffiths reported finding their dog on their farm near the fence as described. Cloyce Rathmel keeps up with local news via his home daily. Mr and Mrs Alex McCreedy of Ainsworth visited Washington and sell eggs in cases. Geo Goble of Columbus Junction reported all is well where he lives. Chas Johnson of West Chester remains a faithful reader of his home daily.
The column records visits by families including Clarence Benson, John Ellis, and Betty Benson, with remarks on early aviator Solbrig, plus casual town chatter. It mentions Mrs. Tucker recovering, thanks for corn gifts, a joke about reducing production, and a school music teaching appointment in Plymouth, Iowa.
Frank Spenner of low City visits with Glenn Hasty a local miller in search of corn and offers the pet bushel for No 2 corn in crib for July 28.
During filming the Penguin Pool Murder director joked that the penguin is hired and paid 150 dollars a week. A bystander quipped I had to be born a man. Clara Faulkner’s sale drew a large Saturday crowd and strong attendance.
Social visits mark the week with Melba Hall and Eleanor Hall visiting at Chester Williams in Grinnell while Miss Louise Reaney visits Walter Thompson in Concord township. Rural schools held a picnic at Columbus Chautauqua park as local residents share community life and observations on farming in Washington county.
Mr and Mrs Cecil Horton of Pasadena California traveled with Mrs Horton's father C R B Dougherty and spent six weeks at the University schools in Boulder during August.
Lou Schmidt began clearing a tract in Iowa township with a tile spade and has since dug out 240 acres of land. He improved the farm with a modern home and fine barns, and now shelters one of the best white faced cattle herds in the area.
Maskins July 28 report highlights visits from Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kirkwood Verg and Thelma Enid Okla. to Verg with the McCreenys on route from Chicago for Century of Progress. J E Booth Vivian return from Davenport after Chicago trip. Norm Bean and children visit Fairfield with sister Mary Bean. Grover Bean and Turner households noted. Mrs Panny Edwards and Chas Blackburn depart to Washington to visit relatives. Jim Bean and family travel to Washington to see mother in hospital. condition unchanged.
Several Indians claim to be the original for the buffalo nickel design first issued in 1913. James Earle Frazer, the American sculptor who created the coin, rejects the claims saying the head is an idealized portrait and represents no one individual.
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