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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1929
Page
4
Hog prices steady to higher with 14,000 head traded including 3,000 direct. Cattle volumes steady to uneven with bids under pressure. calves and slaughter classes show mixed demand. Sheep active and steady to strong with fat natives and lambs commanding solid quotes. grain and feed values shown for corn oats rye barley and hay components.
Chicago cash grain market reports wheat across varieties showing 2 red at 1.40 to 1.41, 3 red at 1.38 to 1.39, and 1 hard at 1.41. Prices reflect July 31 notes from Chicago.
Chicago grain futures show open high and low figures across July through December for corn oats rye and related products with mixed percentages and incomplete entries indicating market volatility and data gaps. Several lines list July Sept Dec and Mar values with inconsistent punctuation suggesting a historic price table.
Clover prices around 16.00 for domestic and 12.75 for imported. Timothy shows 2.60 for old and 2.35 for December. Alsike lists 11.90 for October and 12.40 for December.
The romantic film The Woman I Love from FBO stars Norman Kerry Robert Frazer Margaret Morris Leota Lorraine and Bert Moorhouse. Written by Erma Stormanus it was chosen from thousands of contest entries run by FAO studios and Macfadden publications through True Story magazine.
Iowa's second quarter business volume rose about four percent from 1928 levels, with building contracts and new car sales showing large increases. Auto sales up about 45 percent, gasoline demand up 27 percent, employment up 9 percent, while railroad handling declined. Overall nationwide activity remains high with a cautious near term outlook tied to grain and livestock prices.
George Bancroft stars as a hard fighting gang boss in love with Fay Wray in a tense drama set in Harlem's underworld. Richard Arlen is the aviator hero, and Sing Sing confrontation looms as Bancroft seeks to kill or condemn him to the chair. Josef von Sternberg directs with the grit of Underworld.
On the way to Iowa City Tuesday threshing machines operated vigorously. Myrtle Macon met the author at the 10 12 Rock Island train from the west. A man sought three tickets to Buffalo and Englewood with a late train causing drama at the depot while a Penny weighing scale stoked laughter. Myrtle recounted Iowa Creek flooding near Stratton last Monday.
Myrtle visits the U S mint in Denver where Mr Ford, brother to Tom Ford, works and she lifts a ten thousand dollar gold brief. Washington figures Mell Crandle Ed Wolfe and William Sims join a mail carriers convention in Newton while Ed Wolfe drinks only water. A threshing run west of town shows top quality. An auto crash leaves a totaled car and injured youths. Jesse Marr improves in Iowa City. Ervin Rahenold endures serious illness in Janeville Ohio while his relatives visit and Harry Dye transports the Rabenold boys to Town City to reach their father.
Mrs George Bray correspondent reports Miss Faith Parcell of Fairfield visits with Mr and Mrs George Bray. Lucille Jones stayed in Fairfield. Carrie and Pearl Wikoff called on Nathan Jones. Mrs Rosella Spalding attended Busy Bee club meeting with 13 members. Several travel plans and family visits are noted across Fairfield including H C Jones trip to Cheyenne and多 extensive gatherings at various homes.
A baby named Kenneth Lee Jarrard Jr. was born last week to Mr. and Mrs. George Jarrard Jr. in Conesville. The Whetstines from Sharon Nebraska and Lynnville Iowa have returned home after visiting here and at Fairfield. The Priscilla club met with Mrs C J Duncan. Cecil Sehlighting and Harry Stapp plan moves and travel arrangements to Cranston and Porto Rico respectively for teaching and work.
Mrs. Merle Duncan and family of Rock Island visit in Union District. Clara Faulkner visits sister Mrs. H. J. Myers. Earnhardt, Dusenberry, and Crowe relatives spend Sunday at N. J. Benson home. Myers family visit Washington and Leffler relatives. Kalona visits and threshing hosts noted. Community cooks for threshers and local visits to Kalona and Washington households noted.
Martha Butler reports that the Oakland Social Club postpones its August meeting to the fifteenth due to the Junction fair next week. Louisa county supervisors plan to grade and gravel the unpaved Coneville Lone Tree road section known as county road B with costs including excavation right of way culverts and bridges.
Livestock estimates from Chicago show cattle 6800 head hogs 18000 head and sheep 16000 head for tomorrow's receipts.
Wills Grubb, who fled the state reformatory at Anamosa nine years ago, awaited legal formalities before being returned to finish a ten year sentence for forgery from Dallas County. He had escaped after only a few months of his term.
Prices listed for eggs and poultry reflect fresh laid eggs at 2 per dozen and leghorn hens at varying rates per pound. Beef hides and pony hides priced per pound and each pony or colt hide at $1.50. Indicates premium for poultry delivered. excludes sick or crippled birds.
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