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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1931
Page
2
Receipts show hogs 15 000 with 4 000 direct. market slow and mostly 10 to 15 cents lower. Cattle receipts 3 000 with calves 500. generally steady but grain fed steers and yearlings strongest, heavy weights up to 9.15. Sheep receipts 9 000. market slow with fat lambs weak, best native ewes 2.75 to 4.00, feeding lambs 5.00 to 5.85.
Combined hog receipts across 22 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota total 15 700 for the 24 hour period ending 8:00 am. Receipts and trading show uneven marketing with weights from 140 to 350 pounds quoted across categories. Prices range from 4 15 to 7 60 per cwt with light hogs and sows priced accordingly and some exclusions noted for shipping point weights and heavy shrinkage.
Chicago July 31 market notes show eggs steady with receipts of 8 682 cases and varied grade prices. Butter steady with 9 200 tubs received and grade ranges around 21 to 24 cents. Poultry steady with two cars reported including fowls and springers, other fowl and turkey prices listed.
The nude body of Geraldine Foster is found near Peddler's Road, with clues linking Dr. Humphrey Maskell and nearby items. Police investigators subject Maskell to a brutal third degree while he maintains an unbroken, steady alibi, as neighbors and relatives surface in the widening case.
Thatcher Colt presses Doctor Maskell with repeated retellings in a bid to trap a critical discrepancy. He seeks to unsettle the suspect and extract a decisive detail, hoping a breakthrough emerges as the tale is relayed again. To Be Continued Tomorrow.
The report shows broilers under two pounds at 22 to 24 cents, leghorn broilers 19 to 29 cents, Cheese twins 13 percent, Young Americas 14 percent, and potato movements with 236 cars on track, arrivals at eight, shipments at 324. Market weakness cited with Missouri cobblers 1.00 to 1.15 and Kansas cobblers 1.00 to 1.05, east shore Virginia barrels 2.35 to 2.50.
Chicago grain market report shows July wheat at 1wm .61% high 48 low 48 close, Sept at 50% and 50% with varied percent changes. Corn, oats, rye futures edge up and down across July Sept and Dec contracts with mixed percentages and monthly shifts. Lard futures also listed with July and Sept moves and October adjustments.
Chicago market notes list bid ranges for various grain grades and types including Wheat 50 58 percent, Corn 52 to 71 percentages by color and type, Oats old and new grades around 21 to 254 percent, Rye No 2 at 41, Barley 35 to 62, Timothy 375 to 425, Clover 1250 to 1950 with sample grade 46 showing broad pricing activity.
Toledo markets record up to date figures with Clover prime at 13.50 for October 13 and 60 for December 13 75. Hay timothy 1.25 per cent. Wheat 671 cars, Corn 166 cars, Oats 7& cars.
Retiring carrier Frank Chez on Route 3 will move duties to Route 4 starting August 1 as Route 4 merges with other routes. Roy Brenneman becomes Route 3 carrier. English River Township trustees plan to meet with the board of supervisors to seek resurfacing of the Richmond to Highway No. 1 gravel road with travel or crushed rock. A. W. Dun ya arranged a Plymouth DeSoto test drive for local press.
Local residents including R F McAvoy and Frank McAvoy visit Washington and discuss football players Glenn Cook and community farms. Mentions of trips by Clyde Sands, J P Moore, J M Lord, Sherman White, and Earl Birneigs. Notes threshing crews, hotel meals, and a $4 subscription for the Journal. Ralph Kauffman raises 7,000 bushels of grain.
Ralph threshes seven thousand bushels of grain using a McCormick Deering unit claiming it the biggest job in ten years. Rain delays future harvest while Wayland News reports hog and cattle shipments to Keithsburg Chicago and Ottumwa. Farm items mention Jacob Gookin hay work near Columbus Junction and fruit varieties at James K Helmick’s Cotter farm along with local ads and farm home references.
Mers drove the two new cars through from Des Moines last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Freund and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Florang were also mentioned in the event.
A Black defendant addressed the court in his own defense asking for leniency. He called a key witness and asked Joshua to recall where he was during the alleged chicken theft, framing the defense around credibility and at times using a misquoted line.
A visit to Iowa City Sunday brought the Florang family together for a reunion. Misses Mary and Ellen Florang returned home after joining relatives for the occasion.
A rugged western tale depicts a sheriff clashing with a terror gang in a small Arizona town. Buck Jones leads with gallant action while Carmélite Geraghty supplies romance under director Louis King.
Mr and Mrs FE J Kolesiek and sons Richard and Paul with Mr and Mrs Dick Brock and family and Mr and Mrs Wes Custer visited Sunday evening at the Frank Florang home. A special election will be held on August 17 at the Palestine school house to decide on issuing bonds for a new school house in that district.
Mrs J M Pulver reports neighbors and relatives visiting in Muscatine Rubio and Delta areas. The Schumacher family from Muscatine and Joe Schlatter party near Crawfordsville joined gatherings. Visitors from Galesburg Watertown and Richland stopped at several homes including Robertson and Noel households.
Weekend recounts include visits by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Van Dyke and guests to the Carris and Robertson homes. Glenn Little hosted a Sunday gathering with multiple families and children. John Robertson hosted Ralph Kleese and son Robert on Saturday evening. Mrs. Wehr attended Mrs. Flynn's funeral in Washington. H. T. Carris and Ruth Carris, with Mrs. Pulver, visited George Brown on Wednesday. Children drove to Shellsburg to visit relatives.
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