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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1933
Page
2
Chicago market bulletin shows hogs wholesale 4.86 to 4.96 top with most bids a dime lower. Cattle volumes 6 000 and calves 2 500 with varied steer heifer and cow prices across weights. Sheep and lambs listed with lambs 7.00 to 8.00 for 90 pounds down and hogs and sows priced across weight ranges.
The market quotes 36 head of 12358 pound cattle at 7.35 per cwt, a dime above last week where 1542 pound steers sold at 7.25 per cwt. Washington county feeders commend the firm market and steady demand.
Fees show weak market with receipts 46548 cases and extras and firsts around 11 percent. Butter market weak with receipts 21750 tons and firsts near 20 percent, poultry market easy with 45 trucks and varied fowls and ducks. Potatoes on track with 178 arrivals and shipments 583, market stronger.
Chicago grain table dated June 1 lists Wheat Corn Oats Rye futures for July September and December with values for open high low and close. Entries include Wheat July T2% .73% .72% .73% and Corn July 44% 445% 44 4545 with other months and commodities following similar patterns.
Chicago markets show No 2 mixed at 43 to 44 percent, No 3 mixed 41 percent, No 2 yellow 43 to 44, No 4 yellow 41, No 6 yellow 38 to 40, No 2 white 45, No 3 white 44, No 6 white 39. Sample grade 22 to 36. Receipts 167.
James Cagney stars in Warner Bros Picture Snatcher at the State theater Friday and Saturday. He showcases a new dramatic approach to scenes with Alice White as a love interest and several female roles, in a fast paced crime drama with Cagney delivering his trademark tough style.
The reader is told that the action romance The Mysterious Ruler by Zane Grey has been adapted into a motion picture. Kent Taylor leads the cast while the plot centers on a cunning swindle at a ranch. The article hints at dramatic courtroom or legal tension with a detective mood.
A tale of a rancher community resisting eviction by a powerful capitalist and a corrupt lawyer. Taylor leads the fight, faces jail, and uncovers a wide fraud as a romance with Lena Andre unfolds amid the clash.
Mrs. E W Spessard reports a Memorial service at the Methodist church with special music by the choir. A Muscatine high school glee club recital is set at the Ainsworth church. Numerous visits gather locals and visitors from Cedar Rapids Des Moines Muscatine Centerville St Anthony Sigourney and Chicago as memorial day activities and family visits continue.
Major A. V. Dalrympie, national prohibition director, says at least 50 000 speakeasies have closed under liberal beer plans and many more will shut as better beer is developed. He notes current beer is acceptable but could be improved with fuller ripening. The national tour of inspection was concluded with broad warnings.
A Journal subscription representative reports brief items from nearby areas. Updates cover local happenings, events, and community notes gathered from neighbors.
Wednesday reports describe Mr William Libe mowing alleys, Mrs William Lauderman shopping, and Frank Bandy Jr noted as a fine pianist. Washington county daily office and auto licenses appear. several farms near West Chester show crops, numerous cattle and hogs. Local residents, subscriptions, and light business activity are mentioned amid spring weather and farming work.
The proposal aims to shield brewers and retailers by tightening safeguards such as duplicate invoices and revenue stamps. Major Dalrymple, a former San Francisco attorney, notes the plan also contemplates further measures to prevent racketeering in legal beer sales.
A fragment from a Nebraska store describes a grieving woman in a clothing shop buying underwear for her late father. Shoppers mocked the solemn moment, while the piece notes a somber decoration day atmosphere and a road trip into the hunting grounds.
A fragmentary exchange mentions a request to visit and improve areas around Titus and routes toward No 2 and Washington. The text reads like a local street discussion with references to places and travel, but lacks coherent facts or events.
A rural Iowa audience heard Mr Termohlen of Ames and photographer Klein discuss poultry care and egg production at Reister’s Poultry Room. About 300 attendees from Osskaloosa and surrounding farms enjoyed coffee doughnuts and ice cream after the informative gathering lasting late into the evening.
The Washington Concert band is engaged to travel to Oskaboad for a Thursday evening meeting, leaving here at five o'clock.
A public figure urged removing stigma on graft within the prohibition department while calling out alleged profiteering by Drugstat in medicinal wines and liquors. The move aims to curb abuses at the agency level.
Paul Moothart of Crawfordsville underwent an operation at Washington County Hospital this morning.
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