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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1931
Page
2
Hogs show active demand with most prices steady to 10 cents higher and top quotes near 6.50 for heavier weights. Cattle receipts around 8,000 with high end steers and yearlings at 7.26 to 8.75, heavy varieties 6.50 to 8.25, cows and bulls moving in broader ranges. Sheep receipts 15,000 with early steady bids and native ewes, lambs and fat sheep quoted at varied levels.
U S D A reports 18 400 hogs received at 23 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours to 8 00 A M Prices range from 5 00 to 5 70 for light to medium weights with various grades listed Pigs andPacking sows prices shown but some weights quoted as unquoted and ranges vary by weight class
Chicago market report shows eggs steady with receipts near 13,997 cases and mixed extras. Poultry and dairy prices hold. potatoes move with 306 cars on track and several state price highlights noted.
Chicago June grain update shows Wheat July at 0.69 0.59 0.56 0.66 percent moves with Sept at 0.57 0. b7 0.56 0.56 percent. Corn July at 0.56 0.57 0.65 0.56 with Sept 0.52 0.63 0. b1 0.62 percent. Dec values mixed across months with assorted percentages and fractions.
Readable text lists several percentage figures such as 26 28 and 36 37 40 with alphanumeric codes like OATS RYH Ye AD Bo and numbers 355% and 374% alongside isolated values.
Cash grain close shows Wheat no sales with a bid at 73c for No. 3 mixed farmers national. Corn bids range 52% to 68% for various mixed, yellow, and white types. Oats and barley prices listed with timothy and clover figures. car counts cited for Wheat, Corn, and Oats.
Weekly bulletin lists outbreaks by location and disease including hog cholera in West Branch Grinnell Dysart Walcott Mechanisville and mange in swine in Dunkerton Dixon Clinton Preston Miles Maquoketa Mechaniseville Lisbon Mt. Vernon Ryan Hazleton Olin Martelle Marshalltown Hemorrhagic septicemia in swine Dubuque West Branch Necrotic enteritis in swine Toronto Massillon Lowden Hedwick Worthington infectious stomatitis in calves Sigourney Blackleg in young cattle Reinbeck What Cheer Keota influenza in farm horses Cedar Rapids Davenport navel ill in colts Marshalltown Tipton sheep Mechaniseville coccidiosis in chicks Tipton Mt. Vernon Clinton Bacillary white diarrhea in chicks Marshalltown Fon cholera in chickens Riverside What Cheer Iowa City Traer.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Laubauch and family Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Lane and family and Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Rohrer and family attended the World War veterans dedication in West Chester.
June 3 report from Coffey farm west of Washington mentions soy beans to feed livestock, a colt interest, and Frank Wood near Ainsworth who is splitting crops and reading the Evening Journal. Neighbors Beauchamp, Blain Pressley, Ray and Mrs Moore, Andy Peterson, W O D Simkins, and a dinner at the Simkins home in Ainsworth are noted with casual village vignettes and home life.
Mrs Lane and Virginia Rohrer join visiting relatives in Washington. Hazel Hunter and a nurse friend from Kansas City visit. Virginia Rohrer chats with cousins Delbert Darnell and classmates. Grace Rief returns from Chicago with sister Susanne and her boyfriend after teaching in Anniston. Jean Louis hosts a 10th birthday party despite rain. gifts praised. Bible school opens with strong turnout as youngsters show interest. Weekend visits include Mrs Hill with the Coffeys and Lindenmeyers, Ernest Wagner of Cone visiting. W R C memorial services honored at Presbyterian West Chester and New Haven churches. cemeteries praised. Glen Thompson and baby visit family. COC to meet Thursday at MBE church.
Residents from Andrew Iowa Til Colchester Elkhorn and Boulder mark summer plans while Memorial services and family visits occur. Nearby guests include Hugh Hall of Rock Island, H B Hamilton and Janet Welch from Omaha, and Leathers and Simpson families visiting Trotter household. Mikesell of Aurora Il noted as Trotter kin.
Residents recount day to day tasks and farm chores with neighbors James Patterson Dayton McNeil and families. John G Alliman buys a Wayland meat market. Martha Menefee to attend Bible school and handle future work. Samuel Pence, 75, confirms 1902 events. Peter R Schantz and wife Mrs Schantz greeting visitors as they ride out for fresh air.
Invitations announce the Cedar Rapids born Miss Colette Iseminger to Harold Scott of Marion Iowa with June 10 wedding plans. The item also notes several visitors and funeral attendance plus a church flower show and Bible school start at United Presbyterian and M E churches.
Mrs Bart Kephart reports lingering visits as Mr and Mrs Will Miller and their children shared dinner at B F Miller home. Mr and Mrs Dale Darbyshire and children were dinner guests at Ralph McCreedy’s in Washington. Howard Caldwell and family visited Sunday.
Toledo price report lists prime old cows at 13.75 and 14.00 for prime new. Prime choice old 14.00 and new 14.25. October 14.25 and December 14.56. Alsike cash 14.00 and timothy hay 1.24 per cwt.
In Greensburg Pennsylvania a barn near New Alexandria caught fire when children playing with matches set it alight. Three youngsters are reported dead in the blaze.
S W Byer dean of Industrial science at Iowa State College in Ames died from a fractured skull after an automobile accident. He joined the college in 1890 and served as faculty representative in the Missouri Valley and Big Six conferences.
The Pleasant Hill young peoples class enjoyed a picnic with teacher Mrs. Harry Jones. Several families shared Sunday dinners and visits across Will Stafford and Washington homes. Memorial services were held in Richmond, and the Marion and Crawford township Sunday school convention is set for Sunday afternoon June 7 at 1 30 at Pleasant Hill church.
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