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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1931
Page
2
Chicago markets show 6 000 hogs and 7 000 sheep with mixed demand. Hogs mostly steady to 10 lower, top 6.40 for 160 240 lb. cattle and sheep prices weaker week over week. yearling and steer values rise modestly while fat ewes and lambs decline. Weekly totals mark largest direct movement since May 1929.
Combined hog receipts in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ending 8:00 A M show steady to higher prices with active demand though heavier hogs and extreme weights may bid above or below quoted ranges. Prices cover light to heavy weights and packing sows with regional load logistics noted.
Residents report variable June rainfall with some areas receiving heavy downpours and hail. The piece cites observations from W. P. Moore, Bill Saville, Charley Wolfe, Madison J. Orr, Earl Bowers, and others, plus agricultural and dairy market figures including butter, poultry, and potatoes receipts and prices.
Chicago June wheat prices show a tight range with light trading and little movement between open and close as traders await clearer guidance. Market notes indicate subdued activity and muted demand in the current session.
June 6 market report shows Wheat futures at 77 2 hard 74 with mixed quotes. Corn results vary by yellow and white types, oats seen around 25 to 54, barley and timothy futures listed with small shifts.
J. W. Davis of Ainsworth reports that the Assembly emphasized spiritual renewal as its core, backing Hoover on law observance and World Court aims. It urged universal peace, religious liberty, exemptions for Presbyterian students, temperance, Sabbath sanctity, and stricter divorce limits, with plans for unemployment relief and stronger evangelism.
Authorities believe robbers shot elderly farmer Marshall Richardson and his wife to death and set fire to farm buildings to destroy their bodies. Richardson was found in a blazing hen house by motorists, and his wife’s charred body was located in the kitchen three miles south of Herrin.
A brief quip from Women’s Home Companion noting that strict women often provoke world weariness with guileless firm resolve. The remark characterizes behavior as burdensome rather than heroic, reflecting a satirical or editorial tone common to the period.
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