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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1931
Page
2
Chicago livestock receipts total 29,000 with 3,000 direct hogs. Hogs steady to lower than Monday, steers and yearlings softening, vealers strong, sows mixed. Cattle prices show declines across weight classes, sheep market weak with lambs sliding, Idaho sheep largely unsold.
Market quotes list price ranges for sheep and ewes by weight and quality. Medium to good conditions show values from 5.00 to 9.50 per hundredweight, with specific cuts noted for medium choice and cull stock. Estimates cover weights 90 to 150 pounds and prices per head from 1.50 to 2.50 for variations.
Chicago markets show higher eggs receipts with 21 016 extra firsts up 15 percent and 16 percent for recspts. Poultry steady with car of fowls 18 to 19 percent and turkeys up to 23 percent. Potatoes on track at 285 cars with Louisiana Irish cobblers and Texas Alabama triumphs noted in prices. market overall steady.
Combined hog receipts at 22 yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours to 8 a m totaled 14 700, down from 15 300 a week earlier. Prices by weight ranged from 4 00 to 6 90 per cwt with most grades steady to lower as buyers noted lighter finish and heavier shrinkage.
Chicago grain markets show scattered moves with Wheat June at 674m and July at 67% while Corn July 56% and Sept 623% reflect minor fluctuations. Oats July 261 with Sept around 26% and Rye July 36% and Dec 41% wrap tight trading. Lard contracts edge higher on July and Sept with near 7.90 to 8.05 ranges as readers are directed to the classified ads.
Jean Reynolds, a general assignment reporter aged twenty three, challenges editor Sam Morrell at the Morning Herald about gender bias. He hires her after a test on an accident story, then invites her to dinner where he offers a final job test: cover two state political conventions. He reveals the twist marrying her, and she accepts.
The Richmond News Leader notes the Department of Agriculture asserts that all pests afflicting America were imported and includes the white boll weevil as part of the claim.
A concise remark from the Montreal Star notes that generosity to a fault often reflects the giver's own faults rather than others. The aphorism highlights self-critique in acts of kindness and the irony of fault in generosity.
The Charlotte News notes a politician facing internal strife while managing worsening health, illustrating the tense atmosphere and party divisions surrounding leadership.
A Washington region roundup reports births and arrivals including Chester Holcomb's eight pound boy at the county hospital and visits by Gae Ferguson. Farmers and residents like Mr and Mrs Swift and many others are noted with farm work, rain, and road maintenance shaping daily life.
Local farm updates detail poultry and hog counts, crop conditions, and seasonal work. Mentions include Albert Kron at Riverside route collecting strawberries, 32 acres of clover in bloom, potetoes and corn to replant, and farm life anecdotes from Havel Homestead and nearby neighbors.
Dorothy Mackaill known for bobbed hair wins big screen notice in Party Husband at the Tex Theater this week. Her signature hair, bold presence and audacity helped clinch the lead after she defied a casting director. The bob also features in The Office Wife and the Bride in Party Husband. God bless the bird that first invented bobs.
Jack Oakie stars in a Western parody at the State theater with a traveling troupe posing as real cowboys at a Rockies dude ranch. The comedy features Eugene Pallette Mitai Green Cecil Weston and Stuart Erwin with June Collyer in a romantic arc. Frank Tuttle directs the lively spoof based on Milton Kris’s The Lone River.
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