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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1932
Page
2
Hog receipts 5 000 with prices 3.00 to 3.45 and a steady market. Cattle receipts 400 with steady to firm gains for lightened steers and high bids near 7.65 for weeks top. Sheep 1 000 head and lamb prices steady to 75 cents below last Tuesday's peak.
Combined hog receipts at 21 concentration yards and 7 plants across interior Iowa and southern Minnesota totaled 22 200 for the 24 hours to 8 a m. Prices ranged from 2 40 to 3 25 for various weight classes with bulls and sows noted. Long haul shipments show weight shrinkage and hogs overflowing shipping weights are excluded from quotations.
Beverly Hills dispatch quotes Will Rogers criticizing Iowa for nominating a radio announcer for senator and commenting on the Democratic platform. He praises Charles Dawes as a strong president but asserts he would abandon the role once established. Rogers mocks the tremor of political ideas as he quips about changeable loyalties and restless leadership.
Cincinnati Reds drop ninth straight, remain in last in the National League as Dan Howley’s squad falls 4 3 to the Giants. Babe Herman homered for Cincinnati while Red Lucas pitched well in a hard luck loss. The May 11 report also notes Giants sweep, and other league results across both leagues with Browns, Yankees, and A’s winning.
Four Louisa county girls clubs held their annual camp at Columbus Chautauqua park. The closing program Friday will feature a pageant George and Martha Washington at Home with KE Humphrey Wyman county farm bureau president and Mrs Earl Smith chairing women's work. The Whatsoever society provided meals and thirty girls camped. An Eastern Star picnic is planned at the same park Sunday with a 1 38 p m dinner. Local events include a young people's gathering for Lyle Jones's eighteenth birthday and a Fast Side kittenball win over Conesville 11 to 1.
Local brief column by D. F. Macon summarizes happenings in nearby towns. Mentions community events, notable visits, and civic notes reflecting the period’s small-town life.
Boice Wagner and Lucille plan a Cedar Rapids home routine while readers learn of top hog markets. The note covers Fred Coakley and Coakleys, jam-packed farm dinners, berry patches, road work, and farm life near Wellman Wellston and Grace Hill with mentions of Shorthorn cattle horses and local doctors from Washington DC.
es visited Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Neiswanger this week. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Arnold of Therma New Mexico, are visiting Mrs. Arnold's parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. K. Beal. Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Darrow and family of Arlington are visiting the former's parents, Dr. and Mrs. F. L. Darrow. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Deford of Rock Island visited the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Deford Friday. Louis Burns stationed at Ft. Bliss El Paso Texas on 60 day furlough with relatives here. Miss Wilma Masonholder Davenport visited her parents. The first street concert by the Columbus Junction band. Mrs. William J. Williams of Cambria Wisconsin and her son Silas Williams and wife of Chicago visited the Rowland Davis home. Children’s day at Cotter Presbyterian church. F. A. Lewis spending two weeks at home after Oakdale work. Mrs. Harry Phillips and family returned from Cedar Rapids and Clinton. Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Grover buried in Columbus City cemetery. parents and three sisters survive. Adrian Norris spent Sunday in St. Louis. Miss Melba Main of Iowa City a weekend guest. Mrs John T. Hanft moved into the Mrs. Dwight Woodburn residence. Miss Joan Cover of Vanella visiting at Max Fisher home. R. S. Johnston and L. B. Voss brought two new Ford cars from Des Moines. Mrs. Foss and Billy Gilkey with them. Mr. and Mrs Carl Parker moved from Smith flat rooms to David Hult household.
Brighton residents attended a strawberry and ice cream social at the park to bid farewell to the Joe Kessel family and welcome the C. G. Pickin family back from Fairfield. A June 8 wedding united Miss Blanche McCarty and Mr. Lester Willey at the Christian parsonage in New Sharon with intimate family attendance.
Mrs Martha Matheny rests at home after a visit. Mr Carl Corporan and family welcome son Clifford Dean born June 4. Mrs Marjorie Funston ill at Grace Vanerus home. E E Swank attends District Rebekah Convention in Washington. Mrs Charlie Kessel hosts Willing Workers club with Hilkea Jacobs teaching home hygiene. Fifteen ladies attend. next meeting at Mrs Joe Kessel’s with Jacobs continuing lessons. Dr J N Irwin and wife drive to Ames for daughter Helen’s college. Rosalie Ann Robison ill but improving. Mrs M L Quillen of Fairfield visits C G Pickin home. May Picken visits from Friday. Mrs Pickin returns to Fairfield with Quillen. Miss Hazel Nosbish from Alta Vista arrives to supervise butter testing at Brighton Creamery. sister of Nick Nosbish. Clarence Locke of Centerville visits Christine Waitman. Robt Decker and Earl from Cedar Rapids visit Hoover parents. Ralph McCart visiting grandfather P McCart. Mrs T J Gassaway visits nieces Bertha Mikseh and Alta Heald. O J Sheldon named new bank examiner for deficient Savings Bank, overseeing Richland and Brighton banks, replacing J H McCord. Joe Christy and baby daughter of Argyle Iowa visit. Christy elected to succeed Blanchard as Fairfield grade school teacher.
A note written by Martha Washington after her daughter's death welcomed the woman who would marry her son. The text notes both Martha and her husband were not excellent spellers.
The Florida Times Union reports a Jacksonville wedding where the groom briefly congratulates his bride after a courthouse ceremony. The light moment captures a traditional gesture as the couple begins married life.
Daytime social rounds report visits among residents of Dayton Grove and nearby towns. Rita Ballinger T O Nicholson and Carol of Pleasant Plain, Disherry of Brighton, and Mrs. Moore hosted guests with a longer stay. Washington visitors and local gatherings are noted, along with club meetings and family drop-ins.
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