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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1931
Page
2
Chicago market report shows receipts of 15 600 cattle hogs and sheep with direct hogs 5 000 and strong demand. Best 270 lb hogs rise 25 35 cents while heavier weights lean sows gain 10 25 cents. Cattle and calves steady to higher with fat cattle 7 75 to 9 00 per hundredweight and vealers up to 9 50. Sheep receipts 8 000 with lambs 8 25 to 9 50 and yearlings around 1.09 to 2.00 per head.
Combined hog receipts for 24 hours ending 8:00 A M totaled 16 800 across 22 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota. Prices mostly 20 to 25 cents higher with top good to choice 170 to 260 lb hogs at 6 10 to 6 35, 290 to 350 lb 5 50 to 6 10, 200 to 220 lb 5 90 to 6 40, and light weights up to 6 25. Pigs 100 to 130 lb unquoted. Sows 4 60 to 6 25. Eggs butter cheese and other listed commodities with varied receipts and track steady to firmer. Potatoes on track 86 cars with steady to stronger Arkansas and Louisiana markets noted.
Clyde Tombaugh the 25 year old Kansas farm boy who spotted Pluto in March 1930 will enter the University of Kansas next fall. He was employed at Lowell Observatory Flagstaff Arizona and was the first to note a spot on a photographic plate later confirmed as the ninth planet. His discovery earned recognition from the Royal Astronomical Society and astonished astronomers as a major modern achievement.
Chicago grain prices show mixed moves for June contracts with wheat and corn fluctuating while oats and rye hold near prior levels. July and Sept positions display varied bids including wheat at 71 and 68, corn around mid fifties, oats near 26, and rye around 36 to 41 with several months noted.
June 12 market update shows cash grain values with Wheat at 3 hard 79 2 red S84 1L northern 82 and Corn ranges from 55% to 62% across multiple grades and colors. Oats and rye show modest shifts while Barley Timothy and Clover move within narrow bounds.
The Toledo C district reports prime and prime choice cattle prices with recent and forthcoming contract terms. Prices shown include old and new prime rates and October and December futures alongside prime choice levels.
June letter from Doris Skola Schulty describes improving health in a private rooming house near Colorado Springs, tourists arriving, weather swings, and daily life. The note mentions neighbors and farm talk in nearby areas, plus updates on local residents, land, cattle, sheep, and a humorous milking scene.
Wheat shows 40 cars in the tally while Corn records 98 cars and Qais accounts for 24 cars in the summarized transport figures.
A brisk adaptation of the Broadway hit unfolds as Laura La Plante plays the charming matron entangled with two husbands under one roof. Lew Cody and Horace Ayles portray the first and second husbands while Joan Marsh acts as his sister in the light hearted farce full of rapid misunderstandings and playful chaos.
William Janney and Claud Ollister provide splendid performances in a scene likely from a stage presentation, showcasing strong acting and stage presence amid possible ensemble admiration.
M L Brown, local Goodyear dealer, says more than 60,000 people each Sunday tour the USS Akron construction by Goodyear-Zeppelin for the United States Navy. The airship, length 785 feet, carries 6 500 000 cubic feet of helium and features an internal airplane compartment for five pursuit planes. The Akron dock, 1175 by 325 by 211 feet, is the largest in the world with vast capacity and a striking window display.
Haskins households report weekend visits to Cedar Walls and Masonville with local business covered by Lott Birney at the lumber yard. Shoppers in Washington include Mrs McCreedy and the Edwards sisters while J C Jones and John Sokup ship cattle to Chicago and Ottumwa respectively. A court date in Washington Iowa fixes June 18 1931 for probate hearing of a will dated October 24 1926 with Edna Purvis as Clerk of the District Court.
The outdoor westerns once mocked as Horse Operas now delight fans with titles like The Virginian The Border Legion The Texan In Old Arizona and The Santa Fe Trail based on Hal G Evarts Spanish Acres a Paramount talking feature headlining Fox theater routes Friday and Saturday with stars Richard Arlen Eugene Pallette Rosita Moreno Mitzi Green Junior Durkin Hooper Atchley and Luis Alberni. Indians play a key role in this all talking era while the horse picture is hailed as cinema’s grandfather in a survey of screen history.
In District Court No 6255 State of Iowa Washington County to All Whom It May Concern you are hereby notified that an instrument purporting to be the last Will and Testament of William Miller deceased has been presented for probate.
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