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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1935
Page
7
Hog receipts near 12,000 with prices 6.00 to 9.90 for various weights and grades. Cattle and calves receipts around 9,000 and 1,000 respectively with steers, heifers, cows and bulls showing mixed results and price ranges. Slaughter hogs and lambs also noted with uneven market tone and weight classifications.
Chicago June 11 market steady for eggs with receipts of 21 444 cases and a mix of extra firsts firsts and dirties. Butter market unsettled with receipts 18 662. specials extras extra firsts firsts and seconds show varied levels. Poultry market steady with receipt of 33 trucks including fowls springers broilers and ducks. potatoes on track with 295 arrivals and 997 shipments while market remains weak.
Cash corn prices in Chicago on June 12 show No 1 yellow 87 to 87 1/2 cents No 2 yellow 87 cents No 3 yellow 86 cents No 5 yellow 3 cents No 1 white 90 cents No 3 white 89 cents with receipts totaling 25 cars.
Crawfordsville reports Miss Lillian Holmes returned from Cedar Falls after earning a Bachelor of Arts in Speech at State Teachers College. She will attend summer school in Ann Arbor, Michigan after a short vacation. Jeannette Wooley finished another year teaching in Iowa City schools and is back home. Harry Manners, son of Mr and Mrs W G Manners, wed Miss Ella Jewell of Des Moines on June 9 and will live in Colorado Springs. He earned a Drake University BA last week. Mrs Will Nelson of Omaha visits at the Barnes and R White home. Mrs Fred Sipe of Fairfield visits her daughter Mrs Chester Cherryholmes who has septic sore throat but is improving. Mr and Mrs Lewis Warren and Judith Rae Warren of Washington were dinner guests of Rev and Mrs E F Hebner. A baptismal service followed by a Children’s Day program at the Methodist church featured Grace Conrad, Margaret Smith, and others in the choir and fellowship.
A structured note reports on grain price ranges with values labeled Year Ago and Yesterday. It lists close figures for several grain types and highlights shifts between past and most recent trading days.
A carried feature by D. Macon surveys nearby towns for developments, local events, and commerce notes. It highlights small town happenings, business openings, community meetings, and upcoming activities across the region.
Alvin C. Hasty of the Home stead Farm was in town on Tuesday for business. All is well at Kalona with Mr. Hasty.
A vivid rural recollection describes moving to Rubio, guiding cattle on horse, morning rides, and crossing damp bluegrass as calves hide in the pasture. The speaker notes the challenge of locating a cow when it lies down and the overall life of tending stock on a quiet homestead.
Joe Lukavsky and Ainsworth R. send in subscriptions with thanks. Various neighbors including the Gaines, Dawson, Atkinson, Bartholomew, Newton families visited and noted farm activities and Bible school attendance. Frank Coates is improving.
J. M. Lord of Ainsworth joins Glen Zearing of Illinois and Mrs. W. F. Flynn of West Chester along with Chris Scuffman and family of Wayland and Mrs. Roy Wells of New Haven in a Tuesday Washington visit.
Reports describe unusually large corn crops along with varied small grains and expansive pastures by mid June. Observers note broad growth, unusual size, and diverse cereals across the region.
Ralph Brinning surveys a vast pasture near Wellston that has dramatically increased in size and productivity since last year, leaving him unsure how to manage the abundance.
George Augustine leaves the hospital and returns to his home near White Oak. He passes the family farm where high grass covers the pastures as Clover grows thick and alfalfa is cut to make a large amount of hay.
Charley Augustine and his son Bill are described as cross plowing corn praised as the best and biggest seen anywhere north of Ru bio and south of the river bridge on the east side.
Lester Van Dyke reports owning fifty acres of wheat that currently leads the field just north of Rubio.
Ardith Luithly returns home from Ames for the summer as Rubio lies under a bank of flowers in the Luithly garden. The scene centers on a peaceful family moment amid bloom.
Mr. and Mrs. Fleig of Rubio keep flowers near their store and post office, making the business area resemble a flower garden in a small town setting. The scene highlights local charm and community pride.
Mrs Art Lambert Rubio Town Evening Journal correspondent reports picking and canning twenty four quarts of Dunlap strawberries Tuesday. She notes a quart as a small dish yet praises the season with plenty of berries and says nothing beats fine strawberries this year.
Earl Morgan reports a volunteer wheat taller than fence posts with buck wheat nearby. Rubie Elias Rudolph plows corn thriving in the field. Dicky Lee Dickinson of Rubie attended the Des Moines Register circus in Des Moines.
Everett Miller travels from Golda Bay south of Washington to stay the summer with his cousin Charles Hugh Thompson near Richland River 2 by Rubio.
A Keota Iowa reader dated June 10 writes to the Evening Journal thanking staff for a payment of 1 dollar. The letter from Walter P. Rower acknowledges receipt and expresses gratitude.
Cy Dickinson and Merle raise many cows and chickens on a bustling farm with four hundred hens ready for market and a goose awaiting decisions. Flowers and a thriving garden add to the busy rural scene.
The note mentions Doyle with the measles at Clarence Browns, grandmother Hendricks touts plentiful strawberries, inviting a dish. The family had just visited the Lamberts in Rubio, while Clarence milks cows.
Rev and Mrs Ogleton Mr and Mrs Hayes Creichon and daughter L A MecLamore and Mrs Richard Smith of Washington A M E Church presented a fine program of music and readings at Rubio church Tuesday evening. Afterward the church group enjoyed sandwiches pie and coffee. Rev Orville Dillon is the pastor and well regarded.
Mrs Marie Jackson Shaffer and her husband Ivan Shaffer of Town City are now visiting relatives here and at Wellman.
Charlie Dickinson and representative Hew greet Glen Dickinson of Brigh ton R. 1 in Washington on a Wednesday morning.
Viola Hering Pearl Hering's class and Ruth Atkinson attended the eleven o'clock service where a Presbyterian Sunday school program was presented. The choir performed three numbers, Dor een Lease played a piano solo, Marian Williams and Evelyn Johnson sang solos, and readings were given by Gerald Howell Richard Lease Richard Holmes Andrew and Arthur Whiting Allan Johnson Richard Young Iris Heldt and Pauline Vollmer. The primary class performed a drill Wilma and Willard Love presented an exercise and the junior class offered a missionary dramatization.
Perry Iowa June 12 arrangements completed for the Perry Roundup a new western sports contest to run August 1 to 4 at the Tri County fair grounds. A parade will open the event at 1 00 a m on Thursday August 1 designated Children’s Day. John A Stryker veteran secretary of the North Platte Roundup has been contracted to manage the show. About 200 head of rodeo livestock including bucking horses and fighting Brahma cattle are expected to participate.
Community sale activity listed with a weekly date column noting Saturdays. City Feed Yard hosts the event, inviting local residents to attend and participate in the sale.
The parade features horses shipped direct from Lou Cogger's Bar Seven Ranch in western Nebraska. Pros from a dozen states join the sandhill country event with mounted drills and parades while Iowa guests may attend in suitable regalia.
Franklin Center 4H girls practice at leader Miss Isabelle Combs home for Rally Day. Social visits include Mrs. A B Dill returning from two weeks with Mrs T OO George and calls on Mrs Will Sicklesome, Mr and Mrs Lou Kerr.
The snow goose is found in large numbers resting on the western part of Baffin Island. The brant is observed over wide areas as far north as Ellesmere Island in Arctic waters.
In Salt Lake City authorities urge replacing coffin with casket and undertaker with mortician or funeral director to modernize wording in public notices and discussions. The shift aims for respectful, precise language across civic documents and media.
A Washington exhibit showcases the Pyrofax Gas range and kitchen gadgets from Rukgaber Hardware as a modern, efficient cooking solution for homes off the city gas line. The display argues gas fuel improves sanitation, decor, and cost while presenting up-to-date kitchen dimensions and materials such as vinylite flooring and stainless steel sinks.
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