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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1932
Page
2
Chicago market reports show hogs up 6 to 10 cents with top hogs at 3.70 and bulk 3.15 to 3.60. Cattle and calves steady to firm with beef steers 6.00 to 7.75 and calves 5.00 to 7.00. Sheep steady to strong with lambs 6.00 to 7.00 and feeder lambs 4.50 to 5.25.
U S D A reports 48 100 hogs received by 24 hour period ending 8 00 A M. in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota up from last week and year. Markets show strong to 10c higher, with weights 180 to 230 lb mostly 3.00 to 3.25, heavier hogs 2.60 to 3.10, sows 2.25 to 2.50, and varied quotations by weight class across light to heavy categories.
Chicago market notes detail butter eggs cheese and poultry prices, potatoes on track shipments and regional varieties. Entries include butter 16 138 tubs eggs 22475 cases cheese varieties and quotes for turkeys hens and roosters with weight and grade notes and potato car counts with regional russets white and bliss varieties.
Seed market notes show clover ranges from 9.09 to 13.50 with choice and fancy levels. Alsike seed trades 9.00 to 12.00. Timothy seed quotes around 3.10 to 3.40 with a mix of grades.
Chicago grain prices for wheat corn rye show July and September futures with open high low close figures. Wheat marks July at around 50 to 51 with Sept and Dec near mid fiftys, corn July about 29 to 32, rye futures around 30 to 37 with March and December positions.
Chicago markets report cash grain close with wheat trading at 2 red 51 percent. The note lists grain pricing for June 13 and indicates market activity in Chicago.
The forty-ninth annual Keokuk Presbytery Women’s Missionary Society gathering runs from 9:36 a.m. to late afternoon with Miss Jeannette McCrory of Egypt giving the 2:30 address on Spiritual Guideposts in Times of Unrest. Featured topics include Faith, Stewardship, Information, Service, Power, Prayer and Praise, and Sacrifice. Local officers and committees from Morning Sun to Washington organize hospitality, registration, dining and decorations, and coffee service.
The film Night Court opens at the State, portraying an innocent girl framed on a morals charge. It exposes court corruption, graft, third degree tactics, and stool pigeons, backed by stars like Phillips Holmes, Walter Huston, Anita Page, and Lewis Stone.
Mixed and white kernels dominate the corn and oats listings with several entries noting yellow kernels at 31 and 30 percent readings. Barley shows 41 to 42 and rye is absent, while oats include 18 and 19 percent mix readings with white classifications.
Grain receipts list 13 ears of wheat 25 ears of corn and 26 ears of oats recorded in the agricultural tally.
Subscription representative D. F. Macon reports brief items from nearby communities. Short notices cover local events, changes, and happenings affecting residents, with emphasis on civic and social details.
June report lists Martha Ann Mc Fadden in hospital with a shoulder injury while friends and family visit. A large crowd attended a shorthorn cattle sale at Evergreen Farms Columbus Junction, with buyers from Washington Des Moines and other towns. prices ranged from forty one to seventy five dollars per head.
The seventh Olds High School alumni banquet was held June 16 at the school. The event drew a large crowd with decorations in yellow and black. Toastmaster Floyd Foster led the program inviting Blaine Gorman Chester Morgan and Kenneth Johnson to speak. The 1932 class was welcomed by Waldo Johnson and featured a toast by Pauline Lyon and performances by Ardith Larson Dorothy Foster and a piano solo by Ardith Larson. Officers for next year were elected: Warner Russell president Margaret Hull vice president Marion Anderson treasurer Dorothy Foster secretary.
Marquette Iowa June 13 Ted Schneyer night toll collector on the 1 million Mississippi river bridge opened to the public Thursday was held up by two bandits. Schneyer who was counting change when the bandits appeared swept the money off the counter onto the floor and resisted the holdup men. They fled after obtaining about 1.
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