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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1933
Page
2
June market report shows hogs at 4.50 to 4.85 for various weights with 27 000 head traded. Cattle and calves mix steady with steers 550 to 1800 lb at 5.50 to 7.60, cows 2.25 to 4.50, calves 3.00. Sheep slow with lambs 7.56 to 8.60. Grain quotes include Corn around 45 46 and Oats near 28 29.
Provisions from Chicago on June 13 show unsettled Produce market with receipts 21 025 cases and butter steady as receipts reach 15 906. Poultry market remains steady with truck arrivals 62 and assorted fowl prices, while potatoes stay on track with arrivals 72 and shipments 882, market firm.
July wheat trading in Chicago shows limited movement with small shifts in early session. Prices edge higher on light volume as investors await US crop data and export news.
The Washington Iowa school board invites labor only bids by June 17 1922 for interior painting at Heights Junior and Lincoln buildings and boys locker and shower rooms at the High School with completion by August 1 1923. The board may reject all bids and requires material quantity estimates.
Thomas McKee of Winterset Indiana, who has stayed with relatives in Crawfordsville for several days, left for Washington Saturday afternoon. Rev and Mrs C S Wenger were mentioned in connection with the visit.
National League standings show Pe 3OWE sladene and WICREe nticldceak with records 29 18 and 28 26. Philadelphia 7 Brooklyn 4 Cincinnati 6 Chicago 5. Today Pittsburgh at St Louis Brooklyn at Philadelphia Chicago at Cincinnati Boston at New York.
Scores show St. Louis defeating Chicago 2 to 1. Upcoming games list New York at Boston and St. Louis at Chicago Philadelphia at Washington Cleveland at Detroit.
Miss Olive Moore and Mrs Huep Davis and daughter visited Wild Cat Den near Valentine on Thursday. Clarence Davis returned from Chicago's Century of Progress. Walter Borders escorted sisters to Peoria for bus to Middletown Ohio where they work. Jeanette Woolley finished another Iowa City teaching year. Oma Strain travels from Des Moines to Drake University for summer art. A picnic drew Dwight Woolburn family and Max Mitchells to Sunset Park. Mary Louise Barnes and Trevor Naver returned from Monmouth College. Geraldine Stratton of West Branch and Donald Daut of Wilton Junction plan a June wedding at West Branch home. Dwight Spencer visits from Colorado Springs. Marjorie Hanna returns from Waterloo to visit parents. Prizes were drawn Saturday night. Several locals visit and travel for work and family events. The Century of Progress figures in several mentions. The note ends with a reference to the feature film Ten Nights in a...
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June notes cool days boosting farm work across the region. Long and Coffey near Washington finished their alfalfa crop while others plan labor help. Don Hampshire visits his hometown. C. E. Gray of Oakland, Cal. visits relatives and plans business trips to Chicago Washington and New York. A shorthorn cattle sale is announced for Evergeen Farms Saturday June 23. The area reports good alfalfa and clover crops with variable corn yield depending on weather.
A man staying at a boarding house laments the lack of warmth. He says daytime warmth is poor and at night he often wakes to his teeth chattering against the dressing table.
A Union Service Lutheran or Presbyterian church program explained by Rev A N Porter highlighted Sabbath events. A Methodist church hosted a children s day program with readings by John Mc Neal Rohs Darbyshire Elizabeth Atkinson Vivian Orris Tay Everett Baker and others with piano and recitations.
A lively note praise for London offering free parks, music, museums, and galleries. The writer jokes about finding a threepenny bit under a plate at grand restaurants, adding a humorous, vivid slice of city life.
A list of participants includes Gracié Pletcher Donald Baker Juanita Baker Wobby Darbyshire Ruth Marie Illen Marshall Rose Ruth Elizabeth Atkinson Bobby Lowe Minnie Lon Finke Bessie and Ruth Baker with their duet The program features recitations songs and exercises by multiple performers including Ruth Marie Orris Gracie Conrad and Wayne Meeks Also appears are Max Wayne Schlatter Betty Lowe ha na Rich Ruth Baker and others with a pastor delivering remarks.
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