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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1933
Page
2
Chicago markets show hogs 32 000 head with 17 000 directs, mixed declines 10 to 150 lower. top 4.60. Cattle and calves total 9 600 with shipper demand for better steers. Slaughter cattle and feeders see varied gains 2hc higher for 550-1500 lb steers and heifers, with cows and bulls ranged overall. Sheep 8 000 mostly steady with lambs 7.00 to 7.85 and light weights 1.75 to 3.00 baptized by weight.
Chicago commodity report shows Bees market firm with receipts 13891 cases and varied firsts and extras. Butter prices firm with multiple categories and percentages. Poultry receipts show steady demand with trucks of fowls springers and ducks. Potatoes on track with arrivals and shipments steady.
Chicago June grain table shows Wheat July at 76 percent with bids around 71 and 77. Corn July at 46 percent with 48 and 51. Oats July at 32 percent with 33 and 32. Sept and Dec figures appear irregular and partially garbled.
Mixed corn quality grades listed with percentages for No 2 mixed 44 percent No 1 yellow 16 foot 4 No 2 yellow 15 to 46 percent No 18 yellow 41 to 44 percent No 4 yellow 40 to 42 percent No 1 white 16 percent No 2 white 45 to 48 percent Sample grade 31 to 56 Receipts 153 cars.
Mrs J M Pulver correspondent notes weekend visits by Mr and Mrs Glenn Miller of Wellman with Mr and Mrs Glenn Littl and Ivan at Water Wolfe's. John Webr's relatives near Clear Creek. Far Redlinesr and children with Redlinger families and Joe Wieper group visited Raymond Redlinger home, Hetty Redlinger with the Peipershow.
Dr Thomas E Eyres will join Dr A L Braden in Wellman Iowa, starting July 10 after completing a year at Epworth hospital South Bend Indiana. Eyres, a 1932 graduate of the State University of Iowa College of Medicine, has a strong surgical record and warrants high professional praise.
Baseball standings show Pittsburgh at .560 and Cincinnati at .467 with Philadelphia at .361 and St. Louis at .616. Yesterday's results list Philadelphia 7 7, Cincinnati 4 3. St. Louis 15, Brooklyn 4. Chicago 5, New York 3. Pittsburgh 6, Boston 2. Today games include Pittsburgh vs Boston and Chicago vs New York along with Cincinnati at Philadelphia in a doubleheader and St. Louis at Brooklyn.
The 75th anniversary service of the United Presbyterian church was held in Ainsworth with Rev. S. F. Sharpe and family attending the Pittsburgh assembly June 28 to July 2. The Sharpe family will travel, stopping with friends, en route. George M. Welch of Omaha sent a letter praising the congregation’s history and urging continued faith and service.
Rev. F. Sharpe Paul Erma Pressley Helen Gardner Annetta Coppock and Kathryn Olinger attended the Y P A convention at Stanwood last Thursday and Friday. The last two represented the society in a class of fifteen Bible Readers. LeClaire Prairie won the banner for work done this year. The Ladies Aid will entertain in the church basement Friday evening June 235 with a play titled The Comical Country Cousins.
Family members including Miss Hazel Moore Tom Miller and daughter shared Sunday dinner at the Joe Schlatter home in Crawfordsville. In the afternoon James Lemley John Shellman Tom Miller Miss Winifred Carris Miss Hazel Moore and Miss Elizabeth Miller toured Davenport to view sights and visited Vivian Lemley. Mrs John Robertson and daughters Marjorie and Mary Louise visited the Hf Carrie home on Thursday afternoon and Mrs Royal Robertson and daughters also spent an afternoon there last week.
William C Gray reports that Louis Rath and Will Longer sold hogs this week. Emily Koehler spoke with Evelyn Hexworth last week. Theo Orley and Will Longer shipped cattle. Mrs. Walker visited at the
D F Macon reports locally sourced items from neighboring communities including civic events and notable happenings affecting residents and businesses in the region.
June 21 notes from west of Brighton recount visits by Pr G Ahrens and wife and others. Families, neighbors, and travelers such as J Caldwell, Mrs L Oldfield and baby Josephine, Mrs Timmons, and Mrs Heil are mentioned, with daily tasks like haying, goat milk experiments, and car rides. Eureka Sunday School plans Children's Day, while locals report early haymaking and weather aiding farm work.
The account notes D. Conklin of Keota doing farm well work and Fr. W. Hagist assisting neighbors with shelling corn. It describes Klein Bros. six hundred acre farm with five plowing men and 90 acres of hay, 85 acres of corn to lay by, plus abundant cattle and apples stored for June. Local talk includes Mrs Hagist’s remark on daily life and plans to visit Washington to see old contacts like Lee Hanna.
Glen Beanblossom spent Sunday evening with Louis Rath and family including Mrs. George Hopping and the McKays. The couple also visited Mt. Pleasant to see George Hopping. Louis Rath visited the Glen Green home south of Washington. Alvie Nethergall and Louis Rath installed a new track and hay carrier for the writer.
An Iowa health briefing emphasizes milk as a key food yet warns milk must be clean handled and pasteurized to prevent bacterial growth. It notes cow milk is adapted for calves and hot weather raises contamination risk, with recommendations for pasteurization boiling for babies and children and refrigeration to maintain quality.
Neighbors tease J. B. Linder about an eight acre Route 4 farm planted to corn. The longtime residents joke that nothing hides the crop like a neighbor’s ribbing and familiar scrutiny.
R. Ainsworth and Mrs C H Beenblossom report on Sunday visits by Mr and Mrs Motley and family and Mr and Mrs Irving Wolfe at A W McConnell’s. Marilyn Kay Randolph Kelsey’s baby girl born last Friday. Local visits include Ted Meyer Milford Anderson and sisters Mary and Marie Meyers. Hot dry weather, garden crops slow but peas beans and beets good. raspberries likely short. Claude Kilgore’s near fire at home discovered early and contained by Helen with water and wet blankets. Annis repainting kitchen. Townsend plaster repairs. Richard and Martha Ann Ans and baby Martha Ann spent Father’s Day at Ed Lins with Mrs Adams of Ames as guest.
Nancy Carroll Frank Morgan Paul Lukas and Gloria Stuart headline a William Anthony McGuire drama directed by James Whale. This Universal production promises a major human drama as it opens this afternoon being billed as a premier screening for months.
The British Post Office department reported a pension paid in error to a female employee for 48 years. The woman retired in November 1881 due to ill health but did not disclose marriage that year. It was not revealed until after her death in February 1891. The loss has been written off.
A historical note states 159 deaths from this cause occurred across July through October. It emphasizes that milk is ideal when safeguarded and warns that the daily public milk intake grows only with strengthened safeguards.
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