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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1934
Page
2
HOGS 18 000 head with 9 000 direct. market active up to 10c higher. Top 6.05. varios by weight and quality. CATTLE 4 000. calves 2 000. Slow demand, killing classes mixed. Slaughter cattle and feeders priced by weight with wide ranges across steers heifers cows bulls and feeders. SHEEP 6 000. lambs strong to 8 85 for light weights. ewes and heavier weights lower seeking buyers.
Chicago reports unsettled produce prices as eggs show 29 040 cases received with various firsts and dirties. Butter remains firm with 17 652 titbs received and multiple grade splits. Poultry markets stay firm with 42 trucks and a mix of fowls broilers and turkeys. Potatoes on track with 172 arrival.
By the Journal's subscription representative this brief item reports on local happenings across nearby towns. It highlights community events, small-town notes, and civic updates in concise summaries.
Report covers the June 29 celebration with Mr Elder hosting the Journal invitation, many locals and friends attending from surrounding towns, church visits, meals, auctions, and thanks to the Evening Journal. Notable mentions include Pearl Ross Heins, Ed Paschel, Rev Sawhill, and Julius Kunick family get together with arrivals from Iowa City.
Martha Mathers president of Ambitious Hustlers 4H club won Iowa's Best Groomed 4H Girl from 25 contestants. She also sang in a chorus of 229 girls from 75 counties and played piano for two singers. The event featured stage appearances, radio broadcasts, and a talk on hitchhiking through Europe by Mrs Isabel Pirie Beyer.
Chicago reports corn market quotes with No 2 yellow at 42 pre open No 1 white at 654 and No 2 white at 654 with receipts of 74 cars.
The American University of Beirut began as the Syrian Protestant College and was founded as an adjunct of American missionary work. It has long been controlled largely by American funds and holds an American charter.
A Tibetan family orchestrates a sudden wedding for their daughter on short notice. The plan unfolds without her knowledge or consent and culminates in a surprise ceremony.
Chicago grain prices show a table for June with wheat corn oats and soybeans in July September and December futures. Figures include open high low and close values with small percentage changes across contracts.
Monroe Adams a longtime local farmer died Thursday at University Hospital Iowa City following an operation last Friday. Funeral at Pleasant Grove Bethel church at 2 30 Saturday. Survived by widow five daughters and five sons with several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Born Illinois October 16 1852. Married Ellen Brogan February 18 1872.
The Brown Mug opens at the northeast corner of the square serving beer and sandwiches. It is operated by Charles Winter and T. J. Ellis, filling one of the last empty rooms on the square where Widmer & Busby once occupied.
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Pressly of Ft. Sam Houston Texas visit Mr. and Mrs. Ed Carris and Blaine Pressly in Ainsworth. Pressly, a retired master sergeant in the U S Army Medical Department, travels with his wife before settling in Hayward California. They have visited Arlington Mt Vernon Gettysburg Valley Forge Boston and Marionett a mississippi را
Grand Island near Niagara River, several miles below Buffalo, runs about seven miles long with a northern end slightly shorter. It covers roughly 90 square miles and hosts multiple villages.
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