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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1933
Page
2
Market tone slow to steady with traders noting 21 000 hogs sold including 11 000 directs. Prices span light weights 140 160 lb to heavy 250 350 lb with various good and choice grades. Cattle and calves show draggy demand though slaughter grades hold, while sheep and lambs trend strong with better lambs advancing.
The notice lists price ranges for grade and cut sizes: market terms include good and choice 1.75 to 3.00 per pound, common and medium 1.25 to 2.25, and higher weight bands 90 to 150 pounds with 4.50 to 6.75 or 4.50 to 6.75.
Chicago data dated June 30 shows egg market steady with 10 169 cases receipts and varied firsts and dirties. Butter market unsettled with large receipts and price spread across specials extras and firsts. Poultry receipts include fowls springers and turkeys with mixed price ranges. Potatoes on track with 642 shipments and arrivals 54 marked steady to weak.
The page lists open high low and close figures for Wheat Corn and Oats with July September and December contract quotes for July prices around 89 to 93 and December around 93 to 97 for Wheat, Corn July around 49 to 66 with September and December figures, and Rye figures around 72 to 75 with various months shown.
Cash corn prices quoted for Chicago on June 20 show No 2 mixed at 48 to 50 cents, No 6 mixed 41 2% to 42 1 2, No 1 yellow 50 to 51, No 2 yellow 49 to 50, No 3 yellow 43 to 49, No 5 yellow 45 to 46, No 6 yellow 42 to 43, No 1 white 61, No 2 white 50 to 51, No 3 white 49, No 6 white 43, sample grade 36 to 40, receipts 276 cars.
Kalona reports include visits from Harve Armour and family from Des Moines and Mrs. M. E. Hochstetler, plus health notes on Mrs. Levi Hostetler. Local social rounds feature Misses Hochstetler and Lahey, and a 7 to 2 win by Red Yoder’s Giants over Coralville’s kittenball team. Joe Graber oversees Mennonite church work near South English. The Lahey party also dined at Clifford Lahey’s in Washington.
D. F. Macon reports brief items from nearby towns including civic updates, school events, and notable happenings for local readers. Highlights cover community meetings, schedules, and new local initiatives.
Last good rain brought visitors to Washington from many places with reports of uneven totals. Local residents from Keota Crawfordsville Havre and Lexington note differing amounts while others comment on field work delays and grass growth. Some mention the Evening Journal building costs and local flooding of small streams.
National League standings show New York leading with 40 wins and .625, St Louis 38 29 .567, Pittsburgh 36 32 .529. yesterday Chicago defeated Brooklyn 7 2, St Louis beat New York 7 3, Philadelphia over Pittsburgh 6. today Pittsburgh visits Philadelphia and Chicago hosts Brooklyn among others. American League lists New York 43 35 .551, Washington 43 35 .551, Philadelphia 34 31 .523. notable scores include New York 9 Cleveland 3 and Detroit 6 Washington 4. rain affected Boston at Chicago schedule.
The Columbia picture Below The Sea now at the Fox Theater presents life at the ocean bottom a spectacle of strange growing things and odd creatures. Jo Swerling wrote the original story a hunt for gold in a sunken submarine offers the cameraman a chance for marvelous undersea shots.
Keota Wests and Alber Fellendorffs joined a Thursday afternoon gathering in Washington R 4 and Riverside with Neil Trotman family, Ross Pence, Harry Huber, and others. The note details wrist injury from Roe, a 30 year old cigar debt, a greenback gift to the Evening Journal, and warm calls at Sam Neill’s home where he shared memories and updates on neighbors.
The film showcases vibrant natural colors in a dramatic underwater world. It includes a thrilling octopus fight and multiple underwater maneuvers. Ralph Vellamy and Fay Wray headline the cast as the romance unfolds beneath the waves.
Mr and Mrs Harry Horak and Velma visited at Jor Beranek s Sunday. Several other households including Soukup Kurtz Kallaus Prebyl and Marek families joined events at Beranek Kallaus and Marek homes across Sunday and Monday with children in attendance.
The article lists 11 western range states where range horses live. It notes these horses are not truly wild, having roamed the range between round ups to near the freedom of wild animals. States named include Arizona New Mexico Colorado Nevada Wyoming Oregon California Washington Montana Idaho and Utah.
Sunday and Monday the State offers the biggest entertainment value in moons with Stage Bell's Hawaiian Revue. Seven troupe members perform a real Hula Hula dancer act while two performers present Royal Hawaiian and modern hula styles. Baby Joy sings, and an assurance of quality music anchors the show. On screen Made on Broadway stars Robert Montgomery and Sally Kiles with Zasu Pitts and Thelma Todd in One Track Minus, a lively comedy.
NE of Columbus Junction farmer June Cecil Lowe was badly hurt Saturday when a hay rack rope broke. X rays at Bellevue hospital Muscatine showed multiple neck fractures. He was resting well Monday. Several local residents visited relatives and friends including the Lieberknechts and Erwin families from Des Moines West Union and Berkeley.
Be. Pierce sold 22 head of purebred Shorthorn cattle on Wednesday at Evergreen Farms located six miles southwest of Columbus. The sale took place at the farm, highlighting a clear market interest in quality cattle from the region.
Fame Fredonia and the East Side teams will play Thursday evening. Mr and Mrs Henry Kempen hosted the class of 1922 at Columbus high school with a planty supper at their Walnut Street home. Ralph Daukins and Kenneth Rodruck, now in reforestation work at Mt Pleasant, will spend a few days at their homes here.
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