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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1934
Page
2
Chicago buyers faced lower prices across cattle and sheep as week end receipts rose. Hogs steady to higher early, with direct sales trimmed. top hogs around 6.00. Cattle declined amid light weighty steer supply. extremes hit 10.40, highest since 1982. Lambs fell 75 cents to $1, with natives closing 8.25 to 8.50 for choice.
Chicago market summary shows eggs with mixed receipts and varieties, butter steady with high volume, poultry unsettled with diverse stock, and potatoes on track. Notable figures include 1 425 cases eggs receipts, 11 802 butter cases, 27 trucks and 1 car poultry, 1 104 potatoes shipments, with multiple grade percentages and product counts.
Chicago cash corn prices list No 2 yellow 62 and 64 percent, No 3 white 64 percent, No 4 white 63 percent, sample grade 50 cars noted.
Mrs A J Morgan correspondent reports the birth of a baby girl named Edna Maurine to Mr and Mrs Marion Warrier on June 22. Other notes mention Ellis Walton Howard Woodford and A J Morgan attending the Three Quarter Century club meeting in Washington, Rev Louis and Miss Bernice Eliinger visiting Hopkins Michigan, Helen Dickinson at Ames as a 4H club convention delegate, Mrs Sadie Savage's Ottumwa family reunion, and Marton George plus family joining dinner with Mrs W O Morgan and Lane.
Twelve giant locomotives at Battle Creek Michigan used in Panama Canal construction will be scrapped in the coming weeks. They join eighteen others, once valued at 1 100 000, now slated for disposal.
Five toger grass described as an obnoxious weed native to Europe now common in the United States. Crab grass is a tough perennial weed that grows tall and thrives in many climates, challenging lawn maintenance and turf health.
A local column by D. Macon highlights news from neighboring towns, noting subscription updates, community events, and civic happenings for readers of the Journal. The piece stresses continued community ties and reader engagement across areas served by the newspaper.
June entries describe weather, crops, visits, and daily life in Kalona and Washington Iowa. Notes mention Mr D F Macon and Frank Vodicka, farm scenes on the Siulliare farm, old acquaintances, Prairie chickens, and community chatter. Readers thank neighbors and remark on a brief rain and farm chores.
Obituary reports mark A L Deeda death in Ottumwa from heat prostration with Brighton ties noted including widow Eva Nichols and siblings Chas Ottumwa Will Tacoma Carrol Brighton and Mrs June Van Gent Minneapolis. Also Meeneach sister Jenks Meeneach mourned in Manito Col and other local anniversaries and gatherings with families in Brighton and surrounding towns.
Open high low close figures for Wheat Corn Oats Rye across May July and September show fluctuations. Wheat ranges around 90s with slight upticks, Corn in 58 to 62, Oats mid forties, Rye around 60s with scattered declines, reflecting a volatile grain market in Chicago yesterday.
Pleasant to Larimore visitors fill the season as families travel to Newton James town Oskaloosa Belleville and Iowa City for visits. Local residents report moves arrivals and a trucking incident near Chicago with minor injuries to stock and drivers after a rollover on a road.
The article notes billions of years ahead when Earth days stretch to month lengths due to solar tidal friction slowing rotation. It describes a long-term planetary evolution and the gradual slowdown of Earth’s spin.
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