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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1932
Page
2
March 1 market report shows hog receipts 21,000 with steady bids 3.80 to 4.30 and light animals at 4.00 to 4.30. Cattle receipts 6,000 with beef steers 7.00 to 8.50 and cows 2.50 to 4.25. Sheep 11,000 with lambs 6.25 to 7.00 and yearlings 4.50 to 5.50.
Combined hog receipts at 21 concentration yards and seven packing plants in Interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ending 8:00 AM show 19,400 head, up from 18,800 last week and 9,800 a year ago. Trade was uneven and mostly steady with light marketing due to difficult hauling conditions. quotations varied by weight class and hog type, with pigs and sows priced accordingly.
Chicago market report outlines butter shipments totaling 19,873 tubs with creamery extras at 21 percent and adjustments 20 to 21 percent. Packing stock ranges 13 to 14 percent with miscellaneous items 21 to 22. Bes shipments listed at 9,260 cases with current 11 percent extras 12 to TM percent and firsts 12 to 4. dirties 19 to 10.
Local briefs from nearby towns compiled by The Journal's subscription team highlight small civic events, school happenings, and community milestones in the week ahead. items mention town meetings, public projects, and notable residents.
March sunshine spurs field activity with onion plots plowed by Louis Herman and John Simmering. Marion and Katona areas show busy farms, sales by Dave Yoder and Katona Savings Bank staff, and remarks on local homes, repairs, and community life.
The document lists multiple price and quantity figures for dairy and animal products including cheese varieties, live poultry, turkeys and hens, leghorns, roosters, ducks, geese, and several potato and russet classifications with weight ranges and percentage markers, reflecting a detailed market snapshot. It notes shipments and regional potato numbers such as Michigan russets and Idaho russets with price bands.
Chicago grain market notes open high low and close figures for wheat corn oats rye across March May July and Sept futures. Inconsistent OCR lists bid ask and settlement values for Mar May July Sept contracts with percent changes and fractional decimals.
Chicago cash grain quotes show mixed wheat and corn prices with several grades listed. Hard red and hard white wheat range around 58 to 68 cents, mixed and yellow cornizie values around 32 to 34 cents, reflecting a snapshot of March 1 activity and market spreads.
The record lists sample grade readings for oats and barley with color codes and percentages, including oat spectroscopy with values such as 32 to 84 and 23% to 24144, plus rye noted as none. Barley shows 428 to 55, and there are multiple references to white and yellow color codes with varying percentages.
The report lists 19 cars of wheat 141 cars of corn and 39 cars of oatsis.
A Columbia release Fatima Blonde plays at the Fox theater Wednesday and Thursday starring Lorette Young Robert Williams Jean Harlow and others. A Frank Capra production written by Chandice Churchill adaptation Swe ling and other credits. A biting tale of a nervy reporter and a gilded cage society beauty with lavish sets and stylish looks.
A fragmented sale notes various items including a low pitch clarinet, Clover seed, Brahma eggs, a water stove, tire casings and battery, insecticide for livestock, and other farm related goods with contact notes for West Chester and Brighton areas.
A new film features Conrad Nagel Dorothy Jordan Marjorie Rambeau and Marie Prevost with aviation thrills filmed on the carrier Saratoga during Panama maneuvers and at North Island base. George H ill directs with naval aviators and ships in staged stunts led by Lt Commander Wead writer of The Flying Fleet.
Harmony report records multiple neighbors visiting and helping with quilting activities from Monday to Sunday. Entries mention Mr. and Mrs Chas Schiebel and extended family at various homes including George Evans Tomer Byars John Liska Riverside and Riverside area gatherings with the Lukavskys and Gideons.
The Gutenberg Bible now in London is believed to have originated from the Hermitage library in Leningrad. It was purchased in 1858 by the librarian of Czar Alexander I at a Munich sale for about $60.
March 2 sales by R F Smylie and Sons Columbus Junction feature Mrs Minnie Sprague household goods in Crawfordsville. March 3 listings include Mrs Whitlock household goods in Washington. March 7 public sale of Geo Works estate southwest of Washington by administration sale.
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