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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1932
Page
2
Hogs 40,000 strong to 16c higher top 4.65. cattle 11,000 steady to strong with beef steers 7.60 8.75, yearlings 5.50 8.50, cows 2.50 4.25. calves 5.00 7.00. stockers and feeders mixed. Sheep 17,000 steady lambs 5.75 6.50, yearlings 4.50 5.28. feeders 4.50 5.25. ewes 1.50 3.76. Holdovers 2,000. Receipts noted for steer, cow, sheep markets.
U S Department of Agriculture notes 31 800 hogs received over 48 hours at 21 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota with prices for various weights and classes. Demand steady to firm, activity light to mixed, quotations based on bulk trades and shipping point weights excluded.
Chicago seed market notes clover prices for fair to good quality range from 9.40 to 14.50 dollars with choice and fancy grades. Sweet clover and Alsike listings appear with several price tiers. Timothy and other seeds show modest quoted figures reflecting market activity.
By The Journal's Subscription Representative this column compiles brief items from nearby towns. It highlights community events, local happenings, and small notices gathered from readers and associate papers.
March notes temperate optimism amid snow and mud on Iowa dirt roads. Local visitors from Des Moines and Valley Junction meet in Washington as farm events draw crowds, including a large sale at Whittaker’s barn with poultry and chicks sold. A hinted wedding adds chatter for the Journal.
A brief market note lists prices and receipts with Wheat at 8&8, corn 950, oats 15. Mentions fair trade and Buenos Aires with reference to price levels and mid day activity. Winnipex is cited regarding firmness in chewing.
Chicago notes a late winter market with butter shipments totaling 9 517 tubs and creamery products at varied grades. Cheese prices show small gains with several varieties around 12 percent. Poultry and eggs range with turkeys and young hens priced around 22 percent, while potatoes move 27 cars with trading halted by cold weather.
Cash grain close shows Wheat varieties ranging from 59% to 60% with mixed and hard grades. Corn quotes feature multiple mixed and yellow grades around 34% to 36% with white and sample grades noted, rye unavailable, barley around 41 to 56.
Lorene Olds reports a bridge club gathering at Arch Huston home with five tables and refreshments. A newborn girl born Feb 29 in Washington to Mr and Mrs Leonard Johnson. Community members relocate farms around Olds as Housares, Sponbergs, Halliwill, Reed, Ostberg migrate. Rebekah meeting featured music and readings with local volunteers.
The Woman's Guild hosts a supper and program on March 7 featuring the Men of the Guild. Local visits include Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Housare at the Will Kramer home. High school honor roll highlights seniors Chaster Morgan Pauline Lyon Gertrude Carper Leona Russell Dorothy Korf and others across grades. A flu-related absenteeism note appears. Olds advances in the sectional tournament with wins over Yarmouth and Danville and faces the Denmark Pleasant Sawn winner in the finals.
Regular FE. O. S meeting held at the Masonic hall March 3. Leroy Curry's family mourns the death of their firstborn son on March 1 with short services at Wayland cemetery. Graber family returns from Ohio and plans to move to Allen Jessup’s acreage. Blosser family to relocate to Conrad farm southeast of town. Phyllis Tschantz recovering. nurse discharged. Gleaners S. S. class met at EF. G. Ruther’s home. Emma Bain seriously ill with double pneumonia. Various local attendances at EFOS meeting in Washington and a ministerial meeting in Pekin. Funeral of Albert Montgomery at Fairfield attended by multiple local residents.
Lois and Mrs. J C Roth visited the Gingerich home. Arthur Roth returned with them. Jacob Eigsti of Morton Jr and family are visiting to help Emery move. An opera house bank meeting organized a new group with A B Magdefrau as chair and C L Graber named cashier. Directors listed include Frey Wenger Witting Allen McKirahan Magdefrau Kauffman Roth and Hicher. New facility serves Western Electric sound systems with headquarters in Des Moines. Fred Wagner and wife moved to a farm nearby.
Hollywood March 7 Will Rogers comedian returns from Galup New Mexico where his son attends a military academy. He asks about Lindy’s baby as he and Mrs Rogers exit the plane and step onto the tarmac.
The city of New York is incorporated as five counties that function as boroughs. Each borough maintains its own government while City Hall in Manhattan serves as the city’s executive center and headquarters.
Trier Bros announce a community sale in Keota scheduled for Wednesday March 9. The notice provides the sale date but lacks full details of items or times due to the OCR fragment.
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