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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1933
Page
2
Chicago livestock sales show hogs steady to 25 cents lower with 18 000 head including 2 000 directs. Cattle bids mostly 25 to 50 cents lower. calves and yearlings light bidding. Sheep at standstill with bids about 5 hundred lower. lambs 5 1/2 to 6 dollars for lighter weights.
Eggs market unsettled with receipts 14312 cases. firsts 12 percent, dirties 11 percent. butter market unsettled receipts 6266 tubs. specials 18 to 19 percent and extras 17 to 18 percent. poultry market steady with receipts 33 trucks and multiple bird types ranging from fowls 10 to 12 pounds to turkeys 12 to 15 pounds. potatoes on track with 245 arrivals, 48 shipments, market about steady.
Iowa editors commend President Roosevelt for reaching the people and tackling banking and finance. Carroll Herald applauds his closeness to the public and hopes for patience amid early reforms. Waterloo Courier urges cool thinking as the new era begins.
Local papers echo President Roosevelt's pledge to face fear with calm restraint urging unity beyond party lines. Fort Madison Democrat notes the heavy task ahead while urging public patience and shared responsibility. Clinton Herald lauds Roosevelt as a humanitarian with supreme confidence and calls readers to earn his continued trust. Cedar Rapids Gazette highlights fear itself as the only foe.
Burlington Iowa March 8 Payment of 1932 taxes in January and February shows a gain of more than 18000 compared to the same period last year County Treasurer Joseph I Haffner said First installments due before March 31 with 1 percent monthly penalty after that but delinquents are down to the lowest in several years if the present trend continues
March 7 reports several Fairfield residents enjoying weekend visits and gatherings. Harry Hamilton, Mrs. Merril Gowey and children joined other locals including Frank and Bert Ash families for dinners and a Sunday gathering at the George Ash home. The Spaldings dined with Rosella Spalding, and Earl Balderson took his daughter Maxine to Jefferson County Hospital for a medical appointment.
Local column by D F Macon compiles brief items from nearby towns. Short notes touch on community events, civic updates, and notable happenings gathered by the Journal’s subscription rep.
Dewey Stephens of Ainsworth and Chalmers Sturgeon of Keota visited Washington on Tuesday, sharing travel plans and local notes during their stay.
Report from Kalona notes smooth roads on Tuesday. Farmers have begun field activity while C K Rickey and Herman Schultz were busy. Dale Jackson was away with only their dogs at home.
Miss Mae Snyder served a good dinner at the Way side Inn in Kalona. several men enjoyed it as usual. O Loughlin listened to a fine radio program.
A mother urges her child to sleep with the light off while the daughter protests the dark as her own space at home. The exchange captures a domestic moment of comfort and boundary setting.
V E Davis acquired a half interest in the J E O Loughlin Kalona produce and feed shop. The duo together with assistants served customers as the trade noted this union after Davis previous roles at Wellster Bank Haskins Bank and Kalona Farmers Bank.
The note describes Dr. Gingerich as a busy figure whose appointments were brief as others waited their turn. It conveys a sense of limited access despite recognition of his busyness.
A humorous tale unfolds from a road mishap near Kaiona where four professors miss a wife, discuss a divorce, and reveal a delayed appendicitis operation. The feature also notes severe burns to Mrs Sherman Miller and a series of local visits, illnesses, and family movements around Kalona and Richland.
Report mentions activities on Washington RR and multiple farms including Schulg, Wibthoft, Shalla Hub er, Bush and Sam Schulty. S remarks that S. W. Beatty was glad his sale happened as it did and that many friends wish recovery for an unnamed person recovering in Rochester.
Laurence Mottet works a six-horse gang, noting light frost in places. He says a good rain would soften the ground and improve the pasture, helping the frost leave the fields.
At the Stockman home Will tends his hog crop through day and night. Many fine little white pigs are on the farm now and many more will be soon.
Virgil Stockman relocates to Trenton joining the Mt. Pleasant mail route. neighbors note the old home daily routine remains. Stockman family thanks supporters as fine weather and clear day expectations pass through Iowa today.
Miss Pauline Walsh of Cedar Rapids visited Riverside with her parents Mr. and Mrs. James Walsh and family this week. Recent relocations include B. Rice moving from the Alcorn farm to the Mela Hora place southwest of River.
Dr James Henry Breasted director of the Oriental Institute asserts that the supreme achievement of science in the Orient was Babylonian astronomy. He emphasizes the enduring legacy of ancient Mesopotamian celestial study.
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