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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1933
Page
2
Chicago livestock prices for March 10 1933 show hogs 10 25c higher with top at 4.00 on 160 300 lb. cattle steady to firm with steers 4.25 5.00 and fat cattle 6.75 7.50. calves 4.90. milk sheep marketing light with lambs 4.25 5.50 and sheep 1.25 2.50 for common grades. Prices cover hogs cattle calves sheep and feeder stock across weights.
Market steady overall with 416 tases receipts and firsts 12 percent, current receipts 1114 and 10 percent dirties. Butter market unsettled with 9010 tabes receipts and 19 percent specials and extras. Poultry market steady with Tre ceipts 12 trucks and varied prices for fowls, springers, leghorns, ducks, turkeys and roosters. Potatoes on track with arrivals 99 and shipments 255 as market unchanged.
The Wellman Baptist church reports strong gains in Sunday school and morning worship with renewed hope and loyalty evident. The correspondent urges not to slacken but to increase devotion and return to active service in the Lord's work.
One time joy in service invites the congregation to next Sunday services at 9 30 morning worship and 11 30 Sunday school. Families with five or more members on Honor Roll. illustrated children's sermon by Mrs Dewey. special music. YT and W topic The Kind of God Jesus Revealed led by Bernice Brown. World Wide Guild to meet Tuesday. White cross work planned. Prayer service at the Deweys home. World Day of Prayer observed with union program Mar 4. pastors the Deweys.
G F Schroeder, pastor, holds Sunday school at 10 a m and English services at 10 39 a m. The text is Mark 14 32 42 with the sermon to follow.
A 1992 column surveys swimmers like Eleanor Helm and Helene Madison who moved toward Hollywood film work while retaining amateur status. It traces Johnny Weissmuller and Buster Crabbe as pioneers, notes contract pressures and audience reactions, and questions the boundary between sports skill and professional acting.
Local brief by D. F. Macon reports on happenings in nearby towns. Highlights include community gatherings, market activity, and civic notices, with emphasis on notable residents and events shaping regional life.
Farmers and neighbors stay busy as winter cools. Moore brothers on the Al Hayes farm west of town break stalks. Oscar Lane near West Chester prepares to farm. neighbors haul wood and move grain. Families like Wells, Snider, Little, and Wehr assist with wood, lumber, and corn while West Chester Produce stay busy daily.
The article outlines Christ suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane and its meaning as substitute for humanity. It emphasizes the life giving center of the Christian religion and eternal life for rightly accepted faith. Last Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Rev. G. F. Schroeder baptized infant Phyllis Catherine Chez in Wellman area home. Parents Mr and Mrs Frank Chez, grandparents Mr and Mrs John Blam Jr. present. R. K. Schroeder of Marengo visited.
Mrs Roger Colthurst’s parents Mr and Mrs Rainey of Waterloo visited. Edith Rainey joined them in Mt Pleasant. Families from Crawfordsville New London Washington and local towns shared dinners and calls as several neighbors hosted gatherings and visited relatives.
Walter Boyer’s illness and visit are touched upon along with neighbors and friends in the Washington area. T. A. West struggles with wind while Wesens discuss fieldwork. K. O. Wilson and Matt Waggone tend 58 purebred shorthorns and Hampshire hogs, with December sales and past California winter memories cited. The piece ends noting a cold snap and a neighbor’s car freezing after a short absence.
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