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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1932
Page
2
Markets report: hogs 57,000 receipts with prices 10-15 cents lower. top at 4.90 and bulk 4.25 to 4.80. Cattle 16,000 receipts 25 cents lower for steers. cows and heifers mixed. Sheep 16,000 receipts slow. lambs 6.50 to 7.50.
Combined hog receipts at 21 market yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota total 54 000 for the 48 hours ending 8:00 A M. prices declined slightly with weak demand and ample supplies. Quotes cover 140 to 160 lb hogs at 8.50 to 4.15 and up to weight categories, noting extensive weight shrinkage and exclusion of shipping point weight buy.
Grain receipts record Wheat 26 car loads, Corn 213 car loads, and Oats 48 car loads, reflecting a mixed harvest throughput across the region.
Chicago freight notes for March 14 show butter at 8 621 tubs with 22 percent standard levels and 21 percent extras, eggs at 21 196 cases with 10 4 percent current and 12 percent extras, cheese varieties including brick and daisies at 12 13 percent ranges, live poultry with various prices for turkeys hens and toms, and potatoes at 97 cars on track with U S shipments 803 and Idaho russets at 1135 to 145 per sack.
The Chicago seed market reports mixed demand with red clover from fair to fancy quality. Prices range 9.50 to 14.50 per unit, timothy around 3.00 to 3.50, and alsike 9.50 to 13.50 as dull trade persists.
A Beverly Hills writer recalls two hours with Al Capone and laments the difficulty of publishing such material without sensationalizing the gangster. He notes public fascination and blames government for lacking clear crimes to prosecute, seeking fair handling of the tale.
Grain table reports Chicago values for March and May futures across Wheat Corn Oats and Rye. Prices show mixed gains and declines with September and July maturities displaying the strongest showing in several commodities.
The report lists Chicago cash grain quotes with mixed changes for Wheat Barley Oats Rye and others. It notes bid and offer levels with varying percentages such as hard red winter red and yellow kernels and oats, with several figures indicating shifts in prices or basis.
The March Jolly Farm Bureau meeting with Monna Schlatter and eight members plus guest Mrs. C H Fishburn is recorded. New member Richard Duane Young attends. next meeting is April 7 with Mrs Laura Young. Also reported are a birthday dinner for W H Hagie, sick list items, a Burlingtion visitor, a birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Max Mitchel, and girls basketball results from the Mediapolis tournament with a 26-25 OT win over Grandview and a 26-15 semifinal loss to Mediapolis.
A Wales home in Abersychan near Pontypool has a hearth whose ashes are scraped into a growing hole beneath the grate that never fills. This irregular subsidence, part of broader mountain slips and holes in Abersychan, is attributed to geological upheaval.
D F Macon reports from nearby towns on community events and notable happenings, detailing local meetings, exchanges, and civic updates for readers.
The city fire engine pumped 815000 gallons of water over six hours and 20 minutes at the Congress hotel fire Friday morning and could have continued for 72 hours. The same day Mr Redlinger lost his farm home and on Sunday Mayor Applegate's house burned badly. The item mentions local residents Orrie OConnor, J A Pratt, W F Gardner, and others, noting Gardner's long farming and business history and upcoming 80th birthday plans amidst a community newsletter filled with small-town notices and thanks.
The article notes the Pale of Settlement confinement for Jews and describes a yellow ticket system for Jewish women willing to register as prostitutes, granting them free and unrestricted residence across the empire.
A couple can obtain a divorce by drafting a declaration of separation and signing it with two witnesses. if either party objects, court action is required. The method highlights a simplified path to divorce under traditional practice.
The Iowa executive council approved a compromise inheritance tax of 666.48 on the estate of Emma B. Farnham of Floyd County following a property reappraisal. In separate items, S D Garren faces trial for resisting arrest and intoxication, D M Dalzell to be renamed steward and matron at Hamilton County Home after reinstatement, and George J. Van Buren announces Republican bid for state senate.
Police sought the identity of a man who killed himself in Council Bluffs on Sunday. He was believed to be J. W. Wilson of Des Moines, but official identification had not yet been made.
Des Moines reports two women in serious condition after attempting self harm and a man in critical state following the incident. Authorities described the scene and ongoing investigations.
In Red Oak on March 14 the INS reports Orville Wagaman of Villisea received a war department bravery citation for outstanding bravery and coolness under heavy artillery and machine gun fire almost 14 years after the action.
Miss Agnes Samuelson superintendent of Iowa schools will speak at the southeastern district PTA meeting in Ottumwa on April 1.
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