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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1932
Page
2
Markets show hogs 15 000 head with prices from 3.60 to 4.90 and cattle receipts 6 000. Lambs strong with 6.75 to 7.75 for lambs and 4.50 to 5.60 for common sheep. An INS report notes receipts too large for outlet and bids 10 to 15 cents lower.
Town Livestock Market reports combined hog receipts at 7 yards and 7 plants in interior towns and southern Minnesota totaling 7 800 for the 24 hours ending 8 0 a m. Prices range from 3 50 to 4 10 for light and good hogs to 3 45 to 3 90 for heavier weights with sow quotes from 3 00 to 3 50. Market steady to 10% lower, activity light and long haul shipments priced above or below quoted based on shipping point weights.
Chicago area market notes list Butter at 19 102 tubs with extras and standards. Eggs at 12 111 cases with current and firsts. Cheese categories including young Americas and Longhorns and Brick at 12 percent. Live poultry figures for turkeys hens toms and ducks with assorted grades. Potatoes at 98 cars on track with U S shipments and Idaho russets price ranges.
Seed market report from WHICAGO on March 15 shows red clover values from fair to good with bids 4.50 to 12.50 and fancy up to 14.906. Alsike ranges 9.00 to 12.50. timothy listed at 3.60 with choles 25 and fancy 3.56. fair trade indicated.
Grain table shows open high low and close figures for Wheat with multiple month contracts. Values are partially garbled. March May July September entries appear inconsistent with percent-like figures and may reflect OCR errors.
Readable text shows monthly price percentages for Corn Oats and Rye with figures like March May July and September values. Data include percentages around mid forty percent range and several garbled tokens indicating OCR noise for various months and grades.
Chicago cash grain close shows wheat 55 to 58 cents per bushel with mixed reports for spring varieties and corn prices ranging 33 to 83 1/3 cents. Oats and yellows show varied quotes, rye and barley not listed, reflecting uneven demand and storage changes.
Grain receipts list wheat or cars, corn 81 cars, oats 25 cars. The brief record notes transportation and stock movements with sparse detail.
Mrs Myrtle Choate a hotel proprietress is in technical arrest after confessing to fatally shooting Verne Roberts a 22 year old Des Moines man in Omaha Nebraska authorities say Roberts and Ruth Fox registered at the hotel Sunday night Roberts allegedly assaulted Mrs Choates son after which she claimed the gun fired accidentally while she intended only to frighten the man She says the weapon was kept at the registration desk.
Iowa Bankers association moves to implement 1932 crop loans under the Reconstruction Finance Corp law. County bankers groups to meet this week as R. K. Bliss at Iowa State College ships loan data. The RFC appropriation totals 50 million dollars for farmer loans on 1932 crops.
A man who died by self inflected gunshot in a Council Bluffs hotel Saturday night is believed to be Thomas P. Costello of Chicago. He used the name J. W. Wilson of Des Moines on registering. A bank book with Costello’s name and over $1,400 in cash were found, with a balance of several thousand dollars shown in the book.
White Oak correspondent reports Wendellpfeif fer of Valley was killed for Lloyd Luers Friday. Students at Wellston spelling contest included Carmoletta Pasche who placed second in the advance four division. other attendees were George Pasche Ruth Scranton Duane Dunering and Wanda Mouer. August Pasche attended church in Washington Sunday. The Carl Daering family visited the Merrill Gowey home while the Lloyd Luers family visited Leigh Hiatt near Richland. Wanda Barts aided J. J Pleigs at Rubio. Floyd Wagner drove out with Eva Wagner the school teacher.
Mrs. W N Shaw reports her daughter Mrs John Herr and husband in Grand Junction Colorado spent winter there. Herrs in usual health. Attendees of University band concert at Iowa Station were mentioned in attendance with other local residents.
Subscription representative D. F. Magon files update for The Journal with notes on local community activities and upcoming events across neighboring towns.
Washington residents, including Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Marr of Ainsworth, Mrs. Jessie Guy, and others, visit Washington for shopping and updates. The J. A. Marsh sale west of Ainsworth draws a large crowd with strong prices, praised as the season’s best by attendees. Reports mention local figures bidding, community lunches, and notes on regional business and infrastructure values.
A Sunday gathering in City featured Mr and Mrs L Miller Mr and Mrs Milo T Sorden and Dr and Mrs R W Wirtz with Grant Miller and Mrs Naomi Hauenstein of Iowa City visiting the Nichols. The Perry Ayers house hosted light housekeeping. Van guard Sunday school class led the Methodist service with president Mrs Dan Steiner in charge.
The text describes church aid including $15 for jurses bill, $5 for parsonage stove, coal groceries and milk for several families, new clothing for Perkins hospital Iowa City and Ottumwa orphans home, and comforters for fires. Fundraising comes from bazaars bake sales vanishing teas sandwich stands and nickel collections. The class meets second Tuesday monthly with a work committee and refreshment committee, ending with a class picnic.
Directory listing medical and funeral service providers with addresses on West Main Street and nearby blocks. Includes Dr W D Dwyer at Bailey Building Third floor, Dr T J Pease near Court House, Dr O F Boller at West Washington St, Jones and Sherman Funeral Homes, and insurance offices Ralph W Thompson Lemley Yard and others with phone numbers.
The Grant and Franklin Center school districts presented the play Country Folks at Franklin Center school over two nights despite impassable roads and a flu outbreak. Miss Isabele Combs and Mrs. Robert Noonan coached the cast. praise from spectators followed. The Linger Longer club met at Miss Mabel Dill’s home. seven members attended with refreshments. The community notes many flu cases on the mend and extends sympathy to Grandma Nethergall’s relatives after her long life.
The Franklin Center township spelling contest drew representation from every school. In the primary division Vivian Stover Cedar school won first, Robert Macon Grant school second, Howard Greiner Pleasant school third. In advanced division Robert Turnipseed Grant school first, Alice Lukavsky Harmony school second, Eugenia Dickinson Grant school third. Grant pupils claimed three ribbons amid a neighborly close.
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