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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1932
Page
2
Hog receipts total 15 000 with 7 000 held as holdovers, prices up to 4 80 for best light hogs and bulk at 4 20 to 4 75. Cattle steady with beef steers 7 to 8 75, yearlings 5 50 to 8 50, calves 4 to 6 50, stockers 3 25 to 5 25. Sheep 8 000 with lambs 6 75 to 7 75 and feeders 4 75 to 5 50. packing sows 3 25 to 3 60.
U S M D A combined hog receipts at 21 yards and 7 plants in interior towns and southern Minnesota totaled 19 600 for the 24 hours ending 8 00 a m today down from 31 200 a week ago and 26 700 a year ago. Prices drifted steady to 10 cents higher with uneven demand and lighter imports. quotes ranged from 3 56 to 4 30 for various weight classes.
Chicago wholesale produce data lists butter shipments 11 677 tubs with varied grades from extras to firsts, eggs 17 218 cases with current and grade breakdowns, cheeses including young Americas longhorns and daisies with multiple percentages, live poultry details for turkeys hens and toms, ducks and geese, potatoes 129 cars with U S shipments and regional russets and commercial prices.
Grain receipts show wheat 26 cars corn 175 ears and oats 37 cars.
Grain table from Chicago shows Wheat for Mar to Sept with varied highs and lows, Corn steady around mid three tenths, and Oats with May July and Sept quotes. Rye also listed with May July and Sept values reflecting slight shifts in futures markets.
INS Cash Grain close records wheat and corn quotations with bids for 2 red 55 percent and 3 red 54 percent, mixed lots at 54 percent, corn ranges from 32 to 38 percent with several yellow grade bids, detailing multiple grade and quantity figures.
D F Macon reports brief items from nearby towns including civic events, local meetings, and community milestones. Short notices highlight school activities, church events, and small-town developments affecting residents.
A long letter from Washington R1 recalls Pleasant Hill church visits with John Henry Kepharts drama and a dusty wedding memory. The writer mentions L H Kerr sale ad for March 22, horse and buggy theft, Frank Webb in California, and local folks like Cyrus Birka, HH Snyder, and John Wood visiting Brighton. Notes on Journal subscribers, merchants, and Miss Bleakly’s popularity contest conclude with thanks to readers and neighbors.
A collection of social notes from Crawfordsville Iowa includes names like Macon Kephart Colthurst and Steinberg. Letters mention readers funding the Journal and a comical debt collection exchange between Joshua Furrowes and Moses Steinberg.
Cordelle H Braden reports from Wellman March updates include Virginia Snavely at Coe College visiting, Neva Marie Hole born to Ernie and Lucille Hole, bankers W A Anderson and Max B McCrabb at Clinton bank robbed, Pat O Brien moves to Althouse property, C C Gardner to return from Florida, remodeling by Arthur C Gingerich. Asbury Guild to present The Challenge of the Cross. school election results Arthur Gingerich and Lloyd Durst elected directors. Charles Johnson Sr. obituary noted.
The church reports the W. W. G. initia tion of new members and praise for the Worth While Girls. The Clean Fun club meets March 18 at Rev Dewey’s home for a St Patrick’s party. Missionary society gathers March 17 at Mrs Schwimley and Mrs Marner’s. Bible school at 9 39 AM next Sunday. morning worship at 19 39 with sermon Lord if Thou hadn’t been here. Evening worship 7 20 with pastor. Junior society meets Saturday 1 30 at Harry Taylor home. Easter program preparations continue with Lavanda Gingerich committee members.
Douglas correspondent reports on local visits across the Kaufman, Campbell, Hyde, Stalder, Rich and Clark families with Sunday gatherings at multiple homes. The community sees activity at the school with Joe Reshley elected president and care help for Forest Rich while flu illness persists among residents.
The note reflects on sorrow as inevitable and positions wisdom as the means to find compensation, suggesting a philosophical balance between loss and insight. It frames wisdom as an art or skill in recognizing value amid pain.
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