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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1932
Page
2
Hog bids 10 to 25 cents lower with light weights at 4.40 to 4.75 and heavy at 4.20 to 4.35. Receipts 28 600 hogs. Cattle steady with calves and feeders mixed. beef steers 7.00 to 8.50, cows 3.00 to 4.50, stockers 3.50 to 5.75. Sheep slow. lambs 6.50 to 7.25, feeders 5.04 to 5.75, ewes 2.50 to 4.50.
Combined hog receipts at 21 concentration yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ending 8 A M totaled 31 000, down from 13 600 last week and 25 800 a year ago. Demand remained heavy but the decline slowed with some selling from first hands. Prices ranged by weight from 3.10 to 4.15 for various light to heavy hogs, with packing sows quoted between 3.00 and 3.50.
Chicago markets list dairy butter eggs cheese and poultry prices from multiple denominations. Butter tub totals 7161 with high grade extras and standards, eggs 7895 cases with current and firsts values, cheese varieties and percentages, live poultry including turkeys hens and roosters with assorted No 2 listings, ducks geese and run entries for potatoes with car counts and regional shipper figures.
Seed market notes from Chicago dated March 24 show red clover ranges from fair to good with prices 9.00 to 12.00, choice 12.50 to 12.00, fancy 13.50 to 14.00, sweet clover 4.59, timothy listed at 3.90 for dull to 3.10 for choice and 3.40 for fancy.
Will Rogers stars in the Fox film Business and Pleasure premiering at the State theater. He plays a Midwestern businessman touring Europe, skewering snobs while Joel McCrea shifts from skeptic to ally as the plot unfolds. Jetta Gondal and Dorothy Peterson co star with Boris Karloff as a desert sheik. David Butler directs, delivering stronger comedy and pace.
Open readings for Wheat Corn and Rye across March May July and September futures show varied highs and lows. Entries list multiple percentage figures for each contract with scattered decimals and minor inconsistencies in the OCR.
Chicago cash grain report with Wheat showing mixed grades around 51 percent and 3 red 5144. Corn lists mixed and yellow samples near 31 to 32 percent with several grade indicators. Oats feature white and 253 percent readings. Barley ranges 45 to 58 while Rye shows none.
Walter Borders of Crawfordsville called at Lewis Hering s Tuesday. Mrs Ida Koehler and Mrs Charie Ziegiowsky with Marie Zieglowsky helped Mrs Martin Westen Wednesday. Mr Peter Witting went to Washington for the weekend. Glad Mast was a business caller at Lewis Hering s Thursday. Howard Baker and Geo Chatu pa were callers in Washington Saturday. Lewis and Lisle Hering and Clyde Mason visited Grover Walton Sunday afternoon. Helen Bishop spent the weekend with home folks. Mr and Mrs Wilber Harter were callers at Frank Moore s Saturday evening. Betty Chalupa visited Howard Baker s Sunday. Mr and Mrs Howard McBride visited Will McBride s Sunday evening. Juanita Hering called at Emer Mason s Saturday. Harry Bishor spent Sunday at…
Fat man from Richmond Hill New York writes that after finishing a second bottle Kruschen Salts removed eight inches from his waistline increased activity improved skin and cleared mind he claims to feel 20 years younger. He advises taking half a teaspoonful in hot water each morning and notes a 4 week bottle costs only a few cents with a money back guarantee at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Community briefs compiled by the Journal's subscription representative D F Macon highlight local happenings. Entries cover civic events, social gatherings, and brief notices from nearby towns, reflecting everyday life and shared interests in the region.
March 24 report details Mr Orville Elder delivering children to Lincoln High and Junior High, running out of gas near the high school. Cloud Willits refueled, the car continued, and the group arrived at the Journal office. Many locals visited, with chatter about a future congressional run and various neighbors from Keota Washington and surrounding townships in attendance.
J E Linder and others aided Claud McCall and Frank Moor in woodworking Friday. Elmer Young and family visited Harry Bishop and helped with extra work. Edna Westen stayed Monday at the Pease home in Washington. Grace Ferns spent Monday night at Will McBride's. Harry Bishop made a business call in Washington Monday. Mr and Mrs Geo Chalupa and children are noted residents involved in daily visits.
Donna and Joan shared a dinner with Howard Baker on Monday at an unspecified location. The brief note records a social engagement involving these individuals.
Richmond reports a heavy spring snowfall closing schools early The storm left many children unable to reach home Monday evening and forced some to stay with friends in town Miss Theresa Lintz of Iowa is noted in the article as part of the account.
Dr. T. J. Pease and Dr. O. F. Boller advertise office locations in town. Pease is opposite the courthouse upstairs at 219 West Main Street, near the Penney store corner, phone 354. Boller’s office is upstairs at the Commercial Bank corner, 219 West Washington Street, phone 76.
City visited a few days last week at the parental Frank Lintz home. The Joe Kos store is open again after repairs refreshment and new stock of merchandise. Rose Kasper was hurt in a playground accident at the Palestine school with a gash above her eye. Z F Schillig family to move to the farm he rents northeast of Riverside. A large crowd attended the St Patrick's night dance with Fisher's orchestra set for Tuesday March 29. Agnes Rotenburger near Riverside helps care for the new baby boy born at Lawrence Dawn home south of town. Joe Pieper to represent Washington county at the Democratic state convention in Davenport March 29.
Mr D Atkinson reports a legion district convention in Muscatine last Thursday evening. 4H club met with Bernadine Long Saturday and Mabel Dill led a bread making lesson. Joe Embree elected new school board member in Grant district. Young folks plan one more coasting party before winter. Virgil Long’s Sunday visit at parental Long home. Warren Long family visited Paul Long family at Keota Sunday. Mr and Mrs James Marsh visiting daughter Mrs M D Atkinson this week. A B Dill attended the Des Moines Republican convention Tuesday morning. Comes and Hoyle families attended a party at Walter S Brown home Friday. Finke boys stayed with Hoyle boys Monday night due to snow. Helen Turnipseed stayed at the Long home that night.
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