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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1930
Page
2
The market shows mixed cattle and sheep figures with varied loads and weights. Top 180 to 200 lb cattle paid 10.50, down 20–30 from last week, with other weights and grades trading down to 6.75 to 10.40, while fat cows and bulls varied with strong finishes in some segments and narrow wrecker trade due to market conditions.
Chicago March 29 market notes show mixed grain bids including wheat and corn bids with small fluctuations. Cash grain prices list various varieties and values alongside notes on clover seed and Toledo seed market figures for March including end of March and October rows.
Review notes praise for George Arliss in Vitaphone film The Green Goddess a melodrama long run success at Warner studio and a dramatic adaptation praised for its stage star power. Mentions of Ronald Colman in Bulldog Den and a mix of entertainment, local weather, and community notices with town events and personal updates.
Mrs C A Bray reports a series of Sunday visits near Rubio and Fairfield. Guests included Mr and Mrs Jones and Donald, Mr and Larry Hamilton, Miss Margaret Rice and Raymond Rumer, Jose Rice's family, Otto Emery and family, and W E McNurren’s relatives. Whig Bond died Monday, and Doris Dia with Glenn Turnbull’s family near Richland were mentioned. Mrs Alda Watton traveled to Clarence Turnbull’s home. Turnbull’s son was born March 18, with illness noted.
D C Davison, famed threshing machine seller, visited a hotel youth’s chair in a bustling scene. The report details of Robt Adams family near Zion, twin Pridge siblings, andiple homes on No 2. Ainsworth sees Gardner’s modern bungalow with cistern, pine lumber, and walnut pieces. locals recount kin, travels, class parties, illnesses, and visits across Pleasant Plain, Richland, Batavia, and Columbus City with notable names including Gowey, Emery, Bray, Stineman, and Ramsdale.
Nellie Mann reports in Crawfordsville on the Dareas class of the United Presbyterian church where Mrs Lilly Lease teaches. Sixteen ladies attended the Thursday meeting and pot luck luncheon followed. Officers elected for the coming year are president Mrs Frank Maxwell secretary Mrs Eli White treasurer Miss Jessie White and teacher Mrs Lilly Lease.
Douglas ay Kanema reports social notes from Sunday gatherings. Linda Arthur Conrad and many neighbors list visits at Emil and Fred Stalder homes, Opal McGuire, Willard Opal, and other locals including Pete Graber, August Genzman, and the Richers families.
Joseph J. Wilson of the extension division of the plant pathology department at Iowa State College will spend six months at Conesville to supervise experimental work on wilt resistant watermelons. He will oversee a 30 acre tract under supervision of a plant pathologist, directing Wilt resistance studies.
Miss Margaret Davidson named census enumerator for Crawfordsville and Crawford township starting Wednesday April Relatives report the death of Cyrus Sewell of Diagonal Iowa on Tuesday March 25 in Chicago at a daughter's home. Rev and Mrs G W Pool return Thursday night from Excelsior Springs Mo with Mrs Pool exhausted after a difficult trip.
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