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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1931

Page

2

Chicago Live Stock Prices Mixed With Broad Market Moves

Chicago live stock market report shows hogs strong with direct receipts, cattle and calves firming, slaughter cattle and wealers steady to higher, stockers and feeders lifting, and sheep receipts up with lambs and sheep trading uneven amid broad activity. Top hogs reach $7.60, steers $8.00, lambs around $9.60 per hundredweight, with varied weights and classes showing gains and declines across the board.

Chicago

Livestock Market Prices and Weight Ranges

The note lists ewes weighing 90 to 150 pounds with price ranges from 6.75 to 8.00 dollars per unit. Dibdium choice is priced 2.50 to 3.75. Cull and common animals fall between 1.50 and 2.50. All weights are covered in the market snapshot.

Chicago Produce Market Report May Day Surges and Slumps Across Goods

Chicago May deliveries show eggs steady receipts 32 900 cases with firsts and extras. Butter market steady with over 11 907 tabs and extras. Poultry weak with car fowls 17 to 19 and other fowl categories listed. Cheese prices Twins 12 percent to 12. Potatoes on track 257 cars with regional price ranges. Guides Wisconsin Minnesota Idaho Colorado Texas and Florida price figures noted for round whites and Bliss varieties.

Wisconsin Minnesota Idaho Russets Colorado McClures Texas Texas Bliss Florida Bliss

Iowa Hog Receipts and Prices at Iowa Plants May 1

Combined hog receipts at 23 concentration yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 24 hours ending 10 am today totaled 15 300, up from 11 800 last week. Prices varied by weight class with moderate volume and uneven gains, and quotes reflect truck deliveries and destination feed/water status.

Des Moines Iowa Minnesota

Grain and futures quotes show mixed May wheat corn oats and rye

Chicago cash grain closes list wheat at 8215 to 8244 for hard and 2 red 514 with mixed corn values from 56 to 56 1/4 across grades and oats around 27 1/2 while Toledo offers Clover hay prices and car counts for Wheat Corn and Oats with estimates.

Chicago

Merrimac Notes From April Visit and Local News

Geraldine Ross of Wayland visits Mrs. Roy Eshelman in Merrimac for a few days. Chris Pohren visits his father Jacob Pohren of Pleasant Plain. A N Amrine and son Carl travel to Wayland. Roy Eshelman ill with flu. Mrs. Doss Van Winkle also visits.

Merrimac Geraldine Ross Wayland Roy Eshelman Chris Pohren Jacob Pohren Pleasant Plain A. N. Amrine Carl Doss van Winkle

May Day memories and local life in valley area

May 1 recalls buck beer day in Illinois and a day spent with neighbors near Valley. Readers note farm work update including John Erlenbush’s 280 acre spread with shorthorn cattle, Bleese’s corn ground, and Dayton McNeil buying 64 shoats. Local residents Dayton, Mrs. Dayton, W. H. McCall, Mrs. Oral W. Long, and others are mentioned with gardening, farming, and daily reading of the Journal.

Illinois

Local Rural Notes Share Family, Farm Tales, and Travel

A county column records hedge work, a near house hit by a stump, and remarks on lacking room to turn over. It notes Mr Mitchell sending the Washington Daily to his wife, mentions Bill Wooley, W. J. Williams of Winsan, Ode Ferguson, and Frank Courtney on projects and threshing. It reports on Howell Davis’s farm, cattle, corn, oats, hay, soy beans, and pigs, plus a farewell for Mrs. Hugh E. B. Davis returning to Glendale. It recounts potato planting on Good Friday anecdote, Beauchamp home painting, and a 1900 pound bronco at W. J. Edgurs garden while noting few chickens and new fences. It ends with H KE Wilkins of Culver City sending a letter not to be copied and sending back home papers to California.

Mitchell Washington Daily Bill Wooley R. W. Howell Hugh EB. Davis Glendale California Claude McCoy Davis Howell W. J. Edgurs Edgar H. KE. Wilkins Culver City

Local Residents Share Week's Busy Social Doings

Wednesday afternoon in Davenport included Mrs. George Shappy John Hyde and son Johunie on business. Washington visit for Mrs. Reshley to treat a hand injury from a corn shelter. Numerous travels and family gatherings reported across Davenport Fairfield Moline and Mt. Pleasant with weddings and visits to parental homes.

George Shappy John Hyde Johunie Davenport Elmer Reshley Washington Fairfield Tson Lantz Toyd Lantz Roscor Dain Lola Crile A. L. Shuey Mt. Pleasant Ben Crile Williain Joe Graber Will Brannon Elmer Reshiley Will Cochran Dave Pau Karl Smiths Roscoe Bain Maggie Burger George Shuppy A. N. Amrines

Family visits mark Sunday social rounds

Families spent Sunday afternoon and evening with relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs Roy Duttweiler visited Glen Shafers. Mrs Kidd Crile and son Waldo visited Boyd Lantz and family. Mr and Mrs Starry Bele visited Arthur Nortons.

Chris Pohrens Roy Duttweiler Glen Shafers Kidd Crile Waldo Boyd Lantz Starry Bele Arthur Nortons

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