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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1935
Page
7
Chicago markets show hogs at 200 to 290 pounds steady 9 to 9.15 top, sows 8.10 to 8.25, light weights 140 to 160 pounds 8.35 to 8.80, good 8.50 to 9.15. cattle and calves with priceups for heavier steers, slaughter cows and bulls. Sheep 14,000 on trade, lambs 6.65 to 7.40 for 90 pounds, steady indications overall.
Prices for eggs and poultry listed by W. S. Reister & Sons show varieties including Hennery Brown and White eggs No 1 and No 2 sour cream heavy bread and various fowl such as hens leghorn and broilers. The snippet includes unit prices per pound and lot sizes though some text is fragmented.
Estimated livestock receipts for Thursday in Chicago include Hogs 11,000 Cattle 6,000 Sheep 19,000. The figures reflect market activity and supply levels for the day.
Chicago notes mixed markets with eggs unsettled receipts 26,600 cases dusting firsts 2416 and dirties 22 percent. Butter market weak with 11,317 tubs receipts and varied percent breakdowns. Poultry steady with truck receipts 22 and varied fowl and turkey prices. Potatoes on track with shipments 556 and arrivals 72 as market dull.
Chicago May 1 cash corn prices show No 3 mixed at 881/2 to 894, No 2 yellow 99 1/2 to 91 4, No 8 yellow 90 1/2 to 94 1/6, No 4 yellow 88 1/2, No 2 white 6 sample grade 79 with receipts 5.
Gibraltar commonly called the key to the Mediterranean is a British colony with about 20 000 inhabitants. Its prosperity depends on trade from the local population and services stationed there.
Keota High School receives a valuable gift from Gen and Mrs E A Kreger now in Honolulu Territory Hawaii. The four items include a photograph package from volcanic eruptions 1926 1933 1934, specimens of Hawaiian woods, and specimens of Hawaiian minerals. General Kreger is an alumnus of Keota High School.
A community sale on Saturdays is listed under a journal date column with notes about city feed, ward coverage, and local sale activity. The readable fragments suggest a recurring sale format and neighborhood involvement.
Brief community notes from the Journal’s regional correspondent, highlighting local happenings, upcoming events, and small items of interest from nearby towns.
A Wednesday morning rain follows a Tuesday frost as residents from Eureka to Washington share notes. Local business activity includes Adams & Sons real estate and insurance of Kalona selling farms near Lone Tree for 150 dollars per acre, with offers at 160. Kalona Savings Bank stays busy while Albert Maas and the writer exchange pleasant words. A letter from Washington dated April 26 1935 requests a three month Evening Journal subscription.
A light exchange reveals Flo and Gertie debating George’s future. Flo says George will not marry anytime soon, focusing on his bachelor degree studies.
A timid wife wakes her husband George as their car hurtles toward an approaching billboard. She questions his alertness and urges him to act before a collision. The scene plays on sleep induced danger and domestic tension in a roadside moment.
Keota area residents report snippets about shopping and journal subscriptions. A Brighton visit ends with settling a 50 cent debt. Kalona’s Wayside Inn serves Easter dinners and notes staff ties. Dorothy Lemsey assists at the inn while Ralph Kucera, reader from Riverside area, comments on the Evening Journal and settles a four dollar request.
Wyman seniors present their play Youth Comes Tripping in the school auditorium Friday May 3 with a cast led by Doctor Benjamin Skinner and Dan Gipple. The event follows the annual junior senior banquet featuring color outfits and a tribute program in the gym.
Pleasant Hill May 11 reports Howard Baker and family visiting the George Chalupa home. Mrs. Brice Stewart returned from Stronghurst after a sister visit. Patricia Swift’s daughter was ill with measles last week. Mrs. B F Miller visited Will Miller’s home for a couple of days. The Kepharts and Stouts visited the Earl Kephart family after church. The Hesseltines visited Don Darbyshire near Crawfordeville Sunday.
Mr and Mrs LD W Hesseltine visited Sunday at the Tom Swift home Rev Willey of Washington preached a good sermon Sunday morning at Pleasant Hill There were 79 present for Sunday school Chariey Anderson spent Sunday afternoon with Eugene Ch alupa Mr and Mrs John Erlenbush visited Sunday evening at the Howard Baker home Viola Anderson spent Sunday night with Betty Caldwell Mr and Mrs Howard Caldwell attended the funeral of C F Landay Monday afternoon at the St Paul Evangelical church in Washington Mrs Cora Long is visiting this
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