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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1931
Page
2
Chicago market report details hogs cattle and sheep with prices by weight and type. Includes butter poultry cheese potatoes and regional variations, noting steady to weaker trends and record slaughter receipts.
Combined hog receipts at 23 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota totaled 19 500 for the 24 hours ending 10:00 am. Prices eased slightly with Friday's steep gains pushing selling. Quotes cover light to heavy hogs including pigs and sows with weights from 100 to 550 pounds and range from 4.75 to 6.85 dollars for various classes and destinations reflects trucking and rail delivery conditions.
Chicago May grain quotes show wheat and corn fluctuating with May values drifting, while new July and Sept figures edge higher in spots. Market notes indicate mixed strength across oats and rye with limited shifts in December maturities.
Cash grain close lists OCR readings for wheat corn oats rye barley timothy and clover with various grade and color codes. Prices show mixed results across hard northern yellow white categories and ranges for grains and forages.
The Toledo market shows Clover domestic prime old 13.75 prime new 14.00 prime choice new 14.25 prime choice old 14.00 with October 14.25 and December 14.50. Alsike cash 14.00. Hay timothy 1.25 ewt.
VEO Mrs. C A Bray correspondent notes April 28 reports Mr. Dave E Miller and daughters Gladys and Gwendolyn visiting Wayland to see their grandparents Mr. and Mrs Miller. Also Mr. and Mrs. George Bray visited relatives near Batavia with Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Beauchamp and Eva Roberts and Faye mentioned.
California led with graded eggs and gained premium prices from eastern buyers who assumed California eggs were superior. Iowa followed, recognizing graded eggs boost demand and justify higher prices. The program could raise Iowa egg popularity to match California as grading proves uniform quality and quality signals.
Visitors to the Parental Ezra Hadley home include Mrs. Alda Watson who returned Monday after visiting in Union county. The Farmers Union met Monday night with the Spaldings. Miss Maude Parson of Near Lockridge visits her brother Russe Parson family. Clarence Roberts and son Leland visited the George Drish home in Brighton. Chester Staats of Fairfield called on his daughter Mrs Jose Rice Friday. Lena Moth and Orville Myers of Wayland returned home after time at the D E Miller home. N E Jones H C Jones and Pearl Wikoff of Pleasant Plain attended a funeral in Wellman. Busy Bee club met April 23 with 14 members. Belva Emry visiting. Next meeting May 12 at Mrs Zara Balderson. Mr and Mrs C C Rogers Fl don Roy Mrs Rosella Spalding and R A Spalding were Sunday visitors at M D Gowey's.
Mrs. Chris Wenger of Wayland was reported shopping in Washington on Friday with local observers noting her purchase activity and travel pattern.
A fragment quotes a sentence about cunning and wisdom attributed to Locke. The line notes an ape of wisdom and a warning against cleverness in a child, reflecting Enlightenment thought.
After the famed Bounty mutiny, Christian, who led the ship, returned to Tahiti and stayed ten days. When the ship sailed again, twelve Tahitian men, eight boys, and twelve women remained aboard and begged to stay, with others boarding after local visits.
Champion National Change Week for 1931 is set for May 4 to 22. Motorists install new spark plug sets to gain better performance after research showed plugs deteriorate after about 10 000 miles, securing more power speed and economy for another 10 000 miles.
A brief community item notes the subscription representative for The Journal records outreach across neighborhoods. It highlights reader engagement efforts and the role of the subscriber staff in maintaining service and circulation.
A sermon outline on Luke 19 1 10 details Zacchaeus seeking Jesus despite social scorn and his tax collector role. Jesus calls him by name, declares intent to visit his house, and Zacchaeus converts with swift restitution pledges. The lesson frames repentance as a present, life changing act.
May weather hints at clear days and garden growth while readers report field work and street improvements. Letters describe a sale of household goods in north Washington, a list of locals visiting Washington, and a Wyoming homestead update with snow, logging of cabins, cattle country life, and trout fishing prospects.
Bethel writer Rennie Dawson reports a wet spell easing into sun and moisture aiding corn planting readiness. He notes farmers ahead on spring work and recalls a Thursday trip to Oskaloosa with Cloyee Stewart Rennie Dawson J Floyd Walker and Arthw Duensing to attend the sixty sixth Annual State S S convention.
Cloyce Stewart and others planned roosters for achievement day on April 30 at Mrs Joe Knoteks home. Mrs Everett Stewart attended a 4H lesson at John Foster home in Washington. Rosemary club ladies shared a noon luncheon at Ralph Waggoner home. Moore family from Illinois visited Reed home and plans to attend district conference in Fairfield on April 28.
A quip contrasts two neighbors as the first with children behaving like kids and the second with children acting like kids, highlighting expected maturity versus frivolity in neighborhood conduct.
Mrs. Amy Conlin of Queens, a forty year old housewife, tearfully berates her former sweetheart James De Pew after he confesses to shooting her husband during an attempted hold up. Both Conlin and De Pew face assault and robbery charges as the husband’s condition remains grave.
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