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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1932
Page
2
May 3 Chicago market totals show hogs 15 000 with steady demand and top 90 cents. cattle 6 000 steady with beef steers 7.00 to 8.00 and calves 4.00 to 6.00. sheep 12 000 steady with lambs 6.00 to 6.75 and yearlings 4.50 to 5.50.
Combined hog receipts at 21 concentration yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 24 hours ending 8 am show 13,900 head, up from last week. Quotes cover various weight classes from 100 to 550 pounds with light to heavy hogs trading around 2.00 to 3.50 per hundredweight, mostly steady to slight declines. long haul weight shrinkage and shipping-point weight exclusions noted.
Prices and offerings for butter eggs cheese live poultry potatoes and regional shippings. Listings include tub butter 16 036. eggs 22 780 cases. cheese varieties with quoted percentages. turkeys hens and roosters with No 2 and weight notes. ducks geese and russet potatoes with per hundredweight and shipment details across Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota Idaho Texas Louisiana and other regions.
Chicago May grain table shows open high low and close figures for WHEAT CORN OATS and RY across May July Sept and Dec futures. The report lists bid ask and settlement values with percent changes and monthly contract markers for wheat corn oats and rye.
Seed market notes show prices for red clover Alsike timothy and sweet clover with ranges from 4.00 to 14.00 for various grades. Cash grain close lists wheat corn oats and barley bids and samples with multiple color grades and percent ranges.
D. F. Macon reports brief notes from nearby towns including local events, small business updates, and community happenings. The column highlights school activities, civic meetings, and notable residents in concise items.
A lively May 3 note recounts street chatter about honesty and a fish tale as United States Senator Brookhart speaks. The piece describes local characters, a cake gift, and humorous exchanges during the hour and a half speech, capturing small town reaction to the event.
A playful clipping recounts Bill who buys and sells a billboard to pay a board bill, causing the board bill to bore him none. It also notes a mail card from Jessie James’s mother beside a tombstone with numbers 4, 59, 32 and a brief message from N. L. Black in Excelsior Springs Missouri describing recovery and mild weather.
Washington area correspondents report a busy farming week with corn planting and cattle care. Farmers including Andrew Hauter Carl Dunbar Walter Hotle and Roy Wells describe plans to plant hundreds of acres, tend dairy cows and chickens, and improve roads near New Haven.
James Bridges of Columbus Junction faced heartbreak when his fiancée returned the engagement ring in a box labeled Glass Handle With Care. Everett Palmer joined him in Washington early Monday, en route to take his girl to school and to repair a windmill, as the day unfolded with unexpected drama.
Carl Hardin near Washington on No 2 is described as always busy just home late in the evening after a long day. The snippet portrays him as a tirelessly occupied person noted for a perfect day’s close.
A retail paint dealer ordered a carload of merchandise from a New York firm. The firm wired that shipment could not occur until payment for the last consignment was made. The dealer telegraphed that he could not wait and canceled the order.
Crawfordsville May 2 A funeral for Will Anwyl drew relatives and friends from Iowa and beyond, including Jefferson, Keota, Columbus Junction, Sigourney, Winfield, Mt Pleasant, Moravia and Morning Sun. Attendees listed span Williamsburg Cedar Rapids Des Moines Wellman Riverside and Mt. Union among others.
The article notes Grundy Center visitors F J Maxwell and family, and May baskets hung Saturday night in a quiet local custom. It mentions visits by Fred Sipe and daughter Lucile of Fairfield, and Tama residents Mr and Mrs William Shear Jr and relatives. also a Tama trip for newborn Mary Irene’s aunt and guardians.
Leland Morrison reports a noncommercial Home Economics and Dairy Industries service from Iowa State College Ames detailing benefits of butter cheese and ice cream. Washington county farmers may welcome the dairy program with broadcasts on May 3 4 10 11 12 17 18 24 25 26 27 at 19 a m on Town State College radio.
Columbus Junction dispatch notes the Methodist Foreign Missionary meeting in the church parlor and a weekend visit by Mrs. T N O Neill. Oakville beat Wyman 26 to 2 to clinch the Louisa County tournament, with earlier results Oakville 28 Grandview 2 and Wapello 2 Morning Sun 3. Clarence Wiegert collected seven wolf cubs for $28 total at the county auditor's office. Myra McNatton, ex Wapello student, will be secretary to the minister at Broadway Presbyterian Church in Rock Island after completing a yearlong secretarial course. Funeral services were held for Clarence Shellabarger’s brother with local relatives attending.
A misquoted quip from the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin suggests that adding synthetic rubber to synthetic gas could make a synthetic automobile possible. The line plays on future chemistry and automotive dreams with a tongue in cheek spin.
A plant first brought from China to Europe about two centuries ago by a Jesuit missionary has become a favorite in modern gardens, its journey marking a cross continental exchange of horticultural traditions.
Seventh and eighth graders from Louisa County rural schools will take spring exams on May 6 with geography and physiology for seventh graders and history arithmetic and grammar for eighth graders. The Rev G S Ramsdale of Columbus City Scoutmaster and B H Shearer attended a Thursday Oakville executives meeting with Roy Coon of Burlington as principal speaker.
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