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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1932
Page
2
Hog receipts 14 000, demand weaker, prices steady. Cattle 9 000, calves steady, beef and feeder ranges noted with steers 4.50 to 6.00, cows 2.75 to 4.40, bulls 2.50 to 4.00. Sheep 10 000, lambs 6.00 to 6.75, yearlings 4.50 to 5.50. Potatoes and Irish cobblers also listed with varied prices.
Des Moines reports 24 hour hog receipts at 23 100 across 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota up from 16 300 a week ago and 11 500 year ago. Prices vary by weight from 2 75 to 3 45 per pound for light to medium hogs with heavier weights at 2 80 to 3 30 and sows 2 25 to 2 65unless bulk shipments.
Chicago wholesale prices list butter creamery extras and standards up to 18 percent. Eggs total 19 028 cases with varying grades. Cheese varieties include young Americas and brick prints with multiple daisy and twin designations. Live poultry includes turkeys hens toms and leghorns with weight and grade notes.
Grain receipts listed for Wheat 49 cars, Corn 225 ears, and Oats 60 cars. This brief item records transport figures for cereal grains and may reflect a regional market note.
Open high low and close figures for wheat corn and oats across May July September and December contracts. Values show bid and ask ranges and monthly shifts with new and old series in the Chicago grain market report.
Chicago May 4 cash grain close data shows mixed and various grade quotes for Wheat Corn Oats Rye and Barley with multiple percentages and price ranges. The fragment lists several grade categories such as red mixed smutty yellow and white for Wheat and Corn, along with Rye and Barley price estimates.
The annual Junior-Senior banquet was held Friday at Riverside public school with lavender and silver decor and lighted tapers. Mothers of juniors prepared a three course banquet served by Sophomores. Toasts honored Sincerity to Seniors and more. A separate note mentions a surprise 32nd wedding anniversary party at the Karel home with bridge, prizes, and a rug gift. Edith Heitzman returns to work after vacation with her parents.
Local briefs compiled by D. F. Macon recount community happenings from nearby towns. Highlights include civic events, local meetings, and short updates on residents and businesses.
A May 4 diary page records Brighton Iowa residents visiting roadsides and shops, noting weather, farm sales, a young doctor setup, a beloved veteran, a sawmill incident, and a joke about taking a breath of fresh air. The piece mentions Hiram Coakley, Dave Kilgore, Dick Cain, Dr. M. T. McCreedy, E. E. Swank, Tom Henderson, A. J. Johnson, Cleo Trier, Robert Sheetz, and Eliza Arnold with rural Washington county context and daily errands.
A Washington report describes Corbin's Hollow a cluster of 49 people living in extreme poverty near the Shenandoah area. Social workers Miriam Sizer and Dr Roy Lyman Sexton have aided them for years as Interior officials consider relocation to a safer site with church support.
Ed Lukovsky sold his hogs to Washington buyers last Thursday. Mr and Mrs Atto Schiebel spent Friday evening at Chas.
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