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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1931
Page
2
Chicago hog prices mixed with steady to lower bids as packers remained uneven. Top hogs reached 7.45 while most 176 to 220 pounds traded 7.20 to 7.40. Sows quoted 5.65 to 6.00 with varied bids on heavier weights. Cattle and calves receipts around 5,000 and 3,000 respectively under general market conditions.
An ad touts Emerald Oil as a powerful antiseptic for eczema varicose ulcers and itching skin. It promises a money back guarantee if it fails and notes a generous bottle lasts long. The copy also claims it cures Athlete's Foot by killing germs and provides complete directions with each bottle.
Prices show mixed activity with online demand stronger for light cattle and heavier offerings slower. Steers 600 to 900 lb bring 7.75 to 9.50, cows mostly 4.50 to 6.00, vealers 7.50 to 9.00, stockers 6.25 to 8.25, and lambs 9.00 to 10.60 with ewes 2.50 to 3.75. Receipts include 13,000 sheep and varied cattle weights across classes.
Combined hog receipts at 23 yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hour period to 10 am totaled 15,600, down from 27,400 a week ago. Prices mostly weak to 10 cents lower, packing hogs steady, marketing heavier with several lots for Friday delivery.
The report lists live cattle pigs and packing hog quotations by weight and grade with prices from 5.70 to 6.75 for cattle and pork prices from 4.75 to 6.50. It notes prices are based on truck deliveries with feed and water at destination and warns shipments from farther than 60 miles without feed or water may fall below quoted levels.
Chicago May 7 market report shows eggs receipts 5 735 cases with 16 percent extras and 1544 firsts, currents 13 to 14 percent. butter receipts 31 115 tubs with 2 W percent extras and 20 percent firsts. Poultry steady with 1614 to 174 percent fowls, leghorn 15, ducks 18, turkeys 22 to 32. cheese twins 12 percent and young Americas 13 percent. Potatoes on track 231 cars arrivals 104 shipments 788 market steady dull. Wisconsin sacked round whites 1.24 to 1.23, Idaho russets 1.55 to 1.60, Texas bliss 3.00 to 2.10.
Chicago grain figures show May contracts for Wheat Corn and Oats with mixed old and new values. Trading notes count 25 car Wheat 37 cars for Corn and Oats.
The Toledo grain close lists Clover domestic prime old at 13.75 and prime new 14.00 with prime choice at 14.25. October 14.25 and December 14.50. Alsike cash 14.00 and hay timothy at 1.25 per cwt.
Cash grain prices in Chicago show mixed results from May 7 with wheat and corn movements. Wheat values hover around 44 to 44, oats show fractional gains, rye remains absent, and miscellaneous feeds like timothy and clover register small shifts.
A reflective remark notes that to date no world significance document has been sketched on a hotel tablecloth, suggesting unrealized plans or idle rhetoric rather than formal agreements or decisive action.
Fans of thrills flock to the Fox as Bill Boyd presents The Painted Desert a western talking picture. A spectacular canyon stunt shot near Cameron Arizona uses six cameras on the Little Colorado River edge and four mikes to capture the dramatic runaway wagon plunge observed by a wide cast including Helen Twelvetrees William Farnum Clark Gable and Al St. John.
The Warner Bros. musical romance Viennese Nights plays at the State theater with audiences raving about the story set to music. It is the screen’s first romance by Romberg and Hammerstein II with stars Walter Pidgeon Vivienne Segal and a large supporting cast. The film centers on the deathless beauty of art, with Toniant marking a final performance.
Lodges Washington Chapter No 98 OE S Regular meeting second Thursday night Ida McDaniel WM Ernestine Denison secretary Visitors welcome Damascus Shrine No 10 WS of J Regular meeting fourth Tuesday Ma sonic Temple rooms Edith Fulver WP Hazel Haven Worthy Scribe Washington Lodge No 26 AF AA M Regular meeting first Friday Cyrus Chapter No 28 RA M Regular meeting second Friday J W Enslin HP A W Yard secretary
A detailed rail timetable lists Eastbound and Westbound departures and arrivals for multiple lines. It includes named trains such as the Golden State Limited Apache Local and freight trains, with daily and Sunday exceptions and notes on California passenger stops. Station agents and routing details are provided for Knoxville and other branches, including mixed trains and limited services.
May Lemley finishes 81 acres of corn on Jake Simmering farm northeast of Washington while C S Custer near by nears corn planting finish. Tom Gerdes completed 56 acres last Friday and expects to finish over 100 acres by Wednesday. Fred Jarvis relocates to the former Howard Heating farm. Vernt Koehler to harvest 105 acres of corn with Lloyd Hopping assisting. local school mentions and a chicken dinner at the S P Hubbel home as they renew their journal after an expiry.
The column notes Percheron horses on a local farm with three two year olds prepared to work next year. Harold Littrel works for Vine Marek, Eugene Martins moved to George Foster farms. Charley Palmer’s dairy milking twenty one cows in forty minutes, barn cleanliness lauded. Lucille Hartman age fourteen operated on, family hopeful for recovery. Hospitals visit by Mrs Hartman and others, a ride with Lester Orr ends with a joke from a hobo.
The drama department plans a pot luck dinner May 11 at Mrs A Anderson's home. Lincoln School marionettes will present plays. The Literature department hosts a May party May 11 at Mrs HI J Montgomery's home with dinner at 7 o'clock.
In Chicago, J. H. Hartung, a Columbus salesman, lured Mrs. Garrison and herself to poison, then drank and died beside her while her husband Ralph Garrison watched. Garrison, a Kalamazoo printer, had gone to reveal reconciliation.
Ray remarks on maintaining a cheerful mindset amid heavy burden and guilt, suggesting ignorance as a potential path to ease. The quote frames a philosophical view on mental peace under moral weight.
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