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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1931
Page
2
Receipts reach 16 000 with 3 500 direct as hogs move to shippers and small killers. Market remains fairly active but weak to Thursday's average with top at 7.25 dollars and bulk hogs 160 to 210 pounds priced around 7.10 plus.
Slaughter pigs and cattle prices shown for various weight classes. Cattle receipts total 2,000 head with feeders and stockers noted. sheep receipts 13,000 with market slow early but lambs above $9.75 for high grades. Price ranges given for steers, heifers, cows, bulls, lambs, and sows, plus notes on delivery conditions and trucking impact.
Combined hog receipts at 23 concentration yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ended 10:00 a m today were 1 300, compared with 15 200 a week ago. Trading at interior stations was uneven, generally steady to 1 cent lower than Thursday average, with moderate marketing in most sections as buyers held back slightly.
Chicago May 8 grain report shows Wheat Corn Oats and Rye futures with May and July contract quotes. Prices vary across wheat corn and oats with gains and losses noted and key highs lows and closes listed for May July and Sept maturities.
Chicago markets show mixed shifts in wheat corn oats rye and barley with offerings in white and yellow corn notes and timothy and clover prices held steady or rising slightly across grades. Ceiling and floor specifics appear fragmented but indicate overall activity in grains and forage crops.
In the Journal office chatter May 8, women remark on singers in their families and old tunes like Silver Threads Among the Gold and Go Tell Aunt Rhoda The Old Gray Goose is Dead. Wayne is improving and may return home soon. Hendricks family to farm their land this year and have decorated their home.
A note describes a trip to the Great Northern hotel at Hot Springs Arkansas where friend Fred Skola is thought to be coon hunting. The writer adds a claim that badger fights in the South were more fun than current hunts, reflecting a vivid but troubling memory.
Charlie Scranton has 157 acres of corn and 45 acres of wheat. He expects a busy harvest season when the wheat comes in, relying on his combine to manage the fields.
Roscoe Bennett and a family reside on the Breiter farm as Mr. Bennett assists Charley with daily farming tasks this season.
Mrs. Boese receives the Journal money as Jake Boese is away. Mrs. Emily Campbell of Otfimwa stays with the Boeses while her son Ralph lies in Lowa City hospital for an operation. The mother reports he is improving after the bus trip to Towa City.
In a sparse family recount, Harold Rov and Virginia describe a younger Lloyd A living at the house. Virginia notes her brothers are kind to her while Harold and Rov recall their father working in a field nearby.
Reporter tours Paul Leepers noting Rex S riding a pony and missing class while the higher grade exam occupies teachers. Miss Mc Carthey from Washington highly regarded. Vint Emry near batching with two high school children in Brighton. Mrs Emry with son Rev Wayne Emry in Des hospital.
Brinning was feeding his hogs when observers watched Chris unseen. He began to speak aloud to himself and then told us what he would tell himself. The farm shows well kept buildings and lots, a standout example with 130 spring pigs on this farm in Ohio.
Domestic prime Clover at 13.79 and 14.00 for prime new. Prime choice 14.25 and 14.00 for MM. October 14.25 and December 14.50 quoted. Alsike at 14.99. Timothy hay priced at 1.25 per cwt.
H D Snyder south of New Haven keeps horses that need work. Howard hopes his son Howard Jr. will be able to unhook the team and complete the chores when he returns home, teaching the child early tasks on the farm.
Chicago reports firmer produce with receipts at 25 004 cases. Extras firsts up 16 percent to 1544, current receipts down 15 percent to 14, seconds up 13 percent. Butter steady with 11 194 tubs receipts, extras 21 percent, firsts 20 to 21, seconds 38 to 19, standards 214. Poultry steady with receipts three cars. fowls 17 to 18, springers 26, feghorns 14, ducks 18, geese and turkeys 22 to 23, roosters 22.
The report lists prices and movements for broilers cheese potatoes and various regional staples. Wisconsin round whites Idaho russets Texas and Florida Bliss prices are noted with fluctuations and shipment details for items like cars arrivals shipments and market tone described as firm to weak.
The Pathe dialogue picture The Painted Desert plays at the Fe theater. Shot mostly in Arizona and on an Indian Reservation the drama follows two pioneer families and a romance of their children. Helen Twelvetrees stars with Big Boyd. strong support from Farnum Macdonald Gable and others.
Clyde Cook, renowned comic, stars in Daybreak at the State theater in the new Ramon Novarro drama. He plays a regimental orderly turned diplomatic valet whose blithe antics provide ample humor as Novarro’s onscreen escapades unfold. Helen Chandler leads opposite Novarro with roles by Jean Hershel and C Aubrey Smith.
Miss Jessie Pennett married August Welmeyer in a Wapello ceremony read by C. H. McGunis. The article lists wedding attendees, school ties, and future plans near Cranston, plus club officers and various local engagements in Columbus Junction and surrounding areas.
A sale is listed for May 12 at the R. F. Smylie pavilion located on Midway farm in Columbus Junction.
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