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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1933
Page
2
Chicago market shows hogs at 24 000 head with slow trade and top at 4.30. Cattle and calves total 8 500 and 3 000 respectively with very slow demand for steers and yearlings. Sheep 10 000 not fully established with few steady sales and lamb prices quoted across weights.
Bees market unsettled with receipts at 19490 cases and firsts dropping from 12314 to 114. Butter market unsettled with receipts 11611 tubs and various percent changes for specials extras and firsts. Poultry market steady with receipts 26 trucks and mixed percentage shifts across fowls leg horns and turkeys. Potatoes on track with arrivals 93 and shipments 66 as market trades slowly.
Grain table shows Chicago May 9 uplifts with Wheat May July Sept Dec prices and corn oats rye values, though entries are partially garbled. Market figures include May and July Wheat around .71% to .72% range, with Sept and Dec notes. Corn and oats show scattered percentages while rye presents mixed figures.
Chicago market notes report mixed corn futures with No 2 corn at 43% basis and No 3 at 41% with other price indications. The fragment suggests ongoing price moves for mixed grain grades in May.
Yesterday New York defeated Chicago 7 to 3 while Washington charmed St. Louis 10 to nothing. Boston faced Cleveland with rain and Philadelphia faced Detroit in cold weather. Today matches include New York at Chicago and Philadelphia at Detroit with several interleague pairings across the circuit.
The 1932 safety record for railroad passengers is the best in U S history. Only one passenger died on trains that year. The fatality occurred to an off duty railroad employee riding a rail motor car that collided with another train.
Brief regional updates compiled by D. F. Macon from the Journal's subscription network. Communities share events, happenings, and local concerns in concise notes reflecting everyday civic life.
A lively Washington memo mentions Buzz Burrell's plan to cut his whiskers and lists residents visiting Monday. It notes road conditions, chicken housing at Ira Caldwell's, P A McLamore stories, and farming efforts with 70 acres and a thousand trees to spray.
The article notes a small increase in 1928 as an exception to a trend and records that in 1934 four passengers lost their tires in train accidents, marking a new low at that time.
Grace Hill correspondent reports weekend visits and movements among West Chester residents. Mrs Peterson and Miss Sellars visited Wm Kyles and J B Sherlock's household. Wm Meyer traveled to Grand Lake Colorado. Anna Sankey visited her daughter and neighbors. Chas Strohm went to Oakside on business. Sankey and Robertson family outings noted with short stays in Washington and Rock Island. Lucille Robertson returned from Rock Island where she had been employed.
Lincoln grade school diamond ball team won the YY M A sponsored tournament with five wins and one loss. Final games yesterday saw Lincoln beat Wallace 26 to 17 while Heights defeated Centennial 30 to 2. Standings show Lincoln 3 0, Heights 2 1, Centennial 0 3. A new athletic event for grade schools was announced at the Y, likely a track meet or swimming contest.
Verdi M J jonger reports a May 6 bridge evening at Leslie Gates home with several couples. Elizabeth Ann Meeks stayed a week with aunt Mrs Howard Miller. Cedar school district invites attenders to Pleasant school May 12 for picnic and play day. Fred Warren and Gates families visited, Leslie Gates hosted guests. Mrs Leslie Gates to Washington hospital to see her father Joe Neber.
Evansville Indiana hosts the largest hardwood market in the nation, drawing buyers and sellers from across the region to a central trade hub. The prominence of Evansville as a timber center is underscored by its expansive showrooms and steady flow of wholesale transactions.
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