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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1933
Page
2
Markets report hogs total 23 000 with 12 000 directs and a slow holdover 6 000. Early hog top 4 350 200 300 lb 4 15 4 25. Cattle and calves: 11 000 and 2 000 respectively. Steers and heifers priced across weight ranges. lambs and sheep described with scattered price bands.
Chicago markets show steady produce and butter sectors with mixed receipts. Produce receipts 32591 cases with slight gains in certain categories. butter steady with varied percent changes across tub sizes and grades. poultry market stable with diverse price ranges for ducks fowls and turkeys. potatoes track ahead with 101 arrivals and 781 shipments amid moderate supplies.
Grain table from Chicago on May 19 shows Wheat May 71 and 73 with varying highs and lows, Corn May quoted around 43 to 44 with misc percent figures, Oats activity noted with May values around 25 to 27 and mixed percentages, several price ticks and percent figures scattered across Wheat Corn and Oats. Overall the page records opening highs and lows for multiple grain futures with miscellaneous percentages.
Cash corn prices in Chicago May 16 show mixed grades with No 2 at 41 to 42 percent protein, No 4 at 40, No 6 at 49.5, yellow and white varieties range from 39 to 44 percent protein, sample grades 26 to 38. Receipts total 214 cars.
Washington county fruit growers are advised to apply the calyx spray soon after petals drop to protect apples and other stone fruits from scab and codling moth. Use lime sulfur and arsenate of lead, adjusting amounts per guidelines from Iowa State College. Last year’s apple scab was severe, but dry earlier kept it dormant until May rains.
Sylvia Sidney and George Raft to play co stars in Pick Up a Vina Delmar Red Book adaptation to be produced by B. V. Schumann set for State Roth Players Hall in New York. Both actors share New York stage roots and similar temperaments linking their on screen pairing.
An American university touts a method promising language basics in 19 hours. It starts with 300 words learned in focused sessions and requires students to write and pronounce each word repeatedly to build initial fluency.
National League standings show New York leading with a .733 record and Cincinnati and Philadelphia midpack. Yesterday’s results include Boston 7 Pittsburgh 6 with rain postponements noted. Today’s schedule features Pittsburgh at Boston and Chicago at Brooklyn among others.
The H. and H. Bridge club will gather with Mrs. Bobe Kurtz for a 7 30 p m meeting Wednesday evening.
Prairie Flower Mission Circle hosts at Mrs Ross Pence home May 11 with Mrs Clarence Fulton assisting. IX club meets 2 pm with Mrs Jay Hrewer. Rebekah club and Independent club gatherings set, plus Flower exchange, Garden Dept plans, Obidem club luncheon, and various club programs. Rural Woman’s, Eastern Star, Walnut Women’s, and W C T A also meet May 11 with tributes to mothers and local hosts.
A brief syndicated column by D F Macon reports local community notes and happenings from nearby towns. It highlights small events, arrivals, gatherings, and everyday community life as shared by the Journal’s subscription representative.
May 19 diary notes from Washington column list residents visiting the town, milking dairy activity, road conditions, and social mentions. Names include Schoonover, Barnes, Dickinson, Henderson, Krantz, Krantz family, Simkins, Kean, Frey, Sheets, Engel, Hanley, Sands, Spessard, Hawthorne, and community groups like W C T U. Mentions serious illness of Dorothy Krantz and mayoral social remarks.
The Friday activities include the Methodist Church Ladies' Aid at 2:30 with shifts at several homes for transportation calls and an all day session hosted by Mrs. Witigman with a 1 PM covered dish lunch. The Friendship Club gathers May 12 with a flower exchange and the U P P Ladies Aid meets in church parlors at 2:30 bringing thimbles and quilt block supplies.
The Anthracite Institute at Pennsylvania State College discounts reports of living bacteria in coal. Investigators tested samples and found bacteria only in coal exposed to air or water, not in solid samples sealed from these influences.
The excerpt recalls a 800 A D tale from Tibet where King Muni Tsenpe distributed wealth to all three times. Despite equal shares the clever Men quickly reconquered control of the riches.
The article describes visits and details from Crawfords ville including Walter Keiner neighbors Henry Crooks Clint Pletcher and Henry help options for a marshal. It mentions Improved farm scenes with tomatoes potatoes cows chickens fruit and soil, and notes Mrs. E M Benson's hand injury and Frank Dolies ill health.
A collection of sale notices includes a $550 player piano offered on installment plans near Milwaukee with a $38.16 sale balance and monthly payments, plus listings for a blue 546 refrigerator and electric washing machine, old Ypirof hog machinery, fresh crystals and Bermudas onion plants from Texas, and sewing machines with discounts from Slosser's in Des Moines. Also noted are Iowa Society of Medical Women officers Dr Emma Ackerman and Dr Eleanor Hutchinson meeting with the Iowa Medical Society.
A playful dialogue notes a boy plays the piano with both hands, highlighting a simple skill with humorous restraint. The exchange contrasts the grand comparison to Paderewski with a plain description of technique.
Iowa physicians and their wives gather for a three day annual convention of the Iowa State Medical Society and allied groups in Des Moines. Opening events include welcomes by Mayor Dwight Lewis and Dr. William W. Owen with Dr. Fred A. Moore delivering a welcome.
The Wellman high school senior class play Once There Was a Princess by Juliet Wilbur Tompkins is moved to Friday evening May 12. Mary Sherman, the coach, leads the production with artful direction and student performers.
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