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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1931
Page
2
Hogs receipts 19 000 with 2 600 direct sale. Prices mostly higher than Monday with futures around 7 40 for selected, bulk 150 to 250 pounds 7.00 to 7.40. Cattle receipts 7 500 with calves 3 000. light steers and heavy offerings weak, most steers 6.75 to 8.00, killing quality down slightly.
A nighttime cry may signal infant colic and Castoria provides quick non harmful relief. The pure vegetable prep offers safe gentle regulation for stomach issues including colic constipation and diarrhea with a pleasant taste for infants.
Receipts show steers and heifers across weight ranges with good and choice at 6.75 to 9.50 for vealers and 5.25 to 7.00 for common. Cows and bulls listed from 3.25 to 6.00, stocker cattle 5.25 to 8.25. Sheep receipts 14 000 with lamb bids up to 9.85 and ewes down to 2.75.
Combined hog receipts at 28 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 24 hours ending 8 am show 18 500 head, up from 11 600 last week. Prices increased 10 to 20 cents on heavy hogs, with brisk trading in most areas and light weights discounted 25 to 30 cents.
Mary Lou Thurston, an orphan, accepts a position as Delight Hartford to Travers Lorrimer, a shell shocked war veteran living with Mrs. Lorrimer in Westmill Connecticut. Travers proclaims her his wife and persuades her to impersonate Delight Hartford to aid his recovery as their intertwined past surfaces.
After wartime crashes and presumed death, an invalid returns home to find a former lover living under his roof with his mother’s blessing. The man grapples with the abrupt reunion and must adjust, promising to handle the delicate reintroduction with friendship. He senses the shocking, immediate recognition upon seeing her and contemplates the path to reconciliation.
Mrs Lorrimer and Miss Harford host tea as Dr Mathews explains the danger to Travers Lorrimer. Travers feels ill, confused, and deeply let down after the assault. The doctor aims to persuade him to accept the reality of his situation.
A man endures a wave of joy and fear as a beloved woman shuns him, then finds hope through a possible explanation from Mathews. He faces doubt, loneliness, and a fragile plan to see her again tomorrow, hopeful yet unsettled by what awaits.
The Washington county rural letter carriers association held its first year meeting at the Ainsworth Methodist church due to bad roads and weather Only carriers from Ainsworth and Brighton attended A vice president presided A resolutions committee to draft reports for the next meeting The next gathering is scheduled for Crawfordsville on Saturday night June 6
The report lists price ranges for hogs by weight and category including good and choice hogs from 100 to 550 pounds, with varying dollars per hundredweight. It notes quotations are bank-transaction based and that long haul shipments with shrinkage or hogs with excessive fill may deviate from quoted prices.
Chicago grain prices show mixed moves with wheat corn oats and rye across May to December contracts. Old figures are compared with new quotes reflecting slight shifts in open high low and close ranges for each commodity.
Chicago cash grain closes show Wheat at 84 and 1 red 8 3 on oats 3042 and 3 white 30, Corn bids mixed 6 to 60344 with several yellow and white varieties listed, Rye and Timothy activity noted with prices 39 to 66 and 825 to 875, Clover 1076 to 1776.
Toledo market notes show seed prices with Old and New prime Louise supplies. Prices list Clover prime at 13.75 to 14.60, Timothy hay 1.25 ewt and other noted futures through December.
May 12 Chicago market notes show eggs firmer with receipts 238 085 cases and various firsts and extras. Butter firmer with mixed receipts and percentages. poultry largely steady with fowls leghorns springers ducks geese and turkeys listed by price and weight categories.
May 12 notes report Mr and Mrs C G Anderson in town after an accident plowing. Funeral for Joe Marek draws many friends. Roads near Ainsworth R2 seen improved after sun. Richard Havel reports 97 spring pigs likely profitable. Rev and Mrs Gageby visit friends then Marshalltown to see mother in Decatur Tennessee. Paul Gageby studies at home town hospital. A Scotchman and friend ride in an Austin over a toll bridge amid rain. R L Keyser hosts a Holstein herd and new Emera seed field noted for feed and hay.
Local farmers report extensive fence building and cleanup with 322 loads hauled from the farm. Highland township residents Wilbur Chalupa visit from near Ainsworth while Keota and Dublin area residents also stop by. The town notes pavement to Iowa City will be ready this summer and John C. Krotz plans to preach the Evening Journal from Ainsworth Route 1.
Ferhan broilers 28 and Cheese twins 1144 to 1134 readings. Potatoes on track with 309 cars, arrivals 116, shipments 800 as market weakens. Wisconsin sack ed round whites 1.30 to 1.40, Idaho russets around 1.55. Texas bliss 2.00 to 2.25 led by Alabama and Louisiana at 1.86 to 2.00. Wheat 47 cars, Corn 80 cars, Oats 10 cars.
Local notes report Cedar Rapids visitors J A Marsh and Nellie Hawkins visiting relatives, and various residents from Muscatine and West Liberty stopping by. School events include 4th grade graduation play Oh Didn’t It Rain and high school graduation, plus an alumni banquet with many Washington physicians among attendees. The community hosts a picnic and a senior junior cookout with a Wiener roast and a pastor anniversary celebration at the Krenmyre home.
Music contest at Iowa City drew Toledo Iowa participants with James Fitzgerald bringing three singers. The quartet performed six pieces at the morning service and the Mothers Day address by Rev Krenmyre preceded a musical treat at United Presbyterian Church. Absent due to sickness were two class members and the electric outage affected the baccalaureate sermon.
The Brighton high school hosted its annual exhibit with grades, handwork, and lesson papers on display. Musical groups performed a National Music Week program including Mizzini Mozart and other selections. Birthday celebration for Lacey Mae Gowe and a note on Myrtle Helmick’s trip to DearPalls for Mother's Day events were also mentioned.
Correspon dent reports Mrs John Letehty and Mr and Mrs Glen Cummings with son Richard visiting Kalona Monday. Families and neighbors attended picnics at Stringtown and Emery Leighty homes. Elmer Freugenberger and J J Rich hosted guests. Eliza Wyse sewed for Mrs Edd Widmer. 77 parents and children enjoyed a school term closeout picnic. Mr and Mrs Noah Widmer and Ethan Brooks hosted guests. Tom Shay of Omaha visited Stringtown over the weekend.
Waterloo case ends in divorce after Charlie Anderson testifies his wife claimed supernatural powers and practiced yroodoism and conjury threatening him, Judge George W. Wood presiding. The court grants the divorce.
Government scientists say a durable newsprint can resist 72 hours of boiling water and remain suitable for permanent library archives. The claim positions archival newsprint as a long lasting medium for official records and preservation.
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