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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1932
Page
2
Chicago market notes show hogs 3.40 to 3.70 with 22 000 head and 6 000 holdovers. Cattle and calves stay steady with beef steers 6.50 to 7.50 and calves 4.00 to 6.50. Sheep at 12 000 head, lambs 6.00 to 6.75, springs 7.90 to 7.75.
Combined hog receipts at 21 concentration yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hour period ending at 8:00 A M today were compiled by the U S Department of Agriculture and reported by the Towa Livestock Market.
Hog quotations reflect steady to 10c higher week over week with bulk sales in the 176 to 220 lb range and prices from 2.30 to 3.25 for various weight classes. Light to heavy weights, sows and pigs are listed with specific price bands based on weight, bas ed on bulk transactions.
Chicago prices list for dairy meat and produce items including butter creamery extras firsts and packing stock ranges, eggs by case, cheese varieties with percent values, live poultry and geese by class, potatoes on track and U S shipments with regional varieties and sack weights. Data covers butter eggs cheese poultry potatoes and regional potato varieties with price ranges and quality grades.
The Chicago grain table shows figures for Dawes experiences and futures across May July September and December. Corn oats rye and other grains list opening high low and close values with % figures for May and subsequent months.
Chicago cash grain closes show wheat mixed across several grades with values around 55 to 58 cents. Corn offerings range from 31 to 32 cents with multiple yellow and white varieties listed. Barley trades reported at 36 to 46 cents while rye is not active.
Local notes record visits among Hardscrabble residents. Marjorie Robertson Winifred Carris and Mayme Gale Robertson toured Hardscrabble school. Mrs J M Fulver and others stopped by homes, shared meals, and visited in Crawfordsville Iowa City and Washington hospital vicinity.
Brief items from nearby areas report community events, local meetings, and small updates gathered by the Journal’s subscription representative. Readers learn of civic happenings, upcoming programs, and routine notices through concise notices and short summaries.
A reminiscence style diary entry visits Miss Cora Efforts near Kalona and mentions Lee and Laura Effort, John Effort in Peoria, and farming notes at CC E Rickey's. The piece lists visitors Ned Normans duck eggs, Kalona dinner with many guests, travels to Hot Springs Arkansas for baths, and a bank relief shift by Marguerite Skola and W E Davis.
The report's Kalona reflections mention Geo Eglin and Joe Eglin's family ties to Springfield Illinois, local bankers and merchants, and community happenings. It notes a large Amish church funeral for Mrs J D Brenneman, school scholarship medals at Kalona High, and local trades like Jacob C Gingerich harness shop. It also covers visits to Dr Gingerich and Foreman of Wellman, and neighbors Everett Smith and Mrs Bert Dill aiding guests. Wilbur Gardner buys Hereford cattle and Miss Bessie Busby helps at home.
A weekend gathering at Grandpa Banks home included Mr and Mrs Vivian Lemley of Rock Island and several families and friends. Virginia Snyder is sidelined from school with chickenpox while Isaac Pulver and family visited Jim Puulvers and Adolph Gislain household members in Keswick.
Denver hosts the Presbyterian general assembly from May 26 to June 1, a historic supreme church meeting drawing leaders, royal observers, and thousands of delegates. The event marks Colorado’s second assembly, with Denver’s Central Presbyterian Church tracing roots to 1869 and now among the nation’s largest with over 3,300 members.
The Denver visit features Dr Martin E Anderson as chairman and F A Williams as executive secretary guiding plans for entertainment of distinguished guests. Events run at Central Presbyterian church and the municipal auditorium with public meetings nightly. Sunday May 29 marks Presbyterian Sunday in Denver with guest preachers from multiple denominations.
Six steers sold for four dollars per hundredweight and cows calves and hogs fetched varied prices at the Midway sale pavilion. Local auctioneers Kiotz Duncan and clerk Huston handled the event as other community notes report school closure, a new baby, kittenball result, marriage license, and visitors in Columbus Junction.
The harvest tally lists wheat at 22 ears, corn at 65 ears, and oats at 56 ears from the village test plots, reflecting early grain output figures gathered for agricultural records.
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