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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1932
Page
2
Hog receipts near 6,000 with a slim sale. prices steady though few cattle traded. Hogs top at 3.75 with bulk 3.40 to 3.70 and light hogs 3.45 to 3.75. cattle about 100 head, calves steady. beef steers 6.50 to 7.50, cows 2.50 to 4.50, stockers 4 to 5.50. sheep 4,000 with lambs 6.75 to 6.25 and yearlings 4.50 to 5.25.
Combined hog receipts at interior Iowa and southern Minnesota yards and plants totaled 17 600 for the 24 hours ending 8:00 am. Demand was less active than the previous two days with marketing about average for Saturday. Prices ranged from 2 60 to 3 30 per cwt across weight classes.
A community sale is set for Wednesday May 18 at 1:00 PM featuring horses and mules, cattle including beef bulls and dairy cows, 18 to 20 brood sows with litters, Duroc and Hampshire boars, sheep with ewes and lambs, and assorted household goods. Managers Mike and Henry Trier invite locals to bring items to sell.
The article lists price ranges for choice hogs and sows with quoted weights and prices from bulk transactions. It notes long haul shipments with weight shrinkage may sell above or below quoted figures and that weights at shipping points are excluded from quotations.
Chicago May grain table shows wheat, corn, oats and rye moving with mixed early values. May contracts edge up for some months while others slip. July and Sept positions show modest gains or declines as prices fluctuate.
Chicago notes price ranges for butter eggs cheese and live poultry with detailed percentages and shipment data. Items include butter extras and standards 16 percent, eggs 25 231 cases with several quality grades, and live poultry breakdowns including turkeys hens toms and leghorns with weight categories.
The cash grain market shows wheat at various grades with 2 red 55, 2 mixed 54 4 percent, and 5 yellow 52 percent. Corn lists 2 yellow 32 percent and 4 yellow 31 percent with 2 white 32 percent and 4 white 51 percent. Oats range from 2 white 28 percent to 4 white 224 with other white grades 24 to 92 and 23. Rye not listed. Barley quotes 33 to 42 percent.
May seed market in Chicago lists red clover fair to good priced from 3.50 to 12.59 with higher grades 12.76 and 13.80, sweet clover 3.75, alsike 8.50 to 172.00, Timothy good 3.00 to 3.40 and related grades, with dull overall tone.
West Highland residents Mr and Mrs Earnest Salladay and Myron of Riverside joined Mr and Mrs Louis Rath Iris and Ella Mae for a Sunday gathering at the F J Salladay residence. The outing continued with Mr and Mrs E B Heltibridle and Mr and Mrs Ralph Nichol joining later.
Local brief items compiled by D F Macon from neighboring towns. Short notices include community events, local happenings, and brief updates about residents and institutions.
May 14 notes show Bishop Bros rushing to Washington for corn planting and a school dinner in Lexington while disputes with Geo continue over slander and a goose that turned out to be a gander. The entry mentions visitors, farm work, hog sales, Wellman activity, and local shop life including L B Gardner and Miss Furman with hospital news about Walter Furman.
A son spent Sunday afternoon at the Lewis Coon home. Rev and Mrs Heltibridle shared Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs Ralph Nicholson. Carl Merrifield of Iowa City visited his mother and brothers. Mr and Mrs Joe Krotz and Darlene spent Sunday at Richmond. Mrs Martha Canott called at the home of a local family.
Frank Wilson visits a Welman furniture store while A. E. Putnam from Washington handles business in Wellman. The Journal readers in Crawfordsville hear of 3000 young turkeys at F. A. Rowe with 300 per house and electric lighting, Burrell Foster houses 1200 turkeys on a 300 acre farm with cows yielding high butterfat, plus local youths helping with milking and corn chores.
Tuesday afternoon the Lewis Coon residence hosted Hse Rapere BAT McNaught Syndicate. Everett and Mrs. Coon, with Murray Conger, helped with corn planting last week. Mrs. Coon remains under care, while Blanche Murphy Olive and Eula Mae Coon visited Washington Wednesday with others.
Mrs Myrtle Helmick hosted the Harmony club and guests Genevieve Beard Jeaneanne Ryan Mildred Morgan Dorothy Johnson Rhua Helmick. Social evening enjoyed by all. F W Johnston of Birmingham was chosen to head Brighton schools next year after 180 applicants. he has twelve years teaching experience and a wife and two daughters 11 and 6 years old. Mrs E T Walters of Broken Bow Neb spent two weeks with relatives. Jack Hamilton's baby boy was taken to Washington hospital Tuesday A M then brought home the same evening. A B Clark attended a grocer's convention in Des Moines earlier in the week. G M Ayers of Columbus June
The Brigington band will start practice Tuesday evening under new leadership for this summer. The American Legion plans Whoopie Day with June dates and a guest speaker Gov. D W Turner. Next Tuesday May 17 the Senior class of Brington High School presents The Wild Oats Boy at the club house with a full cast and lively comedy.
The NIRA correspondent notes Patsy Netser and Miss Frain among recent sudden passings in the area, along with Mrs. Durst and Mrs. Isiah Lindsey. The piece praises Mr. Lemmon for timber restoration efforts, urges tree planting, and mentions Jake Snider welcoming a new son and Elmer Flory buying eggs locally.
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