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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1931
Page
2
Combined hog receipts at 22 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 48 hours ended 8 00 a m show 45 200 head, up from 38 100 last week. Prices vary by weight with good and choice hogs mainly 5 40 to 6 35 per cwt and sows 4 50 to 5 80, reflecting new low levels for recent years and moderate Monday demand.
Chicago May 18 livestock market mixed hogs steady to 25 cents lower on light weights and heavier hogs slow. Cattle receipts 22 000 with feeders and yearlings showing weakness and early sales weak to lower. Sheep strong 25 cents higher with lambs and ewes shown at varied prices across weights.
May 18 Chicago market shows butter firm with high receipts and steady or improved values for several items. Produce totals include 202 cars on track, 225 arrivals, 865 shipments, withWisconsin sacked whites 1.20 to 1.30 and Idaho russets 1.30 to 1.40. overall market steady to weak.
Chicago grain prices show mixed activity with wheat corn and oats quoted for May and July contracts. Wheat ranges around the low to mid eighty cents while corn and oats edges move within narrow bands amid light trading.
Washington Boosters opened the season by defeating Letts 6 to 5 as six runs came in the first and fourth innings. Letts rallied for two in the ninth but fell one run short. Hillebaugh pitched, Tackelson homered, and Jacobs sparked the offense. Stowe, Reddick and Hildebaugh contributed in the field as Washington earned a win in a tight county clash.
Notice of probate hearing for the will of Joseph Marek dated February 28 1927 with codicil dated April 10 1928 filed in District Court Washington County Iowa hearing set May 25 1981 at 4 00 AM in the courthouse clerk Edna C Purvis requests all interested persons to appear and show cause why the will should not be probated and allowed as the deceased's last will and testament
Funeral services for the late Isabell e Trotter were held at the Ainsworth M E church Sunday at 6 p m conducted by Rev J H Krenmyre. Pallbearers were C R Stearns J A Marsh Wm Moore Frank Chilak Dr BE W Spessard and W H Hause. Entombment followed in Ainsworth cemetery. Wheat 164 cars Corn 158 cars Oats 20 cars.
Cash grain quotes seen in Chicago with varying bids across wheat corn and barley. Wheat ranges shown with red and mixed lots, corn quotes include multiple yellow white listings, oats and rye noted as none or minimal, barley priced around 7 to 638, Timothy and clover listed with wider spreads.
Seed market notes list prices in Toledo for Clover domestic prime old 14.75 prime new 14.00 prime choice 14.25 prime choice old 14.00 October 14.25 December 14.50 Alsike cash 14.00 flay timothy 1.25 ewt.
D F Macon reports updates from nearby towns through a subscription column. Brief items cover local events, meetings, weather, and community notices, reflecting small-town life and civic happenings.
May 18 notes from Crawfordsville area recount hospital stays and recoveries. Chas Davis plans dressing and return home. Mrs Howard Custer and Mrs Milton White leave hospital after operations. Margaret Brohm visits for tonsil removal. Sam Stites and companions on a fishing trip. Local residents, farms, and social visits are noted with brief remarks on health and travel.
The report highlights visits from Don Darbyshire to the Robertson farm in Missouri, families from Keota and Crawfordsville in town, and a string of residents traveling or staying for health care. It mentions efforts on farms near WyMan and a resident, Griff Humphrey, who recently moved from farming to retirement in Washington after a year of activity abroad.
Ainsworth reports a late week due to illness of the writer. Most fields have corn planted and schools in Ainsworth and Oregon No. 2 close for term. Jeanne Martin completes full term at Oregon No. 5. Mrs. Terry Marsh to teach at Oregon No. next year. Various local visits and family trips include J. J. McConnell, Miss Hattie Pratt, Mrs. S. Ross, and Lucille in Cedar Falls. Bruce Campbell of Ames visits, Robert Conner stays with cousins Hazel and Edne Mae Hopping.
A fragment expresses dissatisfaction with one’s share or fate, remarking that many refuse to be content with their lot and suggestion of wanting more. It hints at broader themes of ambition and social frustration without specifics.
A dense list of train numbers and schedules for East and West bound services. Includes local passenger trains daily and freight trains with daily exceptions, along with agent at various stations listing arrival and departure times. The fragment notes services on the West Coast route and Sierra lines with remarks about California passengers and mixed trains.
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