This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1931
Page
2
Cattle and meat prices with receipts shown. Calves 3,000 head. cattle 5,000. sheep 11,000. Slaughter cattle and yearlings. steers and heifers varying by weight and quality. Lambs and ewes with prices for good and common grades. wool and skins noted.
Chicago May 19. Produce market reports steady to firm egg prices with receipts of 29 545 cases including extra firsts and current eggs. Butter remains steady with 16 tubs reported and varied classifications including extras and firsts. several percentages indicate shifts in supply and demand.
Receipts show steady poultry with varied prices for fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys, and broilers. Potatoes see 287 car arrivals and 624 shipments as market tone tightens with mixed regional price movements. Alabama, Louisiana and Texas show gains while Idaho russets hover around 1.40 and Wisconsin whites trade 1.20 to 1.30.
Local notes from the Journal’s subscription rep cover brief items from nearby towns. Highlights mention community events, small civic notices, and short updates on local organizations and occasions.
May 19 summary notes steady rain benefiting gardens and pastures as farmer John Coakley writes from Smithfield Plincis and neighbors Jake Sommers and the Walker family visit. The letter mentions local happenings and small town生活 as scenery and crops recover from a dry spell.
Miss Sallie Wallace of Iowa City visits her grandmother Mrs. Willie Miller for a few days. Her father Hen Wallace and grandfather Lee Wallace came from Iowa City to see her on Monday and returned home afterward.
The mayor enforces an ordinance banning saloons within 300 feet of a church giving three days to relocate. Town visitors include Grover Booth and Mrs. Cal Underwood with daughter, Mrs. Hobek, and locals travel rough roads in rain to town. A prized keepsake book owned by the late Irwin Keck bears signatures of P. T. Barnum Clara Barton Wendell Phillips and Fred Douglas among others.
A roundup of visitors and local activities includes Mrs. John Gilmore of Chicago visiting the Nichols home, Mildred Craig from Washington staying with Mr. and Mrs. Merle Munson, and Virginia Rensberger visiting Evelyn Gingerich. Farm town figures like Grant Miller, Arthur Gingerich, and the Geyer family are mentioned with various weekend visits and business trips. The school band under Milo Sorden plans summer concerts, and preparations begin for the annual alumni banquet on Friday May 24. Teachers for next year are listed, and a for sale notice notes the Bleckensderfers residence with two lots on North Marton Ave in Keota.
Wheat: hard and yellow grades around 3.4 to 4.0 per unit. mixed and sample grades near 5 to 7. Corn: mixed lots with values 53 to 58 cents. white and yellow samples around 54 to 58 cents. Oats and rye show mixed 27 to 28 cents. barley and timothy fluctuate with notable ranges. car/load counts listed for wheat and oats.
Toledo market bulletin lists seed prices with entries for Clover domestic prime old and new grades, Alsike cash hay Timothy per cwt and various monthly futures levels for October and December. Prices include 1a 75 prime hew and 4.25 for prime choice new, 14.00 for prime old, 14.50 for December, and 1.25 per ewt for Timothy hay.
Combined hog receipts at 28 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ending 8 p.m. showed 12 000 head, vs 13 000 a week ago. Prices held mostly steady with Monday’s averages. quotations span light sows to heavy weights, with range specifics for each weight class and packing hogs noted.
Nisea Dorothy Durian spent the weekend at home in Wellman with her family while continuing school work in Iowa City. Dr. and Mrs. L. M. Downing hosted a brief visit noted by Cordelle Hl Braden.
The public health service reports no yellow fever cases have occurred since 1905. Officials emphasize continued vigilance and vector control to prevent future outbreaks.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.