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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1932
Page
2
Hogs 7 000, market weak with scarce good hogs. Prices mostly 3.00 to 3.58. top 3.60. Cattle 1 000 steady with calves 4.00 to 6.50 and steers 4.50 to 7.75. Sheep 8 000 steady with lambs 4.50 to 5.00. Receipts total 16 000 across hogs cattle and sheep.
Iowa hog receipts at 21 yards and 7 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota totaled 17 700 the past 24 hours ending 8:00 A M mostly steady with spots 5 to 10 cents lower in late trade trading active and heavy. Quotations list various weights and classes from 140 160 pounds to 425 550 pounds plus pigs and packing sows with price ranges and notes on bulk transactions weight shrinkage and shipping point weight exclusions.
Chicago market notes show butter mostly 15 485 tubs with various grades from 11 to 17 percent. Cheese prices for Americas longhorns and bricks around 11 percent. Live poultry includes turkeys hens and toms with weights and prices listed. Potatoes on track with 72 cars on the line and US shipments at 592. Regional sacks include Wis rounds, Minn/NDak Irish cobblers and Idaho russets with price ranges.
Cincinnati fans enjoy a thrilling baseball sequence as Andy High delivers a pinch hit triple in the eleventh inning to drive in two runs and lift the Reds to a 3 to 2 win over the Cubs. Babe Herman also shines with a homer and a key single.
Chicago grain prices list May 21 with wheat corn oats rye futures quotes across May July Sept and Dec contracts. Prices show various highs lows and settles for wheat 57 to 61 percent, corn around 32 to 35 percent, oats near 22 to 24 percent, rye around 37 to 44 percent.
Chicago cash grain quotes show Wheat with 2 red 58 percent 3 red 58 mixed 59. Corn ranges include 2 mixed 33 2 yellow 33 to 33 percent 3 yellow 324 t6 percent 2 white 33 percent. Oats display 2 mixed 22 2 white 23 t0 24 3 white 22 144 to 23 4 white 22 to 22. Barley 41.
Grain receipts show 15 cars of wheat, 67 cars of corn, and 63 cars of oats documented in the loading ledger. The tally reflects railway shipment totals for the commodity market.
D. F. Macon, the Journal’s subscription representative, gathers brief items from nearby towns. Local reports cover community happenings, upcoming events, and notable happenings across neighboring areas with quick updates.
A May 21 report describes potato planting near cornfields and fence lines in Clay Walton's area, plus plowing of potatoes by Harry Kleese and fieldwork by Frank. It mentions new buildings adding value to Kleese land, grandson Paul Griffith to assist, and a trip to Gingerich turkey farm north of Wellman with four thousand turkeys and two thousand young birds. The piece visits M. W Miller's farm with guernseys and silver foxes, fox pens, and unusual animal anecdotes, including a mother cat nursing kits and a Sunday school record for Joe McClelland.
Seed market notes price ranges for red clover Alsike and timothy crops in Chicago. Red clover fair to good 9.00 to 12.50 with higher grades up to 14.50. timothy at 3.00 base, 3.10 choice, 3.40 fancy. Continuous market data for other seeds listed.
A will for Sarah F. Williams deceased filed May 27 1932 in Washington Iowa district court. Hearing set for nine in the morning to prove the instrument as the last will and testament. Edna C. Purvis clerk announces appearance required for all interested parties.
An article in London Tit Bits explains the term padder. It notes that padder refers to a thief who operates on foot, while higher roaming thieves used the word pad for the highway. The piece traces origins to ancient times with foot pads and mounted high Waymen described as prancing padders.
Sir James Jeans compares star distribution to dust in a room stating that three grains would crowd the space far more than stars do. He explains the vast emptiness of space and the surprising sparsity of celestial matter.
In Wellman we met Dr E D Miller and Miss Myrtle McConnell at a gathering with Fred Klopfenstein who farms hundreds of turkeys nearby. We visited Farmers Co op creamery and spoke with R G Weeks and daughter about eleven thousand pounds of butter weekly.
The speaker calls for a cost bureau to measure departmental spending, elimination of unnecessary offices, and broader taxpayer associations. He argues for more efficient government to lower costs, careful downsizing, and higher income taxes for the wealthy to address wealth concentration and support mass purchasing power.
Columbus Junction reports a string of community happenings. Birthdays and family gatherings frame a week of school events, church notices, local meetings, and minor legal matters involving residents and nearby towns.
Riverside May 26 The complete program for Memorial Day services has been announced by Robert Allen W R C sponsors. Exercises begin at 9 and children will march to the cemetery where the W R C will conduct services for the unknown.
The closing program of commencement week at Columbus High School auditorium Friday evening awarded thirty seniors diplomas. Readings included vocal solos Dawning and By the Waters of Minnetonka, salutatory Cornelia Peters, piano solo Clavier Strass, and the commencement address by Sindhindra.
Mr and Mrs W A Chilcote Mrs Etieine Snealer and son Louis Mr Henry Harrison and daughter Mrs Harry Miller of Washington were callers at the Keating home on Monday afternoon Sperry Easter was a caller at the Keating and Rabenold home Tuesday evening Mr and Mrs Eli Jackson and son Donald spent Wednesday evening at the Keating home
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