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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1934
Page
2
Hogs overall 26 000 with 11 000 direct sales. Market slow and weak to 10 cents lower. top 3.70. Cattle and calves: fed steers and yearlings up 15 cents. steer prices by weight range from 6.25 to 9.40 for various classes. Sheep with 5 000 head. lambs active and up to 15 cents higher.
Led Washington Lodge No. 26 A F A M holds a regular meeting on the first Friday of each month. Harry E. Turner serves as W M with A W Yard as secretary.
Railway timetable lists eastbound and westbound trains with numbers and times, noting daily service with Sundays off for freight and mixed trains. It lists stops for California passengers and county seats, and includes agent notes for Brighton, Fairfield, Eldon, and other towns.
Train 3 leaves Washington local at 9 42 a m while Train 26 departs Southwest Limited at 1 12 a m No 8 runs daily except Sunday from Washington local and Southwest Limited 1 94 a m Agent W C Pell reports these times
Spring lambs priced good to choice at 9.50 to 10.75 per hundredweight, medium 8.75 to 9.50. Lambs 90 lb down good and choice 8.35 to 8.70. common and medium 6.50 to 6.40. 90 to 98 lb good and choice 8.00 to 8.70. 90 to 150 lb good and choice 2.00 to 3.00. all weights common and medium 1.50 to 2.65.
Chicago report shows unsettled egg market with receipts 27 481 cases and several quality grades. Butter market firm with 11 4626 titles specials and high extra firsts. Poultry steady with mixed receipts and several species listed. potatoes on track but market dull and arrivals noted.
The Chicago cattle and grain market reports No 2 mixed corn at 52 percent No 6 mixed 50 percent No 2 yellow 32 percent No 3 yellow 52 percent No 2 white 57 to 58 percent. Receipts totaled 47 cars.
Bethel May 16 local notes describe a wind storm damaging structures and chickens, a church lumber sale to Boyd Foster for 42 dollars, and community visits. Residents report repairs, sickness from dust and dry weather, and school schedule updates as Living Lake school ends on the 29th with a district event planned for the 28th.
An advertisement from Sherman Bros Druggists in Ainsworth promotes Adferika to relieve stomach gas pressing on the heart. It claims one dose brings out poisons and enables a deep, uninterrupted sleep all night.
Grain price range details are unclear due to damaged text. The fragment mentions a price range for grain but provides no concrete figures or dates. Further readable context is required to produce a precise summary.
D. F. Macon reports local items from neighboring communities. Short notices include community events, meetings, and local happenings with names and places from the region.
A stream of community items from Pleasant Plain Iowa and nearby towns. Readers send in subscriptions and greetings, mention neighbors and local events, church visits, funerals, and a rural route update. Mentions Mr. Coakley, Mrs. Booth funeral, Rev Campbell, Dale Gallagher, Charley Keobart, and Geo Gilbert.
Dennis Brohm of Brighton 4 shopped here Saturday with his twin daughters from Washington High School causing staff to note difficulty telling them apart. I K Beal from Ainsworth visited with his wife and a young daughter while the ladies traded, joking that bothered the onlookers. Walter A. Anderson from Trus was here Saturday and offered thanks.
The write up notes Mrs Lytle will not return to the current school. she will teach at another school for more pay. Mrs Bieter will take her place next year and the students will miss Mrs Lytle who has cared for seventh and eighth graders after hours and earned much appreciation. Living Lake school buys a new plan o.
A South Prairie school effort used an old Essex car as a makeshift brooder, with three hundred fifty white leghorn chicks inside, the seats removed and a brooder stove in place. The improvised setup worked well, and Miss Josephine Stewart plans to teach next year in a new schoolhouse replacing the one that burned last winter.
Kelon Plack, a public school social case teacher in Oklahoma City, had a small hoard of gold seized by government agents on May 17. Miss Hlncks safety deposit box at a local bank was broken open after she refused to accompany officers to the bank with her key.
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