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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1931
Page
2
Chicago May livestock report shows hog receipts 18 000 with direct 7 000 and uneven trading 10 to 20 cents lower. Cattle receipts 2 000 with steady to weak demand. beef and veal ranges listed by weight and class. Sheep receipts 7 000 with largely nominal market and varied lamb and ewe prices.
Combined hog receipts for 24 hours ended 8 am totaled 21 700 across 23 Iowa yards and 7 plants in Minnesota. Prices eased 10 to 20 cents across weights with short haul hogs at 6.00. light, light-weights nine 5.50 to 6.20. 200 to 220 lb hogs 5.90 to 6.20. Packing sows 4.75 to 5.15. 425 to 550 lb sows 4.35 to 4.65. Long haul weight shrinkage noted and bulk-transaction pricing cited.
Chicago cash grain closes mixed across wheat corn and oats with varied prices for hard red winter, yellow and white corn grades. Market notes indicate multiple sample grades and fluctuating bids as traders assess demand and quality across the day.
A brief market snippet shows Rye at 436 level, Barley ranging 37 to 61, Timothy from S26 to X76 and Clever from 1025 to 1726 in the quoted bids. The data reflects grain trading figures with varied price bands.
Toledo market notes list Ohio prices for Clover and Alsike seeds, prime and choice varieties, with October and December futures at 14.25 and 14.50, alongside timothy hay at 1.25 per cwt. Prime old and new prices are given for several seed grades.
Chicago May 77 grain quotes show wheat corn oats rye with May July and Sept contracts. Prices display openings highs lows and closes with new and old ranges across wheat corn oats and rye and reference to December values.
Chicago May 22 report shows eggs weak with 23 215 cases receipts and 15 percent current rate, butter prices easing with 12 080 tubs and 22 percent standards, poultry receipts 2 cars with varied fowls and broilers, cheese and potatoes on track with steady market and regional price spikes noted for Alabama Louisiana Texas Wisconsin Idaho.
Weekly bulletin lists outbreaks and cautions for hog rings in hog production with tips on disinfectant use and removing rings to prevent infection. Antivirus guidance covers hog cholera hemorrhagic septicemia necrobacillosis mixed infections pig mange and other swine diseases across Iowa towns including Tipton Williamsburg Brooklyn Dubuque Cedar Rapids and more.
Sunday school notes describe Jesus preparing the Passover with Peter and John, the unusual sign of a water-bearing man, and the upper room. It covers the institute of the new covenant through the bread and cup, Judas’s betrayal, disciples’ ambition, and the apostles’ future roles in the kingdom.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Stewart and family drove to Des Moines to visit relatives. The Northern Star 4H group met Frances and Margaret Stewart with a mink salad lesson led by their leader. Harold Anderson assisted Chis Custer with a bore on Saturday. water supply was hard to find. Mrs. Howard Custer visits Spread Fagle for recovery from an operation.
The Ohio State Journal reports Dr Hidlicks studied 500 wild babies who move on all fours rather than crawl on their bellies. He observed what happens to babies that propel themselves around on their sitting apparatus.
A large crowd enjoyed a school year ending picnic with patrons sample foods while boys challenged men and ladies spent the afternoon socially. Mrs Florence Thomas will teach at Wayland School next year in third and fourth grade. Miss Margaret Appleby plans to return to Sprout Maghe last year.
May twenty two Mrs Harlan McCreedy attended her daughter Esther McCreedy's Cedar Falls recital. Local residents say these musical entertainments are wonderful. A mailed notice announces the marriage of Jeanette Smith to Brice H. McCarty on April 25 1931 in Crown Point Indiana with home at 804 East Eighty Second Street Chicago Illinois.
The report notes Lloyd Humsten and Harve Porter finishing corn planting on the Porter farm near Washington. It mentions Mrs. Porter and family guiding a farm tour, Grandpa Bandy teased by children, Harry Campbell hauling fence posts, the Dawson farm hedge work, Charley Bush’s neat country home and garden, and Charley Mayers and Scranton preparing harvest equipment near Dublin.
Actor Robert Montgomery, star of MGM’s Shipmates at the State theater, seeks to avoid typecasting after rising quickly in Hollywood. He gained fame in Broadway plays and notable films like The Divorcee and Inspiration. The cast traveled to Colorado for outdoor sequences, with Navy cooperation for coastal battle practice scenes.
Buck Jones and his horse Silver deliver daring riding and stunts in The Fighting Sheriff at the Fox. Loretta Sayers, new leading lady, shows promise for a bright screen future while a swift tale of bandits and shootouts sustains steady action.
The Conesville high school alumni association held a banquet in the Methodist church with B L McKee and Miss Goldie Criss among speakers. Officers were elected including Tipto as president and Catherine McCormick as second vice president. Funeral services were held for Mrs. John Wasson near Lone Tree and for Mrs. Griffith Jones in Cotter with burial in Cambrian cemetery. The Philathea class planned a bake sale and local residents visited over the weekend.
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