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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1935
Page
7
Chicago May 22 hogs 10 000 with top 10.05 and various weights selling steady to higher. Cattle 9 000 and calves 2 000 plus steer and yearling market context. Auction notes include light, light medium and heavy categories with price ranges across weights and sow and pig segments.
Community sale schedule appears as a recurring Saturday event in City Feed Yard listings with a journal style date column showing sale days. The item notes a weekly sale pattern and location reference.
Published market prices show eggs and dairy items with quantities and per dozen or per pound rates. Includes Gennery Brown Keys hens at 22 cents a dozen and Leghorn offerings, No 2 eggs at 19 cents per dozen, No 1 sour cream at 26 cents per pound, and various chicken weights priced per pound.
Slaughter cattle and feeders see weak bids around 250 lower. Steers 550 to 1500 lb mostly good and choice 9.5 to 14.75 per cwt, cows 6.5 to 9.25, bulls 5.5 to 7.5, vealers 7.5 to 10.0. Stocker cattle 6.5 to 9.25 for 500 to 1050 lb. Sheep 8,000 head. lambs 7.35 to 9.10, other ranges listed. All classes slow, around steady.
Chicago May 22 4UP Produce report shows eggs with 19599 cases receipts 24 firsts 23 percent current 23 dirties 22. Butter market steady with receipts 14922 and specials 26 extras 25 and extra firsts 25 firsts 244 seconds 23 14 standards 25. Poultry market steady receipts 26 trucks fowls 21.
D F Macon reports updates from neighboring communities including local events, school notes, and community mailings collected by the Journal’s subscription representative.
May 22 report notes Lee Craig of near West Chester, Charley Hendrickson, Alms Worth, William Eisele, and Crawfordsville residents among Washington businessmen gathering Tuesday in Crawfordsville.
In Ainsworth on Tuesday locals gather around cattle and hog pens with visitors from nearby towns. Donald Rabenold surveys cattle consignments while Tip Tracy from Brighton showcases veal calves bound for Cedar Rapids.
Miss Olive Hawkins a nurse who has lived in Oklahoma for over a year visits her parents Mr and Mrs Mert Hawkins in Ainsworth after being at Ada Oklahoma. She was at the Washington County Hospital and well liked by all who knew her.
Springers up 244 percent and broilers 26 with leghorns 1743 ducks 1744 and turkeys 17 roosters 14. Potatoes on track with 8 percent arrivals at 102 and shipments 505. Market firm.
Chicago May 22. Market notes show No 1 yellow at 9, No 2 yellow 88 3/4, No 3 yellow 87 to 88, No 4 yellow 85 to 87, with receipts of 59 cars.
The 20th century lavish musical featuring Maurice Chevalier starts a three day run at the State theater. Ann Sothern and Merle Oberon star with a Darryl F. Zanuck production in which Chevalier plays a dual role. Roy Del Ruth directs, with elaborate musical numbers staged by Dave Gould and songs written by Meskill Stern Lane.
W H Keiper reports a productive Ainsworth garden with berries and few cherries. Meetings include visitors K C Dinger and Isadore Rabenold. A May 28 household goods sale for Henry Koehler is announced by M D Koehler. Various local ads and plans reference fish diapers and Inn visits.
Mayor Sands and the wife of Ainsworth left Tuesday by car to visit their daughter in Lincoln Nebraska. The trip underlines local ties as residents travel for family reasons and to check on relatives living away from home.
Mr and Mrs L A Guy of Brighton go to their summer home at Poensset Mass and order the Washington Journal to follow them. Lem enjoys the salt water while others wade in the Skunk river.
In a Muscatine mansion Mrs Nellie Robertson uncovered a bullet scarred Bible from her father Dr William Robertson. The Bible, a gift from Ulysses S Grant’s sister, was carried in the Civil War battle of Corinth and stopped a bullet. Robertson helped found the University of Iowa medical college.
In Merrimac on May 22 Lillian Anderson capped a successful school year with a picnic dinner. She will teach the same Mohawk school next year. A fire scare hit Sherr Norton when an oil heater sparked a blaze in a brooder house, quickly doused with 14 gallons of water.
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