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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1924
Page
2
Kansas City cattle receipts reach 1600 with 300 calves as fed steers and yearlings slide 25 to 50 cents while top steers hit 11.10 and beef yearlings 10.59. Hogs run 3590 with mostly 5 cent gain and top at 7.40, light and packing hogs firm. Sheep and lamb trade soft with native springers at 17.25 and closing lambs around 13.40 to 13.75.
Sioux City reports cattle receipts of 1500 with steers and yearlings down 25 to 50 cents, top steers 11.25, veals top 12.00, feeders and stockers steady. hog receipts 8000 with prices largely steady, top 7.10 and most hogs 6.75 to 7.10. sheep receipts 500 with lambs and ewes mixed declines from a week ago.
Richland reports a May festival with a children’s program, May Queen crowning, May Pole winding, and strong domestic science and manual training displays. The close play caps the event tonight and tomorrow night at the opera house. fifteen graduates will receive diplomas Wednesday May 28, with Alex Miller of Washington delivering the address. Streets are being oiled. local residents and visitors are noted for recent travel and hospital stays.
On May 24 Chicago markets listed grain quotes for wheat, corn, rye, barley and seeds, with No 1 hard wheat at 1.13 to 1.14 and No 2 hard at 1.11, corn prices ranging from 73% to 81% across multiple grades, and rye barley seeds and lard rib bellies and other items shown with specific bid values.
Wheat showed firmness in Chicago trading despite an opening decline as rains prompted profit taking. Kansas crop deterioration news spurred fresh buying and outlooks for a smaller world wheat crop. July and September contracts closed modestly higher, while corn eased on improved rains and mixed demand. Provisions remained light with a firmer tone.
May 24 market notes show steady potato quotes with 62 car receipts and 668 total US shipments. Wisconsin round whites sold 1.20 to 1.35 per cwt bulk 1.40 to 1.50, while Bliss Triumphs from Alabama and Louisiana moved 3.00 to 3.25 per cwt.
Rinda Johnson and her young son from Burlington were visitors. Mr. and Mrs. Milo Lemley editors of the Clarion plan an Ozark camping trip in their car. Mrs. Mary Mitchell aged about 87 died at her daughter Mrs. Heyde’s home May 15. Funeral at M E church led by Revs Fix and Hadley. Byron Snider and daughter Margaret visited O F Hoskins.
May 22 updates from Stringtown include Joe Widmer delivering hogs to Wayland. Eva Zihlman, Stringtown teacher, was entertained at J. J. Rich home. John H. Saltzman injured when piano fell on his foot. amputated above the ankle at Keokuk hospital. School closes May 23 with a prime dinner at noon. Sam Sutter and John Kauffman of Wayland visited P. R. Schantz home.
The county board met with J W Parrow Sam T Donahey and E L Barthelow present. Minutes read and approved. Claims approved and auditor authorized to issue warrants including payments to suppliers and services. numerous names listed for mileage supplies rents and repairs. Recess to April 7 1924 and continuation of claims and financial authorizations recorded.
Mary McCoy and Hert Orris visited Cedar Raunds to see Jo McCoy recovering from appendectomy surgery. Mrs H Hull attended a school program in Ainsworth while Mrs Huston traveled to Washington. A crowd from Crawfordsville aided at a fire in Wyman yesterday afternoon.
Marion Davies stars as a charming boy in the Cosmopolitan picture Little Old New York at the Fox theatre for two days beginning Monday. Davies plays Patricia O Day who disguises as a youth in 1820 New York with a romantic plot and a dramatic reveal. The cast includes Harrison Ford Mahlon Hamilton Norval Reedwell Louis Wolheim and Gypsy O'Brien under Sidney Olcott direction and Joseph Urban settings.
Royal American Shows bring ten feature acts and five riding devices to the Legion Festival opening next week for the first time. Highlights include Happy Jack the heavyweight at 758 pounds and Dollita the world’s lightest mother at 26 pounds with two children. War exhibit costs 10000 featuring European battle relics and one of three Roosevelt plane photos beside German lines. A new caterpillar ride from Tonawanda, N Y, arrives for opening night. Legion Post expects good profits from the engagement.
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