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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1932
Page
2
Chicago markets show hogs selling mostly 3.25 to 3.45 with top 3.45 and 19 000 head traded. Cattle receipts 1 500 with steadier prices. beef steers 6.00 to 7.75, cows 3.75 to 4.75, calves 4.00 to 6.50, feeders 4.25 to 5.75. Sheep 10 000 head, lambs 4.25 to 5.25, spring 5.00 to 6.50, yearlings 3.00 to 4.50. Notes indicate modest gains from Thursday.
Combined hog receipts for 24 hours ended 8:00 A M at 25 interior Iowa and 7 southern Minnesota yards and plants totaled 25 800, up from 18 600 last week and 22 500 a year ago. Quotes cover light to heavy weights from 140 to 550 pounds, with ranges for each category and notes on long haul effects and exclusions.
Produce quantities and pricing for butter eggs cheese and creamery items listed in Chicago markets. Butter stock includes 13 556 tubs with various grading levels. eggs total 33 962 cases with fresh and dirties categories. cheese varieties noted as young Americas and other types.
The text lists the abstract department in the office of E W Livingston and E C Eicher at 204 West Main block east of Court House with phone 147.
Osteopathic physician Preston L Etter D O offers special attention to rectal diseases. Located third door south of Lemmon's Pharmacy, upstairs. Office phone 410, home phone 815.
Subscription representative D F Macon reports brief notes from nearby communities including civic updates, local events, and small market news. Highlights cover public meetings, school activities, and recurring community notices.
Local residents discuss rain, fields, and farming plans amid recent showers. Visitors from Crawfordsville and Washington tour Keota, with remarks on stores, schooling, births, and community events. A lighthearted tale ends with a joke about apples and local politics.
The record lists prices for live poultry including turkeys hens and toms, roosters, ducks and geese with weights and grades, and potato varieties with sack counts and regional origins. It notes U S shipments totals and price ranges for White Rose and Bliss Triumph potatoes, with mid values and regional inputs such as Idaho and California cited.
Open high low close figures for wheat corn and oats are listed for May July and Sept contracts. The table shows percent ranges and interim values across wheat corn and oats with new and December notes and delays in data clarity.
A middle aged widow vexed by a suitor seeks wedding as solution while a son in law quips he would endure hanging first. The note mocks John Ranous, Keota postmaster, about a new car and driving at 82 miles per hour. Weather jab and hail remark conclude the fragment with Friday cold.
An OCR fragment shows irregular percentages across months May July Sept Dec with figures like 36% 37% 38% 40% and scattered decimals 426% 3944" .38% suggesting bitty data from a rye market ledger. No clear entities or events beyond periodical pricing notes.
Chicago cash grain close lists Wheat at 2 red 60 14 8 hard 59 1 2 southern spring 61% Corn prices show mixed values from 22 14 to 32 and yellow 22% to %, with further notes on white and sample grades Rye unavailable Barley 4 3
Grain receipts list 28 cars of wheat 98 cars of corn and 47 cars of oats recorded by the depot. The figures indicate steady supply levels for the period covered.
Iowa records show 1,364,351 bushels of corn under seal in the state as of today under the warehousing law. The sealed corn bearer certificate can be used to secure bank or credit loans. Some of the corn is warehoused in designated facilities under state supervision.
28 year old Mead was arrested by federal prohibition agents on charges of taking protection money while acting as an undercover officer. He allegedly offered Mrs. Helen Stone absolute protection from federal agents for 5 dollars weekly. agents trapped him in front of his home as the marked bill was handed over. A scuffle ensued, leaving both Mead and an agent bruised.
The statement notes that most of the assets or items from 1929 and 1930 have been sealed this year in anticipation of improved market prices. Details on what was sealed or the entities involved are not provided.
Des Moines and Dubuque post offices are among public buildings funded by Speaker Garner relief. A $90 million allocation covers post offices in fixed-cost cities, with Omaha receiving a federal building and a $60 thousand courthouse addition. Rivers and harbors projects include Missouri River from Kansas City to Sioux City and Mississippi River segments from Illinois to Ohio.
Shenandoah Iowa May 27 A homecoming celebration with bands whistles and other trimmings is planned for Henry Field senatorial candidate as he returns tonight from a one week political tour through central and north Iowa
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