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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1931
Page
2
Chicago market notes a mixed day with hogs mostly down 10 to 15 cents from Wednesday, cattle and calves slow with some firmness in good yearlings and fed steers, sheep near steady though spring lambs weaken, overall demand softer due to approaching holiday and rains. Prices reflect many weight classes and regional variances across hogs cattle and sheep.
Combined hog receipts at 28 concentration yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ending at 9:00 am totaled 25,800 head versus 17,000 a day earlier. Prices were reported at 90 dollars per hundredweight as trends remained mixed across markets.
An ad claims Vita mins B C and D in Vitalex Tablets can add pep and weight, making men robust and women curvier without heavy exercise. It lists Lemmon's Drug Store in Washington and Sand's Drug Store in Ainsworth, Iowa as purchase points from I. S. Johnson Laboratories with over a century in pharmacy.
Chicago May 28 market summary reports butter and cheese firmness with receipts and percent changes. Poultry prices vary by type while potatoes move steady with notable shipments and regional price differentials in Alabama Louisiana Texas Idaho and Minnesota.
Chicago May 28 grain data show mixed futures with wheat May old at 82.5 and July near 58 to 60 while corn May 55 to 67 across contracts. Oats May to Dec range around 26 to 29 percent, rye July around 38 to 39 percent and September near 38 to 39 percent.
UF grain prices show wheat bids across several grades with modest gains and mixed forage values. Corn prices rise for yellow and mixed lots while oats and barley offer slight movements. timothy and clover values also reported.
Toledo Ohio May 28 update lists Clover domestic prime old 13.75 prime new 14.00 prime choice new 14.25 prime choice old 14.00 October 14.25 December 14.50 Alsike cash 14.00 hay timothy per cwt 1.25 Prices reflect market levels for seed and hay deliveries.
The United States frigate known as Old Ironsides is reconditioned for a new voyage. The vessel now features a full canvas set, stout new masts, and a rebuilt hull ahead of its tour.
A series of Sunday evening programs opens with Monmouth college Cavaliers at the United Presbyterian church and Parsons college group at Fairfield. The pastor plans twelve minute sermons, and a large crowd is expected for the first event. Municipal bands and local gatherings fill out the community summer schedule.
The Fox Theater screens The Lightning Flyer this Friday and Saturday, an action picture about Jim with nonstop speed toward a climactic finale. The film emphasizes fast pacing and familiar American themes with recognizable character types.
Barbara Stanwyck stars in Ten Cents a Dance at the State theater Friday and Saturday. The Columbia film, directed by Lionel Barrymore, follows ravishing dancers swept up by paying patrons in a dramatic, rapid fire tale based on the hit song.
Crawfordsville May 27 Nellie Manners correspondent lists two assistants for the Daily Vacation Bible School Irene Mitchell in playground work and Elsie Evans as registrar. Residents Kenneth Rhea Kenneth White and Robert Hanna visited Waterloo Sabbath afternoon to stay with relatives Milton Davidson of Columbus Junction was a business visitor in town Monday. Alice Holmes returned from Olds visit to sister’s home Ralph Miller. Others visited Washington Monday including Paterson family and Eva Martin. Rev S F Wenger visited Mt Pleasant Monday.
Local brief items compiled by D. F. Macon cover happenings in nearby towns. Updates include civic events, social notes, and community developments with brief mentions of key residents and institutions.
May 28 report recounts cheerful scenes in Quincy Illinois and Kalona Iowa with balloons and merchant prizes. Mentions residents visiting Washington and Wellstor, bank workers, the Kalona home project by Vere Davis, and community figures like Mark Kern and Jim O’Loughlin amid news of Frank Freise’s illness and travels.
Fred Skola and Frank traveled separately with Skola arriving in Columbus Junction first after a 685 mile one day trip. Kalona's Deans bakery adds dining space and serves meals ice cream and refreshments. Richmond decorates for Decoration Day on May 1st and local residents share news of neighbors and renewals.
A teacher in our schools and her father from Packwood were visitors in Brighton on Sunday. Miss Lutes has been teaching at Dallas Center this year, Earl Bailey of Long Beach.
Bethel reports rapid progress on the pipeline project closing routes near the church. Local families including the Jones, Wilson, Stafford, and Tucker groups shared Sunday dinner and visits, with church events planned such as a missionary service, a Sunday school social, and a youth Endeavor program purchasing song books and funding missions. The community mourns the death of Mr. Joe Marek and sends sympathy to his family. Mrs. Rennie Dawson and others are noted as ill or visiting relatives with several neighbors described as helping with pipeline work and city life.
Mrs. A. Solomon of New Bern North Carolina reports losing 47 pounds in three months using Kruschen Salts. She drops from 217 to 170 pounds and says she feels stronger younger and pain in sides back and abdomen disappears. A four week bottle costs 85 cents at Lemmon's Pharmacy with instructions to take half a teaspoon in hot water before breakfast.
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