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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1932
Page
2
Livestock market report from Chicago shows hogs steady with top 3.40 and bulk 2.85 to 3.35. Cattle receipts 14 000 with beef steers 4.50 to 6.00, cows 2.75 to 4.75, calves 4.00 to 6.00, yearlings 5.00 to 7.50, stockers 3.75 to 5.50. Sheep 12 000 with lambs 4.25 to 5.25, yearlings 3.00 to 4.50, feeders 4.95 to 5.00. Receipts include many sent direct to packers.
John T. Matthews of Washington Iowa will deliver the class day oration at Northwestern University Law School commencement activities in Chicago. The selection follows competitive tryouts by a faculty committee. Matthews, a 1932 graduate of Monmouth College, is elected to the Order of the Coif and plans to join the Aurora Illinois law firm after taking the Illinois bar exam this summer.
Produce and dairy price listings for Chicago show multiple categories. Butter and creamery products move within 11 to 17 percent ranges. eggs list 38,939 cases with fresh extras and firsts around 11 to 14 percent. cheese prices feature various aged and styled varieties around 11 to 14 percent. Live poultry covers hens, toms, leghorn lines, and ducks with range adjustments. Potatoes list 272 cars on track with U.S. shipments and regional varieties priced per hundredweight.
Chicago May grain table shows Wheat Corn and Oats with May and July figures, high and low ranges, and new notes. Prices listed include BTMTM 68 58M for wheat and mixed corn oats figures across May July Sept and Dec contracts with small percentage changes.INS Close 5A enw at 209.
Grain receipts show Wheat 60 cars Corn 169 cars Oats 45 cars recorded for the period. The data lists cargo types with counts, reflecting shipment activity at the depot and railheads.
Ancient sages credited emeralds with improving eyesight when worn daily. The claim ties the gemstone to lasting clarity and vision enhancement across generations.
Attorneys Livingston and Eicher operate an abstract department located at 204 West Main Street, block east of the Court House, with phone number 147 provided for contacts.
Neurocalometer service offered at an office opposite the Court House with both residence and office phone 102. Downstairs osteopathic physician Preston IL D O Etter specialing in rectal diseases with office on the third door south of Lemmon's Pharmacy upstairs phone 410 rev 81. Plumbers Beam and Carson advertise Duro Pumps and water softeners at 119 North Iowa Ave phone 263 offering prompt service.
Reports from Washington Ainsworth and surrounding towns detail Decoration Day events. Visitors include P. O. Barnett from Newton with his wife and parents, Roy Libe and family from Carrollton, and Harry Welsh of Florida. Local bands performed. crowds gathered. trips to Lincoln and Columbus Junction noted. rain hoped for. Judge Dewey of Des Moines visited.
Reverend asks for the name at baptism and receives a long, fanciful reply Algernon VPhill in Per cival Reginald Mortimer Duck worth. The text also notes Mrs Emma A Long’s journal subscription and mentions Washingt on ties to Everett, B H Ginkens, Ainsworth, and Jesse Marr as town helpers with financial and crowd duties.
Washington County notes report 22 wool growers pooling nearly 9,000 pounds of wool last Friday to be marketed by the Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Association. The piece highlights cooperative marketing, steady membership growth, and the value of farm records and management, noting 1932 price declines and the importance of proper accounting for farmers. The Iowa association pooled wool across 92 counties in 1930, with gains in 1931 and ongoing benefits for producers.
L G Allbaugh led county farm managers in reviewing 51 Muscatine, Louise, Johnson and Washington county farm records. Average management loss was 2235 dollars with only one farm profitable at 79 dollars. Highest loss reached 8200 dollars, a spread of 8279. The group posted an average net income of minus 525, better than the state minus 818 for 651 farms. Smaller dairy oriented farms with efficient stock and labor reduced losses. larger farms with beef and hog investments suffered heavier deficits.
The 4H club program in Washington County plans a busy three months with livestock tours on June 7 and 8, judging, tryouts, and show dates August 10 and 11. Davenport and State Fair follow to give members experience, plus Rally Day June 16 and State Convention June 27 to 29 for girls, with demonstrations and exhibits for girls achievement day on August 10 and 11. Boys and girls pursue practical training aiming for strong fall shows and exhibits at the State Fair.
Miss Hazel Brown of the Extension Service at Iowa State College says loyalty to the organization and a uniform look drive Iowa 4H club girls to wear the blue middy. The outfit identifies them as part of a farm girls’ group with over 500000 members nationwide, chosen for its stable year round style suitable for meetings rallies fairs and demonstrations.
Warner Bros. film The Mouthpiece opens for a two day run at the State theater on Wednesday. Warren William headlines a large cast in a drama based on a New York legal figure. A rising prosecuting attorney sends an innocent man to death, resigns in disgrace, becomes a corrupt mouthpiece, and is later redeemed.
Miss Irma Conrad and Mrs Elizabeth Heinderick of California Missouri visited Kalona with relatives. Mr and Mrs Owen Turnipseed of Rock Island Illinois arrived to see relatives in Kalona and Wellman. Mrs R V Manatt and friend from Town City spent the weekend with Kalona relatives. Dr Chittum of North Liberty and Mrs visited Friday. Mrs Ora Boone visits her parents at Gladbrook. Mr L R Feldman was a Sunday visitor in Riverside.
A fragmentary observation notes that many dogs bark at strangers, while asserting eminent men attract similar reactions from small dogs. The text reads as a satirical or reflective remark about behavior toward outsiders.
Calendar lists 4H activities including Livestock Club Tour on June 7 and 8, writing projects and state fair planning led by Miss Knowles on June 13, Soils Tour on June 15 with W. S. Peterson and Watkins, Girls 4H Rally Day on June 16, Lamb Grading Day on June 23, and Girls 4H Club Convention at Ames from June 27 to 29.
In Columbus Junction May 30 Rev W A Lamp preached at the memorial service Sunday morning. A union community service at Columbus high school auditorium Monday at 10 30 will include music by the campus band invocation and speeches by S C Ramsdale Evelyn Newell Robert Reaney Carl Weber and Rev W A Lamp. Cemetery services with music firing squad taps and grave decorations follow. veterans’ groups lead the tributes.
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