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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1931
Page
2
Chicago and Des Moines markets show receipts in the thousands with packers and feeders active. Hogs steady to higher under improved demand. cattle and vealers mixed with better grades firm, common low. Sheep receipts solid. natives and westerns strong with feeding lambs seeking solid demand.
Frank Severn is kidnapped at Beggar's Court over the Gentina Rubies. Jim Wynter teams with Bill Grayson to search the estate, uncovering a secret passage and a buried door. Sant, Martell, Martin, Frome, and a web of conspiracies threaten Wynter as he uncovers deceit and a looming mansion-night confrontation.
Dialogue on war and peace opens the page with Stion and Shunt denouncing war as a means of settlement while Sir Wil Robertson urges restraint. The rest lists commodity quotes with butter, poultry, potatoes, and cheese, followed by grain futures in Chicago and local grain receipts in Kalona during early October, and a seventy-fourth birthday celebration in Kalona.
Fragmentary OCR text appears to describe a sale date column with scattered names and places. The legible parts mention Washington and Poland and a few unclear phrases. The overall content is too garbled to extract a coherent event, date, or participants for a meaningful summary.
Local observations describe busy shops and sidewalks in Crawfordsville including a barber hop queue and a corner room makeover at the old bank. A young Monson demonstrates a baby seat toy while families discuss the nearby baseball game and daily errands as residents share community chatter and light humor.
Near Wednesday October 14 the Robert G Sheetz farm three miles south and half east of Keota will host a Poland sale offering top breeding stock. The catalog highlights Modern Till bloodlines with Black Boy as sire, expect strong hog demand despite a weak market. Publicities note good turnout, sale price tops and a focus on brood sow and herd sire sales.
Jelle H. Wellman of the Epworth League attended a 6:30 fellowship dinner at the basement of the Methodist Church on October 4. The menu, prepared by Mrs. Lewis Gardner Mrs. Henry Durian Mrs. George Foster and Mrs. Al Miller, featured hamloaf with tomato sauce scalloped potatoes cabbage and buttered rolls served by Mrs. Gardner Mrs. Durian and Mrs. Foster.
Violet Hanson sued A. H. Evans for injuries from a collision in Marengo Iowa. A sealed verdict opened revealing a $2,500 award from a $10,000 suit.
Or sale items described in a fragmented notice listing furnishings for light housekeeping, hand washing services, and miscellaneous items. The readable names include Jonathan, Rome beauties, Stewart, and Green Street address hints, with references to seed, rye, and a general sale setting. The OCR text remains garbled and partial.
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