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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1931
Page
2
Chicago livestock market report dated Oct 9 shows UF receipts at 20,000 head with 5,000 direct. Market details note steer and heifer prices from 4.50 to 5.40 with packing quantities and weights, including mixed quality lots and light weights.
An advertisement extols Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin as a gentle effective laxative for cleansing the bowels and relieving bilious symptoms. It touts forty seven years of experience, natural action, mild taste, and broad use for men women and children.
Livestock market notes receipts of 3,000 cattle and 20,000 feeder cattle with steadier to firm trends. Steers and heifers show varied bids across weights from 600 to 1,500 pounds, with best ranges about 7.5 to 10.8 for slaughter grades. Cows and bulls mostly steady, vealers 7.5 to 8.75, lambs 6.25 to 6.50, and ewes lower. hogs at 4.50 to 5.40 for fat markets.
Market results show steady to slightly higher bids on good and choice cattle and lighter weights, with packing sows down about 9 cents. Prices for 200 to 280 pounds rise modestly at select stations, while overall tonnage and weighed averages reflect a cautious tone for the week.
Winter feeds for hens build body reserves for egg production. Proper feeding begins now to ensure energy and ongoing lay through cold weather.
John Preston, 34, once lauded as a model husband, was executed at Joliet State Prison for the December 1929 murder of stenographer Agnes Johnston. He confessed to luring her on roadhouse dates, then choking her in a lonely country lane. Preston apologized to the warden before death, saying he would die like a man.
John Wagner offers a sale of Poland China hogs at his farm on Thursday October 15. The lot features deeply bodied, well developed pigs reflecting the market's shift to ham and loin quality with the Ked solid type favored by breeders. A trip to the Wayner farm is urged before sale day.
A devotional study on Paul and Silas in Philippi from Acts sixteen. Their arrest after freeing a divining slave harms her owners, the miraculous earthquake frees the prisoners, and the jailor and his household convert. The lesson emphasizes unwavering faith and praise in hardship.
October 9 report from Brighton describes Charley Robertson hauling merchandise to merchants, local shops buying, and the Quality cafe changing hands to Lawrence Ogden of Fairfield. The mayor A J Johnson and Dr Horner are active. Brightons boosters highlight Rank Hoskins furniture store, with roads expected to improve after rain.
The State theater opens Pardon Us, a feature-length team effort by Abbott and Costello style duo whose prior shorts are too brief for fans. The film delights with steady tempo and strong dialogue, while pantomime and production values keep audiences amused.
The Warner Bros film Side Show is shot outdoors on their studio lot with a full crew. Cast members Winnie J, Charles Butterworth, Evalyn Knapp, Donald Cook, Gus Kibbee and Mathew Betz join the production alongside Pardon Us on the same bill.
A listing notes a woman's recent screen appearance and her prior work in Paramount films Three Weeks Ends and Margus Preferred and Warner Bros Man to Man. It names cast members Charles King Nita Marten Murdock Mac Quarrie Late McKee Tom Gel Don and Walter Perry and mentions director La Paz Bolivia as the world capital at high altitude.
The Journal lists upcoming sale dates for purebred Hamp shire hogs and Poland China ponies. Buyers include Robert G. Shta, John Wagner, Allen Walker, He J Oak and Sons, Spencer Reed, and Paul G Peterson & Son with sales in Keota Washington Yar mouth Col Jet Mediapalis and nearby locales through October and November.
Havre residents Sam Witmer and son Willis are painting Chas. Zieslowsky s house this week. A long list of neighbors and relatives, including the Bakers, Zieglowskys, Hering, and Frey families, shared Sunday visits and afternoon calls around Havre and nearby Keota Iowa, with many dropping by the Wittmer and Darbyshire homes.
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