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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1931
Page
2
Chicago livestock market today shows slow demand and uneven bids. Cattle receipts about 5,000 with overall market nominal. steers mostly 7.75 to 9.30 with heavies scarce. heifers steady to slightly weaker. bulls 10.25 top. Calves and feeders vary, lambs and mutton mixed, ewe and wether prices around 5.75 to 6.95 with Western types 6.6omics.
Prices for native cattle and lambs moved lower this week with buyers cautious. Range feeding lambs sold 5.00 to 5.25, best 5.50. natives and breeding ewes quoted, while hogs showed shrinkage on heavy weight cuts, with mixed grain and packing plant receipts across 24 hours ending 8:00 A M. in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota.
A fragmented narrative follows Dot and Elaine characters during spring vacation as romance tangles arise. Jim urges Tam to confess love while Dot and Tam face a possible engagement clash amid a crowd and a rural setting.
October 10 report from near Ainsworth at the John Havel farm describes a rock garden scene with animals and Ozark rocks, plus local news of farm work. Mentioned are Ralph Koholicek’s new barn, painting by A Klein and Geo Waldseta, Wayne Lambert’s lumber for a new log house, and Floyd Colton’s corn, pumpkins, and generosity to neighbors. sofrimento
Iowa briefs report voluntary wage cuts with unions reducing pay to 1.25 and carpenters following to 1.00 hourly. The note mentions Anson Marston traveling to Washington for a Panama canal board meeting. George B. Sherman reelected Iowa Baptist convention president, with talks on war abolition and high school military training condemnation. Mount Vernon chosen as 1982 convention site, Ames acquittals noted in possession of burglar tools case. Budgets, court actions, and local civic items fill the roundup.
In Newton on October 10 a funeral was held for T. H. Maytae noted as a prominent manufacturer. The report mentions local observances as efforts to honor his memory while sparse details suggest a quiet community scene.
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