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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1932
Page
2
Hog values rose to a peak of 4.80 with gains of 10 to 15 cents in active trading. Demand for packing sows held at 3.50 to 3.90 while cattle receipts reached 6,000 with strong heavy shipping steers and steady grassers. Sheep receipts were 22,000 with steady demand. beef and feeder price ranges listed for calves, steers, cows, and yearlings.
Combined hog receipts at 21 concentration yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hour period ended 8:00 A M show 6 300 head, down from 12 100 a week ago and 12 800 a year ago Demand is active with higher price expectations across weights and grades Quotations vary by weight class with ranges from 2 80 to 4 30 per cwt for different hog sizes and a blank for pigs 100 to 130 pounds.
Washington county leads the state fair hog results with Duroc winnings. Acheson and Dunsmore herd boar in senior yearling class won first. Knotek Brothers junior yearling boar Wave Ace took first and grand champion. Multiple placings across senior and junior boars and sows reflect keen competition among up to 49 in a class.
Chicago market update shows wheat corn rye and oats futures with Sept and May contracts and a Chicago Produce list detailing butter eggs cheese live poultry and potatoes with varied price ranges and stock levels across multiple grades and shipments. The report lists spot and futures figures for grains and detailed commodity quotes for dairy and produce sections.
Chicago September grain close lists bid ranges for wheat varieties from hard to white and mixed types, corn mixed and yellow grades, oats in multiple lots, with rye and barley showing smaller values. The notation uses percentage ranges and split lots reflecting quality and type in the market.
Chicago seed market notes show red clover ranges from fair to good with prices 7.00 to 6.00, choice 9.50 to 10.05, fancy 19.50, sweet clover 8.4, Alsike 7.00. Timothy prices listed as good 2.60, choice 2.79, fancy 2.90.
D. F. Macon reports brief items from nearby towns, noting local happenings, social and civic updates, and small-town developments as seen in the Journal’s subscription coverage.
John Geerdes plans a tread mowing event in the near future on rural route 1 northeast of Washington. Builders Murray Smylie and William Smylie of Ainsworth work on a local building while Colenso is painted to improve the square. Mrs Styles recovering in Pleasant Hill. Billy Pfeifer of Keota recovering from flu. Residents report State Fair attendance and heat relief.
In a light exchange Pauline jokes about an old man bent by rheumatism while Paul counterposts with a wry note that the supposed ailment is really Jack returning from a ride in a rumble seat.
A humorous exchange asks for a sentence using anonymous to mean without a name, while a pupil misuses nonymous as our new baby. The scene shifts to a speaker praising humanitarianism who declares never striking a child, claiming to have fathered six boys.
Miss Pearl Gardner reports on Washington shopping when W P Wells celebrated his 78th birthday with family dinners at the Wells home. Relatives from Keota Akron and Washington joined a Sunset Park picnic plans and a later lawn gathering at Sidney Smith’s home near West Chester before some head to Medford Oregon. Friends shared angel food cake baked by Allie Gall Wells and photos of Oregon views.
Mrs Eva Askey of St Louis and daughter Hazel Mac Mayburn with Everett Chas visited Supt Forrest Johnston. Dozens attended church socials. relatives from Keosauqua Muscatine Hedrick and Washington gathered for gatherings and a funeral procession for G J Saunders. Dorothy Helmick returns from abroad to teach French at Estherville Junior College.
The page lists various for sale items including a five year old road mare and maiden blush apples plus grapes for jelly. It mentions classes and purchases at local stores and includes community notices of families visiting, school starts, and relatives gathering at parks and farms with names like Maynard Brown Katheryn Frazey and Swift reunion details with relatives from Enid and East Gary.
Ruth Tucker fell last Monday evening fracturing her collar bone. Mr McCreedy treated the injury and it was doing nicely.
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