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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1931
Page
2
Chicago market notes firm pricing for produce butter and cheese with mixed receipts and varied firsts and extras. Poultry shows steady trend with several product classes listed by price and weight while potatoes on track with arrivals and shipments and regional potato varieties cited.
Chicago market report shows hog receipts 40 000 including 8 000 direct with hogs mostly 10 to 15 cents under Friday's average and varied weights. Cattle receipts 18 000 with slaughter cattle and feeders pricing from 4.25 to 10.90 for different weights, heifers and cows also listed with ranges reflecting steady to firmer tones for some classes.
Lodges Washington Chapter No. 98 regular meeting second Thursday each month led by Ida McDaniel W M and Ernestine Denison secretary. Damascus Shrine No. 10 meets fourth Tuesday at Masonic Temple rooms led by Mrs Chica Bpies W P Hazel Haven. Washington Lodge No. 26 meets first Friday monthly led by Harry C Ward W M and A W Yard secretary. Cyrus Chapter No. 13 meets second day of each month led by J W Enslin H P and A W Yard secretary.
Schedule lists departures and arrivals for multiple trains on Knoxville Branch and California routes. Notes include No 3 Golden State westbound stops for California passengers only and No 4 stops to discharge California passengers only. L GOODLANDER, Aet.
Daily passenger and freight train times listed with No. 93 morning pass at 10 15 a m and No. 21 evening pass at 6 00 p m No 22 evening pass 6 10 p m No 94 freight 10 55 a m All trains run daily except Sunday J C McKAY agent Westbound No 8 Local Pass 9 04 a m No 25 Southwest Limited 12 57 a m No 1 Local Freight Tuesday Thursday Saturday 10 25 a m No 26 Southwest Limited 12 57 a m No 8 Local Pass 5 32 p m No 92 Local Freight 11 30 a m Monday Wednesday Friday W C Bell agent all passenger trains daily.
Receipts show varied cattle prices from 3.00 to 11.00 for vealers and stockers, with land prices 56.00 to 7.00. Sheep and lambs listings include fat lambs at 7.25 to 7.75 and slaughter grades 6.75 to 7.85 with ewes under 2.50. Feeding lambs bring 5.25 to 5.85 in good to choice quality.
Daily figures show open high and low ranges for WHEAT CORN OATS and LARD with price percentages and tallies on close. Trading activity includes shifts in percentages across multiple commodities and times, reflecting market movement through the day in Chicago.
Cash Grain Close reports Wheat branded as 2 red 47% to 4814 and 3 red 47% with various classifications, Corn showing multiple mixed and yellow categories between 41 and 46, Oats around 15 to 28, Rye No 4 at 34, Barley 40 to 60, Timothy 350 to 375, and Clover 1100 to 1450.
Toledo market notes show Clover prime at 8.56 on Sept 8 and 8.50 on Oct 8, 8.75 for Dec, 9.00 for Feb. Alsike cash 7.75, Dec 8.00, Feb 26. Timothy hay per cwt priced at 1.00.
Combined hog receipts for 24 hours ended today reached 28 800 across 22 yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota, up from 8 300 a week ago. Prices ranged from 3.55 to 6.00 for various weights with heavy weights 250 to 2940 lb quoted 5.15 to 6.00 and long haul calls 210 to 250 lb.
Maj Pugsley former deputy collector of internal revenue and American Legion member died after an illness contracted while attending the national guard encampment at Camp Dodge near Des Moines. He was educated at Shenandoah’s Western Normal College.
A. E. Adamson used a silver dollar exchange ruse in a Des Moines cafe. He asked for a dollar in return for the coin and to have it returned later, then exploited vague notes to convince the manager to keep the coin. He repeated the tactic with two coins and failed with five, leading to his arrest.
The Iowa Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church meets September 9 to 14 in Muscatine. Yale PhD Dr. Douglas Clyde MacIntosh gives evening addresses. Deets Pickett speaks Friday 7 30. Laymen receive a full program with devotions, addresses, clinics, and a reminiscence dinner.
In regions facing locust invasions research bureaus are established to monitor swarms. Strong actions are needed to save any vegetation as millions of locusts threaten crops. Locusts are eaten by natives as a delicacy, but that does not reduce their numbers.
At 10 00 a m credentials and registration occur at iFirst Presbyterian church. A joint missionary anniversary of the Woman s Foreign Missionary society and Woman s Home Missionary society features talks by Dr James Brett Kenna of Des Moines on Home Missions and Miss Katherine Boeve on Foreign Missions returning from China.
The Dartmouth Gazette of 1800 featured editor Daniel Webster. Yale launched the Literary Cabinet on November 15, 1806, running until October 1807, widely regarded as America’s first regular college magazine. Harvard’s Lyceum appeared from July 14, 1810 to March 9, 1811.
Washington county 4-H members placed well across departments at the State Fair of 1931. In Baby Beef, five of nine calves earned premiums totaling 39 dollars while the group sold calves at auction for an average 16.16 dollars per hundredweight. Ottumwa buyer Jobin Morrell purchased five Hereford calves for 10.25 per cwt. remaining three sold to out of state packers at 10.00 per cwt.
Six hundred head of hogs were shown across 36 entries at the county fair with 12 purebreds and 24 market hogs entering the state fair. 4 H club member Junior McConnell won two trips to Chicago Livestock International and Ames Short Course along with $134 in premium money.
Since 1930 Washington County boys have led with pigs in the carcass cutout contest. In 1938 seven pigs entered, this year five. Four of the five placed, Junior McConnell's pig was reserve champion and outscored the grand champion. Washington fat hogs averaged $6.44 per hundredweight.
Donald Penningroth delivered a splendid showing in the purebred heifer and open classes with his Shorthorn cattle. His final year in 4 H club work featured standout entries at Davenport West Liberty and the State Fair, winning premiums against top middle west purebred Shorthorns.
The 4 H club girls earned 21 dollars in premiums at the State Fair. Their canning demonstration team, led by Ruth Stewart and Ruth Spidel, won the division championship and a free trip to the Chicago Livestock International Exposition with the display titled Nutritious Fruit Drinks. Washington county praises the 4 H club achievements this year.
Multiple men sign for a vaccination school open to all swine producers. Enrollment begins once ten producers submit blanks at the Farm Bureau office, with plans to schedule the session at an early date.
The community announces a three day Fall Festival from Tuesday to Thursday with exhibits and a parade. Organizations and businesses are urged to enter floats and advertise their activities to boost participation and show overall community spirit.
On Sept 11 a program meeting features J. W. Marrill and Mrs Gregg in Washington. Sept 14 to 18 marks the Year Home Management led by Miss Fannie Gan non. Sept 15 to 17 includes the Washington Fall Festival activities.
The Zieglowskys plan a seven room addition to Charley's farm house with Frank Wood of Ainsworth as master carpenter and Northwestern engineer Fred Reubsam visiting from Chicago. The group attended melon day at Cone with about five thousand attendees and flew home on an airplane.
Cal mentions two familiar cows and eight pigs raised this summer. Ainsworth visit follows an evening of entertainment. Neighbors praise Mrs. Parrow, Mr. Kilgore, Mrs. Simson, and C. J. Wood. Several farm tasks and livestock occupations are listed among households and local businesses near Kalona and Haskins.
John N Barrow, 27, fell from a Chicago and Northwestern train near Denison yesterday and was killed. The incident occurred as he toppled from the moving car in a pall of smoke and dust, leaving authorities investigating the cause.
A jumble of local anecdotes recounts cement floor work, journal subscriptions, friendly gestures, and visits in Ainsworth and nearby towns. Names include Jim Colton Owen Wehr Sherm Willy Harry Kilgore Milford McCreedy and others as residents swap favors and share memories during drives to Washington and the fair.
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