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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1944
Page
5
Advertising rules show minimum charge one time at 25 cents and per word rates for classifieds. Local reader notices and display ads have per word charges, with penalties for nonpayment within two days. Ads are processed daily with confidential handling and reserved rights to edit or reject.
Quickies ads show items for sale including toy shipments ice skates size 9 coal heaters piano sled two used desks and a tool box. Contact details and prices vary with phone numbers and shop names such as Chanen Home Auto Supply Young Coal Co and Tk SS Furniture referenced in the column.
A fragmented page shows wanted to buy notices for a collie puppy baby buggy and a small dolly, with phone numbers. It also lists several hog market prices across weights with top bids around 13.15 to 13.45 per hundredweight and a note that Rapids hog market is ready with a 13.45 top for 170 pounds.
Market notes list produce prices and eggs at the stalls with varied offerings. Shoppers report small changes in prices and freshness, while vendors emphasize daily stock and early morning arrivals.
A compact itemized sale listing various fabrics and quilts with prices. French Crepe rayon suedes priced around 5.98 to 7.98 dollars. Rayon quilts priced at 7.98 to 12.98 dollars. Cotton quilts in the 5.98 range. Chenilles priced 4.98 to 36.98 dollars.
Special price offered at Hahas's Blacksmith Show. FOR SALE: Man's overcoat size 42. Phone 624.
Crossword puzzle clues published in the Yelwein Daily Register on December 5 1944 list across and down entries with definitions for fruits spikes of grain fluff pile custom circuit lizard under ground shoot wasteland the prefix thce before brutal fellow past silk scarf eccl astringent fruit concludes wearies neuter pronoun equivocation tree sun god place for horses subsided pertothe bondsman etc plus down clues including anxious degrade hoar frost covered with stars head covering ostrich like bird warp yarn mottlea angle fault vein trigons thuliaum buddh a chinese name vex boy name honey insects cubic meters habitable openings chinese river unimpaired bone ana hillside dugouts molluskia assist emanation not good bringing poet lair and more.
Classified ad fragment lists sale items including tree decorations made by Bellville Stove and Range Co and a mink coat size 16, mattress, and miscellaneous children's goods with contact phone 645-J.
Livestock market activity in Chicago shows overall strength with prices up to 20 cents higher for good and choice cattle. Feeder and sheep bids appear weak to lower on native lambs, while some better grades fetch firmer bids. reports note fairly active bidding but overall cautious sentiment amid varied quality lots.
Readable bits show numbers and words scattered like car and gas figures with unclear context. Mentions Minnesota and Mountain U but origin and event remain ambiguous.
Anna recognizes Drue Cable and me as nurses sent by Dr Chiverr to aid Mr Craig Brent in a grand Berkshire hall. We enter a shadowed, ornate house where a frightened Anna warns of danger as Drue and I move toward the patient’s room, with a terrier in tow and a looming mystery.
Readable fragments show a transport and weight reference near U.S. Route 1 with measurements 2.292 and 2.004, listing 35 fair ent 2257 and washed as part of the damaged entry. No clear event or outcome is established in the legible text.
Grain prices closed higher on light demand with December contracts showing strength as a lack of selling interest supported corn and wheat. The report notes supportive weather in the U.S. corn belt and cold Canadian conditions while navigation disruptions and early closing conditions influenced the session. In a separate note, AFRA members discuss dues and a California court upholding the fee, and a historical reference recalls Man O War’s fame and earnings from racing in the 1910s era.
Financial markets show uneven gains with stocks nudging higher and bonds stabilizing. Chicago wheat and corn futures rise modestly while oats and barley stay largely unchanged, reflecting cautious investor sentiment and lingering volatility.
Hollywood report: Cecil Veiscas quits a $3,000 weekly radio job to avoid paying an American Federation of Radio Artists fee. The action comes amid a closed shop agreement and AFRA pressure, with Veiscas potentially barred from broadcasts next Monday if he does not participate with the union.
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