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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1946
Page
3
Chicago market shows Hogs up 1.00 with prices 93.00 to 23.35 for 180 to 250 Ibs, cattle seen 19.50 to 28.00 for steers and tops. sheep bids soften. Waterloo Hog Market edges higher with top at 22.00, sows 19.75. Cedar Rapids Hog Market notes 1.00 gain with 180 to 200 Ibs at 21.09 and 200 to 300 Ibs at 29.00.
A dense market bulletin lists egg, fowl, and dairy items with prices and stocks. It covers No 1 and No 2 eggs, Leghorn poultry, heavy fowl, fryers, geese, ducks, turkey stock, and cheese and butter quotes. Also includes potatoes, Idaho Russets, and regional price ranges. ends with a historical note on Des Moines and a line about Victory Bonds.
A long list of farm sales with dates from December 31 through January 30. buyers in Manchester, Fairbank, Greeley, Lamont, Ryan, Earlville, Edgewood, Independence, Maynard, Dundee, Westgate, West Union and other areas include livestock and closing out sales. Notable sellers include R C Cocking, Steven Wenger, Walter Hall, Louie Noldridge, Ray Kuhn, Leo Witt, Leslie Drehn, Dale Willard, Lewis Berending, Frank Parks, Manchester Sales Co, Gerald Scott, William Glass estate, Harrold Baumgartner, and others. Sale times are typically 12 noon or 3 pm with locations specified alongside each listing.
The notice lists daily arrivals and departures for Oelwein to Chicago, Kansas City, Rochester Minneapolis, Clinton, Jefferson bus lines, plus Oelwein to Minneapolis Cedar Rapids Waterloo routes. It details train numbers and times along with bus departures and special notes such as exceptions on Sundays and connects at McIntire for Rochester. Also includes an instruction about washing hair and pocketbook items after shampoo.
Fayette county home economist Miss Virginia Vaupel will be featured on KXEL's Today’s Homemaker Saturday morning January 4 at 10 45. She will discuss topics for local home makers and dedicate a musical number to two county homemakers.
Column by Alice Burnside echoes a New Year wish urging balance of happiness trials sorrow and hope. It emphasizes labor leisure religion and the love of Christ to inspire sweetness strength growth and glad service in the year ahead.
A devotional pledge from Adult Quarterly outlines daily Bible reading prayer and fellowship with God. It commits to forgiveness, Christian service, temper control, pure thoughts, Christly recreation, abstaining from liquor, regular church and school services, and proportional financial support to the church.
The author marks ten years of WCTU column work and thanks The Oelwein Register for generous space. The note expresses appreciation to editors and readers as the column continues to publish.
A community nursery in Waseca Minnesota has six nurses on duty from 10 a m until services end to care for children from three months to six years old so adults can attend church. The effort follows a note of encouragement from Alice J Burnside.
A historical snapshot lists networked programs on WW CBS MBS KXEL and WHO from 6:00 pm to midnight. It covers Mystery of the Week, Lux Radio Theater, Screen Guild Players, News and talk shows, variety acts, choirs, scientists, and orchestras with sign offs at midnight.
Broadcast rundown lists Tuesday evening programs from CBS MBS ABC and NBC. It covers shows from 6:00 p.m. mountain time through 3:00 a.m. with music news and comedian offerings and ends with coast to coast New Year’s Eve music from Tex Beneke the Three Suns Trio and Guy Lombardo.
A dense listing shows CBS MRe and KXEL programs across evening hours with Ellery Queen, Jack Carson, Dr. Christian, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Shore, Bing Crosby, Information Please, and news segments. Local segments include H.R. Gross News, Fulton Lewis, and open hearings with station-branded notes.
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