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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1939
Page
7
An advertisement touts Imperial washable wallpapers as the season's finest designs with guaranteed washable and color fast qualities from Phillips and Hebner, 2416. It also promotes Sar gent Starting Mash from Wolfe Hatchery, claiming healthful, sturdy poultry with seeds priced competitively.
Iowa farms held an estimated 406.9 million bushels of corn on April 1, the highest April tally since 1925, with 70 percent of grain production in 1988 coming from farm stocks. Wheat and oats stocks and soybean figures are also reported along with winter wheat condition at 87 percent.
Journal Subscription Representative D. F. Macon compiles brief notices from nearby towns including local happenings, appointments, and community updates. Highlights cover civic events, school activities, and upcoming meetings in concise summaries.
April 11 notes show M D Koehler planning a Pekin Emden trip weather permitting. Farmers and residents in Ainsworth report wet conditions, bustling markets, new homes in progress, and local families including George and Betty Carolyn Colthurst preparing for farm tasks.
Local residents visit family homes near Wellman and Keota with many trips to Ottumwa Mt Pleasant and Iowa City noted. Report includes farm yields with wheat at 7 438 000 bushels lava pastures 87 per cent milk 22 7 pounds per cow per day and flock wool production increases to 75 4 cms per flock as of April 1 1939.
The Campo Santo in Genoa Italy stands as a highly visited cemetery famed for memorial sculptures considered finer than those in many major museums. Its artistry draws visitors and scholars alike to this historic site.
The notice reports Mrs James Stewart of Answorth R1 has been very ill for weeks. Her daughter Mrs Katie O Beirne and son from Nebr returned home, Myrtle Stites of Keota visited, and niece Mrs R G Pratt from Waterloo joined the family. Mrs Earl White cares for the patient. friends wish for her recovery. Lee Lease praised as town dairyman keeping up with cows, and Hugh Hazlette discussed Evening Journal delivery at filling station.
Ed Thomas of Brighton is seriously ill in Fairfield hospital, with a wide circle of friends and Charley Thomas’s brother in Washington expressing concern. The note mentions Frank McAvoy and Kepta R 2 as present on Monday, hoping for Ed’s swift recovery.
Riverside reports two daytime fires, first at 3:30 pm at Albert Duwa’s farm three miles southwest of Riverside destroying a brooder house and 150 chickens. Second call at 9 pm to Everett Latta’s west Riverside home ends with no damage reported.
In SAC CITY the Presbyterian congregation of Auburn and Rev. Claude Saunders request the Sioux City district presbytery accept his resignation after his wife accuses him of choking and threatening arson with gasoline. Saunders is convicted of assault with intent to commit manslaughter and sentenced to five years in Fort Madison prison.
Chicago markets show hogs down to 10 cents, weights under 170 pounds weaker, with 180 to 230 pound hogs at 7.30 to 7.45. Cattle receipts around 5 000 with calves 2 000 and steers steady to firm, top 13.75 for town fed bullocks. cows 6.25 to 7.25. Hogs 7 000 anticipated tomorrow with cattle 8 000 and sheep 6 000. Sheep near 8.00 to 10.35 top. lambs 8.90 to 9.00 with slaughter ewes 6.25 to 6.50.
Chicago April 11 grain table shows wheat corn oats rye with May July Sept contracts and mixed figures across open high low close. OCR errors obscure several digits, but the panel lists wheat at May 58 69 68 68 and corn near 49 49 50, oats around 137 29 269 29, rye values around 42 44 43 43 with several illegible percentages.
Chicago market notes show corn trades at mixed 49 to 50 percent, soybeans around 88 percent yellow, oats at mixed 31 to 32 percent white. Soybean and corn receipts list 428 cars in classifiers.
Market notes from Chicago show eggs steady with receipts of 26 780 cases and graded firsts 16 percent extra firsts 16 percent current receipts 14 percent and dirties 15 percent. Poultry receipts include 31 trucks with various shifts in percentages for ducks geese hens leghorn hens spring chickens roosters broilers and turkeys between 11 and 23 percent.
U S Forest service officials and scientists estimate redwood trees in the Redwood empire to be between 3000 and 5000 years old. Native to California, the redwood is rarely found more than 30 miles from the coast.
The Sequoia Sempervirens or California redwood was named in honor of Sequoiah inventor of the Cherokee alphabet. About one and a half million acres of redwood trees lie within the Redwood empire.
Community sale every Friday and Mee P and Yard closing April 19. Nick Jardon near Riverside hosts a sale four miles southwest and TM0 miles north along Washington gravel road.
Wednesday prices feature sweet cream 2 lb, sour cream 19 and 17 cents per pound, Hennery eggs 14 cents per dozen, No 2 eggs 10.6 cents. The plant delivery pays extra. No 2 poultry with defects bought at value.
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