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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1939
Page
7
Dr Loretta Wagner of the University of Iowa reports a study of 283 prospective teachers finds only 19 percent rated good in speaking ability. She recommends delaying certificates until adequate speech achievement is shown.
A science digest explains that sun rays heat rocky surfaces rapidly during the day and cool quickly after sunset, causing rocks to fracture and fragment into debris across deserts and mountain tops.
Burton and Speke first reached Ujiji on Lake Tanganyika in 1858. Stanley later found Livingston in 1871 at the same region. Cameron circumnavigated the southern half in 1874, and Stanley completed a full circumnavigation in 1876.
April 18 notes J M Davis’s son from Cotter in Washington on a home news subscription run. The item lists numerous local families visiting Washington for news and social calls, plus a hospital update on Silas Caldwell and others, and mentions travel and bids by residents from Dublin Pleasant Plain and Baglowa.
Epworth League rehearsals under Mrs H C Borup for Aunt Tillie Goes to Town set for April 19 at Riverside High School auditorium. Cast includes Aunt Tillie Trask Martha Stover Clover Luckey Ronald Howland and others. play from Samuel French promises light entertainment. Walter Wilson and family plan move to a 400 acre farm near Mountain Home Arkansas. Wilson injured on Hook Island railway remains at Yatton Riverside area for treatment and recovery.
Journal subscription representative D. F. Macon reports brief local notices from nearby towns, including upcoming events, new business openings, and community milestones across the region.
A brief exchange features a skeptical speaker challenging honesty and a retort about a bathhouse manager who never bathed. The remarks imply social roles and humor within a casual Monday conversation.
Conversation mentions catching urgent transport with an umbrella jab and a taunt about a jail sentence. Farmers say roads are solid after recent rain with quick recovery. Mr. Elder returns to streets in good health. A lawyer predicts two years max, and a man fears two inside years. Floyd Dunbar notes river levels low and ground ready for flood water.
In Fulton Kentucky the centenarian known as Uncle Charley entered a boxing show ring and performed a brisk three minute shadow boxing exhibition. The segment marks the veteran’s continued rise despite his age and keeps him in the public eye.
Chicago cash grain prices move with corn at 59 to 56 1/2 cents for yellow, 50 to 49 cents for 3 yellow, oats at 93 4 to 94 cents, and mixed 934 cents for oats per bushel. Corn receipts total 57 cars.
The Chicago market shows steady prices with produce receipts 35 065 cases. Fresh graded firsts 16 percent and extra firsts 164, current receipts 1545, dirties 14. Poultry receipts total 26 trucks with ducks 14 to 15, geese 12, hens 16 to 18, leghorn hens 16, spring chickens 20 to 22, roasters 11 to 2, broilers 15, turkeys 14 to 20.
To determine the amount of cordwood, multiply the length by the width and by the height of the pile and then divide the product by 128. The result equals the number of cords in the pile.
Markets show hogs up to 7.35 top with good weights 7.15 to 7.35, sows 6.15 to 6.59. Cattle and calves advance modestly with best steers at 11.75, calves 9.00 to 10.50. Sheep slow with fat lambs down 15 to 25 cents, tops 10.50 and bulk 10.00 to 10.25. Estimated tomorrow receipts: cattle 7,000 hogs 8,000 sheep 5,000.
Open high low and close figures for May July and September futures across wheat corn oats and rye listed in Chicago. Markets show modest variations with most contracts steady near prior closes.
In Des Moines, committee clerks, newspapermen and house staff jeered members during a mock session held after 100 days of the new legislature. Rep. William Judd of Clinton plays up anti lobbyist stance while Rep. Karl Fishbaugh of Shenandoah is caricatured as author of a $100 million teachers annuity bill offering $100 monthly pensions and free car use with gasoline.
A reader notes that the typical adult in the United States consumes over five slices of bread per day highlighting common dietary habits and everyday consumption patterns across households.
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