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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1941
Page
5
Markets in Chicago show hogs largely steady with weekly top around 8.90 and later firm butchers at 8.40 to 8.70 for 240 to 330 lb. cattle for week dip, heavy steers 10.75 to 12.50 with prime under 13.60, vealers 11.50. sheep and lambs steady with week top 11.20 and westerns 10.75 to 11.00, ewes 5.25 to 7.15.
Riverside April visitors include Mrs Hanson and baby from Chicago visiting her mother Mrs Gerot. Mrs Culver returns to Riverside after winter in Rolland Wyoming. Mrs Myers returns from Litchfield Kentucky to Riverside. Geraldine Waldschmidt visits at the Waldschmidt home. Mr and Mrs Miller of Moline and Mrs Alt of Iowa City stay with the Ford family. Samuel Marner and sister Gwendolyn return to Davenport and Moline after a Riverside visit. Walkers move to a new home after selling Riverside property to Al Schulze whose father will reside there. Birth announced for a son to Mr and Mrs John Mougin of Fairfield, mother Bernadette Knebel.
Highland Social club met at Mrs. Leona Krotz's home in Union Dale with 13 members and guests. Roll call offered hints on house cleaning and a short business session followed lunch. Mrs. Anna Krotz invited the group to meet May 8, and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Murphy were noted.
Saturday evening activities at John Krotz's home are recorded with guests including Mr and Mrs Wilbur Chetupa and children. Karen Kay Rath returns home from Mercy hospital Iowa City after weeks of recovery. John Krotz sold cattle to Don Rabenold on Tuesday and hauled them to Muscatine. Milford Cook of Keota visited the Krotsas Sunday evening.
Rosanda, a Melbourne racehorse, was treated with mineral water for rheumatism and is reportedly cured. The owner now faces a problem as the horse will drink nothing but mineral water, according to a note in an American magazine.
The article suggests saving the sweet vinegar from pickles or spiced fruits for gelatin salads. It notes it can thin mayonnaise or be poured over baked ham before browning to add tang.
Midway Sale Co Columbus hosts an auction every Wednesday and a community sale each Friday at City Feed Yard. Local merchants and residents are invited to bid on assorted goods, livestock, and farm equipment. Details include times and directions to the sale site.
In New York City tobacconists installments feature a combination pipe and cigarette holder made of aluminum. The cigarette holder is produced by removing the pipe stem.
Instructions advise pouring batter to cover corners and sides with a slight center dip, so the cake bakes flat on top. Fill pans to about two thirds if the batter is expected to rise to the top of the pan.
A writer's wife is charged with murder in the shooting death of Blanche Woodall a former nightclub dancer. Juanita Barr wife of a Dallas newspaper columnist is free on 25000 dollars bond. The slain woman was married to a fight promoter.
Wheat corn oats and soybeans show mixed futures moves with May July and September quotes. Prices for wheat oates soybeans fluctuate with several percent changes and new and old crop listings appearing in the readings.
Grain traders report cash prices in Chicago with mixed quality samples for corn oats and soybeans. Corn shows yellow and white lots ranging from 66 to 71 percent test and varying weights. oats list heavy and white samples around 39 to 46 percent. soybeans show yellow lots from 1.30 to 1.22 percent moisture and other values.
Chicago market data shows total receipts at 34 613 cases with 2 firsts and 19 dirties. Current receipts stand at 20 percent gains, reflecting firmer prices and steady demand for fresh produce.
Great Britain maintains roughly 6,000,000 government representatives in India, spanning governors judges clerks and porters across administrative tiers.
William McChesney Martin, 34, head of the New York Stock Exchange, signs induction papers to enter the army. He leaves a $48,000 annual post to receive 21 a month as a private select.
In Bla densburg Maryland on March 20 1820 Commodore Stephen Decatur and Commodore James Barron faced each other at eight yards amid a long feud over the Chesapeake Leopard affair. They fired in unison. Decatur died that night while Barron survived to age 83, bearing the stigma of killing a national hero.
The article credits William Cullen Bryant with composing Thanatopsis at age seventeen, presenting the work as one of America's earliest major poems and noting its place in literary history.
Franklin District residents report Easter weekend visitors by air as Hooward's Des Moines relatives Floyd and wife, along with Howard Hoyle's family, spend the holiday with Mrs. Eva Hoyle. Mumps cases at Franklin Center school improve. local residents travel to nearby homes and dinners noted.
Three church groups met at the Methodist parsonage in Crawfordsville to plan the daily vacation Bible school. They set May 19 to 29 for sessions to be held at the school house and chose the course of study. Rev. Lester Bill joined Dr. Wyse of Mt Pleasant for a two day Iowa and South Dakota Methodist training session in Des Moines. Bruce McCleary and Mrs. J B Randolph visited with their parents.
Business Week reports a 1940 survey showing sharply reduced prices for mechanical refrigerators boost sales of larger models. The trend reflects consumer demand shifting to bigger, efficient units as prices fall.
A short advertising note quoting Mickie’s advice that to make money you must spend money through ads. Encourages using the newspaper to reach more business.
A note describes blood clotting times by condition. In a healthy system clots form within five minutes, while in hemophilia the coagulation may take as long as an hour.
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