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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1938
Page
7
Chicago market report lists cash corn prices for mixed 60 percent to 58 percent across grades No 1 mixed No 3 mixed No 4 mixed No 1 yellow No 2 yellow No 8 yellow No 4 yellow No 2 white and No 3 white with sample grade and carrot estimate figures.
A Journal subscription representative provides brief notes from nearby towns highlighting community events and local happenings. The column covers socialize opportunities, school activities, and civic notices in concise items.
The community reports weather shifts from warm mornings to cool afternoons. Households on Washington R 3 and Ainsworth R 2 host readers and farmers, noting plowing, harrowing, and grain progress. The Havel and Kallous families appear in dinners, chores, and orchard bloom as new readers and local activity are celebrated.
A group of friends and relatives gathered Saturday evening at the Jay Simmons home for a wiener and egg roast. Several local families and visitors are noted in attendance and easter visits are mentioned among neighbors.
The Buginese tribe on Celebes, part of the Dutch East Indies, has long followed a custom of giving brides a drug to render them nearly unconscious during the wedding ceremony.
Mr and Mrs Melvin Soukup greet new neighbors as their farm shines with new life at a corner. Jim Havels and Leona display fine pure bred chickens while Leona’s mother assists. Claude and wife raise Claude Jr a lively youngster who keeps farm life outdoors.
A colored man parades in fine clothes and explains he is celebrating his golden wedding. When asked about his wife, he replies that the celebration is about the fourth wife, indicating a long and comic marital history with dignified humor.
Don Brown and family on Ainsworth R2 express happiness at receiving the exact magazines they wanted through a one year Evening Journal subscription. The note thanks the paper for daily home support.
A small girl forced to eat milk pudding protests, then says she has nothing to be thankful for. After a pause she cheerfully thanks God for not being sick and asks to get down. Kenneth Coats from Crawfordsville notes some farmers leaving early.
Chicago market data indicates 13 000 hogs with 4 506 direct. steady to 10 cents lower, lighter weights down. Top price 8.65. 170-240 lb hogs 8.40-8.60. 250-280 lb 8.15-8.40. 290-350 lb 7.90-8.15. sows 7.25-7.60. Estimated tomorrow: cattle 9 500, hogs 10 000, sheep 12 000. cattle values listed for grades, calves, feeders, stockers. sheep lambs 8.00-8.40, commons 6.00-8.00.
Chicago market report shows eggs and poultry with steady to weak trends. Egg receipts reach 29 304 cases with various quality grades. poultry including broilers ducks geese and turkeys show mixed price ranges and steady to soft demand across items.
Chicago grain table lists open high low close for Wheat May June July Sept, Corn May July Sept, Oats May July Sept and Rye May July Sept with varied percentages and price points across months. Data indicates market volatility across wheat corn oats and rye futures in early April.
Record of soybean market quotes with May July and October futures showing percentages around 89 to 94. Mentions M440 and various 94 percent readings for May and July contracts, with specific figures like 93a 934 and 89 for October.
Cedar Rapids council awards Frank Zobac a 1315 dollar contract for a market pace project estimated at 2300 dollars. Zobac admitted underbidding and hoped the city would pursue a different path. Councilmen say they are legally bound to award the job.
A historical claim states that Filipinos are racially akin to Malays and belong to the brown race, reflecting 20th century ethnographic ideas about Southeast Asian peoples.
Community sale features 400 stock hogs 40 to 80 pounds with sow and pigs, plus steers heifers cows and sheep and lambs. Also 300 white oak posts hedge line posts 20 hedge anchors several horses and miscellaneous items.
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