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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1938
Page
5
For sale motor oil in gallon lots and bulk per quart from Brown's Super Service 1112. Oetjen Seed Store offers bulk garden and flower seeds at 6716. Posts for sale via CY Birka call. Mancu Illinois Ebony and Virginia soybean seed at Decetjens' 6716. Personal or business stationery box of 250 sheets and envelopes printed to order from The Evening Journal 606.
Mrs Lissa Timmins and her daughter Phyllis of Des Moines spent the weekend with relatives in Lexington. Phyllis teaches at Waterloo and is joined by Josephine Oldfield for a week. The Lexington circle will meet for the annual flower exchange this Wednesday with Mrs Herman Schultz hosting. Sam Schultz shows a new Faii all 12 tractor as farming runs full tilt with men in fields and women busy with house cleaning and gardening.
Riverside April 25 superintendent Howard Holt and principal H C Borup hosted the monthly Washington County Schoolmasters Club dinner at Riverside Public School. Miss Brittin's home economics class prepared the meal for visiting superintendents from Brighton Ainsworth West Chester Wellman Katona and Iowa City professor Newburn. Emily Mae Skala named for newborn daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Skala. Billy Jimmie Scott returned home from Illinois after visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs John Clark. Hills visitors Mr and Mrs Howard Elgin and children joined Mrs William Krotz and family at the hosts’ home.
Local notes compiled by D. F. Macon track happenings across nearby towns. Community events include meetings, arrivals, and civic notices. Readers gain a compact survey of small-town activity and upcoming local milestones.
Hog receipts reach 16 000 with 5 500 direct as market holds steady to 15 cents lower. Top hogs at 8 25 for 180 to 240 pounds. cattle at 16 000 steady with beef steers 9 00 to 10 50 and cows 5 65 to 7 50. sheep 7 000 with lambs 0 25 to 8 75 and feeders 7 00 to 8 00. Estimated tomorrow: cattle 8 000 hogs 13 000 sheep 6 000.
APRIL 26 report highlights Cy Huber enjoying a new garden track and thanked W. M. Terry for a clipping from the Rocking Chair Brigade. J. J. Anwyl home hosts mention, Miss Hazel Anwyl visits Peoria, Bob Riley visits Crawfordsville, and thoughts on Mrs. Saville’s funeral. Frank Young and neighbor garden chores noted. Bo Sitler dines in Washington and trades at Fletcher Motor. Steve Jones seeks market prices for hogs. Doctor Glenn Cherryholmes ready to repair a tractor.
Mrs George Baird and brother George Lord of Ainsworth visited with J M Lord of Rock Island. Mr Lord recently resides in Rock Island. William Hesseltine and wife stay with grandfather Dwight Hesseltine near Washington. William helps T M Beenblossom with farm work. Beenblossom advertises cattle and hogs and notes limited corn acres and rich pastures. Newell Day of Burlington and Lee Norris of Ainsworth visited Washington. Thanks extended to Robert Stephens of West Chester for daily home keeping, per Tracy Phillips.
A short verse recalls a friend as an aged melody that deepens with time. It speaks of shared joys, comforting tears, seeking goodness, forgiving faults, and lending aid, ending with gratitude for good friends found along life’s road.
Massachusetts researchers say they have a method to predict thunderstorms 24 to 46 hours before. The breakthrough aims to help plan for Sunday activities and weather-related planning.
County Officers listed include Richard Stewart as County Attorney and Ethel Grecian as Auditor. Other roles shown are Clerk R Noonan Engineer W P Rawn Welfare Worker Miss Helen Cresswell Recorder Mrs Harriet Coulter Sheriff Harold Putnam Treasurer Marion 8 8 George Supt of Schools Lester B Krabil Coroner Dr W S Kyle and Supervisors Ned Morrow Harve P Wilson Fred Bauer
President Glenn Mace serves as board head with secretary Ralph W. Thompson. Also named are Dr. P. L. Etter Dr. T. J. Pease A. E. Atchison and C. W. Tucker on the school board slate.
Chicago market report for April 26 shows steady markets across dairy and poultry. Butter receipts 16 251 pounds with specials 26% and extras 26 to 25% for firsts 22 4, standards 25. Poultry prices steady with brooders 23, ducks 10 to 17, geese 11 to 14, turkeys 15 to 24, roosters 13 to 14.
The Chicago grain list shows Wheat Corn Oats and Rye with multiple contract dates and prices. Open highs and lows document May July September values while cash quotes list No 2 mixed to No 4 white ranges. The sample school picnic photo caption mentions Roy Durian Wellman viewing Washington early.
A lustrum was the solemn expiation by a censor for the Roman people at the end of the census. Animals sacrificed included a boar a sheep and a bull. The offerings were led around the Campus Martius before sacrifice as the quinquennial census defined a five year period.
Regular meeting notice for Westbound Washington Lodge No. 26 A F and A M with officer names. Daily and selective rail stops listed for Golden State Limited Californian and related trains. Burlington Trailways bus routes Chicago to Omaha and Omaha to Chicago with note on ticket purchase locations.
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