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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1937
Page
7
Chicago April 28 report shows eggs steady to easy with receipts 27 876 and varied grade distributions. Butter market firm with receipts 9290 tubs and multiple grade specials, extras and standards. Poultry steady with mixed price ranges. potatoes on track with arrivals and shipments noted.
Riverside residents are urged by Mayor William Knebel to remove ashes and rubbish from premises. Edith Heitzman returns to Davenport from Riverside visit with parents Heitzman. Harold Beranek joins CCC camp at Solon. Walter Beranek also a member. Mary Truxan returns home after Chicago winter visit with Dautremont family. Lavina Eagle of Iowa City visits Cornelius Walsh and family.
Market shows strength with hogs at 10.15 to 10.40 for 150 to 180 pounds and 200 to 300 pound hogs at 10.15 to 10.35. sows 9.60 to 9.80. Cattle values range beef steers 14.00 to 17.00, cows 6.00 to 9.50, calves 6.00 to 10.50. calves and stocker classes listed. Sheep about 5,000 head with lambs 11.50 to 12.75 and yearlings 10.09 to 11.50. Estimated receipts for tomorrow show hogs 13,000, cattle 9,500, sheep 13,000.
Chicago cash corn bids show No 8 yellow 137 to 139 cents and No 4 yellow 137 to 238 cents. The Chicago Grain Table lists May July and Sept prices for WHEAT CORN OATS and RYE with open high low and close figures for May July and Sept contracts.
Attend the Community Late Friday sale featuring shoats, piggy sows, hogs, cattle including springer cows and black cattle, sheep and lambs, calves, plus miscellaneous furniture and a 110-1 Anchor post lot. Whitaker & Son manage with Col Bruty, Walker & Babcock as clerks at a reputed auction venue.
Local readers report ongoing rain across Macon and environs with efforts to assess road conditions. Names from Keota to Wellman are mentioned along with sightings of late day showers and damp streets.
The paper mentions a marriage with the athlete walking the bride down the aisle and A. H. Ahrens at Benteco store in Wellman displaying fruit. The store is praised for its neat, well kept merchandise and friendly staff during a busy day.
A collage of small town items including Wellman jeweler C. L. Miller selling items, Wm Rickey tending turkey hens, and visits to see Guernsey cattle. Anecdotes include a humorous road misdirection with a poorhouse sign and family chat about school report cards.
The narrator notes a Col. can explain cattle care to show how cattle are kept clean in freezing conditions. A chance street encounter with a friend leads to compliments for Keith Adams and Martha Jennings Adams. Grandma Jennings beams with pride and wishes Martha long health.
A note highlights Samuel Friedlander's watertight bathtub door patent in Washington with a rubber lined ramp and a bottom hinge. Users must unplug the drain before opening the door. The item then shifts to local notices about Wellman oil driver Raymond Kos, residents Zweifel Miller and others, and friendly reader greetings amid fall fishing banter.
Matthew asks where Michael is going with a shovel and Michael replies he is burying his past. A friend suggests they need a steam shovel.
In a brief cottage conversation Tom asks Jim about his current job and Jim replies he sells salt, prompting Tom to react with a light shake. The exchange shows casual, small talk between two locals.
A student agrees to purchase two copies after a bookseller touts a title as time saving. The exchange highlights a brisk, practical negotiating tone in a shop setting.
Iowa Academy of Science by the board replaces treasurer as announced earlier. Silas Lapham by William Dean Howells now in reading. Miss Coffey's English class works on narrative writing as part of the curriculum.
Jane Bruty plans a journalism path after State University of Iowa with interests in weaving roller skating and swimming. Mr. LeMoine, ex principal and current Washington high teacher, pursued commerce and economics, while Richard Birney leads band activities, Hi Y, and aims for Ames to study forestry or aerospace engineering.
Mr LeMoine s home room featured Ted Brown of Button Factory speaking on office duties Esther Hays read Be a Booster Miss Keeney chose Esther Smith to replace Louise Robinson as Alice in the Junior College play Be Hearted Herbert Louise left school to be chief operator at Richland telephone office Miss Leona Kurtz elected to teach Oak Grove school near Riverside next year Mr Jurgens and Mr Ralston attended the Rotary Convention at Cedar Rapids Monday
A high school class studied bacteria and disease prevention reports, plus tree transplantation last Thursday. Senior English finished Victorian period study and work on investigative themes while sophomore classes explore narration and short stories. Chemistry covered stain removal with five samples per student, targeting inks fruits coffee rust grass grease varnish blood and iodine. indelible ink and grass stains were hardest. A rayon film illustrated wood pulp to artificial silk processes. Junior English studied poetry including Sandburg Frost and Lowell as Twentieth Century poets.
Haunting Notes lists classroom quirks and student antics after an extra week away. Finke’s plaid shirt becomes a joke about checkers and lost gear while Jurgens misses class for unclear reasons. Naomi keeps James Owen out late causing weekday sleepiness during radio Mystery, with a playful authorial wrap of names and traits.
Third grade students at Lincoln study Italy reading Pun Bonnet Bavies in Italy and Little Tony of Italy. They explore Naples and Pompeii, Mussolini’s impact, and maps of major cities. Other activities include nicotine awareness talk by a cartoonist and a hearing test by Dr. Gardner.
Local produce items with prices include Sweet Cream No 1 Sour Cream No 2 Sour Cream 29 cents per pound Hennery Brown Kegs 18 cents per dozen Hennery White Eggs 18 cents per dozen No 2 Eggs Leghorn Hens All Roosters Leghorn roosters Heavy Hens 1d each Geese Ducks and more listed.
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