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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1944
Page
5
Chicago livestock markets show steady to higher trends. Hogs at 14,000 head with good and choice 170 to 240 pounds at 34.75. sows 25 to 40 cents higher. cattle 6,000 with fed steers and yearlings 14.00 to 17.25. top 17.75 for cattle. calves 1,000. sheep 1,500 with native lambs and shorn ewes fully steady. top 15.10 for lambs. Estimates: hogs 14,000 cattle 11,000 sheep 1,500.
Market report from Chicago on August 1 records loading quotes for wheat and rye futures. Sep wheat 155 and 155, Dec 156, May 156 to 157 with varied bid and ask levels. Rye futures sit around 105 to 110 with several contract readings and small gaps in price quotes.
Chicago market notes unsettled receipts totaling 10 739 with mixed firsts and seconds. Poultry shows receipts 0 cars and 21 trucks with a firm market. colored springs and colored brooders listed at 26.
Chicago price update lists oat bids across several lots with mixed grades from 72 to 76 percent and 75 to 76 percent for mixed oats, white oats, and oat heavies. soybeans show a single yellow bean bid at 196.
Laura Taylor a 16 year old girl from Kansas City is being held locally for Kansas City authorities. She was apprehended at their request and a Kansas City representative will collect her. She had accompanied a friend to Washington after the friend visited in Kansas City but did not inform her parents of the plan.
Police traced the vehicle owned by D B Edwards of Haskins to the northeast part of town where it had been abandoned after being stolen from a downtown parking spot. The car was found in good condition with only a small amount of gasoline used by the thieves.
David Edwards of Hutchinson Kansas a former Washington resident died yesterday afternoon in a Hutchinson hospital. Funeral services will be held tomorrow. He was born October 7 1879 to Robert and Sarah Edwards and known as Duke in Washington. He was married to Stella Kirkpatrick and had a daughter Flossie Trotter. Survived by a grandson two sisters Rosa Riley and Mrs Charles Griffin and several nieces and nephews in Brighton and Washington.
Weston Grupe of Winfield purchased the 220 acre Frank Jamison farm five miles northwest of Columbus Junction on Bluff road for 21 500 with possession March 1 1945. G N Duncan of Columbus Junction handled the deal. Christy Stiers of Pharr Texas bought the J C Smith estate farm nearby. Funeral services for James McCleery were held in Oxford Iowa. I A McCleery of Los Angeles survives. H B Dawson harvested 50 bushels of oats per acre from a 15 acre field near town.
Thirty Louisa county Four H girls' club members were enrolled at the annual camp at Columbus Chautauqua park July 27 to 29. The camp program Living Our 4-H's emphasized the 4 H pledge with delegates later attending the annual convention at Ames. Speakers included Rev. R. W. Galloway Rev. Cate Nicholson Mrs. Orval McCormac Mrs. Louise Padgett and Eileen Campbell. Norma Davis led music and Marion Wibber led crafts. The Four H boys' clubs were entertained Friday evening. The Philathea class of the Letts Methodist church served meals.
Mrs. Orville Morgan spends a few days in Fairfield with her sister Mrs. John Lindeaur while Mrs. Lindeaur is ill in Fairfield hospital. Also notes local visits and travel among residents including Lester Long return from Ireland and Dickie Kallous returning to Des Moines after six weeks with the Morgans.
Census data show Milwaukee city employees average $192 monthly, ranking fourth among 18 northern cities with 300000 or more population. Only Detroit 207, San Francisco 203, and Chicago 199 exceed Milwaukee.
Iowa's new Methodist bishop, appointed to succeed Bishop Ralph Magee, has transferred from Chicago to Des Moines and will oversee the state. He previously served as pastor and director of student work at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
In 1835 36 Eastwick and Harrison built the Sam uel D Ingham for the Beaver Meadow railroad now the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania.
Licorice root flourishes where long hot dry spells push roots and rhizomes deeper in search of moisture. The southwest likely offers favorable conditions, though other regions in the United States may be suitable as well.
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