Chicago stockyards halt as mediators seek settlement terms
Aug 24 Chicago stockyards empty of open market animals as livestock handlers and federal mediators press over a proposed settlement of the strike. Prices at other markets were steady to higher with gains at East St. Louis and Pittsburgh. Cattle and sheep showed modest rises amid varying receipts and steady to firm trends in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, East Buffalo.
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Chicago
Dick‘req
East St. Louis
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
East Buffalo
Pittsbugh
Buffalo
Chicago Produce Market Report Aug 2
Market notes show Hees firm with 6931 case receipts and 28 percent extras firsts 18 percent firsts 16 current receipts 14 dirties. Butter market firm with 11709 receipts and various quality percentages. Poultry market weak with 47 trucks and 1 car. fowls springers broilers leghorns ducks and turkeys listed with varied percentages. Potatoes on track with 148 arrivals 39 shipments 425 market dull.
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Chicago
U.P
Hees
Cash Corn Prices Reported in Chicago Market
Chicago price bulletin lists mixed No. 6 at 69 cents per bushel No. 2 yellow 71 cents No. 3 yellow 71 cents No. 4 yellow 70 cents No. 6 yellow 69 cents No. 2 white 72 cents With receipts of 408 cars reported by the market news service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Pleasant Hill Social Notes Keep Busy in Summer
Pleasant Hill correspondence describes neighbor visits and gatherings. Families including the Kepharts Sigafooses and Stouts enjoy ice cream cake and iced tea at Roy Kephart's. Local visits include Dorothy Babb Bertha Kephart Sam Sigafoose John Pratt Clyde Lambert Beenblossom Benn and Crone Chalupa visiting.
Community Sale Offers Cattle Hogs Posts and Goods
A community sale announces 60 head of cattle including 20 Black Angus yearling steers and 10 Jersey cows with milk, plus 80 cows and calves, some from the drought district. Also offered are hogs, 100 white oak posts, and various household goods. buyers invited to bring items for value.
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Jersey
Guernsey
Hog Producers Entertain Boys at Farm Field Day
Ache son and Dunsmore hosted about 160 4H club boys at their Ainsworth farm for a yearly field day. Participants came from Washington Bouisa Henry Johnson and Muscatine counties. Joe Caputo helped run the program and John Knotek judged. William Newell won first in the judging contest with 226 of 250 points. Dunsmore noted harvesting his third Walfa crop, expected to yield about a ton per acre.
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Ainsworth
Acheson & Dunsmore
vUoys
Washington
Bouisa
Henry
Johnson
Muscatine
Joe Caputo
John Knotek
William Newell
Columbus Junction
Newell
Dunsmore
Social visits fill weekend at local homes
This week at Edd Chalupa's Mr and Mrs George Weston and family of near Washington visited Sunday at Will Miller's Afternoon visitors at Miller's were Mr and Mrs Stanley Brock and family and Miss Charlotte Ballard of Washington John Weston is spending the week at Miller's Mr and Mrs Sam Sigafoose Bertha Mr and Mrs Roy Kephart and family and Mr and Mrs Homer Kephart and family spent Monday evening at Miles Stout's This was a surprise on Miles his birthday Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served Mr and Mrs Howard Baker and family were Sunday visitors at W C Hotle's Mr and Mrs Bill Edgar and family of Crawfordsville were Sunday evening visitors at the Howard Baker home Mr and Mrs John Erlenbush and family spent Monday evening at Howard Bakers Alvin Kephart spent Tuesday night with Harold Stephens
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Pleasant Hill
S. E. Sigafoose
Earl Kephart
Bertha
Homer Kephart
Miles Stout
Roy Kephart
Dorothy Babb
Bertha Kephart
Sam Sigafoose
Jack Swift
Washington
Pat Swift
John Pratt
Howard Caldwell
Clyde Lambert
R. Beenblossom
Howard Benn
H. W. Benn
Harry Crone
George McKee
Indiana
John Shebeck
Virginia Chalupa
Edd Chalupa’s
George Weston
Near Washington
Will Miller
Miller's
Stanley Brock
Charlotte Ballard
John Weston
Miles
Howard Baker
W. C
Funeral for Mrs. Akatheryn Vacha Held in Richmond
Bur ial services conducted in the Richmond cemetery for Mrs Akatheryn Vacha former resident who died at her Washington home. Pallbearers were George Eglin Fred Skola Joe Kern V J Spevacek Joe Saforek James Shalla Interment beside her husband who died about 25 years ago.
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Richmond
Frank Duder
Iowa City
Notes From Ainsworth And Nearby Mentions In August
Community brief highlights residents from Ainsworth Washington and surrounding towns. Mentions include visitors Lambert family and Rex Smiths, local tradesmen Millers store Bud Shearer wedding, repairs by J J Fitzgerald and Cal Pearson potato discoveries, cattle by Karl Gessing, Mrs Merle Simkins Weber visiting, Homer Clark operation, and a local auto collision near Riverside with updates.
Crawfordsville Social News Highlights From July 81
Crawfordsville notes chronicled visits and events around town. Mrs T H Riley cared for Coates children in Washington. Mrs Lester Neff and Mrs Elmer Reichley assisted with house cleaning. Mrs Ernest Meeks returned from hospital after an operation. Local families enjoyed dinners, shopping trips, birthdays, sales of farm goods, and a Sunday picnic at Sunset Park.
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Crawfordsville
T H. Riley
Kenneth Coates
Coates
Washington
Lester Neff
Waylant
Elmer Reichley
Near Merrimac
Albert Mulhern
Ernest Meeks
Washington Hospital
Farrel Younes
Jimmie
Richard
Frank Young
John Long
W. F. M. S. Thank-Offering Service Held at Brighton
The W. F. M. S. annual Thank-Offering service took place at the Brighton Methodist Church on Sunday at 11 a.m. Rev. Mrs. A. W. McBlain of West Chester delivered an engaging address and more than $23 was given in offering. Mrs. J. R. Bailey of Bertram, Neb., visited her sister, Mrs. Saur Marshall, and T. H. Welch of Belknap stopped by the J. B. Painter home.
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Brighton
Methodist Church
A. W. McBlain
West Chester
J. R. Bailey
Bertram, Neb
Saur Marshall
T. H Welch
Belknap
J. B. Painter
Glen Willits
Marion and Washington visit and farewells noted
A long list of local families visits relatives in Marion and Washington and a farewell party for the Bliven family. Gretchen Buck of Garner Iowa visits with Ben Brier and Harvey Young relatives. The Loyal Berean class held a farewell at the park with gifts for Mrs Bliven.
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Teddy
Joan
Gerry
Marion
Ohio
A. E. Horton
Washington
Ben Brier
Gretchen Buck
Garner
Iowa
Gretchen
Harvey Young
Huntington Beach Calif
Brier
Painter
Neal Whisler
Frank Wilson
L. EK. Bidwell
Wellman
Mary Wikoff
Bidwell
Joe H. Christy
Dorothy Jane
Harris
J. B. Painter
Daisy
Margaret Allison
Will Tetterhome
Fairfield
Trenton
Bob
Bill Day
Chicago
John McConahey
Mt. Union
D. F. Berry
A. E. Hoffman
Anna Chamberlain
Emma Francis
Muscatine
Francis
William
Richard Crone
St. Louis
I. F Kraemer
R. B. Kessel
Orvil Harken
R. Bliven
Glasgow
Mon
Berean
Christian Sunday School
Bealers Return From Week With Fire of Sherville Visit
Mr and Mrs Will Bealer returned Saturday from a week with Mrs George Graham at Sherville Indiana. Visitors included Mrs Caldwell Des Moines and Edna Gates plus relatives from Downey Washington Iowa Fairfield Muscatine and Iowa City. The Gates family and others hosted callers during the weekend.
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Livestock Review
Chas. Brown
Acheson & Dunsmore Have
Four-Heads
Frank J. Patterson
Aur
Moe
Wayne Lambert
Marthe
George of
G. M. Wylie
R 2
Dad
Joe A. Kolesicks
Cecil Ketheoat
Rex Smiths
Dan Cline
Charlie Zieglowskys
Wylies Kolesicks
Manford Wilcox
Bill Marr
Deus
Adams
Simmerings
Lins
Koehlers
Glenn Millers
Bud Shearer
Bud
Ben Fitzgerald
J. J. Fitzgerald
J. A. Marsh
Chevrolet
Cal Pearson
Hill
Shorty McCarty
Karl Gessing
Merle Simkins Weber
W. D. Simkins
Homer Clark
Roverside
Vera
Sauda
Macon
Planeter
Lola Rath
Mildred Lintz
Davenport
Mela Vacha
Edna Sprague
Gail
Mike Murdock
Riverside
BE. O. Weber
Seattle
W.D Simkins
Martin Telford
Robert Stephens
Mary Jane
Charley Walker
Mary Briley
Evening Journal
Geo. B. Stapp
Cotter
Geo
Cubs
Cardinals
Dan Peters
Geo. Wilams
Dickey Thomas
Mr. Lantz
Donaldson and Sands
Peters
Red Cross
Williams
Geo. Stapp
Morgan Bros
Lou Gormley
Omri Peters
Will Brown
Harley Hen
Sunset Park
Rhua Helmick
Lesli. Gates
Gates
Don Applegate
Vic Wenger
Tvan Gates
Hi Gates
Reinaldt
Downey
Queree Breilerbach
Oscar Kesse
Ester Stone
Mike Lewis
Joe Nebergall
Clay Humston
Will Realer
Wess Finch
al Logan
Will Realep
Myrtle Propst
Betty Loy
Will Bealer
Bdd Miller
Jay Miller
Askea
R. Barr
U. S. Care Journal
Rawleigh
Rawleigh Co
Freeport
J. S. Mingold
Curb Service
Gibson Produce Company
H. E. Busby
F. H. G. Richardson
Tedern
Journal
Optometry
Stephen's
Oscar Kessel
Miss "Ster
Glen Dunbar
Fred Longer
Perry Home
Betty Libe
June
Eclipse Lumber Company
Kyles North End Standard Station
Chocolate Shop
Nellie Manners
Garawfordsville Jn
A. N Porter
Hugh &. Davis
R. R. McKee
Mary Packer
Carson
Vernon White
Riverside Girls
Kenneth Cherryholmes
Tripple
John Miller
Cbicago
Wyse
Wayland
Oj) Company
Equi Piu
Farmers
Farm Bureau Vice Co
Warren
Hytempoll
Thoreus
Hytemp Washington Oil Company
Clover H
Charley
Fulan Oi Co
Reid
Arthur Duensing
Stewart
Jasta
Jen
Firestone
Washington Oil Company
Rej
South Ave
J. AL. Copeland
Scholl
Washington County National Partt Loan Assn
Federal Land Bank
Bidney Mooree
Bsecy
Washington State Bank
Erpone & Ambulance Service
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