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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1936
Page
7
August weather notes from Washington report cloudiness and hopes of rain. C B Reed and family, Harold Booths, J H Weston trio, and other locals return from trips to New Jersey Davenport Rock Island Moline. Alfalfa plans and corn outlook are discussed along with livestock, sales, and regional farming activity.
The notice lists price ranges for heavy hens, leghorn hens, heavy springs, and old roosters and ducks. Several weight categories are shown with prices per pound or per head, including 4% and 3 to 4 pound birds, plus miscellaneous notes on bids and quantities.
Mr and Mrs Jake Fisher and daughter Frances moved Monday to Washington Earl Fisher and his family will reside on the farm in Pilotburg The notice notes a social gathering hosted by Mr and Mrs Stanley Mouser last Wednesday evening
A closing out sale is listed by Aug 6 with Walter Harvey at City Feed Yard Columbus Junction. The Midway Sale Co. runs a weekly community sale every Saturday at 12th Street location and Wednesdays every week.
A local round of visits and travel is recorded as Mr and Mrs Lester Leeper left for Ohio for work at a bakery. Edith Prebys Vera and Harold of Egypt visited Frank Stransky’s family. Will Brown works on wells and Roy Turnipseed received some service. A new grandson born to Mark Brown and wife in Springfield, Missouri prompted a family visit. Walter Anderson and children Lorraine and Bobby visited Carl’s family near Washington. Several local children attended idle school at Richmond learning songs and Bible lessons, closing with a Friday program and ice cream and cake.
A naturalist is described as a man who can sit perfectly still for three hours on a creek bank without fishing, illustrating patience and attention to nature over active pursuit.
For sale notice lists a used Maytag electric washer with a new square aluminum tub in A-1 condition and a used double-tub Dexter washer. Also offered is a near new porcelain enamel Auto-Gas gasoline pressure range. Located at Kukgaber Hardware West Side 14612. Six week old chicks offered by Vincent Hatenery 14612.
Persis tent advances in foreign markets and bullish crop estimates from western Canada boosted wheat futures in Chicago last week. Coarse grains rose sharply on continued dry weather, with corn leading as estimates hinted at a crop no larger than 1934. Canada’s 215 million bushel spring wheat figure and Ottawa’s report signaled smaller exports, while foreign markets pushed prices higher amid dwindling supplies.
Barnes travels via Yellowstone Park to Idaho for harvest with crops reported fine. Fall plowing is extensive county wide. Although plowing is hard the tractor power gets the job done. Rain falls gently as the town clock strikes six Tuesday morning in Washington Iowa, bringing welcome music after a long dry spell.
Pearl Fishburn Kennedy announces reunion invitations for August 16 at Sunset Park. The gatherings have continued annually for two decades, marking the 20th consecutive year of reunions.
The Nichols Pratts and Collins families from Van Nuys and Corona Calif. visited relatives across the Plains visiting Wilson Nichols in Wellington Colo. Paul Pratt in Denver James T Nichols in Des Moines and the Kephart reunion at Sunset Park before returning to California. They left Des Moines Saturday after meeting many old friends.
In July the Washington County C T A tested 285 cows with 34 dry, averaging 622 pounds milk and 24.6 butterfat. Kash and Gingerich own the top Grade Holstein herd at 37.2 butterfat. the ten high herds list owners including Duensing Hayes and Bash. The high individual was Washington County Home with 1324 pounds milk and 60.9 butterfat. second was E P Hayes with 967 pounds milk and 57.1 butterfat. Two dairy cows were sold, three dairy cows bought, and three heifers freshened. Separators loss for the month was 2.31 dollars.
Hogs 18 000 head with 4 000 direct. market steady to 10 cents lower. Top 11.20. Hogs 180 250 lbs 10.85 11.15. 140 170 lbs 10.25 10.85. sows 8.75 9.40. Cattle 11 000. calves 2 000 steady. Beef steers 7.50 9.25. cows 4.25 6.25. bulls 4.50 6.50. Sheep 8 000. lambs 10.00 10.75. yearlings 6.00 8.50.
Chicago August 4 update shows eggs steady with receipts 426 cases and firsts at .24 and .23. butter firm with 11,259 tubs and various grade prices. poultry market unsettled with cargo movements and mixed fowl prices. potatoes on track with 202 arrivals and 560 shipments, steady to slightly stronger overall.
Chicago grain prices list cash corn by grade with No 1 and 2 yellow quoted at 1.12 to 1.14 dollars per bushel and No 3 yellow at 1.1314, No 4 yellow at 1.12 to 1.13, reflecting a standard market snapshot from August 4. The report notes multiple lots and bid ranges, highlighting market liquidity for corn contracts in the Chicago exchange.
The fragment shows price quotes for yellow at 1.19 dollars and white samples around 1.22 with sample grade 1.01 percent and 1.10, plus estimated receipts directed to car lots. No clear event or names provided.
The French windjammer Tolosa crew discovered a lone man on Rinca Island 100 miles north of the Strait of Magellan. Clad in goat skins, he cried gutturally yet guided them to a natural spring for water. He appeared Nordic in origin, possibly Scandinavian German or British, and is described as a shipwrecked sailor who has lost speech after years of silence.
The middle horse gains popularity surpassing levels not seen since the automobile era. Department of Commerce reports 500,000 more middle horses now than 20 years ago, more than doubling previous counts. The shift reflects changing transportation trends and public interest in equestrian culture.
East 76, Aug. 4. Carl Maye and Join Gretter baled hay and straw Friday and Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Dickin son were supper guests at the Oren Romine home Tuesday. Edd Gretter has trouble with sick hogs. Dr. Peterson of Washington called. Miss Wilma Romine spent weekend at Kinross with Veda LeFever. Visitors at the Romine and Gretter homes Sunday included Harry Hubes and David, and the Henderson Beatty reunion at Sunnei Park. Various local visits and picnics noted, including Keota community chub picnic and Fairfield trip for supper.
A fragment noting Anna Sewell born in England in 1820 and authoring Black Beauty while ill, reportedly earning only a small fraction of royalties despite vast sales.
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