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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1947

Page

5

Four-Year-Old Frye Dies After Trailer Accident

Funeral services arranged in Davenport for four year old Mark Frye son of Norman and Mrs Frye farmers north of town. He died yesterday from internal injuries after a trailer overturned on the Frye farm pinning him and his five year old sister Mary beneath it. Mary sustained severe bruises but was reported satisfactory.

Davenport Iowa Mark Frye Norman Frye Here Mary Beneth Frye

Milk Cleans Rough Finished Lamp Shades

Skim milk proves useful for cleaning lamp shades of rough finished paper with shellac or waxlike finishes. The casein in milk resists penetration unlike water and leaves a slight coating on the paper.

Markets Livestock Trading Mixed in Chicago Auction

Livestock prices moved unevenly with hogs 7,000 head showing slower late trade and declines to 25 cents. Cattle 7,500 with grain fed stock steady to strong. light heifers down about 25c. Sheep 1,000 slaughter lambs 25-50c lower. best spring lambs 24.00-24.25, several common natives 15-16, mixed lots 8.50-9.50 for small grades.

Chicago

Poultry and Egg Market Report from Chicago Aug 6

Chicago market notes show 85 poultry trucks with mixed prices for several breeds and fryers. Egg figures include 17 034 cases unsettled with varied success rates across standards and dirties, current receipts around 38 percent.

Chicago Colored Springs Plymouth Rock Springs White Rock Springs

Chicago Grain Table Aug Open High Low

Chicago August grain table shows wheat futures with Sept, Dec, and May contracts. Prices range from about 231 to 234 for listed months, with weekly shifts implied.

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Corn and Oats Market Rates Amid Seasonal Data

The fragment shows numbered percentages tied to corn and oats across months from September to May. Data appears as percent figures for various years, with columns labeled Sept Dec Mar May and percentage values, suggesting a historical price or yield table.

Chicago Cash Grain Prices Summary

Wheat prices mostly steady to down by a few cents across grades with No 1 red around 237 and No 2 red near 236. Corn declines of one to three cents with No 1 yellow about 228 to 230. Oats fall one to two cents with No 1 mixed heavy near 1034 to 106.5 and white grades around 101 to 106.

Chicago

Waterloo Youth Admits Car Theft and Flight to Chicago

Nilus Wold a 20 year old Waterloo resident pleaded guilty before Judge Shannon B Charlton to larceny of an automobile after admitting he took a Waterloo salesman s car to drive around the block and ended up in Chicago with it He faces a ten year reforma tory sentence and was arrested on a speeding charge a week after returning to his uncle s farm near Elkader from Chicago

Waterloo Iowa Nilus Wold Chicago Wold Shannon B. Charlton Elkader

Salem Boy Drowns In Creek During Wading

Final rites were to be held for Roger Pidgeon 12 son of Mr and Mrs Charles Pidgeon two miles west of Salem Iowa. He drowned in Little Cedar Creek Sunday while wading with Milo Leazer 12 nearby Milo summoned help but Roger could not be revived.

Salem Iowa Roger Pidgeon Charles Pidgeon Here Little Cedar Creek Milo Leazer Milo

Hoover proposal to hire Liberty ships for relief

Washington May 5 A U P The house merchant marine committee may consider Herbert Hoover s idea to authorize Japan and Germany to hire Liberty ships to transport their own food from the United States The plan aims to reduce relief costs and would have the ships manned by Germans and Japanese Chairman Alvan F Weichel introduced a bill to implement the suggestion and the committee may take it up next month if urgent otherwise await Congress return

Washington Aue House Merchant Marine Committee Mer P.sident Herbert Hoover Japan Germany United States Dover Alvan F. Weichel, R War Department Hoover Congress

Riverside Couple Welcomes 8 Pound Son

Riverside residents report the arrival of an 8 pound son born at Mercy hospital in Iowa City to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kallaus of Iowa City. The father is a former Riverside resident and the family is noted in local society circles.

Riverside Mercy Hospital Iowa City Kenneth Kallaus Kallaus Harry F. Colvin H. W. Swift Ton Ronala Marengo Mes Swift Butler Claude Flynn Des Moines Flynn John Minteer

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