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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1939

Page

5

Valley Ladies Aid Plans Silver Tea

Valley Ladies Aid announces a silver tea fundraiser and lists past week social visits. Mrs Howard Bailey and son Kenneth stayed at the Churchill home from Friday evening to Tuesday evening, Arlene Churchill visited Packwood, and church services were canceled due to repairs and the absence of Rev. Klein in Burlington.

Chas Churchill Valley Ladies Aid Society Howard Bailey Kenneth Arlene Churchill John Baudlmeart Jer Packwood Ww. Klein Burlington Andy Sheets Walter Sheetz J. E. Deal Myrtle Frank Francia Feltz W. J. Pfeifer Marjorie Sheetz Washington

Journal Safe Date Column and Community Bale Notice

Weekly column from Midway Safe Co Columbus Junction announces Wednesday schedule. Text includes community bale every Friday and a timetable phrase that resembles a local notice for routine events.

Midway Safe Co Columbus Junction Fritayr

REISTER'S MARKETS Prices From Washington Iowa Listings

REISTER & SONS advertise Tuesday prices at Washington Iowa for sweet cream 8 cents per pound, No 1 sour cereal ties 21 cents, No 2 Sour'rea 19 cents, Hennery Brown and White Hees 1 cent per dozen, eggs 6 cents per pound delivered to plant, and assorted poultry offerings with byproducts and cull poultry presented.

Hennery Brown Hennery

Social Visit Journal Notes and Local Gatherings

Parsons and Mrs Lake Edens hosted at the Parsons home near Woolson. Roger and Raymond Sheetz visited the Ralph Augustine home near Batavia from Sunday morning to Monday forenoon. Andy and Mrs Sheetz spent Wednesday evening at the Warren Carris home near Wellsston. Marjorie stayed to visit with Alice and Dorothy until Friday evening. Several townsfolk attended Kublo cinema Monday evening.

Parsons Lake Edens Woolson Roger Raymond Sheetz Ralph Augustine Batavia Andy Sheetz Warren Carris Wellsston Marjorie Alice Dorothy Kublo

Local residents visit homes in weekday social notes

Carl Mayer made a business call at J. E. Deal’s home Thursday morning. Richard and Marjorie Sheet visited John Baum Gartner’s home on Sunday. Mrs. Cloyce Ziezlowsky of near Washington spent Friday at a local residence. Daybreak activities fill community social columns.

Carl Mayer J. E. Deal Richard Marjorie Sheet John Baumgartner Cloyce Ziezlowsky Near Washington

Harmony News Roundup From Harmony August Wanderings

Harmony notes list local visits and family gatherings including Katie Sehmitt’s vacation return and extended visits by the Chimelars and Devorak family. Reports on home improvements at Bill Chmelor’s farm and Dr Henrietta Griffith’s recovery are included along with neighborhood social calls and club preparations.

Fiarmony Katie Sehmitt Rktahoma Bill Chimelar Frank Devorak Clarence Fletcher Ralph Kelsey Hichard Schiebel John Combe Ivan Jarvis North Dakota Howard Miller Charles Schiebels Ed Heck Joan Henrietta Griffith Bill Chmelor Ward Meraltheon Everette Schmitt George Hagist Lydia Gideon Uth Walter Laurer Will Sheets Harry Bavideon Secu'ring F. C. Club

News Notes of Our Neighboring Communities

Local brief from D F Macon highlights happenings in neighboring towns. Updates likely cover community events, social notes, and small-town occurrences.

Centennial Week Draws Out-of-Town Visitors to Journal Area

Harold Wolf and Robert Macon with family visit parental home in Burlington Junction before returning to Long Beach California. Numerous names from Iowa and Missouri appear among visitors and residents enjoying Centennial events and window shopping, with expected coverage by the Journal.

Harold Wolf Robert Macon Burlington Junction Harry Macon Mary Fred Fleming Long Beach California Johnny Thompson Billy Thompson Des Moines

Unusual Ranch Machine Cleans Land Faster Than Men

A new machine at Kingville Texas cuts a 12 foot swath through dense growth at two miles per hour clearing 15 to 20 acres daily. A front blade bends trees while a rear bulldozer rootes out stumps, performing like forty four axes.

Kingville Tex

Poultry Congress Draws Record Crowds in Cleveland Exposition

Frank Priebe describes the World’s Poultry Congress and Exposition in Cleveland drawing 117 000 attendees for the first days and predicting 760 000 visitors in eleven days. The event features international visitors, demonstrations, judging contests, kitchens, and government displays highlighting poultry production and markets.

Cleveland New York Maine California Canada Texas U. S

Markets show mixed hog and cattle tone in Chicago bid

Chicago market notes hogs around 10 000 head with prices largely steady to strong. Top hogs 6 70, feeders 4 90 to 6 40. Sheep steady to firm with spring lambs to 8 75 and native lambs 8 50 to 8 65. Cattle 13 000 head with calves 1 500. yearlings and fed cattle steady to 25 lower. top yearling steers 10 00, fed heifers 9 75. Receipts listed as 7 000 cattle, 13 000 hogs, 2 000 sheep for Tuesday.

Chicago

Chicago Produce Markets Report August 7

Market steady with receipts 11 058 cases for fresh graded firsts 1h44 and extra firsts 15 percent current 14 dirties 12. Poultry market easy with receipts 41 trucks and varied percentages for ducks geese hens leghorn hens and turkeys ranging 6 to 14 percent in the day’s notes.

Chicago

Poultry Congress Draws Thousands to Meetings

F O Kerchberg of Sheldon notes a vast election handbook and diverse state materials. The congress attracts 5000 attendees daily for morning lectures and packed small rooms where leaders discuss poultry topics. Poultry raisers nationwide benefit from the event, signaling greater future returns.

Congress

Chicago Cash Corn Receipts Reported for August

Chicago market notes describe oats and corn mixes with varied moisture percentages. Corn receipts total 34 cars with mixed lots including white and mixed varieties.

Chicago

Grain table shows mixed movements across wheat corn oats rye

The Chicago grain table dated August 7 lists May and Sept futures for wheat corn oats rye with varied high low and close values. A stray line notes a historical reminder about voting for Ulysses S. Grant for president.

Chicago

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