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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1940
Page
5
Eclipse Lumber Co offers Stuk-Rok Cement for basements cisterns silos and concrete floors. Easy to mix with water. Also ads for disinfectant for poultry houses and wood preservative priced per container. Public notice style sale items include alfalfa sweet clover and office furniture from local hardware listings.
Market mostly higher with hogs up 10 to 20 cents. Prices shown for various weight classes and sows. Cattle steady on choice and prime. calves and yearlings quoted. fed steers and heifers weaker. Sheep demand strengthens with spring lambs up. receipts forecast for tomorrow include hogs and cattle and sheep.
Chicago on August 7 reports cash grain prices for corn and oats with various grades. Corn includes yellow grades at 65 to 67 percent, 65, and 64 to 66 percent. oats list mixed 31, white 31 percent, and white 11 percent.
Chicago August 7 reports a firmer eggs market with receipts 8 783 cases and varied grades. Poultry remains steady with receipts of 36 trucks and all other prices show changes.
The August grain table lists Wheat Corn Oats and Rye with May Sep and Dec futures. Prices indicate slight gains for wheat and corn while oats hold, with rye showing modest shifts.
Miss Frances Moser of Galesburg Illinois has been appointed dean of women at Iowa Wesleyan college to succeed Mrs Lila K Engberg who married Dr Raymond Piper of Syracuse University Miss Moser a Knox College graduate holds a master of arts from the University of Colorado and will begin August 15.
Universal Studios promotes Baby Sandy in the comedy Sandy Is a Lady at State Theatre opening Thursday. The story centers on Baby Sandy and features Mischa Auer Eugene Pallette Billy Gilbert Edgar Kennedy Fritz Feld plus child performers Buddy and Butch with Nan Grey Tom Brown in straight roles. Sandy’s antics include rescuing a restaurant and climbing unfinished building girders as a chaotic, fast moving farce.
In the District Court of Washington County Iowa Nelson W Thompson sues Elias Massey and numerous co defendants seeking to quiet title in the north half of the southeast quarter of section 26 township 75 north range 7 west. He alleges errors in records create adverse claims by unknown defendants and Saint claims are invalid. He asks for fee simple ownership to be established and all defendants and unknown claimants barred from any claim. Proceedings set with a September 1940 deadline. no personal claims against defendants.
Local column notes a weather predicting rug that curls or lays flat with approaching storms. Includes social visits from Walter Longer family and Roberta Fletcher of Moline, Kolosiek reunion at Wellman, poison ivy troubles, a Monday electrical storm with a tree strike near Clive Gray, and a maple tree blown over.
A decree was rendered in the matter cited with W LIVINGSTON serving as attorney for the plaintiff. The document references file notation 14914 Aug T-14-21-28 and indicates final judgment or order issued by the court.
A letter from Stanley Miller of Los Angeles details the death of Mrs. Fred Howard of Gardena California, the Steck family moving to Michigan, and a visit from Mrs. Orwin Boshart of Wayland. It recalls Mrs. Howard’s life, funeral details, survivors, and community involvement, plus notes on Fred Steck’s upcoming move and local kinship reflections.
A Sunday travel record notes arrivals at the Davis home by o clock and a nine o clock church service at Bethel. Mil(d)rey and Mil ton Straff recall summers at the Davis home while Mrs. Sterling Holmes visits Rose Fitzgerald in Ainsworth. Frank Soukup and Mrs Mary Swolensky visit Sterling Holmes and Horak homes as Bethel Sunday school begins at nine thirty and runs to September end.
C E Pierce president of the Louisa County Fair association announces judges for the fair to be held in Columbus Junction August 13 to 16. Bayard Scott Mitchellville horses and saddle horse show W J Kennedy St Joseph Mo cattle H G Peterson Marshalltown hogs and sheep H E Nichols Ames fruit vegetables and flowers Doris W McCray Cedar Rapids floral hall Gladys Adame Ames four ll girls clubs exhibits.
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