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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1949
Page
7
Richard D. Wood and his brother David built America's first foundry dedicated to cast iron pipe manufacture in 1825, as New York City water mains relied on hollowed tree trunks.
Sheep sale discussed with 1 500 salable head and lambs bid lower while slaughter ewes hold steady. Cattle tally 14 000 with calves 400. slaughter steers and heifers show broad demand, top 28.25 for two loads, steers 1180–1307 lb at 28.00, bulk 25.25–27.75. best heifers 27.00, cows 14.50–17.50, canners 11.50–14.50. Stockers and feeders steady with light yearlings 24.00 and good steer calves 24.00.
Embedded in the Cave of the Mounds ceiling is a six foot cephalopod fossil dating to 411 million years ago. The cave lies 25 miles west of Madison Wisconsin.
The state shows a low of 30.77 inches at Morris and a high of 47.43 inches at Anna. Carbondale in 1945 recorded 74.5 inches while Pontiac in 1887 had 165 inches, marking the greatest and least amounts on record in Illinois.
The page lists recurring livestock sales at Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction and Ollie Livestock Exchange in Ollie, with Friday night sales at Whittaker sale barn and Thursday and Tuesday sessions at alona and Ollie venues. It also notes August sale events including a Spotted Poland China sow night sale at Ollie August 10, closing out sales for Lucy Lees August 11 in West Chester, a furniture consignment sale August 18 at 927 South Second Avenue, and a closing out sale August 27 on South Walton Avenue near Bill Putman’s Standard Station. organizer Don Burger and John Eiben are named.
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