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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1935
Page
7
Hogs seen slow with 4 000 head traded including 1 500 near 240 lb. Bulk 170 240 lbs 11.60 11.95 top 12.00. Cattle 2 000 with beef scarce and generally steady. Best yearlings 11.35 though bulls veal softer. cattle receipts Saturday about 600. Sheep 4 000 lambs active and rising, natives 8.75 9. summarize tentative weekend demand.
Chicago reports firm butter and eggs with steady poultry sales. Egg totals show 19 317 cases with 2414 extra and receipts 23 3. butter receipts 856 with specials 25 ex 824 extra firsts 28 percent and 22 percent overall. Poultry remains steady with 47 trucks received and varied percent values for fowls birngs and other cuts. Potatoes on track with shipments 541 and market firm.
Chicago market update shows mixed cash corn values with No 3 at 84, No 1 low at 85, No 2 yellow at 85, and No 1 white at 7. Receipts total 18 cars in the session.
A legendary road between Porto Bello and Old Panama is said to have been paved with bones of men and beasts. It supposedly carried Inca wealth in 100 mule convoys to Spanish galleys at Porto Bello. Now unused, the tale notes Pratoon first saw the Pacific from a point on this route.
The text explains flag colors red white and blue symbolizing courage purity loyalty and friendship and notes a quote attributed to Washington about stars and stripes representing liberty and sovereignty. It mentions an ancient star symbol and a separation from a country.
A lesson outline on Daniel 1 8 20 stressing self mastery through loyalty to God. Daniel faces captivity peer pressure dietary trials name changes and courteous resolve. The study links physical health mental growth and moral abstinence to spiritual insight and wisdom in Nebuchadnezzar s court.
By Journal subscription representative D. Fr. Macon. Local items from neighboring communities share brief notices, events, and updates typical of a small-town page.
Mr and Mrs George Chalupa bring a massive field corn stalk fourteen feet four inches tall with four shoots. J A Huber of West Chester browsed the town while his aide A G Swanson handles affairs. Chris Jensen of West Chester loses three fingers in a blacksmith accident.
Mrs R S White Crawfordsville and Mr Mrs C W Soukup Riverside visited Thursday along with A J Johnson Brighton and C W Davison Washington R 3. J C Bales, met in Brighton after 18 years, bought five sows at John May's sale for 56 dollars per head, his hogs and crop grossing 1700 dollars. Also seen were two little girls in bright outfits and locals E S Herr and family and Chris Kauffman of Wyland, plus Charley McKay’s Washington Mt. area residents.
Report from East of Armsworth notes Bob Quinn out with a threshing machine while two teams plow corn. Farmers are busy with plowing corn, putting up hay, and threshing.
The passage describes Daniel and others chosen for service before the king due to their mental readiness and moral discipline. It notes their social and political preference, their ascension to high influence, Daniel becoming president of the college of wise men and then prime minister, a role he held through several dynasties.
Mr and Mrs Glen Black and children from Moline visited Mrs Glens in Haskins with her parents Mr and Mrs Geo Taylor. Gladys Taylor stayed two weeks with her sister in Moline. Mrs Ott Hobek seeks treatment at University hospital Iowa City for goiter removal surgery planned later this week.
J Lee Nicholson cleans the barn lots and praises the grain quality and quantity east of Haskins. Owen Wehrs Joe Podarils J P Colto&s and Bill Grosscups near Tony Todd and George Gobles boast fine crops. Gratitude extended to P O Connors for Evening Journal support.
The Cedar Rapids panel notes arrival of Guy Stansbury and Harry Macon from Wilmington California and Burlington Junction Missouri. It recalls B C Wagner born and raised in Cedar Rapids and mentions Dr J C Boice and Boice Weener saving a boy's life with the doctor credited for the rescue.
Roy Wagner, baiting a hook Tuesday afternoon along the Cedar River near a power plant, used his dip net to rescue a small boy crying for help from the mill race. The dramatic rescue occurred at the river wall below the mill race of the Iowa Electric power plant. The incident highlights Wagner’s quick action and the use of his net to bring the boy safely to shore.
Rex Hathaway reports his name and address 128 A Avenue NW after slipping along a retaining wall. He fell into the gap while walking alone, sustaining a toe stub and a minor mishap.
The article notes two corrections: Miss Ethel Booth did not travel with her mother and Vivian to Davenport and they returned Saturday. Martha Cherwinker had her tonsils removed at Dr. Stutsman’s office, not the hospital. Mrs. Leo Farrington and Jean and Donald of Lombard Illinois visited for the Godlove Younking reunion. Carol Benson of Ottumwa visited Mrs. E. J. Frey and family late last week.
The record notes San Diego was found in 1542 by a Portuguese navigator for Spain, named sixty years later. It incorporated in 1850 and moved to its current site in 1867, after which growth surged. It became California’s fourth largest city, behind Los Angeles San Francisco and Oakland, with its business district expanding into a metropolitan center after World War II.
The Downy Woodpecker is described as black and white with a small red patch on the male's head. It clings to tree bark using dark gray feet and sharp claws, perched on decaying trunks with dark bark and weathered wood and red-brown decay areas.
The Universal western Gun Justice stars Ken Maynard at the Fox theater with Cecilia Parker. Filmed near Kernville California the story follows Maynard defending a ranch pass against two gangs of crooked ranchers amid sweeping Sierra landscapes. The cast also features Walter Miller Hooper Atchley Fred McKaye Sheldon Lewis Jack Rockwell Jack Richardson and Francis Ford.
Earl Hayman, who handles sound for W C Fields in the Paramount comedy Man on the Flying Trapeze, reports Fields' ad lib style confounds the sound crew. Fields shifts from loud belting to whispering, leaving the operator braced to capture every variation on film.
West Sunset residents share a busy weekend with friends and relatives across Fairfield Columbus Junction and Washington. Visited and visited include Snyders, Jones, Dair, Baker, Barr, Spangler, Zieglow sky, Mast and Mitchell families with hospital and threshing day mentions.
Ausable Chasm sits in northeastern New York between the Adirondacks and Lake Champlain. The walls expose Hari Potsdam sandstone cut by faults producing a zigzag river course about two miles long and up to 175 feet wide. The correct pronunciation is Awe-sable with the stress on sa and a dramatic line about a downtrodden husband and humble clerk attending a wrestling match. Mary Brian and Kathleen Howard support the star in this film.
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