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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1943

Page

5

For Sale 17 Jewel Benrus Wrist Watch

For sale 17 jewel Benrus wrist watch in perfect condition. Priced at 25 dollars. Call 158 M.

Edith Gillespie J. Reward FORD

Chicago Cash Grain Market Update Report

Chicago cash grain prices for oats and soybeans are listed with multiple lots and treatments. Prices show mixed oat bids with percentages around 7 to 9 percent, plus white oat and mixed grain quotes. Soybeans appear as yellow soy with percent ranges near 16 to 17 percent in several lots.

Chicago

Shopping in Buenos Aires

Shopping in Buenos Aires offers a wide range of stores from small specialists to large department and jewelry shops. Window displays are attractive with multiple arrangements in each window, shifting as new displays rise to take their place.

Buenos Aires

Tobacco mosaic virus effects on tobacco and tomatoes

When tobacco is processed the mosaic virus remains viable and can reach tomato plants through tobacco juice or moistened tobacco. The common strain causes light and dark green mottling on leaves with no fruit symptoms. A second strain yields bright yellow mottling of leaves and fruit, while a third produces small brown spots or yellowed patches on leaves.

Home Canning Boom Estimates Billions of Jars This Year

Analysts estimate four to five billion jars of food will be canned at home this year, about double the volume of peacetime. The surge reflects widespread interest in self sufficiency and food security.

NY man charged with conspiring to evade draft

Stephen Weinberg was arrested in New York on a federal charge of conspiring to violate the selective service act. He is accused of coaching at least a dozen men to fake mental or physical ailments to be rejected from military service.

New York Stephen Weinberg

Markets Chicago August 9 Produce and Poultry Receipts

Chicago market report shows eggs receipts at 10,147 cases with firm market. extra firsts 43, current receipts 38.9, dirties 37.9, checks 37.9. Poultry receipts listed as 9 cars and 12 trucks with flehorn broilers 27, springs 2644, young tom turkeys 35, old tom turkeys 3049 at 33 percent. hen turkeys 35, 22 pounds and up 32 percent.

Chicago

Chicago Livestock Prices Read Higher on Mixed Demand

Estimates show hogs at 16 000 head, cattle 3 100, sheep 2 000 with hogs 17 000 transactions, demand uneven and 10 to 25 cents higher. Cattle volume 14 000, calves 700, fed steers and yearlings up to 15 cents, top price 16.85, bulk 14.00 to 16.25. Sheep slow, under tone weak 25 cents, lambs 13.50 to 14.65, Carlings not traded.

Chicago Ighest Carlings

Chicago Grain Table and Wheat Industrial Uses

The grain table shows open high low close for wheat oats rye in Sep Dec May July and other months with percent values. The note explains wheat is used for starch gluten spirits malt paste and core binder flour and that industrial use rose after 1941 from under one million bushels annually.

Chicago

Big Gain Quality Feeds Promote Maximum Livestock Gains

Bold advertisement touts BIG GAIN MINERAL STOCK FOOD and BIG GAIN 24% CONCENTRATE as balanced, vitamin rich feeds for all livestock. It claims high feeding value and big profits, recommends self feeders for hogs sheep cattle and daily one half to one pound portions, and urges asking dealers about BIG GAIN.

Public and Household Goods Sales Notice

Closing sale of household goods at 609 East 2nd Street at 6 p.m. listed by John Therion. Public sale on August 19 eight miles north of Washington on gravel roads announced by Elmer Horning.

2Nd St John Therion Washington Elmer Horning

War Has Little Effect on Health Of This Country

New York officials say war has not harmed public health after 19 months of conflict. Mortality among insured adults fell from epidemic fears, with tuberculosis deaths dropping and no influenza pneumonia outbreak. Enemy actions raise death rates slightly, mostly among military personnel, while civilian policyholders remain comparatively healthy.

New York N.Y United States Metropolitan Wife Insurance Company

Reducing Summer Poultry Mortality Through Better Management

The article notes slower growth and higher summer broiler mortality versus spring. It suggests conserving feed by lowering crowding and improving sanitation and careful management to reduce losses.

Wool baling doubles output at Western concentration points

Twenty five times as much wool was baled last year as the prior year when baling rather than bagging wool was demonstrated at wool concentration points in the West. County agents can explain this method of handling wool.

Mineral Pigment Paint Preserved in Spanish Bull Cave

In a 1879 Spanish cave a prehistoric bull painting retains color from mineral pigment mixed with animal fat. The enduring hues suggest ancient artists used mineral pigments and binders to sustain vivid imagery over millennia.

Grass for Wet Land Reed Canary Seed Rate

Reed canary grass may be seeded at about eight pounds per acre to establish permanent pastures in areas too wet for other grasses. The guidance notes suitability for wetland soils and supports establishment timing and rate considerations.

West Commended for Extraordinary Heroism at Guadalcanal

Marine Corp C A West awarded for extraordinary heroism at Guadalcanal destroying 25 Japanese pillboxes from 10 feet using hand grenades.

C. A. West USMC Guadalcanal

Mae West Entry Set For Oxford Dictionary Update

The Oxford English Dictionary plans to add the name Mae West to its upcoming edition. The entry would define Mae West as a device used by RAF aviators to float a person in water, inspired by the actress whose curvaceous figure popularized inflatable life-belts.

Mae West International

Cleaning Rugs For Effective Vacuum Performance

Clean rugs often to help your vacuum cleaner do a good job. Operate the cleaner slowly and keep hair and threads out of the brush. Don’t skimp on cleaning time and empty the dust bag after each use.

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