Hogs and cattle markets report gains and steadiness in Chicago
Chicago markets show 13,000 hogs traded with steadiness to higher prices across weight classes. Hogs 180 to 240 pounds at 14.86 to 15.00, 240 to 270 at 14.55 to 14.90, 270 to 330 at 14.25 to 14.65, 160 to 186 at 14.40 to 14.90, sows 14.10 for 330 pounds, and larger weights down to 13.35. Calves and cattle also advance or hold mixed. steers and yearlings at 15.75, heifers 15.25, while fat lambs rise 10 to 20 cents to 15.10 with fat ewes 5.00 to 6.25. Tomorrow’s estimates show hogs 11,000, cattle 11,000, sheep 2,000.
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Chicago
Chicago Produce Market Summary
Chicago August 11 market report shows produce receipts 11 481 cases with 35 extra firsts 33 percent and current receipts 31 percent and dirties 20 percent. Poultry receipts include 1 car and 40 trucks with market steady to firm and prices for small hens and No 2 chickens and broilers listed.
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Chicago
White Rock
White Rock Springs
Chicago Cash Grain Prices for Corn Oats and Soybeans
Market notes list cash grain bids in Chicago with corn at 84 86 86 percent for different grades and oats across mixed and white varieties, soybeans showing a 1.71 bid. Prices reflect mixed quality and color classifications and include several special notes.
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Chicago
Grain futures mixed as U P table shows shifts in corn and wheat
Chicago price table lists open high low and close for wheat corn oats rye barley and soybeans across Sep Oct Dec and May contracts. Notable moves include soybeans around 1.70 to 1.72 and corn near 85 to 93 cents with small percentage ranges.
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Chicago
Chinese Youths Learn Soldiering in Scout Camps
About 90 thousand Chinese youths participate as members of 1,628 Boy Scout troops nationwide. The program, introduced into China two decades ago, focuses on outdoor crafts and soldiering skills.
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China
Farm Crop Damaged by Hall Near Sunset
A group touring south of East Sunset reports hail damage from last week on corn and weeds, with more destruction toward Noble than Olds. The piece notes ragged fields around Olds and growing concern for crop loss in the area.
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Hazel Raymond
East Sunset
Dick Stephens
Warren Bishop
Levi Blanchard
Charley Curtis
Journal Sale Data Column Midway Sale Co
Midway Sale Co Columbus Junction hosts weekly community sale every Wednesday and Friday at Whittaker sale barn. Hampshire sow and gilt sale scheduled August 20. EB R Brenneman Keota Iowa.
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Midway Sale Co
Columbu Junction
Whittaker Sale Barn
Hampshire
Pastors Share Humorous Moments At Rotary Luncheon
Dr. F W Eastwood and Dr R C Keagy spoke on The Humorous Side of Preaching at a Rotary luncheon. Eastwood joked about preachers lacking humor and patience for lengthy complaints, while Keagy recalled mishaps with a collection basket and a sneezing parishioner. Guests Art Hammond and Leland Benecke attended.
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F. W. Eastwood
R. C. Keagy
Rotary
Eastwood
Dr. Keagy
Connecticut
Coast Guard opens Davenport sub recruiting station
The United States Coast Guard inaugurates a new sub recruiting station in Room 314, Post Office Building, Davenport to meet higher manpower quotas. Walter C. Theile is officer in charge, with Yeoman Louis L. Hernandez and Seaman William C. Hudson assisting. Enlistees become apprentice seamen at $50 monthly, receive $138 of clothing, and are provided dental and medical care plus government furnished food and quarters.
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Davenport
Iowa
United States Coast Guard
Post Office
Walter C. Theile
Louis L. Hernandez
William C. Hudson
Coast Guard
Appraisal Complete for Land Absorbed by Naval Base
Wapello County Sheriff Mike Mier announced the appraisal for 17 farms to be absorbed by the naval aviation training base. The total price for land buildings improvements and crops is 292901 dollars covering about 1440 acres. The city will pay the balance from funds including 204215 dollars from a recent bond sale and waterworks funds.
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Ottumwa
Naval Aviation
Wapello County
Mike Mier
MacNider of Iowa to be brigadier general at once
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate the nomination of Col Hanford MacNider of Mason City Iowa to be a brigadier general. He is attached to Gen Douglas MacArthur's staff in Australia and has past service as assistant secretary of war and American Legion national commander. Col George P Hays of Council Bluffs was also nominated for brigadier general.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Senate
Hanford MacNider
MacNider
Mason City
Cement Company
American Legion
Canada
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
George P. Hays
Council Bluffs
Painting sequence for dressers and similar furniture
The guide recommends painting end panel centers first then frames corners and legs, then the top. Remove drawers and paint them individually. If two colors are used, let the first dry overnight before applying the second. Apply decorations after the paint dries.
Polish coast holds sprat harvest festival and dance
Villages along Poland’s coast staged the annual festival to pray for a plentiful sprat harvest. Young men in festive dress went through homes chanting prayers, ending with a carnival and dancing.
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Poland
Marines Guard Pekin Legation After Boxers Subdued
After the 1900 Boxer Uprising in Tientsin U S Marines marched to Pekin to shield the American legation and its staff during the ensuing instability and guard duties in the capital.
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U. S
Tientsin
Pekin
Mount Pleasant Social Visit Highlights Sommers
Mr. and Mrs. Everette Sommers spent Sunday at the Tom Lantz home in Mount Pleasant, sharing a quiet family gathering with neighbors and friends.
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S. K. Orris
Dorothy
May
Beauchairop
Sunset Park
Washington
Lyle Lowe
Kenneth Kilpatrick
Gertie Clark
E. L. Clark
Dale Jones
Homer Wenger
P. P. Graber
Ben Stout
Miles
Niel Stout
Levi Blanchard
Robert
Doris
Charles Jeffery
Joe Rich
Jake Graber
Husky
Little Boyd L. Stevens
Dick Stevens
Walter Jarrard
Anna Sommers
Mount Pleasant
Everette Sommers
Tom Lantz
Self-feeders ease labor in large scale swine farming
Washington County hog producers face rising labor pressure and lean toward self-feeders. Experts report self-feeding boosts efficiency on many Iowa farms, with sows and suckling pigs adopting the method after about 15 days. An eight foot feeder for both sides can handle 60 to 60 pigs, and varieties are available through the county agent. Farmers are urged to share seed oats, conduct germination tests, and record supplies at the county office.
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Washington County
BE. L. Quaife
High Egg Production Shifts Poultry Profit Focus
Iowa State extension poultry specialist W R Whitfield notes that in the Iowa Demonstration Flock Reports the high profit group averaged 158 eggs per hen with 1.85 dollars labor income per hen, while the low profit group produced 124 eggs and 0.55 dollars labor per hen. Whitfield urges rigid culling to prevent overcrowding and improve profits.
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W. R. Whitfield
Iowa State College
Iowa
Whitfield
Gilts for Next Spring Pig Crop Advised by County Agent
County agent J W Chandler urges selecting gilts soon for next spring’s pig crop. Birds should be pastured and fed oats with a small corn or wheat allowance, plus milk or buttermilk and protein supplement for balance. Gilts should weigh about 200 pounds for breeding readiness and have long deep bodies with good spring of rib.
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J. W. Chandler
E. L. Quaife
Better to Sell Springs Now
Advice on selling a portion of chicks to avoid overloading packing plants and market collapse. Recommend culling non-layers and marketing the large poultry crop in an orderly manner.
Farmers urged to get new seed oats for 1943
Washington county farmers are urged to obtain the new rust and disease resistant seed oats during threshing season rather than wait until spring. County Agent J. W. Chandler notes Boone Tama and Con trol have doubled yields and better quality in rust prone years. A wartime campaign aims to have Iowa growers plant the new varieties in 1943. Farmers are exchanging old outs with neighbors to obtain seeds at low cost. If seed isn’t secured this fall, this year’s crop may be fed to livestock before planting.
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Marion and
Hancock
Boone
Vanguard
Washington County
J. W. Chandler
Boone, Tama
Control
Iowa
Brown Garage Closes For War Duration In Iowa City
Brown's garage at the corner of South Avenue D and West Madison Street is closed for the war. Maynard L. Brown, now a US Army lieutenant, started the garage in 1939 for Plymouth and DeSoto sales and service. Mrs. Brown, with I W Schenefelt and Dan Hershberger, ran the shop while he served.
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Mrs. Brown
I. W. Schenefelt
Dan Hershberger
Lieutenant Brown
East Main Street
Jefferson Barracks
Brown
Shirley
Billy
University of Iowa
United States Service
Washington
Anderson Tire
East
Washington Street
Gidley
Win Smouse
Mr. Brown
Brown & Orr
Cities
Bugs Turn to Fashion in Japan Shoes Purse Uses
Bagworms native to American evergreens are slated for use in Japan to craft shoes purses and other items. The plan highlights an unusual cross continental material application.
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America
Japan
Breeding Gilts Picked By Teat Development Rule
Special attention is given to underline and selecting gilts with 14 or 12 good teats. A sow with poor teat development tends to pass this trait to offspring, a hereditary condition noted by Quaife.
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Quaife
Washington Lodge Regular Meeting Notice
Washington Lodge No. 26 A F and A M holds regular meetings on the first Friday of each month. Richard A. Stewart W M and A W Yard secretary are listed.
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Washington Lodge No
A .F
A. M
Richard A. Stewart
W. M
A. W. Yard
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