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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1942
Page
7
Hogs 11,000 fairly active and up to 15 cents, with weights 180 to 240 pounds at 14.90 to 15.052 and top 15.19. Other hog weights range 14.65 to 15.00 and 14.35 to 14.75. Sows and larger hogs cited. Cattle 15,000 with steers steady to weak, calves 800, heifers 14.00 to 14.50. Sheep 2,000 with bids at 14.85 and light buys. Thursday totals projected at hogs 10,000 cattle 56,000 sheep 2,000.
Rev W R Yard of Webster City spends days with brothers A W and C B Yard and families. Jerry Carris of Oshkosh Wisconsin visits parents Mr and Mrs B E Carris for several weeks while recovering from illness. Edith Gillespie leaves for Lake Okoboji to stay ten days with uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Paul Gillespie.
Mrs. T. C. Davis spent the weekend at the Richards Stearns home in Burlington. Bill Trotter of Ottumwa visited in Ainsworth. Mrs. Carl Lay will travel to Jacksonville Fla. where her husband serves in the Naval Air Corps. Eleanora and Leora Lehman from Iowa City visited J. A. Marsh’s family. Frances Jolly, Navy veteran on furlough, is in town.
The Cottonwood United Brethren church near Wayland will mark its 100th anniversary on Sunday August 16 with a community gathering. Speakers include conference superintendent C E McCannon and bishop W O Wielder along with special numbers. The church traces to April 24 1842 in Jefferson township Henry county Iowa and is the oldest United Brethren church west of the Mississippi.
The Chicago grain table lists open high low and close figures for wheat corn oats rye and barley for September December and May contracts. Prompt notes show 1941 per capita ice cream consumption reaching 10.61 quarts the highest on record in the United States.
Eggs show market firm with 9,888 cases received and various grades. firsts and extra firsts around 34 to 35 percent. Poultry receipts listed as 2 cars and 2 trucks with steady to firm conditions. prices cover small hens 22 percent, heavy hens 22 percent, No 2 chickens 18 to 20, leghorn hens 19, Plymouth Rock and White Rock varieties around mid-20s, colored and bareback chickens 18 to 26 percent.
Chicago cash grain details show corn with grades and moisture readouts across multiple lots, including yellow and white corn and oats varieties. Soybeans price for second quality yellow beans listed at 1.71 percent.
In 152 of the largest markets the daily milk consumption exceeds 400000 quarts, showing a rise from last year. The data indicate growing demand across key urban areas and markets nationwide.
North Prairie Flower reports a County Home picnic at the park with matron Mrs. Bell saying they have canned over 1,400 quarts of fruit and vegetables and packed 250 quarts of corn last Friday. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Ezra Smith and Mrs Elizabeth Schulty. locals come to visit the county home.
After weeks of fox raids on poultry in Talwin district Wrexham England farmers and poultry raisers finally capture a fatal outcome when a horse, startled by the fox passing a grazing mare, knocks the intruder dead with a hind hoof.
A playful note suggests a shy figure shifts from thin silk to a warmer satin nightie at night to stay warm when unobserved. The tone mixes humor with a hint of hypocrisy about fitting modest expectations. The scene centers on personal comfort and quiet nocturnal behavior.
A historical note recalls the 1797 patent for the first painless tooth extractor. The report then sketches local trades with Lee Jones at Harn est Krantz and Miller from Wellman grinding for James Charpening. Ellsworth Kelly delivered corn to Donald Smith on Tuesday.
A rhinoceros proves surprisingly nimble and capable despite its heavy frame, drawing attention for swift movements and poised demeanor in the enclosure.
A concise meditation on how a book gains value not from its price but from the impact it leaves on the reader. The author argues that meaning unfolds through personal interpretation and inner change sparked by reading.
A Riverside Trinity Methodist gathering honored Mr and Mrs Robert E Doud and son Junior on a farewell to their California move. Rev Stuart C Peterson and the Douds spoke as guests, gifts were given, and refreshments served. The Riverside Leader marked its fifty ninth year with a history of editors from 1883 through 1941.
In Amboy and nearby towns residents share visits and gatherings. Carl White and family, the Owenses, Booths, and Roberts crews gather for Sunday meals and outings at Columbus Junction and Washington parks. Wellman Advance buys out and publisher Kuipers enters service. Davenport visitors, and Beatrice Dautremont ties to Riverside.
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