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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1942
Page
7
Chicago markets report 10 000 hogs and 4 500 cattle sold with highs near 15.25 for hogs 180 to 240 pounds and cattle topping 16.50. Sheep and calves traded unevenly as army lend lease and light supplies push prices. futures watchers note 4 500 cattle 700 calves and 2 000 sheep offered for sale.
Chicago August 13 eggs receipts reported at 8,231 cases with market firm. Extra firsts 35 percent and firsts 34 percent. current receipts total 382.
Chicago cash grain lists corn bids with grades 1 yellow 87 percent to 4 yellow 84 percent and white corn bids 1.06 to 5 white 1.03. Oats bids show mixed 50 percent to 49 percent and feed 47 percent with 1 white remaining.
Midway Sale Go Columbus Junction hosts weekly Wednesday sales and Friday community sales at Whittaker sale barn. August 17 Stanley Smith sale of household goods at Sidney Smith farm two miles south of West Chester on highway 92, starting 1 30. August 20 Hampshire sow and gift sale by E R Brenneman Keota Iowa.
The data fragment lists color coded readings for white and red crops with percentages and a soybeans line noting 38 yellow 1.69 percent. The sparse OCR hints at agricultural market or field notes without full context.
Chicago grain table shows open high low close markers for wheat and soybeans with minor percentage changes. The entry lists Sep Dec May wheat and soybeans values alongside percentage shifts and rounded figures for each contract.
Finian Helscher of Great Lakes Indiana visited his sister Mrs Harold Sheets and met his new nephew. Several guests stayed overnight including JoelFrancis Lyle Van Sickle and Bobby Halferty who celebrated a 13th birthday. The Augustin reunion in Sunset Park drew Jackie Singmaster and others. many locals hosted relatives and friends during the weekend with dinners and visits across families in Tyrone and nearby towns.
Cloverleat 4 H club met at Mrs. Howard Anderson's home with tips on laundering and a talk on prolonging wear by Leah Anderson. W S C S met at the Methodist church with 33 women and four children. devotions led by Margaret Huston and lessons on church youth followed by a social and fruit-flowers decor. Local residents and visitors include Lyle Anwyl moving from White's store to Des Moines teaching next year, Beth Chadwick visiting, and a birthday of a grandson to Vernon and Ruth Fletcher born at Sacred Heart Hospital Ft Madison.
Iowa agricultural statistics show record corn and hay production this year with corn at a 53.0 bushel average yield and total of about 516.9 million bushels. Soybeans around 39.5 million bushels on similar land, oats at 220.3 million bushels, and tame hay topping 6.39 million tons amid favorable moisture and weather since August.
Local news item notes finish of cooking for thrashers at the church in New Haven. Reported visits include Mr. and Mrs. Art Rathmel of Ainsworth, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Rathmel, Merle Statler and family, Marion Smith and daughters Alberta and Francis, and other local residents visiting homes and sharing meals.
An electrical research lab advocates painting factory walls with phosphorescent paint. The paint stores energy when lit and glows briefly during darkness, allowing workers time to adapt to the dark and reach emergency posts during blackouts.
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