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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1949

Page

5

Ladies Aid Auction Sale on Church Lawn in Coppock

The Christian Church Ladies Aid plans an auction sale with ice cream cake and pie on the church lawn Friday evening August 9 to fund a new basement. About a dozen men began digging and the Noon hour will host workers. proceeds support basement construction.

Ladies Aid Gleede Dodd Ladies Aid of the Christian Church Howard Zihlman

Painting Season In Session at Noble

Max Graber assisted by Dillon Graber began redecorating Sommers school while Espy Schroll and helper painted Ficher school and Sam Wittmer with Orlin and Vernon Frey worked inside the Frey store. Wedding bells are ringing in the Noble community.

Ronald Johnson Bereford S. D Carl Johnson Noble Mt. Pleasant Ronald J. M. Rich Wayland Clayton Nebel

Community and livestock sales schedule across Iowa regions

Weekly Friday auction at Whittaker sale barn and livestock sales at Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction Iowa. Thursday sale at Alona Kaiona sale barn. Tuesday sale at One Livestock Exchange Ollie. Public and household goods sales listed for August with times and locations in multiple towns including Brighton West Chester and West Union. Names such as R C Ferguson Don Burger John Eileen Frank M Smith and W B Rittenhouse shown as organizers.

Whittaker Sale Midway Sales Columbus Junction Iowa Alona Sales Barn Kaiona Livestock Exchange Ollie East Washington Street R. C. Ferguson South Second Avenue Don Burger Walton Avenue First House Bill Putman John Eileen Brighton Frank M. Smith West Chester

Local Girls To Play In Wilton Junction Tournament

A Washington girls softball team travels to Wilton Junction for a morning tournament. Play starts at ten oclock with the team meeting in Central Park at eight oclock for transportation to Wilton.

Wilton Junction Washington Central Park Wilton

Pro Team Tops College All Stars in One-Sided Classic

In Chicago the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the 1949 college all star squad 28 to 0 in the 16th August classic. The pro champions delivered a dominant showing on both ground and air, turning back the youthful college lineup before a 3,780 crowd. The scorelines surpassed the 1948 NFL champions’ prior rout.

Chicago Philadelphia Eagles Chicago Cardinals Collegians Eagles All Stars

Markets Weekly Livestock Review

Market notes show hogs 50 cents higher on average from last week with a top near 223.65 for a load of top porkers, but late trade weakened especially for light hogs with a close around 22.50. Sheep eased with spring lambs and yearlings down 1 to 2 dollars, cattle mixed to modestly higher on feeders, and cows and bulls mostly lower or steady with top prices around 28.75 for high quality fed steers.

Chicago

Chicago Grain Table Readouts With Erratic OCR

Grain prices for wheat corn oats and soybeans shown with Sept Dec Mar May and Nov contracts. Data includes open high low and close figures with several OCR errors on numbers and punctuation.

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