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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1940
Page
7
For Sale and Miscellaneous Classified Items
A 1939 Dodge half ton pickup with 6000 miles offered by Home Oil Co successor to Economy Oil Co. Des Moines firms advertise hog meal supplies, hog cholera serum and virus at low prices. Antique furniture offered by Mrs J F Kurta. Pearl Buttons advertised for laundering protection. Local sellers include Sargent & Company and Pioneer Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DODGE
Call Home Oil Co
Economy Oil Co
Marion Ave
Sargen
Wolfe Hatchery
Sargent & Company
Des Moines
Pioneer Drug Store
MARKETS REPORT CHICAGO AUG 16 HOGS CATTLE SHEEP
Chicago markets show 40K hogs, 1,500 cattle, 1,000 sheep with mixed shifts. Hogs mostly up to 20 cents, butchers steady to 10 cents higher. sows steady. Cattle grain fed steady, grassier types firm. cows weak, calves strong. Sheep steady to firm with native lambs 9.0 to 9.10 and westerns 8.25 to 9.00. Estimated tomorrow: cattle 300, hogs 500, sheep 2,000.
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Chicago
Chicago Cash Corn and Oats Prices Form Brief
Chicago cash grain finds mixed values with corn grades ranging from 62% to 66% for yellow and 74% for white samples. Oats show mixed grades near 28% for standard lots and 27% for select white samples.
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Chicago
Ben
Grain Price Table Report From Chicago
Open high low and close figures for grain trading in Chicago on August 16 are listed, showing market activity and price ranges for the day.
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Chicago
Chicago Produce Market Report on Eggs and Poultry
Chicago area prices for eggs show receipts of 10 838 cases with Fresh graded firsts 16 and Current receipts 14 percent amid Dirties 12 and Checks 12. Poultry market remains firm with 42 trucks received and heavy white ducks 11 and heavy colored ducks 104. heavy hens 15 percent, springs 16 to 18, broilers 15 to 18 percent. other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Ground Squirrel Helps Bite Off Cat’s Lip Tooth Tale
In a rural tale from August, Virginia Wehr reports a ground squirrel biting her cat and requiring assistance to remove a tooth from the cat’s lip. The incident follows a string of stings from bees with many residents wearing bump marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wely
Virginia Wehr
4-H Show Entries and Schedule for County Fair
The exposition lists Monday entry deadlines at 7:00 A M for livestock and sheep judging starting at 2:00 P M with Ed Snydergaard as judge. Swine judge W C Anderson will preside Tuesday morning in market classes. Girls exhibits run in the Methodist church basement with Miss Isa belle Combs overseeing entries, judging at 2:00 P M, and Mary Rider judging the girls exhibits. Club demonstrations begin Tuesday at 9:00 A M with the state fair as the prize. The Style Revue follows with dress modeling and judging, then an evening awards program. Open house Wednesday showcases garments and booth exhibits from 9:00 to 4:00 P M with girls in uniform from several clubs. State fair preparations continue Thursday for Des Moines.
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Ed Syndergaard
Boys’ Club
Durocs
Hampshires
Berkshires
Chester
Poland
China
Isabelle Combs
Miss Combs
Mary Rider
Louisa County
Merry Maids Club
Jacksonites
Clover Leaf
Alice Hunter
J. W. Chandler
John Cherry
Hersell
Melude
Ico
Poune
Be Ers
Cirts
Northern Stars
Brighton
West Point
Girls Club Committee
Des Moines
Shiloh Social Roundup Shares Family Visits and Birthdays
Shiloh notes last week as families visit across Muscatine Keota and Weis man area. Fae Schoonover celebrated eighteenth birthday on August 14 with friends and relatives visiting Sam Lambert and Sam Marsh households. Several gatherings include the Kolah club dinner at I D Quinn home and the Marsh O Loughlin reunion at Congress Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Schoonover
Shiloh
Fae Schoonover
Rosella Sheetz
Grace
Joan
Muscatine
Jean Sigafouse
Fox Schoonover
Jean Sialla
Cloyce Burhem
Sam Lambert
H. J. Schwoonover
Fae
Kolah Club
I. D. Quinn
Weisman
William Nicholson
Bryan Swift
Lester
Leo Wagner
Sam Marsh
Inez Schoonover
Howard Dorrance
Keota
Bassl Derby
Jackie
Congress Hotel
James Marsh
Cedar Rapides
Orville Caldwell
Billy
William Caldwell
Bumble bees and weather affect red clover crop
The note links a strong bumble bee supply to a good red clover yield and mentions a heavy two inch rain Tuesday morning, with 80 stated as a figure.
Frank Patterson Sells Hybrid Corn in Washington County
The Moews Lowe Hybrid Producers announce Frank Patterson as a dealer for improved hybrid corn stretching from Washington County to the Johnson County line. Patterson, known in seed corn circles and linked to Walden Farm, boosted regional sales last season and joins Moews Lowe which operates 10 processing plants and plans a local plant soon. Carroll Redfern of Burlington leads the district, with J W Chandler tied locally as former county agent.
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Moews-Lowe
Granville
Washington Co
Washington
Johnson County
Frank Patterson
Patterson
Walden Farm
Keola
Pfister
Frank
Franks
Marshalltown
Monmouth
Iowa
Reid Dent
Carroll Redfern
Burlington
J. W Chandler
Lee County
Chandler
World’s largest war vessel the Hood described
The British battle cruiser Hood is noted as the largest war vessel in the world with a length listed at feet and a beam of 195 feet indicating its massive scale and imposing profile.
Weather notes report brief showers in morning hours
Fragment mentions a rain shower between four and six oclock in the morning and another good shower on Wednesday morning indicating unsettled weather patterns for the period.
Socony-Vacuum Grants Military Leave and Keeps Pay
Holbrook T. Ashton announced a new policy for Socony Vacuum Oil employees in several states. Eligible workers with at least one year of service may take up to three months of military training with full salary, minus any government pay. Reinstatement to former or equivalent positions follows training.
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ST. Louis
Holbrook T. Ashton
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, — Incorporated
Missouri
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Ohio
Tennessee
Socony-Vacuum
Ashton
Rescues Third Victim in 30 Years From River
In Nashua Dnnane Till aged 18 was pulled from the Cedar River after going under three times. Carl Demro rowed to him in a boat, entered 15 feet of water, and recovered Till between his knees. Demro’s daughter saved Grace Avery two weeks prior. Demro previously rescued a man five years ago and another 30 years ago.
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Nashua
Dnnane Till
Cedar River
Carl Demro
Till
Demro
Walter Kalkbrenner
Grace Avery
Indians Refuse White Men Swing Dance at Powwow
Mesquakie Indians in their annual powwow blamed the intrusion of white men for the rain that washed out the big final day. On Thursday 1940 drums rolled under fine weather, and elders predicted the pattern would continue through Sunday final day.
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al Schmoeller
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Evening Journal
the Evening Journal
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Lemmon's
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Loren Hinthaw
Richland
Angus Bulls
W. Kepper
Winfield
A. L. Duensing
South Side Square
Carrie Thompson
North Town
McCormick Corn
Eli Jackson
Tom Sterling
West Chester
Goodyear
Goodrich
Oj Company
Studebaker
Duroc
Hampshire
Adolph Shalla
Riverside
Clow
SABE
Ahan
Eveready Plumbing & Heating
Green Foundry & Furnace Works
Shropshire Rams
Robert Owen
Riverside P. O
J. PF. Kurta
Chicago Livestock
Chicago Grain Table
Busby
P.O
D. F. Macon Auctioneer
Washington, Iowa
Journal Bidg
Bordwell
Milwaukee Depot
Hayes Bros
Frank Macon
North
Iowa Ave
Stoker
Geo. W. Griffith Estate
E. D. Morrison, Jr
Lowa
Crawfordsville
Uniondale Church
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Lyrk Wilson
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West
Jackson
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Townships
Hollis Whiting
Crawford and
Oregon ‘Townships
Warren Stephenson
Jay and
Dutch Creek ‘Townships
Ranville, Illanoids
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