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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1935
Page
7
Chicago markets report hogs 11 000 head with slow trade and lower prices, bulk 180 to 240 pounds 11.60 to 11.90, top 12.00. Cattle 7 000 with fed steers and yearlings firm, bids to 12.75 for yearlings, calves 1 500, fat lambs active, native lambs to 9.35, native ewes 2.26 to 3.40. Wednesday receipts estimated at 5 000 cattle and 7 000 sheep.
Chicago reports steady to firm markets across eggs butter poultry and potatoes. Egg receipts reach 9 243 cases with a mix of extra firsts and dirties while butter shows broad listings and poultry prices vary with 28 trucks and mixed chick outcomes. Potatoes remain on track with 170 arrivals and 257 shipments and a dull market.
Chicago August market notes show No 1 yellow at 81 percent No 2 yellow 80 to 81 percent and No 3 yellow 80 percent receipts 16 cars indicate mild activity with grain prices quoted by grade and color.
Collier's Weekly notes that only a few survive from ancient times when Damascus steel blades were forged. The piece mentions a Russian secret that died with its wielder in 1891 and asserts modern swords cannot match the old sharpness, capable of severing iron or even a hair in midair.
Palestine’s Boon City Tel Aviv grew from Jewish residents who left Jaffa in 1000 to start a garden suburb in the sand dunes northward. Since World War I Tel Aviv has surged in growth becoming an all Jewish, modern hub of the eastern Mediterranean.
A brief reflection explains courtesy as the right feeling that guides actions to consider others' wants and wishes before one’s own. It frames courteous behavior as a social norm and moral etiquette guiding everyday interactions.
Washington Laxinge No 26 A M regular meeting will be held on the first Friday of each month. Fred H. Bey W M and A W Yard secretary.
The notice lists outbound and inbound passenger and freight trains with daily and Sunday exceptions. It includes No. 80 Local Freight at 7:45 A M, No. 30 Passenger at 4:00 P M, No. 12 Apache at 12:20 A M, Golden State Limited No. 4 at 3:39 A M, and No. 11 Apache at 4:28 P M. Also notes California passengers only on Nos. 3 and 4, and No. 21 stops at county rerata for El Paso.
Chicago grain table lists wheat corn and oats with May and Sept contracts, showing mixed open and close prices, year-ago comparisons, and daily ranges. The data reflects fluctuations across futures months and price lines in the Aug 20 report.
Content covers estate administrator Charley Schiebel overhauling buildings, gas delivery to Havre, visits by Joe Wittmer, Hessel tine family in Washington, farm house progress, new painting by Fred Hixson, Des Moines trip by Mrs Charley Anderson, Pleasant Hill picnic, large orchard on Wm Miller farm, antique dropleaf table, John Gannon home from hospital, heavy rain aiding corn crop, and a clipping about the Cawston Ostrich Farm in South Pasadena plus a long Iowa letter praising a journal figure.
George Havel of South Highland was taken to an Iowa City hospital early Friday morning for an appendectomy. Family members from Richmond and local households visited and neighbors, including the Lasek family, hosted and shared news of relatives. The note ends with a brief farming update about threshing.
Two coordinated outfits for boy and girl in white cotton broadcloth with navy bindings. Sister dress uses plaits for fullness while brother’s shorts are full and buttoned to the blouse. Patterns include dress and suit in sizes 2, 4, 6 with optional color contrasts and reasonable prices.
Miss Helen Heitzman returns to Davenport after a week with her parents Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Heitzman. Mrs. Gerald Weite and daughters Margaret and Vivian visit from Washington at the Schneider home. Bernard Yansky leaves Rochester to resume work after a two week vacation with family.
The Great Lakes fleets employ distinctive vessel types built for maximum efficiency in lake trades. Peak ore and grain movements have aided some giant carriers that have set world records.
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