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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1939

Page

5

Better Own Your Home And Plan For Future Farm Deal

82 acres in Louisa county with improvements offered at 80 dollars per acre. $1000 cash required to secure this place. Why rent, when ownership builds the future. George J. Breitenbach, South Side Square 16013e60d. These little servants, the want ads, are your little Servants offering buy rent sell swap services. Call on their services frequently 160t6.

Louisa County George J. Breitenbach South Side Square

Hogs Cattle and Sheep Market Report from Chicago

Chicago market report shows hogs at 11 000 head with top 6.60 and bulk 6.35 to 6.59 for 180 to 240 lb. hogs. cattle receipts 14 000 with heavy weights down 15 to 25 cents and cows steady 4.50 to 5.75. sheep 6 000 with Spring lambs 15 to 25 cents lower and native slaughter ewes 2.25 to 3.26. Estimated Tuesday receipts: cattle 7 000, hogs 10 000, sheep 7 000.

Chicago

Grain prices and bids from Chicago and surrounding markets

The listing shows Chicago market data for cash grain with corn varieties at 45 to 46 percent and mixed bids around 31 to 32 percent for oats. Quality designations yellow and white appear with multiple lot numbers and percentage ranges.

Chicago Casa Vora

Chicago Grain Table Reported Prices and Totals

Grain prices and market figures for wheat corn and soybeans shown for May and Sept delivery with open high low and close values. The column entries include percent figures and unusual OCR artifacts. main entities are Chicago and August dates with commodity types and price points.

Chicago

Poultry Market News From Chicago Auction Floor

Chicago report notes an unsettled poultry market with receipts of 26 trucks and fees for broilers totaling 13. The August tally reflects fluctuating demand as dealers adjust to supplies.

Chicago

Queer Tree in Pittsboro Courthouse Wall Gains Notice

A small tree in Pittsboro North Carolina has grown inside the wall of the century old courthouse. It forced its way between brick and mortar and now emerges into sunlight. The tree adds a striking feature to the old building with large leaves and twig like growth by winter.

North Carolina Pittsboro

Origin of Protein Term Traced to Greek Roots

The origin of the word protein traces to a Greek concept meaning of the first importance, highlighting its fundamental role in building and repairing tissues. The term reflects historic scientific emphasis on proteins as essential biological macromolecules.

Journal Sale Date Column Midway Bale Co

Auction notice for August 24 at the Washington location near Roy Kephart administers the estate of C. ER Been blossom. Household goods and farm items to be sold at Midway Bale Co Columbus Junction weekly sales and Friday sales at City Feed Yard.

Midway Bale Co Columbus Junction S.E. Washington Roy Kephart C. R. Beenblossom Miles SE Washington C. H. Beenblossom D F. Macon

Weekend City Notes and Local Jokes in Ainsworth

A summary of social visits across Ainsworth and nearby towns including L. V. Haven Ainsworth Roy Whiteman and John Simmerings and others visiting from Springville Davenport and Washington. Local patrons William Miller and A L Roth request delivery credit. A factory anecdote jokes about married versus single men and a staff loaf pun.

L. V. Haven Ainsworth Roy Whiteman John H. Simmerings George Marr Ainsworth City

Local residents gather for a Saturday evening visit

Names of Havre and Keota families appear in a short social note. The dialogue quoted hints at a classroom discussion about empathy toward enemies and pride in their work.

Joe Klopfenstein Wilmer Lauderman Havre Sam Sigafoose W. H. Sigafoose Washington R 2 George Wrights Keota

Horses and Machinery Trade Seen Strong This Year

The Grit notes readers will find interest in discussions of horses and machinery. Good young horses are hard to buy and many colts and mules are common this year, while machinery has been sold in great quantities of all kinds.

Henry Ford and the mule versus the low cost tractor

The piece weighs Henry Ford’s forecast of tractors ending mule use against persistent mule popularity on small Southern and Midwestern farms. It cites 29 million horses and 11 million today, 4.5 million mules in 1910, and ongoing mule patience and stubbornness. It ends with a note about a local sale and thanks to a reader.

Henry Ford Mr. Ford United States Middle West Department of Agriculture

Refund of Hog Processing Tax Explained by Mr Payton

Community farmers show strong interest as Mr Dayton outlines status of refund efforts for the unconstitutional hog processing tax levied in 1933 34 and 35. Senate Joint Resolution 66 would refund the tax by reducing hog prices, with many claims averaging about 433 dollars.

Payton Dayton Congress United States Senate Senate Agricultural Committee Senate

Hog producers deserve refund under Senate Joint Resolution 66

Legislative report concludes hog processing tax burden fell on producers and calls for refund under Senate Joint Resolution 66. Cites Bureau of Agricultural Economics finding lower prices for hog producers due to tax and cites Stahmann Farms Co. v Videl as precedent for duress of goods. Recommends bill passage to reimburse taxed amounts borne by producers.

Committee On Agricultur and Forestry Senate Treasury Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural Economics United States Supreme Court Stahmann Farms Co The United States

Fascism Takes Its Name From Ancient Roman Fasces

The term fascism derives from fasces, the bundle of rods symbolizing authority in ancient Rome, reflecting the movement’s emphasis on unified power and state strength.

Rome

Skulls in Rome Crypt At Capuchin Monastery

Tourists flock to Rome to view the Capuchin monastery crypts where five or six rooms display human skulls embedded in walls and ceilings creating a grim procession of bones.

Rome

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