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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1942
Page
7
MARKET CHICAGO August 22 reports hogs at 200 head with weekly activity led by butchers buying 240 lb plus at steady to higher levels. Top hogs 15.10, light sows down 0.1. Cattle 400 calves 200. Fat steers and heifers strong, some gains late week. vealers firm. Spring lambs 15.10, throw outs 11.50, good yearlings 12.10, fat ewes 6.75.
Chicago cash grain report notes Corn prices with 2 yellow 84 and 3 yellow figures for the market. No further details provided in readable text.
The bulletin lists oats and mixed grains with various grades and percentages, noting 1 mixed heavy 51 and 4 white 47 percent. It shows 1 red special 50 percent and 2 red special 49 to 3 percent. Soybeans: No sales recorded.
Chicago market roundup shows wheat corn oats rye and soybeans trading with varied closes and daily ranges. September wheat opens at 1.181 percent and closes around 1.17 percent, corn and oats show modest gains, beans hover near 1.71.
Visit ors at the Edd Showalter home near West Liberty and at the Columbus Junction fair are noted with many relatives calling or visiting. James Marsh sustains a bruised foot at work in Red River Lumber’s Veneer Plant in Westwood, California. Birthday celebrations mark Fae Schoonover and William Caldwell with family gatherings in Iowa.
Miriam Heitzman leaves Riverside for Town City to work again at the Princess cafe. Mr. and Mrs. Pearson of West Branch visited the Knebel family. Nurse Marjorie Fesler of Mercy hospital Iowa City visited her parents. Chester Bone and son Harrison visited Melvin Bone. Verla Bone returned to Manchester. Mrs. William O’Loughlin visited in Washington with daughter’s family. Anna Yeggy from St Marys convent Iowa City visited her mother. Elmer Dautremont and Cedar Rapids family guests of Dautremont parents.
August 20 Noble reports Orlan Frey left for Ottumwa to work as a studio engineer. Mrs. Joe Schlatter of Washington and Marie Johnson of New London visited J. R. Kauffman home. Several families including Emery Wenger, Wm. Schantz, Dave Schantz, and Noah Widmer guests and visitors moved between Ottumwa Havre Washington Maquoketa Washington and Maquoketa area as per local social notices.
Georganne Rudiger of Washington has been admitted to Monmouth College as a freshman. Enrollment for the coming year is ahead of last year despite the war. Rudiger will begin freshman conferences September 15 and will reside in Grier Hall, where senior girls serve as unofficial counselors.
A Columbus Junction sale column lists a weekly Wednesday and Friday community sale at Whittaker sale barn. An Aug 27 sale at 320 W. Sec marks a closing out of household goods run by Mrs. Tom Parsons.
Iowa State College extension engineer says Food for Freedom soybeans can be threshed with adjustments when combines are unavailable. Use slower cylinder speed, different pulleys, and removed or blank concaves. Harvest timing and drying steps reduce shattering. keep non-layers from stealing feed and identify molting hens to avoid egg loss.
Animal trainer for MGM outlines the ten toughest jobs from his career. He details teaching a tiger to ride an elephant and jump through fire in Oshaughnessys Bay, training Mary the rhino for Tarzan and His Mate, and pairing deer and puma in Sequoia. He explains methods and risks for each act.
The article details methods used to train animals for cinema from elephants hauling cages to a tiger fighting a chair. It notes patience and rewards such as fruit or seeds, with elephants described as easiest to train and rhinoceros as least bright. The narrator recalls training a tarantula as the oddest case.
Bats are described as possessing the most delicate sense of touch of all animals, highlighting their tactile acuity in navigating and interacting with their environment.
The headquarters of the Canadian fur trade, long associated with the days of Radis seur and Des Grosseillers, stands in Montreal as the clearing center for millions of dollars in pelts each year.
Glenn Beenblossom breaks both bones in an ankle when stepping on a power take off while mowing weeds. The incident occurred Thursday on a Crawfordsville farm. The report notes his recovery is anticipated as an inconvenience to the farmer.
A Journal list incorrectly attributed a $4 trade prize to International Harvester. The correct sponsor is Smart & Parrish Implement, locally owned, which furnished the prize for the champion Holstein Keifer at the county 4 H Show.
Funeral services for Mrs. Henry Pickard 80 of East Pleasant Plain were held at the Friends church in East Pleasant Plain conducted by Rev. Willis Crazen. She died after a heart attack at her home, had lived in the community most of her life, born Sept 7 1861 to Jacob and Mary Tracy, first married to John Bierce then to Henry Pickard. Surviving are her husband, son Frank Bierce in California, three stepchildren Hugh Pickard of Milwaukee Leonard of East Pleasant Plain and Mrs T E Brinton of Cedar Falls, a brother H Tracy of California.
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