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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1943
Page
7
Mrs. BE. M. Troyer and her daughter Ruth of Utica Ohio are spending a few days at the Charley Rickey home as part of a short visit. The note appears amid page OCR with financial table fragments and a local social mention.
Market update from Chicago shows hogs 10,000 head with prices 10 cents higher on average across weights. cattle 4,000 and calves 700 with active demand and top ranges to 16.50 for fed steers. sheep 3,000 with opening bids mostly steady and sheep prices up marginally. Estimates project tomorrow’s hogs at 5,000, cattle 1,000, sheep 1,000.
The Chicago cash grain market reports mixed prices for August 26 with several lots listed. Mixed wheat varying 77 to 79 cents, white corn 75 cents, red varieties at 1 percent differences, and a heavy red special at 78 cents.
In Chicago on August 26, the egg market shows receipts of 10,194 cases with good quality extra firsts at 43.5 and firsts at 40.4 while current receipts stand at 38 and dirties at 38 with checks at 35. Poultry receipts total 25 trucks and 5 cars. market conditions are unsettled with springs at a4.
Paul Thomassen plans new shelving and bin displays to improve store appeal for the reopening of his IGA store. He will reuse much of the merchandise material from before the fire, a display redesign separate from the building work, done by Washington workmen.
District Attorney Fred N. Howser ordered an investigation into the death of Arthur Farnsworth 25 husband of film star Bette Davis. Physicians attributed the fatality to a base skull fracture as authorities review the circumstances surrounding his death last night in Hollywood California.
West Chester schools announce a Monday opening with a half day and buses returning soon after noon. Football workouts begin Monday afternoon for a seven game schedule and a physician will examine players shortly after. The first game is set for three weeks away against North English at West Chester. Mr and Mrs Ira Gastman and children Nancy and Patty depart for Kansas City after visiting Mrs Gastman’s parents and friends in Iowa.
A historical note states Indian Lore Hiawathan was a real individual with two wives, neither of whom was Minnehaha. The remark clarifies myths about the figure and separates fiction from fact in regional lore.
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