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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1948

Page

5

Markets Show Mixed Livestock Activity at Chicago Sale

Chicago Aug 31 AP US Department of Agriculture notes hogs 7 000 total 9 000 opening slow then fairly active with prices 25 to 75 cents lower, under 260 pounds hardest hit. Cattle and calves mixed gains to 50 cents higher for top loads. sheep slow with lambs unsettled. Local social notes mention visits and weddings in Muscatine, Iowa City, Riverside, and surrounding communities.

Chicago USDA Washington

Chicago Produce Market Steady With Mixed Browns and Whites

Market shows no price changes with a steady tone for produce and poultry amid 10 862 cases reported. Extras range 70 to 80 percent A OT to 42, - extras 60 to 70 percent A 49 to 61 with standards 43 to 18 and current receipts 4014. checks 2 v4dts noted.

Chicago

Wooden boxes fuel endless play for children

Wooden boxes of all sizes serve as limitless play objects for children. One day they become a train, the next day a table and chairs for a tea party. The simple assortment brings ongoing pleasure and satisfaction to youngsters.

Chicago Grain Table Summary

The Chicago grain table shows daily open high low and close for WHEAT CORN OATS and SOYBEANS with Sept Oct May and Mar contracts. Prices range around 226 for wheat, 164 for corn, 72 for oats and 245 for soybeans with multiple months and slight fluctuations noted across contracts.

Chicago

Weekly and Upcoming Livestock Sales in Iowa and Ohio

The notice lists weekly sales at Whittaker sale barn Columbus Junction Kalona Ollie and Hi Dollar venues with days and times. It also advertises August 28 30 and September sales including household goods auctions at Crawfordsville Brighton Keota Sigourney and Crawfordsville, plus a Duroc hog sale and an annual dairy sale at local barns with start times. Ray Lough Mack Lowe Cassens Bros Charlie Long and Henry Bud are named organizers or bidders.

Whittaker Ad Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction Iowa Kalona Sales Barn Kalona Ollie Livestock Exchange Ohio Hi Dollar Sales Company Sigourney Keota Junction Crawfordsville Wilbur Rose Ray Lough Brighton Mack Lowe South 4Th Avenue Joe Klopfenstein Hi-Dollar Cassens Bros Charlie Long Annuel Henry & Bud “Rer Keota P Mn

St Mary's Labor Day Celebration Sponsored by Riverside Church

St Marys church in Riverside will sponsor a Labor Day celebration with a chicken supper from to 7 p.m. A free dance will follow and an evening lunch will be served after the supper. General chairs are Louis Heitzman and Mrs Edward Rotenburger with Robert Kiefer John Gase and Marguerite Thomann as treasurers. The grounds will be lit by the Dautrement brothers and local families attended events in St Louis and Terre Haute with relatives visiting Riverside.

Elmo Knittel Edward Bashek St. Louis Knittel Geraldine Jimmy Akers Terre Haute Ind Ralph Akers James Pickerel Riverside Mary Catherine Francis Baschnagel Roberta Josephine Nevada Baschnagel Roy Brown Muscatine Wesley Pogge Washington, D. C J. W. Foss Salem A. B. Pogge Robert

Washington Co Hospital Budget Hearing Set for 1949 Fiscal Year

The Washington County Hospital board will meet at 7 30 P M at the Nurses Home on September to hear taxpayers on the expenditure estimate for the 1949 fiscal year beginning January 1 1949.

Board of Trustees of Washington Co. Hospital Washington County Iowa

Local visitors from Washington at Luckey home

Mrs Clarence Wilson and her daughter Margaret Ann of Washington visited the home of Mr and Mrs Carl Luckey and family, after graduating from St Marys High School and teaching in a local public school.

Maquoketa Allen Snyder Michael Charles Rath West Branch William Koronus Iowa City Bernard Schnoekelen Albert Hogan Tiffia Hogan Riverside St. Mary's High School Clarence Wilson Margaret Ann Waeington Carl Luckey

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