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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1936
Page
7
Subscription note from D F Macon outlines renewal mailings and agent contact details for readers subscribing to The Journal. It highlights call dates, payment options, and service reminders for ongoing subscriptions.
Kenneth Cherry Holmes is ill with the flu we extend wishes for a speedy recovery. The Hi Way cafe crowd notes ongoing road improvements west of Crawfordsville and hopes for completion. Journal staff recounts lively visits from Billings Washington Noble Wayland and Brighton and thanks local supporters including K A Coats of Peoples Bank.
Mrs. Verne Mose was rushed to Mercy hospital in Iowa City for an appendicitis operation and is reported to be recovering. Her illness follows other local family updates including pneumonia case in two year old Jimmy Fisher and Thanksgiving travels.
Clit Rhea works the home farm while Kenned reaches Mississippi where the climate stays mild. Henry Crooks and helpers greet crowds in town as J. R. Leichty remains away from home. Otto Frey runs the Noble store as Joe Rich recalls school days in the old country and strict teachers who gave the occasional lickin.
A reader notes a new road between Wayland and Washington will get gravel this fall. The letter mentions Mrs. Davison R north of town with her ill father W. F. Emde at Wellman. The Muscatine date line and request for the Journal reflect local newspaper readership.
Chicago hog market shows 2,000 head with 10,000 direct. top 10.25, 190 to 300 lb hogs 9.85 to 10.10, 150 to 180 lb 9.00 to 9.75. Cattle receipts about 5,500 with calves steady. beef steer 10.00 to 12.50, yearlings 9.00 to 12.75, cows 4.25 to 7.90, bulls 4.25 to 6.80. Sheep 6,000 with lambs 8.50 to 9.00.
Chicago report shows eggs with weak market and 4383 cases receipts including extras 33 percent and firsts 82 percent current 31 dirties 26. Butter market steady with 6988 tubs receipts and varied quality quoters. Poultry mostly steady with ranges for springers broilers ducks geese and turkeys. leghorn broilers range 11 to 12. Potatoes on track with arrivals 55 shipments 605.
Chicago reports mixed grain futures with several yellow and white varieties trading at different percentages. Soybean futures show modest gains and complex price notation. The page also notes Thanksgiving visits by local families including Mr and Mrs Fred Havel and Mr and Mrs Vince Tellin and Sylvester Zelinski at the George Have home.
Mrs. Chas Faulkner reports preaching mission week services at the Congregational church with speakers from Mt. Pleasant Winfield and Burlington. Attendance is strong as families join in the events.
Ainsworth produce section shows mixed price readings with small cent changes and minor shifts in listed items. The fragment hints at varied domestic produce values and slight adjustments across several lines without clear product names or totals.
Washington hosts the Harvey and Waggoner families at the Chas Faulkner home while the Roths in Wayland welcome Shaffer Roberta and the Boettchers invite relatives from Traer New Hampton. Des Moines guests include Eddy and Dorothea with Supt D F Jones Walker Cox of Winfield and Chandlee family from Rock Island. Swedesburg hosts a family dinner for Mrs John Boshart.
Former Whittaker Friday sale contact lists an open date for any kind of sale. B F Macon Auctioneer invites inquiries and provides telephone contact 363.
Chicago grain prices show December and May futures for wheat corn oats and rye with opening, high, low and close figures. The table includes changes in percentages and values across December May and July contracts for each grain.
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