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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1937
Page
7
Broadgate Electric Shop advertises 32 volt light plants and batteries. Woods Mfg Co near water works offers Woods thermo poultry fountains from their factory. R. E. Brown promotes Japanese Hulless popcorn with claim every grain pops.
Havre residents share visits and outings from Thanksgiving weekend. References include Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cannon, Raymond Witting, Mary Ehric, Sam Wittmer, P. P. Graber, Grace Hill, Crawfordsville, and Grace Hill areas. Families such as the Leady Westen, Zieglowsky, Hunt, and Wittmer households appear along with several church and neighbor gatherings.
Cleveland's first railroad faced council restrictions limiting speed to five miles per hour and barring night operation through the town, reflecting early controls on transit within urban limits.
A brief roundup from nearby towns highlights local happenings, including community meetings, school events, and small-town milestones. Reports mention civic notices, park activities, and merchants showcasing new offerings.
December weather slowed a Rock Island train on its way from Washington to Chicago. Passengers include Dick Embree of Keota and Bob Quinn Ainsworth. 2.5 hours late after a weekend storm tracked from Kansas City to Muscatine. C. W. Hendricks of Hillandale Farm also joined for the Chicago stock show.
Traveling from Washington to Decatur, a family narrative follows stops in Chillicothe and Springfield, noting Mr. G. E. Todd’s assistance, Ray Buck in Clinton, and Lawrece Block in Decatur. The writer recalls hospital visits, Art Minick’s family, duck hunters, and a Sunday pipe organ program at Vancel funeral home.
Advertising notice lists poultry pricing for various grades and weights including ducks, broilers, leghorns, and old roosters. It notes payment per pound for delivery, quality reject criteria, and that all No 2 poultry with defects will be bought at reduced prices. call poultry rejected.
The group notes a crack green diamond train, Clinton rail crew changes, and an aging engineer set while praising the practical knowhow of veteran workers. They praise farms seen near Kalona, Uncle Frank’s hospitality, and kinship thanks to Ley sisters and Mrs Macon for meals and beds. Clarence Donald junior sent them home in seven hours.
The writer thanks readers and subscribers of the Evening Journal. He notes a cold clear Thursday and comments on a poultry show in Washington. Helen Magson attends school in Chicago and receives a daily gift from her father Joln, sent via the Evening Journal.
Letters from residents and visitors express appreciation for community efforts and gifts. Names include Clarence Booth M O Huston T H Huston Jack Riley Cecil Riley Joe Klopfenstein Ralph Lytle Alvin Crasty and Albert Zieglowsky. The Soybean market shows values for December May July with open high and low figures.
The brief pithy remark celebrates true happiness as lasting good time free of regret, emphasizing a moral sense of fulfillment over fleeting pleasure.
Negus Livestock auction in Washington every Tuesday near Milwaukee yards. Midway Sale in Columbus Junction every Wednesday. Community Sale every Friday at City Feed Yard. Dec 4 Duvyall land sale near West Chester at 2 p m. Dec 9 A B Moore and Jessie Moore closing out sale at Highways 161 and No 2 east of Ainsworth. Dec 13 closing out sale 56 miles south of Riverside and 13 miles northeast of Washington. Dec 14 Fred Kallous. Dec 16 Theodore Oriez Est executor's sale 54 miles southwest of Washington and Dec 16 I B Hexworth 6 miles southwest of Washington.
Chicago hogs sold unevenly with 10 000 head including 4500 direct. 220 lb hogs 15 to 25 cents higher than yesterday, top at 8.76. Cattle 1,000 steady with beef steers 9.00 to 15.00, cows 4.50 to 8.00, calves 5.40 to 11.00. sheep 4,000 steady with lambs 9.00 to 9.60 and yearlings 7.00 to 8.25. Estimated tomorrow receipts: cattle 1,000 hogs 5,000 sheep 4,000.
Chicago notes mixed produce trading with eggs showing steady to weak demand as receipts reach 3783 cases. Butter remains strong with high specials and extras, while poultry markets stay steady to weak with assorted price ranges for broilers ducks geese turkeys and roosters in early December trading.
Chicago cash corn prices show varied moisture and grade results with mixed corn 54% to 15% and 51% to 52% for No 4, yellow and white grades range from 51% to 66% for No 2 and 54% to 56% for No 3, sample grades 47% to 50, estimated carrots 204.
Chicago grain table shows May and July wheat, corn and oats figures with several fractional and decimal percentages across months. The data lists prices or values such as wheat May 93 and 94 with variances, corn May 56 and 57, and oats May 30 and 31, reflecting typical INS grain report variations.
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