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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1937

Page

7

Riverside notes and church rites in Riverside Iowa item

The Riverside Iowa column notes Mr and Mrs Hubert Bauer return to Riverside California after visiting Mary Bauer. Roy G Miller formerly of Riverside Leader now at Arlington News starts December 1. A church feast day and the 32nd anniversary of the Young Men's and Young Ladies Sodality at St Marys Catholic Church include a 7:30 pm reception with promises, medals, blessing, consecration and hymn singing.

Mr. Bauer Roy G. Miller Riverside, Iowa Arlington California Arlington News Riverside Sodalities St. Mary's Convent Bernard Jacobsmeier Sodaliste

Crawfordsville Socials Note Visits by Local Families

Mrs Rebecca Chrissinger and son Edwin of Olds visited the W H Hagin home in Crawfordsville on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Eli White of Columbus Junction spent the afternoon with relatives and friends in town.

Crawfordsville Rebecca Chrissinger Edwin Olds W. H. Hagin Eli White Columbus Junction

Driver Thumbs Nose After Hit and Run in Sioux City

Sioux City police seek a motorist who fled after striking Mrs. Warl Lidster at a downtown stop sign. Lidster suffered a serious neck injury in the accident. Police describe the other driver as refusing to stop and leaving the scene.

Sioux City Warl Lidster

Wayland pupils hunt long lost room register

Wayland today seeks the 1891 92 two room school roll of pupils for L C Bowers Union county representative former Wayland principal. Community asked to help locate the room register while attending to school news and holiday travels. Charles Brooks visiting from Macomb Ma vis attended school.

Wayland Ellis L. C. Bowers House of Representatives Union County Bowers Columbus Gazette Columbus Junction Miss Drake Brooklyn Iowa Mellick Greentop Missouri Davey New London Sanders Monmouth Ilinois Lauden Slagcer Egan South Dakota Oskaloosa Des Moines Ollie J. W. Ellis Jones Mr. Roth Miss Hebel Miss Ballard Miss McGuire Mr. Miller T. W. Preston Dallas Texas EF. J. Shook Wayland M. E. Church Mary Richard Elizabeth Stutzman Elizabeth Schroll Opal Roth Board of Education Oran Thomas Thomas

Stouffer sale draws buyers from far towns at West Chester

Report from a December sale at West Chester shows strong turnout with buyers from Sigourney and Wellman. Roy Stouffer expressed satisfaction though he hoped for more, thanks extended to clerk Irwin Coffey and locals including Homer Hotle at the D X station.

West Chester Sigourney and Wellman Roy Stouffer Irwin Coffey Homer Hotle D-X

Jail Is Never Locked In Southern Iowa Community

A Southern Iowa community proclaims its jail is never locked inviting residents to visit. The unusual claim emphasizes openness or safety within the local penal facility and reflects regional attitudes toward crime and justice.

Iowa

Ainsworth Notes on Visitors and Travel

Ruth Norris reports for Ainsworth that Mrs Nate Crawford and son Robert Gebherdt visited Davenport for a week. Harry Botleam returns from Illinois to Ainsworth. Mrs Edith Richards cared for Leonard Lackey at the county hospital after his major operation in Washington. The W T Marr and Carl Marr families left for Tulsa, Glen Porter fills Mass farm duties. Hugh Hall plans a California winter trip aiming to reach before the Rose Bowl on January 1.

Ruth Norris Ainsworth Nate Crawford Robert Gebherdt Davenport Harry Botleam Illinois Edith Richards Washington Leonard Lackey W. T. Marr Carl Marr Tulsa Okla Glen Porter Mass Farm Hugh Hall California

Locked and vacant jail behind Russell town hall

The piece notes an iron cage jail behind the Russell town hall that is never locked and has had no occupant for years. It praises Russell Iowa as an ideal small town with financial independence and good schools and churches, while mentioning mild weather and out of state readers. It recalls a Press story of a man climbing a tree to escape a bull and colliding with a hornets nest.

Russell Iowa

Present Moments of Discomfort Yet Bright Future Hopes

The quote reflects a playful view on time saying the past is romantic and the future shines while the present feels unpleasant. It contrasts temporal moods with a wink at optimism despite current hardship.

Market Summary Chicago Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices

Chicago market report shows hogs 10 to 15 cents lower than yesterday with 6 000 head including 5 500 direct. Cattle steady with calves and beef steers quoted. cows, bulls and feeders listed. Sheep steady with lambs near 9.00 to 9.50 and yearlings 7.00 to 8.25 as buyers eye week’s demand.

Chicago

Chicago Produce Market Summary December 4

Chicago market notes steady to easy across eggs butter and poultry. Eggs show receipts around 4113 cases with varied grade prices. butter receipts total 6520 tubs with specials and mid to high firsts. poultry market steady with broilers ducks geese and turkeys priced within standard ranges.

Chicago

Local Produce Prices From W. B. Reister & Sons

Prices paid Monday for sweet corn cream and dairy items plus poultry yields. Includes No 1 sour cream 48e lb No 2 sour cream 36e lb Hennery Brown Eyes eggs 21e dozen Leghorn and other hens and roosters priced per pound or dozen. Delivery adds 2e per pound. Cull poultry rejected at 40 percent less than quoted.

Reister & Sons Ecenetlicaiens

Grain Prices Move Across Wheat and Corn in Chicago

Chicago grain table reports mixed activity for wheat and corn with May and July contracts showing small gains and declines. Traders note fractional changes in open high low figures and month ends with December options testing prior levels.

Chicago Dee

Wary Mix of Color Grades and Carrot Estimate

The notes list mixed grades: No 3 53 percent, No 4 53 percent, No 5 50 percent, No 2 yellow 655 percent to 56, No 8 yellow 53 to 55, No 4 yellow 51 to 53, No 5 yellow 43 to 50, No 3 white 54, No 4 white 52 to 53, sample grade 47 to 50, estimated carrots 161.

Chicago

Closing Out and Auction Dates for Washington Area

Journal sale dates list sales in Washington and surroundings. Negua Livestock Auction and Midway Sale hold weekly events near Milwaukee yards and Columbus Junction respectively. A series of closing out and executor sales occur mid December across Riverside Washington and Ainsworth areas.

Negua Washington Milwaukee Yards Columbus Junction City A. B. Moore Jessie Moore Ainsworth Riverside Fred Kallous Theodore Oriez I. B. Hoxworth

Sidewalk chalk incident ends in deadly shooting at Newport News store

In Newport News Virginia two girls Sue Stokes ten and Mary Coleman eleven wrote on a sidewalk in front of Mike Ritter’s store. Ritter seventy seven interior recluse fired his revolver killing Sue Stokes and wounding Mary Coleman.

Sue Stokes Newport News Mary Coleman Mike Ritter Ritter Stokes Mary

Horseback Newspaper Delivery Traditions

In the early days newspapers were delivered by horse and horn. Deliverers sounded a horn to announce the arrival of the paper, a practice rooted in frontier and town life.

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