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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1939
Page
5
For sale two canaries described as guaranteed singers priced reasonably. Contact Mrs. King in Crawfordsville for details. Also offered is a 1939 John Deere Model B tractor with rubber tires through Conrad Implement Co in Washington with contact number 830.
A terse note lists oats samples with varying moisture or purity readings. Mixed percentages show 38 percent in one sample and 86 percent in another, plus 40 percent white content in a separate line.
Chicago market report lists May and July futures for wheat corn oats and rye with varying high low and close values. The grain table includes wheat May 90 92 percent, corn May 55 55 55 percent, oats May 37 38 percent, rye May 57 59 percent among others.
The quoted remark recalls Queen Victoria claiming that on her Paris visit she would tell Napoleon that the Orange Triumphal arch surpassed his Paris version. The anecdote highlights royal admiration for the structure and a playful comparison to Napoleon's monument.
Chicago market report shows hogs down about 10 cents with top at 5.65 and most 5.45 to 5.65 for 160 to 240 lb pigs. Cattle volume includes 9,500 head with steers steady to 10.75 for heavy weights and yearlings at 11.00, cows weak, vealers up 25 cents+, stockers slow. Sheep market active with fat lambs 9.00+ and fleeced lambs 8.60 and up, good yearlings 7.00.
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