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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1936
Page
7
Market notes hogs 33 000 with direct 11 000 steady to lower. Top 10.05 for 190 300 lb. 9.75 10.00 for 150 180 lb. Pigs 8.75 9.26. Cattle steady with calves 1500 steady. beef steers 10.00 12.50, mediums 7.00 10.00. yearlings 8.50 12.75. cows 4.25 7.00. bulls 4.25 6.25. calves 5.00 11.00. feeders 4.59 8.00. Sheep 10 000 steady. lambs 8.50 9.00, yearlings 6.00 8.00. ewes 2.50 4.50. feeders 0 8.00.
Wes Sojka and Charlie Sojka of Riverside hosted a Jolly Quilting Circle gathering at their Washington home. Dozens of neighbors and friends joined the day to finish a beautiful quilt, share meals, and enjoy fellowship, with many names listed among attendees.
Shucking corn becomes a wet job for Fred Edwards and he laments storing dry wood. The new river bridge at Coppock won’t finish soon as crews continue work. Many residents were away southwest of Coppock Wednesday. Roads cleared of snow remained slick in spots all day. Raymond Wikoff and family reside where he was born and Spring Creek school is praised. Raymond’s mother, now in Brighton, is seriously ill. Raymond relays Charley Townsley’s Rochester, Minnesota death. Wikoff home hosts a gathering. Mrs. Wikoff is Ed Robertson’s daughter. John Mullikin reports a dollar note in his Evening Journal. S. G. Mortimore of Brighton reads the paper regularly. Ted Dalton and 8. G. barbers operate on the square’s east side in Washington near the beauty parlor. J F. E. Rovee and C. A. Thompson arrange a creek ride near Rubio for next Monday. December 14 you will not see today’s Evening Journal.
Chicago report notes weak egg market with 5633 cases receipts and varying percentages for extras and firsts. Butter remains steady to firm with 7842 tubs received and parity in specials and extras. Poultry market described as steady to higher with limited details.
Prices paid Friday for eggs chicken and poultry items include Hennery Brown Eggs at 26¢ per dozen and Hennery White Eggs at 26¢ per dozen. No. 1 Sour Cream 32¢ per lb No. 2 Sour Cream 30¢ per lb. Various chicken weights and poultry types listed with per pound prices and no guarantees.
The list of candidates includes Mary Angela Shradel Dorothy Knebel Maxine Meade Ruth Klein Elaine Heitzman Rita Stransky Constance Deutsch Verena Vernon Swift Cletus Kron John Waldschmidt Jean Delaney Jacob Frank Robert Pailliotet Melvin Schneier Eldon Yegay After services the annual officers were selected Young Men's Sodality prefect Thomas Walsh assistant Edward Strabala secretary-treasurer Harold Kueneman Young Ladies Speciality prefect Miss Mary Hotka assistant Miss Leona Kucera secretary-treasurer Miss Mary Shebanek
Those, who neglect looking out of themselves, halt progress and regress. They resemble men who have lived on their principal, becoming beggars with no resources due to vanity and idleness.
Prices quoted show springers 13 to 14 percent, broilers 15 to 16, ducks 9 to 14, geese 8 to 14, turkeys 12 to 17, roosters 12 to 17 and 11 to 12, leghorn broilers 12 to 18. Potatoes on track 266, arrivals 50, shipments 515.
Chicago dispatch reports mixed cotton sample grades with numbers for mixed and yellow categories. The bulletin lists several sample grades from No. 1 to No. 5, with percentages ranging around 101 to 111 and estimated car rots at 206.
Soybean prices show December futures at 2.48 with 1.45 percent move and 1.438 at 1.44 percent. May contracts hover around 1.43 percent with 1.46 and 1.483 percent, while July edges at 1.42 percent with 1.424 and 1.43 percent.
In Segovia the ancient Roman wall rises high in the Guadarrama mountains encircling the city with six surviving towers.
Weekly sale announcements list closing out sales and auctions by date and location across Iowa towns including Crawfordsville Washington Kalona and Brighton. Entries name sellers trustees and distances from local landmarks with December dates in a dense journal column format.
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