Milton Junction man and girl found shot in car near Janesville
Curtis Hansen 35 and 15 year old Mary Cunningham were found dead in Hansen's car in a woods near Janesville after authorities prepared to issue a kidnapping warrant. Hansen had volunteered to drive Mary and her brother Billy 12 to Janesville for a Christmas shopping trip. He induced Billy to leave the car.
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Curtis Hansen
Milton Junction
Wis
Mary Cunningham
Janesville
Hansen
Mary
Billy
Trade secrets and leather tanning in early urban rivalries
In historic times cities competed in leather trade as with lace. Tanners sought new processes to produce fine leather, keeping formulas secret and branding products by city. Trade secrets are as old as industry and tanning ranks among the oldest crafts.
Closing out and public sales listed around Washington Dee
Notices list multiple closing out and public sales near Washington Dee including Dee 14 J B Harvey and son estate sale near Wellston Dee 20 I D Quinn sale 4 miles northwest Washington Dee 20 Henry Bowes closing out sale south of Washington Dee 9 J Lester Macon miles west of Washington and north of Dublin Jan 10 J M Martins closing out sale near Crawfordville Midway Sale Co Columbus Junction every Wednesday Negus livestock auction Thursdays 1 pm Former Busby building near Milwaukee yards Community Sale Fridays City Feed Yard
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Crawfordville
Midway Sale Co
Columbus Junction
Negus
Milwaukee Yards
City
Community Notes From Local Shopping and News
Residents list names from Haskins Kalona Crawfordsville and Keota in a jam of shopper notes and home updates. The item mentions the Floyd Hunt fire loss, Ed Maxwell funeral, county neighbors and farm life, with movers toward Brighton and westward relocation planned for January.
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C. J. Wood
Floyd Hunt
Hunts
Missouri
Brighton
Crawfordsville
Ed Maxwell
Mr. Maxwell
News Notes of Our Neighboring Communities
Journal subscription representative D. F. Macon contributes brief updates from nearby towns, highlighting community events, local clubs, and upcoming meetings. Short items sketch civic life and social happenings across the region.
Evening Journal Subscribers Amid Family News
Modesto California dated items note readers sending subscriptions to relatives in Ainsworth and Washington. Mentions families like the Clegg and Meyers plus for sale ad from Dan and Dean Johnson. Miscellany includes travel notes, weathering trips, and a request to forward the paper to 322 Maze Road.
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Lester
Evening Journal
Dad
J. K. Cook Lester
Dan
Dean Johnson
Brighton
Journal
Mr. Macon
Maze Road
Modesto
Calif
Frank
Texas
Outstanding 4-H Members Named at International Livestock Show
Katherine Sire of Belt Montana and Lloyd Hawkins of Foss Oklahoma, both 18, are named outstanding 4-H club members in America at the International Livestock Show in Chicago.
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Katherine Sire
Belt, Mont
Lloyd Hawkins
Foss
Okla
America
Chicago
Chicago Markets Hog and cattle prices steady to mixed
Chicago livestock markets report December 10 show hogs totaling 18,000 with direct nil steady to 10 cents lower from yesterday. top hogs 7.60 with 180 to 260 lb range. Cattle steady with beef steer 10.00 to 18.00, yearlings 7.25 to 12.50, cows 5.00 to 7.25. calves 5.00 to 10.00. Sheep 1,000 steady with lambs 9.00 to 9.50 and feeders 7.75 to 8.75.
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Chicago
Chicago Grain Table Review of Wheat Corn Oats and Rye
Grain table from Chicago shows open high low and close figures for May July March and December contracts across WHEAT CORN OATS and RYE. Notable entries include WHEAT May 67 percent and Dec 64 percent, CORN May 53 percent and Dec 51 percent, OATS May 28 percent and July 61 percent, RYE May 46 percent and December 42 percent.
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Chicago
Chicago Cash Corn Market Report
Chicago prices for mixed and yellow corn and white corn shown with varying percentage bids. Listings include No 2 mixed 53 percent No 3 mixed 52 percent No 4 mixed 62 percent and multiple yellow and white grades with ranges. Estimates for carrots, wheat, corn, and oats accompany the market figures.
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Chicago
Des Moines Soybeans Report Faces Limited Change
Market brief notes soybeans in Des Moines showing little momentum with prices near 65 percent. Traders cite narrow ranges as May and July contracts hold at about .83 and uncertain demand factors weigh on trading activity.
Chicago Produce Market Report Dec Market Steady
Chicago notes a steady market across produce and dairy lines with suppliers reporting receipts and quality breakdowns. Exgs and eggs show 3,745 cases with 25 percent extra firsts and firsts, butter receipts at 12,334 pounds with 28 percent extras and 25–26 percent firsts, while poultry market is listed as closed.
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Chicago
Classifieds Are News From Reister’s Markets
Washington Iowa’s Reister’s Markets lists prices paid Monday for dairy and poultry products. Sweet cream two cents per pound, sour cream 25 and 30 cents per quart, eggs 24 cents per dozen, pullets and cull poultry bought at value. Delivery to plant noted with quality culls rejected.
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Hennery
Pontry
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