Market Hogs and Cattle Prices Rise on Strong Demand
Markets report hogs up to 10 cents higher with 150 to 200 lb hogs at 8.10 to 8.30 and 210 to 240 lb at 7.90 to 8.15. Cattle seen weak with steer ranges from 9.00 to 13.00 for beef, cows 4.50 to 7.50, calves 6.50 to 11.00. sheep around 18.00 with lambs 9.00 to 9.25 and feeders 8.00 to 9.00. Estimated receipts show pigs 30,000, cattle 24,000, sheep 8,000 for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Colorado
R. F. Smylie
Mgr
Midway Sale Co
Chicago produce market rounds up dairy and poultry figures
Chicago market report shows eggs steady with 2263 cases receipts and 27 extras firsts 2544 current receipts 24 percent dirties 17 to 20. Butter steady with 7753 receipts and varied prices for specials extras and firsts. Poultry market ranges from broilers 24 to 26 ducks 12 to 20 geese 12 to 17 turkeys 15 to 22 roosters 14 to 16, stable to stronger.
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Chicago
Chicago Grain Table reports mixed historic open market quotes
Chicago grain table from December 13 shows Wheat May at 92 to 92 percent trade, Corn May around 8 to 68 percent, Oats May 30 percent, Rye May 69 percent, with varied highs lows and closes across months for Wheat Corn Oats and Rye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Carrot Sample Grades Reported in Chicago Numbers
A Chicago report lists mixed grades from No 2 to No 5 across mixed yellow white samples. Percent ranges are given for each grade, with No 2 mixed at 56 percent and No 4 yellow at 52 to 65 percent, ending with an estimated carrot sample grade of 52 and total estimate 174.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Christmas Vesper Services Planned in Brighton
BRIGHTON December 11 Christmas vesper services will be held Sunday December 19 at 4 oclock at the Methodist church. Cloyce Johnson has been appointed as substitute railway postal clerk in the sixth division and reported in Dubuque December 6 for instruction prior to active service. Gordon Joe McCreedy has been ill with asthma but is improving. Mr and Mrs H B Stone and children Jean and John attended the funeral of Mrs Sara Dykstra, 92, in Pella. Mrs Carl Johnson of Chicago visits her mother Mrs C M Leeper. Earl Clark returns from Des Moines after appendicitis attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhua Helmick
Brighton
Methodist
Cloyce Johnson
R. M
Dubuque
Gordon Joe McCreedy
H. B. Stone
Jean
John
Pella
Stone
Sara Dykstra
Dykstra
Carl Johnson
Chicago
C. M. Leeper
Earl Clark
Des Moines
Local Social Notes and Holidays Cheer From Crawfordsville Area
December reports from Crawfordsville and nearby townships include residents gathering for a Santa visit, farm sales, car crowds, and family postings. Names such as Joe Embree, Jake Saiders, Roy Bauer, Robert Ferguson, Verne Anderson, Harold Anderson, Will Caldwell, C. L. Rogers, Lewis Schwab, Warren Bishop, J. H. Baird, K. A. Coats, J. L. Starr, G. C. Booth, Abraham and Ikey appear along with locations Washington R 1 4, Wellman, West Chester, Shiloh, Winfield, Ainsworth R 2, Mt Pleasant, North Dakota, and Brighton. The item notes sales of Belgium horses, Hereford cattle, local subscrip tions, park activity, Christmas shopping, and a frozen road condition report from the prior week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Embree
Jake Saiders
Crawfordsville
Everett
Bark of cork oaks provides packing material across Europe and Africa
Cork comes from the bark of a European oak species grown in Spain Portugal France Italy Tunisia Algeria and Morocco. The bark is cut in strips for packing, with new bark growing about every eight to nine years, improving with each cut. Trees live 150 years or more under this method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Portugal
France
Italy
Tunis
Algeria
Morocco
Livestock Auctions and Executors Sale Roundup
A sequence of sales lists includes Negus Livestock auction in Washington every Tuesday and Midway Sale for Columbus Junction every Wednesday. Community Sale Fridays at City Feed Yard. December 14 executor Theodore Oriez estate sale 64 miles southwest of Washington. December 14 Luther Elmore closing out sale 14th southwest of Brighton. December 16 I B Hoxworth six miles southwest of Washington. December 18 estate sale of Ella M Huff residence 1304 East Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Negus Livestock
Washington
Milwaukee
Columbu Junction
Theodore Oriez
Luther Elmore
Dee
Brighton
I. B. Hoxworth
Eala
Ella M. Huff
Washington &T
Humorous Train Car Dialogue From The Christian Union Herald
A playful fragment describes a conductor informing a passenger the station ahead is burned and a witty reply about rebuilding. The scene shifts to a family note about a father cooking and a line about breaking into a gong, ending with a reference to Preston Wolfs and his coal‑dependent greenhouse in cold weather.
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Christian Union Herald
Ainsworth Residents Share Hospital Visits
L G Roberts of Ainsworth remains in the hospital but is improving with steady visitors. Glen Wood, son of Roy Wood and Mrs Wood, was hospitalized last Friday for an operation and is reported doing fine with his family at his side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Roberts
Ainsworth
Glen Wood
Roy Wood
C. I. Wood
Glenn
Local Visits Note Hospital and Travel Delays
Don Rabenold and his wife visited John Whittaker after an operation and also saw Mr. Roberts. The Woods called on Mr. Roberta. Mrs. H R Morgan, in hospital, had a sister drive from Omaha Sunday afternoon, leaving at 3 30 and arriving soon after 6 with poor road conditions.
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Don Rabenold
Ainsworth
John Whittaker
Mr. Roberts
John
the Woods
Roberta
H. R. Morgan
Omaha
Ainsworth Families Shop Together Saturday Evening
Harold Clegg and his son Jim of Ainsworth visited with Mr and Mrs Joe Tobin and children Mary and Pat Ainsworth from R2 while their families enjoyed a Saturday shopping trip. The youngsters had a good time as their parents browsed.
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Harold Clegg
Jim
Ainsworth Ees
Joe Tobin
Mary
Pat Ainsworth
Local residents Earl Smith and Tom Gerdes Visit on School Business
Earl Smith and Tom Gerdes of Washington R. 3 were early visitors Monday morning for school business, joining other residents from the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Smith
Tom Gerdes
Washington R. 3
Lexington Circle Elects Mrs Mayme Flynn President
The Lexington Circle met with Mrs Mayme Flynn on Wednesday. Members finished a quilt and made two comforters and hemmed tea towels for the hostess. A Christmas exchange followed a pot luck luncheon. The next meeting will be with Mrs Clara Flading in January.
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Wade Gardner
Lexington
Mayme Flynn
Flynn
Bess Huber
Maude Fleming
Nell Henderson
Bernice Stancer
Trene Old
Mort Emde
Co. T. A
Washington
Jean Bishop
Walden Henderson
Everette Green
Kepata
Earl Smith
Cloyd Knupp
Soil Conservation Farm
Cedar Township
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WANT
Evening Journal
State
Studebaker
Pease Motor Service
Bunny Blair
Green
Charlotte Campbell
Leon Pepin
Ruth Norris
Shirley Statler
Scott Orris
Arthur Lambert
Lora Jean Stout
Minnie Mitchell
Glenn Hahn
Don Radda
Orley Page
Joella Beenblossom
R. A. Frink
Roberta Luers
George Heil
Call of the Journal Office
South
Marion
T. S. Crone
Kim
Ed Hanson
Hanson
Pierce
OCAL
W. S. Reister & Sons
Uendlay
Ibs Horn Hensoung Roosters
Foung Roosters
Iba
Foung Leghorn Ro
Washington, R
C. B. Negus
George L. McDaniel
C. EK
Phillips
Ralph Lytle
Woods Thermo Poultry Fountains
Water Works
Woods Mfg. Co
DEWEY
Oetjen’s Seed Co
Busby Mfg. Company
Sargent
Joe M. Wolfe
Barthelow and Son
Simmons Bray- Torest
Dick's
Poland
W. I. Gallagher
A. B. Schmoeller
Davis Bros
China
Flynn Bros
N. E
N. W
Riverside
Ray E. Miller
Washington Hotel
Simmons Beauty
Dickener
Cobs
C. E. Phillips
Louis Baird
Christmas Gift Guide
Westphal the
Schick
Iowa Southern Utilities
Wilson Bros
Widmer & Busby
Parker
The
Mace Motor Co
Brown's
Stewart-Warner
Washington Oil Company
Methodist Ladies Aid
Ladies Aid Society of the Meth
RoBerta Beauty Salon
Phillips & Hebner's
Nicola & Harmon
Moore
Atchison's
Westphal
Rochester
Fe.m Bridges & Company
E. M. Bridges & Company
Miller’s Footwear
Eclipse Lumber Company
Odist Church
Clara Orris
Clyde
Skatres
Peter's Hardware
Ideal
Seeach
Fuller
J. R. Gallagher
North
Iowa Ave
Harwood's
Sidwell- Morrison
Kelvinator
Jacob's Tire and Radio
Keiper
Will Busby
Maggie Hofsteatter
Drake
Messiah
DPS
Drake University
KSO
Ada Beth Peaker
Kathleen McCaun
William Lee
Andlifford Broom
Chicago Livestock
Chicago Grain Table
Lewis Schwab
Wellman
Ainsworth R. 2
Warren L. Bishop
Washington R
J. H. Baird
Mt Pleasant
Belgium
Santa Claus
K. A. Coats
J. L. Starr
Brighton R
G. C. Booth
Abraham
Ikey
North Dakota
McClintic Bros
Howard McCall
Mt. Pleasant
Ted Givans
Dale Jones
R. 3
Jake
Junior
Cork
County
Joe Caputo
Journal
Ainsworth Produce
Leghorn Springs
Preston Wolfs
Wolf Greenhouse
Lexington Circle
Washington St
D. F. Macon
Geo. J. Breitenbach
Herman’s Funeral Home
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