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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1938
Page
8
Chicago markets show hogs 18 000 head with direct over 7 60 top and light weights easing 10 to 15 cents. Cattle receipts 1 000 steady with beef steers 10.00 to 13.25 and cows 5.00 to 7.50. Sheep 4 000 steady lambs 8.50 to 9.09 and yearlings 6.50 to 7.60.
A column lists upcoming sale dates and locations around Washington and nearby towns. Entries include Dec 19 Henry Bowes 5 miles west 1 mile south of Washington closing out sale and Dec 20 J D Quinn public sale 4 miles northwest Washington.
Prices paid at Reister's Markets on Saturday include Sweet Cream Sour Cream No 2 28 lb 21¢ per lb and eggs 24¢ per dozen Also Hennery Brown Eggs and Mennery White Eggs at 24¢ per dozen Chicken products priced per pound with deductions for poultry defects and delivery to plant. All No 2 poultry with defects bought at value while cull poultry rejected.
Ewes bring 2.50 to 4.00 while feeders range from 7.50 to 8.50, indicating current price spread and market activity for small ruminant stock and fattening cattle.
Chicago notes a steady eggs market with receipts of 3 490 cases and current receipts 241 aided by dirties 19 to 20 percent. Butter markets weaken with 8 069 receipts and varied grade percentages. Poultry remains steady with brood ers 15 to 16 and turkeys 17 to 24.
Grain table from Chicago on December 16 with fluctuating wheat prices. The data shows opens highs lows closes and percentages across multiple figures, though much of the OCR text is garbled and repetitive.
Mixed bids shown for Chicago Cash Corn with No 1 mixed 5214 No 2 mixed h2 No 3 mixed 51 percent No 1 yellow around 52 to 53 percent No 2 yellow 61 percent down to 53 percent No 3 yellow 59 percent down to 52 percent No 4 yellow 49 percent to 52 percent No 5 yellow 48 percent
Dorothy Weber, Columbus high school senior, took first in the dramatic division at Lone Tree sub-district declamatory contest and will move to the district competition in January. Honor Roll lists Columbus students with all A or higher grades in the second six weeks: seniors Myers and Lowe. juniors Dwinell, Wiegner, Barabara Lynn. sophomores Merritt, Utter, Hetfield, Hampton. freshmen Moore, Cassabaum, Greene, Rutt, Gentzler.
The silk cotton tree in Jamaica is among the world giants with horizontal extending branches. Its massive buttresses project from the trunk, so large that a man can shelter between two of them.
In a school report from Wyman, juniors praise the play and coach, thank the community for support, and invite attendance at a December 23 Christmas program. The issue notes a Crawfordsville-Wyman game, upcoming Mt Union visit, illness recoveries, Christmas exchanges, and classroom scenes including a Bethlehem nativity setup.
A family crafts a winter tableau with a cotton snow scene, a blue cellophane lake, and a clay bridge. Santa crosses the bridge en route to leave toys, as a Christmas tree is decorated and a toy store nears completion with handmade price tags. Betty Harter and Lola Windland excel in spelling papers. Seventh and Eighth.
The Farmers Elevator and Exchange at Wapello invites locals from Washington and nearby areas to tour the new freezer locker plant tomorrow afternoon and evening to see how the facility operates.
Members of the Co operative Service company of Washington have been given a special invitation to attend with their wives. Other Washington residents interested in viewing the plant are also invited. Refreshments will be served.
The capital of Arizona has shifted between Fort Whipple in Prescott and Tucson before returning to Prescott and finally settling in Phoenix, reflecting a historic sequence of relocation.
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