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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1940

Page

5

Chicago Market Summary Strong Hogs Lead Mixed Cattle and Sheep

Markets show hogs at 10 to 15 cents higher with top at 6.45 and 21 000 head traded. Cattle receipts around 12 000 with little activity on calves and yearlings. cows up to 15 cents higher as buyers steady. Sheep at 6 000 head with lighter gains as packers bid about 25 cents lower for fat lambs. yearling prices near 9.35 best and 8.00 for top yearlings. Estimated total receipts: cattle 7 500 hogs 25 000 sheep 4 000.

Chicago

Chicago Grain Table Summary

Chicago grain table from December shows wheat and corn figures with May and July contracts. WHEAT May closes around 585.82 and July near 589.79. CORN May 594.59, with intraday high and low values noted.

Chicago

Chickenpox Alert Warns of Smallpox Risk in County

Health officials urge vigilance as chickenpox cases rise noting misdiagnosis risks with smallpox. Dr. Barrett explains the disease is mild but unvaccinated contacts must be vaccinated quickly to prevent outbreaks, and certain cases over age 15 or with atypical symptoms require investigation.

Barrett D. C. Barrett McCrae United States

Funeral for Willis Trotter Held in Ainsworth

Funeral services for Willis Trotter of Kansas City will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Ainsworth Methodist Church with Rev. John Nye presiding. Born December 30, 1887, he was the son of William and Isabelle Trotter and attended Ainsworth schools before moving to Kansas City in 1916 with his wife Lillian Norton. He died December 11 in Kansas City after a lengthy illness. He is survived by his wife and three sisters.

Ainsworth Willis Trotter Kansas City John Nye Jones Funeral Home Washington Trotter Willis O Joe William Isabelle Stewart Trotter Lillian Norton Lettie Hard

Chicago Market Report Mix of Produce and Poultry Prices

Chicago market data shows steady produce with receipts of 4 740 cases and 244 current receipts plus dirties and checks. Poultry trading remains irregular with numerous categories listed including heavy and light ducks, geese, hens, leghorn hens, cocks, broilers, tom turkeys, hens, and capons with varied price ranges.

Chicago

Chicago Cash Grain Prices Mixed Across Corn Oats and Soybeans

Chicago markets show mixed cash grain quotes with corn varying from 61 to 68 percent in yellow and mixed lots, oats listing several white and mixed grades around 37 to 40 percent, and soybeans in yellow noting 85 to 88 percent ranges with additional samples around 82 to 87 percent.

Chicago

Social calendar highlights and upcoming meetings

A dense listing of local club and church events for the week includes election of officers at 7:30 p.m. in the Masonic Temple, drama department and booster club meetings, Christmas exchanges, and various social and auxiliary gatherings at homes and churches. Notable items include Pythian Sisters and Royal Neighbors meetings, Homemakers, Rebekah program, and Women’s Missionary society activities with locations in New Haven, Lexington, North Side, and Burlington.

Masonic Temple T.M. Mast East Polk Street Indocssca Margaret Applegate New Haven Ladies Aid Society Hazel Strum Zeist Homemakers Club Neill Trotman Rebekah S Paton Batt Lexington Ladies Aid Society Royal Neighbors Nettie Horn North Iawa Avenue T.T.T Robert Lytle O.E Rural Woman's Club Lloyd Alliman Chiefs Association Vic Crone Knights Templar Women's Council Christian Church Pam Martha Frank Haney South Avenue C Naomi Roy Brobst East van Buren Street Ruth Warren Stewart West Sixth Street

Iowa University students to make short educational films

The University of Iowa, adding sound motion picture recording gear, aims to give dramatics and speech students camera experience. Director Lee C. Cochran notes the project may lead to campus produced educational shorts with tryouts underway in the speech department to select narrators for potential monologue films.

Iowa City University of Iowa Hollywood United States Lee C. Cochran Visual Education

Logs Tombstones Spark Court Action in Dubuque

In Dubuque Justice M P Hogan's court a $25 judgment was entered against John Yore 77 over dog headstones. Yore had ordered Lenz Monument Co to craft markers and placed them beside his wife's grave at a local cemetery with plans to bury the dogs there. cemetery officials claimed the markers breached burial rules and ordered removal.

Riverside Public School Team Triumphs Over St. Mary's

Riverside public school defeated St. Mary's high 17 to 11 in Riverside Iowa. Kinsey led St. Mary's with five points while Robert Gray and Kenneth Muller added four and four for Riverside. Riverside reserves beat St. Mary's reserves 29 to 18 in the curtain rally.

Riverside Iowa Riverside Public School St. Mary’s High School Riverside High School Riverside High St. Mary’s High Kinsey St. Mary's Reserves Old Capitol Valley Conference

Midway and Public Sales Schedule Near Washington

Public notices outline weekly sales by Midway Sale Co Columbus Junction on Wednesdays and Community Sale Fridays at City Feed Yard. Upcoming auctions include KE Loran Palmer Public Sale near Washington on Joe Link farm starting at 11 o clock December 18 and Pau tenell sale north of Richmond on V J Spevacek place. January 7 closes out sale by Sam Witting seven miles southeast of Washington Havre on gravel road.

Midway Sale Co Columbus Junction City Feed Loran Palmer N. W Washington Joe Link Pautenell Richmond V. J. Spevacek Jim Wingler Leonard Bauregard Riverside Sam Witting S. E Havre

Camp Fire Girls Candle Ceremony at Washington Library

Camp Fire girls hold a candle ceremony at the Washington public library Tuesday at 5 p m. Dr R C Keagy will tell a Christmas story and the girls will sing carols. The group also provided and decorated the library Christmas tree as last year.

Camp Fire Washington Public Library R. C. Keagy Camp Fire Girls

Tlaxcala Church Embellishment Shows Churrigueresque Opulence

The Tlaxcala church of Ocotlan has long been a famed pilgrimage site. It exemplifies the churrigueresque period with dazzling and intricate ecclesiastical ornamentation by Mexican craftsmen during a notable architectural flourish.

Tlaxcala

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