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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1941
Page
7
The Electoral College selects the president and vice president based on each state’s popular vote. Each state has electors equal to its total members in Congress, combining representatives and senators.
Do not discard mushroom stems. Boil and drain them, then use the cooking liquid as a base to make cream of mushroom soup.
The household spider of the genus Arachnida carries a hypodermic syringe like organ, has six to eight eyes, four pairs of legs, and breathes through lung sacs on the abdomen. It is noted to often engage in parachuting.
Chicago markets report declines across hogs sheep and cattle. Hogs mostly down 15 to 25 cents with heavier weights off 10 cents. Sheep bids fall 15 to 25 cents as fat lambs lack a firm price. Cattle show weakness with beef steers and yearlings down about 25 cents and top heifers around 13.75.
Chicago December market report shows eggs receipts at 11 775 cases with weak market. Firsts and dirties linger around mid thirties to high thirties with current receipts and checks in the mid 20s. Poultry entries list car and truck receipts with varied prices for ducks geese hens and turkeys.
Chicago cash grain report shows corn with several lots mixed around 72% to 84 percent, oats at 56% to 57, and soybeans trading in 1.538% to 1.66 ranges. Prices vary by lot with multiple yellow classifications noted.
A sequence of sale notices lists auction events around Riverside, Kalona, Washington, Keota, West Chester, and neighboring towns. Entries include real estate, stock, grain, and closing out sales with dates from December to January and locations such as Whittaker Sale Barn, No 1 and 11/2 miles west, and the Thomas Wheelan farm.
Open and close figures for Wheat Corn Oats Rice Soybeans listed by contract months. Prices show Dec May July values with gains and declines in open low close figures for Chicago market.
The highest temperature on record reached 136.4 degrees Fahrenheit in Azizzia Tunis, while the lowest fell to 90 degrees below zero at Verhoyansk Siberia.
A home instruction describes dissolving one teaspoon of gum arabic in warm water to steep for several hours. The mixture is then diluted with water to make one quart and used as a cooked starch for starching lace and thin goods.
Fire swept the Riverview convalescent home near Schenectady while patients ate breakfast. Eight elderly residents were killed and seven others rescued, as the blaze damaged the facility on December 16.
Former President Herbert Hoover testified before the senate banking committee that wartime price legislation should cover more commodities. He backed the bill’s objectives to win the war lessen suffering and remove profits from war during the pending price control debate.
Kent reports regular shipments of corn cobs to the Northwestern Milling Co. mill at Onawa. Two men oversee the grinding process as truckloads arrive at intervals for processing.
U P reports Captain Elliot Roosevelt, son of the president, assigned to the Sixth Observationary Squadron at Muros California effective December 20. Roosevelt, a former army air corps specialist, has studied navigation at Kelly Field Texas. The president's eldest son James is a Marine captain, and John is in the Navy. Corncob processing may become a major Iowa industry, with Dr. D Sweeney of Iowa State College noting nitro cellulose and related products from corncombs.
A brief item notes that Cyprus trees are described as immune to sect attacks, though the article provides limited context or supporting details.
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