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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1943
Page
7
Open high low close quotes for wheat oats and rye on December 16 with month contracts listed. Wheat Sep 164 164 163 163 May 167 167 166 166 July 165 165 164 164. Oats Sep 77 77 76 76 May 80 79 79 79. Rye Sep 121 121 120 120 May 124 124 123 123.
Large cattle and hog figures with price ranges across weights. Good and choice hogs 200 to 270 pounds steady at 13.75 top. 270 to 330 pounds 13.00 to 13.75. 150 to 170 pounds 11.75 to 12.50. Sows mostly 12.50 to 12.65, few 12.75. cattle and calves show steady to higher trends with heifers 12.00 to 15.00 and yearlings up to 16.60 for 1,000 pound lots. lambs active with western fed lambs 14.50 to 14.85 and native lambs around 14.60 to 14.85. Indications of unsold cattle around 7,000.
Chicago market receipts total 7,562 cases with weak overall demand. Poultry shows firm trend with ducks at 24.5 cents per pound and colored broilers around 27. Current reeipts and various grade prices listed. other lines include extras and checks around 30 percent.
Chicago cash grain report lists corn at 108 and a half, oats at 84 and a half, with mixed and white varieties noted. Special heavy grade not fully legible. details incomplete due to OCR.
The article compares cotton needs showing soldiers require about 250 pounds of cotton equipment while an average citizen buys 20 pounds of cotton goods each year.
Crawfordsville news notes Mr and Mrs William Edgar sr return from Englewood California with Mrs Edgar exhausted and near collapse on arrival in Washington. Family plans include living with son William Jr. Other items include a Mt Pleasant visit by Floyd Edwards, a granddaughter Judith Anne born to Gerald Rhea's family, school drives for clothing, Mary Lillian Moorhead's nurse training and a Cedar Rapids hospital bed shortage amid flu cases.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church served luncheon at the Shaffer Bros sale on the T. H. Barnes farm after word spread that her brother in law had died in Center ville.
White Oak school children and teacher plan a Christmas exchange for the afternoon of December 24. The piece notes teacher Mrs Doris Johnson will spend Christmas vacation with relatives near Fairfield and mentions new pupil Dickie Waltman. It also sends holiday wishes to service members and staff.
Gas consumption note states eighteen thousand gallons per hour per mechanized division. December 22 sale closes out household goods 3% miles NE of Washington at the heating farm starting 1 30. WwW. M. Huffstutter. December 28 sale at 606 South Marion Ave starting 1 30. Mort Bickford. January 4 public sale 4 miles SW of Washington by John Simmering.
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