For Sale Heifers to Freshen Soon
For sale list of dairy cattle includes Guernseys and Milking Shorthorns from Lloyd Edwards at Ainsworth 26117. Heifers ready to freshen soon offer local farm buyers a chance to add dairy cattle.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1940
Page
7
Chicago Markets Summary for Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Chicago markets report hogs mostly 10 cents lower with top at 6.35 and various weight breaks. cattle sales mixed with fed steers and yearlings steady and early tops around 15.00 for select 1525 lb. calves and bulls active with modest gains. sheep light with load fed Texas lambs around 9.00 and yearlings 8.25, with tomorrow's receipts projected at cattle 10,000 hogs 20,000 sheep 7,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
U.P
Texas
Chicago Grain Table Open and Close Prices
Chicago December grain table shows Wheat May and Corn May and July with varied figures. Oats May and July listings appear with multiple percent values and dates. Rye and other grains listed with approximate ranges and December entries reflect general market quotations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Produce Market Reports Mixed Eggs And Poultry Prices
Chicago notes a steady market for eggs with receipts totaling 5 064 cases including extra firsts and fresh graded firsts while current receipts and dirties shift. Poultry shows a steady to firm market with various price points for veal? and turkey categories and unaltered other prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Whit Rock Springs
Wellman Decorated for Holiday Season on Main Street
Wellman’s business section glows with lights and two end city Christmas trees as the community club sponsors overnight displays. The Wellman Garden club plans a contest for the most attractively decorated home in Wellman and nearby areas. Mrs. Aldina Neirinek of Davenport visits her Wellman family, while Wagamon and Herr relatives depart for Long Beach California to see Arvid Wagamon in aviation school and National Guard service starting January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wilson
Wellman
Main Street
R. W. Wirtz
Aldina Neirinek
Davenport
Railph Bull
William Wagamon
Frances Jean
Wagamon
Fred Herr
Long Beach
California
Arvid
Lone Beach
National Guards
Army
Floyd Weidlein
Weidlein
Herr
Wagu Won
Clark Consedine
Waterloo
Ross Severt
Kitty Mae
Mrs. Severt
Blast Kills At Least 12 in Cincinnati Market District
In Cincinnati a gas explosion at 3:25 this morning leveled two three story brick buildings in the downtown market district. At least twelve are dead and ten injured, none seriously, as firemen and police search the ruins for bodies. The exact cause remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.P
Man 93 Found In One Room Shack Without Food Or Coal
Fred Wieferich, 93, of Council Bluffs, housed in a single room shack, was recovering at Jennie Edmundson hospital from exposure after being found with no coal or food by a Pottawattamie county relief agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Fred Wieferich
Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Wieferich
Pottawattamie County
Blood Bank Planned at Cedar Falls Hospital
Cedar Falls American Legion post plans a hospital blood bank at Sar tori hospital for emergency use. Fifty five members signed to donate blood and will be typed and called for immediate transfusions in accidents or disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Sartori Hospital
American Legion Post
Farm Bureau backs continuance of 1938 act
SPENCER The Clay county Farm Bureau at its annual meeting recommended continuance of the agricultural adjustment act of 1938 and resolved that agriculture stand ready to make sacrifices for national defense, asking labor and industry to do the same.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Clay County Farm Bureau
Local couple awarded marriage license in Brighton area
Duane Daering of Brighton and Julia Harvey of Washington obtained a marriage license here today. Art Prall and Gerald Duncan showed bantams at the Chicago International Poultry exposition in the Arena of the International Theater. Pratt earned five bantams with two firsts a second and a third while Duncan entered two bantams with one first and one second place. Mr and Mrs Ralph Wehr and Mrs Willard Hauenstein of Olda were business callers here today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Daering
Brighton
Julia Harvey
Washington
Art Prall
Gerald Duncan
International Theater
Canada
Cuba
Mr. Pratt
Mr. Duncan
Ralph Wehr
Willard Hauenstein
Olda
Hayasupai Indians Preserve Centuries Old Way of Life
A slice of Arizona history notes the Hayasupai tribe maintaining a centuries old lifestyle in a secluded desert canyon. Later social notes report a duck dinner hosted by Fred Durian with guests Mr and Mrs E C Jones Mr and Mrs Ellery Foster and children Mary and Jimmy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona Desert
E. C. Jones
Ellery Foster
Mary
Jimmy
Fred Durian
Armour for Ambassador to Great Britain Considered
U P news report states President Roosevelt may name Norman Armour ambassador to Argentina as a potential successor to Joseph P. Kennedy for the Britain post. Kennedy has offered resignation but will hold the title until a replacement is chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ston
Norman Armour
Argentina
Roosevelt
Joseph P. Kennedy
Great Britain
United Press Today
Lord Lothian
United States
Kennedy
Briggs Plant Walkout In Detroit After Transfer Dispute
About 1400 Briggs Manufacturing workers at the Verner plant walked off the job in Detroit after union officials protested a refused interdepartmental transfer. The plant makes boding for Chrysler, but production impact was not expected immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Verner
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler
Miners Trapped After Coal Mine Blast in Raleigh
An explosion in a Raleigh County coal mine caused injuries to at least five workers and trapped an estimated 12 to 15 men about a mile back. Rescue teams searched the shaft as details remained uncertain following the blast reported in Beckley, West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
W. Va
Raleigh
War may prevent new Iowa building
Des Moines reports Governor George A. Wilson told the legislative committee on retrenchment and reform that conditions in Europe may interfere with plans for a proposed State office building. He said he still favors the building if it can be accomplished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
George A. Wilson
Legislative Committee On
Europe
Iowa Master Builders Meet in Des Moines
The Master Builders association of Iowa held a Des Moines board meeting with directors declining comment on topics. They warned the war would likely trigger labor and materials shortages affecting contracting work.
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Iowa
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