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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1936
Page
7
Local briefs compiled by D. F. Macon cover happenings in nearby towns. Short items mention civic events, meetings, small community notices, and brief reports from the subscription representative's rounds.
December 19 note details Santa letters from local children and a long list of Christmas shoppers visiting towns. The piece sketches a bright shopping day with many residents named including Mr and Mrs Raymond Wiles, Dick Peters, Joe Snider, John Williams, Bob Shaffer, and more from Col umbus Junction Warren Keota and nearby areas.
Report notes George Reed north of town seeking a present for Mrs Reed and mentions Ott Patterson returning home from hospital. Riverside’s Chabel family visits town, Ray Rathmel busy on farm and praised as a promising worker. Local sales attract big crowds amid fine weather. C A Thompson relocates to Fred L Stewart farm while Reed Moore family moves to Washington and then to Wauthington.
A clipped, comic exchange features a waiter asking for a dish of prunes and a customer briskly replying in a rustic dialect. The fragment hints at characterful humor and period speech without broader context.
Church hosts a two church holiday program with a Methodist Sunday school in the afternoon featuring songs, recitations, solos and a Christ child pageant. A Second program at Four Square Gospel Tabernacle includes a drama and musical numbers by children and a Gypsy character group.
The Women's Missionary societies of three Crawfordsville churches met Thursday afternoon. Hosts Mrs. A. B. Orris, with leader Mrs. Etta Buxbaum, gave a Dwight L. Moody sketch. Olive Moore spoke on Inter Mountain U S. Mrs. N. J. Lease discussed Syria and Mesopotamia. Orris reported sending a box to Perkins Children’s Hospital Iowa City by her junior class.
Chicago markets report hogs at 12 000 head with direct 11 000 and steady bids. Cattle and calves hold steady with various classes priced from 4.25 to 19.75. Sheep runs at 6 500 steady with lambs 8.50 to 9.25 and feeders 5.00 to 8.00.
Phillip Maxen 23 a pre medical student at the University of Town was killed when the auto he rode in upset on an icy highway four miles north of here He lived at Wall Lake Ed Rehder 22 of Wall Lake driver escaped with cuts and bruises Carl Gustaffson 22 of Sac City was unhurt Police said all were University of low rttidents eltlaion of officers at their
Chicago market data shows eggs firm with receipts of 5357 cases and mixed category shares. butter supplies steady with 7431 titbs and varied specials. poultry largely steady with ranges for springers rollers ducks geese and turkeys. potatoes on track with arrivals and shipments noted.
Chicago reports list various grade percentages for mixed and yellow samples with ranges such as No 4 mixed 105 to 105 percent and No 5 yellow 99 percent to 98 percent. The note also includes No 3 white at 119 percent and sample grades around 94 to 44 with an estimated output around 200.
Soybean futures show modest moves with December at 1.57, May at 1.57, and July at 1.56. Daily highs and lows are around 1.60 and 1.56 as traders await further guidance.
An Iowa City Albion fellow and University of Iowa alumnus, aged 187 percent of a normal life span in the report, attended the annual University of Iowa Alumni Association dinner in New York. He is believed to be the university's oldest living graduate.
The United Presbyterian group met with Mrs. S. G. Taylor to discuss The Negro and church life. Led by Mrs. Flo Clark, attendees included Mrs. Lillian Maxwell Mrs. Lois Rhea Mrs. S. W. Carrick and Mrs Jessie Fletcher. A Methodist Foreign Society gathering followed with devotion led by Mrs. Alice Rose and Katharine Williams. Memorial tributes to mission workers were given by several members.
A clipped listing shows weekly community sale dates at City Feed Yard and Midway Sale Co. in Columbus Junction and nearby towns. Notable entries include closing out sales for Dee, Clarence Johnson, and William Buch with locations described by mile markers and nearby towns.
Pricing for sour cream eggs hens and ducks with weights and unit prices. Includes Sweet Cream No 1 sour cream and No 2 sour cream per pound as well as pullet eggs and various sizes of hens and geese. Also lists price ranges for smooth springs and staggy springs poultry by weight. All prices reflect market rates and weights.
Ainsworth Produce is listed with contact line Phone 9. The snippet shows a terse listing likely from a classifieds page or directory. No additional context or details are provided to confirm location or services.
The grain table shows bid and offer ranges for Wheat Corn Oats and Rye in Chicago with May and July positions. Prices are given in percentages and basis points, reflecting daily fluctuations across grain varieties.
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