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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1935
Page
7
Markets note hogs 12 000 head including 4 direct with light weights strong, heavy hogs 10 cents lower, extreme top 19 65, bulk 9 50 to 9 60. Most sows 8 25 to 8 60. Cattle 3 000, calves 500. Trade steady with uneven week advance. common steers 8 down to 6 50, select lots and shipper runs at 10 50 and higher, choice medium and heavy steers 13 50.
August Petersen of Andover Iowa says OCCO Mineral Compound improves hog growth and health while reducing corn use. He notes it supports bone and muscle, stimulates appetite, digestion, and overall vitality. The same product aids poultry in egg production and laying longevity with local OCCO service agents available.
Closing out and hog sale notices dated December to January list buyers and locations: Mrs. John Campbell near Washington, Grover C. Walton near Washington, E. R. Lins near Ainsworth, Brooks farm near Washington, H A Woodford near Brighton, F A Woodford west of Dec, John Krause near Havre and Crawfordsville, Martha Launderman farm near Washington, John Speidel near Washington. Community sale every Saturday at City Feed Yard and Midway Sale Co. Columbus with weekly Wednesday function.
The report shows killing classes unchanged and stockers and feeders fully steady. Estimated cattle receipts for Saturday are 600 while sheep receipts total 11 000 and lambs start slow with prices around steady and aged sheep firm. Feeding lambs remain scarce and estimated sheep receipts for Saturday are 2 000.
Chicago market notes for eggs butter and poultry show steady trends. Egg receipts reach 3 746 cases with mixed grades. butter receipts 7 928 pounds with high extras and firsts. poultry receipts list truck counts and bird types including turkeys springers and leghorns.
Chicago market report shows No 6 mixed 61 to 53 percent, No 4 yellow 55, No 5 yellow 51 to 54, No 4 white 57, No 5 white 64 to 55 percent. Receipts total four carloads.
Market notes show No. 2 yellow at 91, No. 3 yellow at 89, and No. 4 yellow at 86 percent.
The first railroad picture stamp printed by the United States was the Scent blue of 1860. Other scenes include the Scent violet brown of 1898 with troops guarding a train on the prairie and the Scent carmine and Slack of the Pan American issue of 1901 showing the Empire State Express at full speed.
The item notes a cold December day at a busy sale in Homestead Farm Kalona with crowds of men and a double dinner. Mentions Harry Dusenberry and Farr y Anderson as standout workers, Calf club show plans, gratitude to subscribers, and a list of upcoming auctions and local favors.
Prices paid Friday for farm products listing sweet cream sour cream eggs various sizes and types. Entries include heavy hens leghorn hens and spring chickens by weight with per pound and per dozen figures. The ad reflects a rural market snapshot with poultry dairy and egg prices.
A fragment shows the bride resisting abrupt changes to her girlhood, while the bridegroom suggests continuing allowances from her father as if nothing has changed. The dialogue hints at traditional gender roles and control within a marriage.
The term dynasty has two common pronunciations: dalnastl favored in American usage and din'as t favored in British usage. Historical lexicographers split over the preferred form, with earlier Britons and later scholars contributing divergent readings.
The Calask Skyway, opened Thanksgiving 1032, is the world’s costliest road. The raised span is three miles long costing 21 million dollars with approaches at 19 million. At 30 feet wide it could hold five lanes and serves about 20 million vehicles yearly, spanning the Hackensack and Passaic rivers and New Jersey meadows.
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