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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1936
Page
7
A festive item recalls a December day of Christmas trading in many towns. Readers list names of local families and residents who visited shops and shared greetings, noting a speech for a No. 4 school program and a trip to Excelsior Springs for treatment.
Crawfordsville reader Joe Schlatter became a new subscriber to the Evening Journal while J. W. Peifer of Valley visited on a Saturday. The piece reflects a town audience and brief social shorthand from a newspaper page.
A brief classified ad from Eclipse Lumber Company promotes glass for back porches with contact phone 71 and a street or listing at 2653 Dec May July, indicating an interior home improvement offer.
The drill is native to the Gold Coast of Africa. It is smaller and less colorful than the mandrill. The drill is a vegetarian and spends most of its life on the ground, an awkward climber with formidable teeth.
The term Storm and Stress marks a phase of intense intellectual upheaval in Germany when authors asserted freedom from artificial literary constraints. It derives its name from Kl inger whose dramas and novels capture the era's fervor.
A reader notes a transfer of a daughter from Iowa City to Washington hospital and thanks Ernie Meeks of Crawfordsville for his father's Journal subscription. Ainsworth's Pat Moberly predicts a mild winter with scarce fruit nuts and hedge balls. fewer nuts stored by squirrels.
Customers debate tea or coffee as manager dismisses the claim of wood alcohol taste while noting gasoline-like coffee at the shop. The item lists residents from Ainsworth and Wellston along with daily subscriptions and holiday greetings.
A sick farmer quizzes relatives on dairy output with figures of ten gallons milk nine skimmed and three cream daily. A joke about a useless paper-weight device follows. Washington traders Patterson and James visit Wellman. A joke exchange with Miss Dale about Sunday plans ends with a prompt for Monday.
A dialect passage shows Dinah praising her husband as a good provider but expresses fear that a Black person will be caught or accused, reflecting racial tension and anxieties within the scene.
A Chicago report lists mixed and yellow car classifications with numbers and ranges including No 3 mixed 110 and No 2 yellow figures, ending with an estimated total around 246 cars or units.
Chicago markets report 28 000 hogs sold including 7 500 direct with prices 10 to 15 cents higher on top at 10.25 for 190 280 lb hogs and 9.65 to 9.85 for sows. Cattle quoted 14 000 head with beef steers 10.00 to 12.50, cows 4.25 to 7.26, calves 5.00 to 11.00. Sheep 9 000 head, lambs 8.50 to 9.00, yearlings 6.00 to 8.00. Estimated tomorrow receipts include cattle 9 000 hogs 338 000 sheep 10 000.
Chicago markets show eggs steady with receipts 5075 cases and varied quality grades. Butter remains steady with 6408 receipts and mixed grade breakdowns. Poultry market strong with receipts 38 times and ranges for fowls broilers and turkeys. Potatoes on track with arrivals 124 and shipments 554.
Community sale every Friday at City Feed Yard with Midway Sale Co. Also Wednesday sales in Columbus Junction featuring closing out lots. Listings show Dec 22 sale for William Isuch, Jan 7 horse sale by Magde frau Bros in Wayland, Jan 14 Colton Bros closing out sale near Haskins. Auction sites along gravel roads north-northwest of Columbus Junction.
Prices paid Tuesday show a range of dairy and poultry items including No. 1 Sour Cream at 33c, No. 2 Sour Cream at 31c, Hennery Brown Eggs 25c per dozen, Hennery White Eggs 25c per dozen, and various poultry weights and types such as Leghorn Springs and Ducks listed with small cent-per-pound figures across multiple categories.
A Chicago grain table shows price ranges for wheat corn oats and rye with opening high low and close figures and percent changes. The data includes monthly and year ago comparisons for May July and other periods with percentages indicating market movement.
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