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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1935
Page
7
Chicago markets report HOGS at 19,000 head with 6,000 direct sales. Prices mostly 15 to 25 cents lower. top at 10.10, 140–200 lb hogs 9.85–10.00, 210–250 lb 9.50–9.95, 260–800 lb 9.25–9.80. Cattle 2,500 head, calves 600. Fed steers opening weak, heifers steady, cows unchanged but trade light. Bulls and vealers incomplete.
Whittaker and Son with Mrs Babcock and Mrs Walker conduct a community sale featuring cattle hogs sheep two good Hereford bulls a black bull brood sowes rare antique furniture sea lambs veal calves hides furs. Auctioneers Mecon and Ferguson. Auction Saturday. Chevrolet truck offered. Ship Sunday.
Steady at 6.25 and 11.50 down with few sales dealers up to 12.00. Estimated cattle receipts Saturday 800 and sheep 106 000. market very slow. Early indications steady on slaughter lambs and little change on aged sheep and feeding lambs. Good to choice natives 11.25 to 11.40 with natives 4.50 to 5.00. Estimated Saturday sheep receipts 2,000.
Chicago reports steady markets for eggs butter and poultry with sizable receipts across categories. Potatoes show no trading due to cold with on track arrivals shipments and market activity limited by conditions.
Chicago market notes show No 5 mixed corn at 54 to 54 1/2 cents and No 4 yellow at 55 1/2 to 56 1/2 cents. No 5 white and dawn Dor market figures implied. Receipts tally 72 cars.
Soybean market news from Chicago on December 27 shows No. 2 yellow corn quoted at 9114 per bushel.
A scientist notes that adult butterflies use their feet to taste while exploring how they sense chemicals on surfaces. The finding highlights unique sensory biology in butterflies and may inform broader insect taste mechanisms.
The December 26 sale near Washington drew many late friends despite frigid conditions. Lute Sigafoose, described as about 40 but seeming 50, ran the clerked sale while family and neighbors including Howard Sigafoese and Jean joined. Weather limited travel but buyers and sellers reported satisfaction with results and future sales anticipated under roof.
A historical note recalls Isaac Newton as a baby with a poor start but grown to transform civilization through mathematics. The line hints at a paradoxical view of genius emerging from humble infancy.
The article notes Italy's colonial holdings in northern Africa as a vast but barren empire. It emphasizes economic weakness and limited benefits from overseas territories, highlighting inefficiencies and unsatisfied expectations of imperial expansion.
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