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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 02, 1944

Page

7

Family Dinner Honors Grandmother Lowe in East Sunset

Mr and Mrs Lyle Lowe hosted a Sunday family dinner in East Sunset honoring Lyle s grandmother Mrs Lowe who recently celebrated a birthday. Attendees included Clarence Lowe Karl Lowe Cleo Fletcher Don Miller Cleo McCoy and the Craft family of Winfield plus local relatives and guests.

J. A. Raymond East Sunset Lyle Lowe Lyle Lowe Clarence Lowe Karl Lowe Cleo Fletcher Don Miller Cleo McCoy Bert Craft Winfield Duane McArtory Corp. Merideth Bishop Dick Stephens Des Moines Levi Blanchard Robert Doris Washington Maurice Krabil

Many Ask Aid on Their Income Tax in Des Moines

Des Moines reports increased requests for tax return assistance from Internal Revenue Collector E. H. Birmingham. Taxpayers should come prepared with Form W-2 Form 1125 Form 1040ES or 1942 tax return records and income details to speed service. Early help is urged as staff cannot handle all cases in late weeks.

Des Moines Collector of Internal Revenue E. H. Birmingham Collector of Internal Revenue

Chicago markets show hogs steady with slow trading

Hog sales totaled 21 000 with very slow activity and prices led by 200 to 300 pound hogs at 13.75 top. Cattle 13 000 with steady to firm tone for killing classes and calves at 800 with steers up to 17.00. Sheep 7 000 with stronger demand for good Western lambs and fall shorn lambs at 15. Load of common lambs steady near 7.25. Tomorrow’s estimates: hogs 18 000 cattle 5 000 sheep 5 000.

Chicago

Cash grain quotes from Chicago corn futures

Chicago reports cash grain prices with corn: 3 yellow 114 percent, 4 yellow 110 percent, 5 yellow 107 percent.

Chicago

Grain table shows mixed wheat and oats futures in Chicago

The grain report lists open high low and close for wheat and oats with September and May contracts in fractional percentages. Separately, a note mentions the Levi Blanchard house being reoccupied and Harold Littrell attending a relative’s funeral in Columbus Junction.

Chicago Levi Blanchard Harold Littrell Columbus Junction

Community Friday Sales At Whittaker And Nearby Farms

Weekly community sales listed with dates and locations across Iowa towns including Kalona Ainsworth New Haven Washington West Chester Mount Union Muscatine and more. Highlights include public sales 11:30 start near Kalona and 11:00 near Ainsworth plus purebred livestock sales and household goods auctions through February with details on farms and organizers.

Kalona Harvey Gingerich & Son Ainsworth Don Wood New Haven Church W. T. Hobbs Washington Noble Wagner & Wickelberger West Chester Allen Fickling Hampshire Mt. Union Bilmas Brenneman Keb Boyd Stephens South Marion Don Bell Adm Duroe Knotek Bros Timm Timm Farm Muscatine Ward Essley

Chicago Produce Market Report Summary

Chicago receipts show eggs at 13 582 cases with top grades easing. Ex tra firsts 3544 and firsts 34. Current receipts 33 percent and dirties 31 percent with checks 29 percent. Poultry receipts include 1 car and 18 trucks with a firm and unchanged market.

Legionnaires Hear Eastwood Talk on England’s Classes

Members of the Leon Beatty post of the American Legion heard Dr. F. W. Eastwood describe England’s three classes the aristocrats and the middle and lower groups. He noted most army officers come from the aristocratic class and took questions on England and its people.

Leon Beatty The American Legion F. W. Eastwood England Legionaires Eastwood

Cattle Tuberculosis Condemnations Fall Sharply

Veterinarians report cattle condemned for tuberculosis dropped from 40 000 to 50 000 annually to under 2000 in recent years. This decline yields estimated beef and veal savings of about 17 million pounds yearly.

Peters Ebner closing out sale near West Chester draws strong prices

The Peters and Ebner closing out sale near West Chester posted high prices with a milk cow at 13 dollars and 50 cents, shoats at 20 dollars, a team of two-year-old strawberry roan horses at 200 dollars, a five-year cultivator at 301 dollars, hay at 65 cents a bale, corn at 1.02 per bushel, eats at 1.13 per bushel, and Methodist Ladies from West Cheater clear around 80 dollars from lunch profits.

Peters & Ebner West Chester Methodist West Cheater

Bee Colony Winter Stores Compared To Human Diet

Bees require roughly twelve times their body weight in food annually, similar to humans. An adult man weighing 150 to 175 pounds consumes about a ton of food yearly. A ten pound bee colony needs about 60 pounds of honey and four to five combs of pollen stored in the hive to endure winter.

Blood Donations Reach Large Yearly Total

Red Cross blood donations at current annual rate would fill a 50 car train of large railway tank cars with blood over the course of a year.

Red Cross

Community Livestock Sale Notice by Whitaker Sales Co

Good demand for livestock with last week sales strong. Yearling steers heifers and stock cattle wanted. Milk cows sought. Hog demand high with 73 hogs listed and requests for boars and calves. Strong ewe and lamb market. Also 300 white oak posts and assorted furniture listed by Whitaker Sales Co.

Whittaker Sales CO

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