Farm and auction listings for Washington County area sales
A sequence of public sale notices lists farms and livestock auctions around Washington County. Entries include Duroe bred sow sale near Washington, Coppock and Coppock area closings, and multiple households and horse sales with dates from February 6 to February 27. Additional sites mention public sales near Wellman, Wayland, and Crawfordsville with times mostly starting in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midway Sale Co
Columbus Junction
City Feet
Duroe
Knotek Bros
Washington
Robert C
Wells & Son
Ainsworth
Riverside
Coppock
August Pehler
East Madison
John White
Crawfordsville
Martin& Gingerich
Wellman
West Chester
Walter Duvall
Courtney
S. W
Wayland
City Feed Yard
Lance Mottet
Gracehill
Lewis Pbner
Naworth
J. C. Huston
Crawfords Bed
John B. Adams
Alusworth
For Sale Farm Lots and Livestock Listed at Local Store
Auction style notice lists dozens of buff hens and roosters for sale with Fairfield farm properties and parcels around 80 to 240 acres. Includes prices, down payments, and near-term possession notes. Also promotes McCormick-Deering equipment and Barn Plan Book with ordering and phone contact. Fred L. Stewart Hardware advertises phonograph recordings starting at $1.00 at Sorden's Music Shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louden
Fred L. Stewart
Honor Birthdays of Three Members of Harvey Family
Birthday dinner guests and celebrations across the Harvey locale. Clayton Nicholson Kenneth Patterson and Julia Ann Harvey mark birthdays. Local families including Patterson, Nicholson, Daering, Pacitt, Shebeck and Warnock share meals and well wishes as health notes mention recovery from colds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey
Tommy Harvey
John Patterson
Clayton Nicholson
Larry
Duane Daering
Kenneth Patterson
Julia Ann Harvey
Arthur Pacitt
Ottumwa
Howard Baker
Alvin Shebeck
Joan
Will Lancer
Alvin
Johny Shebeck
Myrla Stephens
John Warnock
James Brooks
Albert Lay
Paul Maver
Emerson Maplethorp
Francis McConnell
Boyd White
White
McConnell
H. J. Brenneman
Ellen Buser
Swedesburg
Ted Ross
Mrs. Baker
Mrs. Ross
Chicago Markets Live Stock Report
Chicago markets show hogs 21,000 head and cattle 12,000 with steady to lower tone. Hogs top 56.65 with typical 180 to 240 pound ranges 5.35 to 5.60 and 240 to 270 pounds 5.15 to 5.30. Cattle strong for select steers and yearlings around 10.00 to 12.25 plus limited demand for heifers and cows. Sheep steady with fat lambs 9.10 to 9.26 and native slaughter 4.25 to 4.75. Estimated tomorrow: cattle 7,000 hogs 22,000 sheep 9,000.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Chicago Grain Table from Chicago Web May July Sept Wheat Corn Oats Rye
Grain table shows high low close figures for May July and Sept contracts across wheat corn oats and rye. Notable values include Wheat May close at .97% and Sept at .93% and Corn May at 65.86% with July around 54% to 55%. Oats May around .38% with Sept at .31% Rye May around .64% to .65% with Sept at .65%
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Chicago
Opera
Chicago Cash Grain Prices Mixed Across Corn Oats and Beans
Chicago cash grain markets show mixed quotations with corn ranging from 57% to 62% for various lots, oats from 36% to 42% for samples, and soybeans at 1024 for yellow beans. The report lists several color categories and sample sizes reflecting inconsistent buyer bids.
Brighton Community Notes Update From February
Bernard Singleton works at the DX filling station in Brighton. Dave Wentworth returns after a week or two of injuries from a fall on ice. Dick Hoskins visits home with friend Ann Heighfield. Mrs Leland Horton suffers flu while American Legion Auxiliary meets. Bills Walton in serious condition after a stroke. Cecil Myers recovers from flu. Frank Switzer and family move to town to run the DX station. Swisher family reports Texas trip for daughters with mild weather and frozen flowers from last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhua Helmick
Brighton
Bernard Singleton
Dave Wentworth
Dick Hoskins
Ann Heighfield
Leland Horton
American Legion Auxiliary
H. C. Messer
Washington
Bills Walton
Brichton
Ray
Cecil Myers
Brown- Lynch-Secott Company
Frank Switzer
Fairfield
F. M. Swisher
Huston
Texas
Valentine to Quit Post to Run for Governor
Des Moines reports Iowa Democratic leaders in Washington reached an understanding that Federal District Attorney John K. Valentine will seek the Democratic nomination for governor. Valentine conferred with Senator Clyde L. Herring and other party officials before returning to Iowa.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Washington
D. C
John K. Valentine
Valentine
Clyde L. Herring
John Mitchell
Richard Mitchell
State Supreme Court
Edward H. Birmingham
Autographed Royal Photograph Donated to St John Hall
Mayor D L MacLaren presented the city of St John New Brunswick with an autographed photograph of the king and queen. It was given during the royals’ visit to the city and will hang permanently in city hall.
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D. L. MacLaren
St. John
N. B
City Hall
Chicago Produce Market Report Highlights Fresh Prices and Receipts
Chicago market update shows overall firm receipts totaling 6 516 cases with fresh firsts at 22 percent and extra firsts at 29 percent. Current receipts 22 percent, dirties 19 percent, and bheeks 18 percent. Poultry figures list ducks geese hens and various poultry items with percent changes and prices noted across trucks and car lots.
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Chicago
Prices Paid Tuesday Creamery Bid Listings
Readable fragments show prices paid for cream and sour cream at a local dairy market. Mentions quantities such as dozen and half-gallon sizes with per unit values. Includes vendor or farm references and dated pricing notes from a rural area.
Kirksville Visitors Highlight Local Weekender
Local notes list Mr. and Mrs. Tom Martin of Kirksville Missouri visiting his mother Mrs. Wanda Bowden. Mae Crone returns to Kewanee Illinois after weekend at Ed Davis home near Haskins. Guests include Lillian Crone Mason City and many relatives and friends from Idaho Falls Wellman and Kansas City. Mrs. Stapp is hospitalized for major surgery Wednesday.
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Tom Martin
Kirksville, Mo
Wanda Bowden
Mae Crone
Kewanee
Ill
Ed Davis
Haskins
Davis
Lillian Crone
Mason City
Sherd Wilson
Idaho Falls
Ida
Cora Davis
al Crone
Harry Watkins
Wayne Norman
Wilson
Ed Mavis
Frank Arthur
Wellman
Kansas City
Milton Stapp
Stapp
Ainsworth notes visits and funeral in area
Earl Wood visited Des Moines business, Wilma Freelong Thompson and her daughter stay with J. E. Freeland family in Iowa Falls. Rev. W. H. Hemphill conducted funeral services in Red Oak. Latimer Davis Eva Blankenhorn Gladys Evans and Margaret Mahin attended the Eastern Star school of Instructions in Muscatine.
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Ruth Norris
Ainsworth
Earl Wood
Des Moines
Wilma Freelong Thompson
Iowa Falls
J. E. Freeland
W. H. Hemphill
Red Oak
Latimer Davis
Eva Blankenhorn
Gladys Evans
Margaret Mahin
Eastern Star School of Instructions
Muscatine
Spelling Contest Winners Named in Marion Township
Shiloh district reports the Marion township spelling contest held at Shiloh school. Participants from Eureka Gray Franklin Pleasant Ridge and Shiloh placed in two divisions with winners including Evelyn Givens and Helen Givens in the upper and lower divisions respectively, plus other top scorers from Gray and Franklin.
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Marion Township
H. J. Schoonover
Shiloh
Eureka
Gray
Franklin
Pleasant Ridge
Helen Givens
Gray School
Elanore Snider
Donald Davison
Evelyn Givens
Darlene Schantz
Viola Christner
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Washington Rest Home
E. Madison
Sitter
Tooman Harness Shop
A.N.B
G.A. Waygreen
East
Madison
South 2Nd
S&s. CC
Wittmer
Havr
Goodyear
Brown
J. M. Severtson Company
W. Randolph St
Moore
Young Hamp- Shire
Farrow Soon
Fir Jackson
Square
South
Marion
Edgar Oetjen
Dexter
W. F. Flynn
Washington Oil Company
East 2Nd
Goer
Roy Geret
New Hampshire
Karl Smith
Gola Seal and Armstrong
Sargent
Wolfe Hatchery
Sargent & Company
Thomas
Journal
Journal Office
the Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Yours Truly
Mas
Ft. i
Lowa
U. K
Clapper
Geo. J. Breitenbach
Illinois
Wilson Coal Co
Sale -Goop Ali
B. E. McCreedy
Monarch
W. H. McConnell
Ben Coppock
Russell Smith
Bonaparte
McCormick-Deering
Smart & Parrish
Eveready
Green Colonial
Green Foundry & Furnace Works
J. A. Marsh
Globe Beauty Shop
John Deere
Farmer's Implement Store
Sorden
Chicago Grain Table
Reister’s Markets
Reister Bros
Sitler’s
Tooman
Colorado
Kansas
Hereford
R. F. Smylie
MGR
Iowa Southern Utilities
Tam
Jersey
Farrow
Hampshire
Stampshire
Poland
Ford
Hayes
Stover
Deering
Concord
Timothy
Alsike
D. . Brombach Estate
Walter E. Duvall
Charlie Brown
Harry Dusenberry
Merry Mixer Club
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