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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1939

Page

5

Daylight Grove Social Notes Highlight Local Visits

Mrs J B Moore reports Stephens family from near Ainsworth visited the Robert Stephens home. Harold Timmins and Don Marah sawed wood earlier in the week. Everitt Denison Cedar township assessor worked in the area. Mr and Mrs Koch of Keota called on the Moores. Mrs Moore has been ill but gradually improving. Neighbors offered aid and thanks were extended for the kindness.

J. B. Moore Dayton Grove Stephens Ainsworth Robert Stephens Harold Timmins Don Marah Everitt Denison Cedar Township Koch Keota Ulaik

Chicago Markets Hog and Cattle Prices Stated

Chicago markets show hogs 14,000 head with prices mostly 10 to 20 cents lower. top 7.90 for 160 to 220 pound hogs. Cattle 6,000 with calves 1,000. yearlings and light steers steady to strong at 8.50 to 11.00. several loads of heifers 9.25 down to 8.00. beef cows weak 6.00 to 7.00. Sheep 6,000 with fat lambs steady. good to choice lambs 8.75 to 9.25. fed western ewes 4.85 to 5.00. Estimated receipts tomorrow: cattle 8,000. hogs 14,000. sheep 7,000.

Chicago Livestock Chicago

Chicago Produce Market Steady On Receipts And Grading

Chicago February 7 market report shows produce and poultry sections steady. Produce receipts total 1 038 674 gross lbs with unchanged quotations. freeh graded firsts and extra firsts each 16 percent, current receipts 16 percent, dirtles 14 percent. Poultry receipts include 1 car and 36 trucks with geese 14 percent and spring chickens 16 to 21 percent, others unchanged.

Chicago

Chicago Grain Table and Funeral Notices

Grain table from Chicago shows mixed futures with wheat corn oats and rye movements and cash grain quotes. Funeral services for Hayes Crayton held at A M church with pallbearers and Masonic rites at the grave beside burial in Grove cemetery.

Chicago COUN Hayes

Palmquist refiles 5000 dollar damage suit against highway patrolmen

Palmquist refiled a 5000 dollar damage suit against two highway patrolmen after a November arrest for driving while intoxicated. Defendants Hedum and Joe Dixon are named. Palmquist, convicted by a Bedford district court jury, had until March 1 to appeal. The complaint claims officers forced him into a patrol car before a heater, causing facial redness and swelling.

RED Oak Carl Palmquis Villisen Palmquist

First Spot Sun Shines on Mount Katahdin

A claim notes Mount Katahdin in Maine as the first U S sunrise point, citing it as the state's highest peak and Maine the easternmost state in the Union.

Mount Katahdin Maine United States The Union

News Notes of Our Neighboring Communities

Journal Subscription Representative D. F. Macon compiles brief items from nearby areas. Notes cover local happenings, announcements, and community updates drawn from neighboring towns and civic groups.

Local sale reports and community notes sweep Riverside to Crawfordsville

February Journal item catalogs multiple sales near Riverside and Crawfordsville with buyers like Otha Huber and Clint and Donald Schul s of Crawfordaville. Readers are urged to check February 9 listings for Jon Carter sale details and prices, plus light verse and local anecdotes about weather, meals, and daily life.

Otha Huber Jon Carter Joe

Fire destroys brooder. about 500 chicks die

Riverside February 6. Saturday morning about 106 o'clock the Linwood Heck farm three miles southeast of Riverside was struck by a fire that damaged the brooder house. Fire started under a stove and spread through floor and straw. five hundred or more chicks under ten days old were smothered. Neighbor alarm and local firemen saved the building.

Riverside Riverside Fire Company Linwood Heck Fuller Brush Company Heck

Crawfordsville Residents Attend Mrs Kaiser Lecture Night

Several Crawfordsville residents heard Mrs Kaiser speak on Friday night. The event drew attendees including Mr and Mrs Robert Kowell and Miss Elizabeth Davin Jr. Also noted were visits by Mr and Mrs Merle White of Cedar Rapids and recovery news on Mrs M. ledger after recent surgery in Des Moines.

Mary Manner Crawfords Frebert Washinston Margarete Kaiser Ges Simey Wee Rey N. PF. Chapman Robert Kowell F. L. Contey Georgian Jams Oli Moore Frnest Jones Ot Johnston Elizabeth Davin, Jr Howard Anderso Lee Honma Merle White Cedar Rapids Mere Harry White M. Ledger Methodist Hospital Des Moines Charles Coxgochall

Alnaworth Methodist Pastor Preaches at Special Meeting

Jor of the Alnaworth Methodist church delivered a splendid sermon Friday night during the special meetings held jointly with the United Presbyterian church.

Jor Alnaworth

Bald Eagle Symbol of Power Through Ages

The bald eagle stands as a long standing emblem of strength and authority, tracing its symbolic prominence from ancient Rome to modern times. Its regal presence has long inspired admiration and national reverence among peoples.

Local moves and visits noted in Cedar Falls area

Mr and Mrs C W Long Jr move from 110 East Monroe to 314 West Madison where the Oral Mayo family lived. Mr and Mrs Myron Salladay weekend in Iowa City with Mr and Mrs Ivan Shaffer. Mrs George H Bailey of Flint Michigan visits son Henry J Bailey and family. Mr and Mrs J Billitt Grayson relocate to Cedar Falls where Grayson joins Cedar Falls Record staff. Grayson was previously with Greene newspaper. Mrs Grayson Elsie Minick improving after months of ill health.

C. W. Long, Jr East Monroe Street West Madison Street Oral Mayo Myron Salladay Iowa City Ivan Shaffer George H. Bailey Flint, Mich Henry J. Bailey J. Billitt Grayson Cedar Falls Grayson

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