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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1939
Page
7
A sequence of sale announcements lists J. E. Wells estate closing out in Dublin on Feb 16 and Bert Cray Riverside closing out on Feb 23. Midway Sale Co. of Columbus Junction runs sales every Wednesday and a Community Sale every Friday.
Prices paid Thursday for dairy and poultry show sweet cream at 25 cents per pound, No 1 sour cream 2 1/2 cents per pound, No 2 sour cream 1 cent, Hennery eggs brown 14 cents a dozen, Hennery white eggs 14 cents a dozen, No 2 eggs 19 cents a dozen. Delivery price 5/6 cent per pound. No 2 poultry includes stooked breasts, bare backs, water on breasts a cough at prime. All cull poultry rejected.
Chicago markets report hogs at 8,000 head with prices up 15 to 26 cents. top at 8.10 with good weights 7.90 to 8.10. Cattle and calves show strength with steers and yearlings up 10 to 15 cents, top 13.50 for heavy steers. calves 10.00 to 11.50. Sheep slow with lambs 15 to 25 cents lower. best 9.00. Estimated total tomorrow cattle 6,000 hogs 13,000 sheep 13,000.
Chicago produce notes a steady Butler Market with receipts of 987 298 gross lbs and various grade ranges for extras and firsts. Eggs market remains firm with 12 103 cases and fresh graded firsts and current receipts, while poultry stays steady to easier with truck receipts and ranges for ducks geese hens leghorn hens spring chickens roosters and broilers and turkeys at noted percentages.
Chicago Feb grain table lists Wheat May to Sept trading near 68% and 69% highs, Corn May 29% to 50% and 60% in July and Sept, Oats May 28% with regional cash readings for various yellow and white lots, Rye May 45% and July 18% with inconsistent figures, Soybeans marked by yellow readings, and mixed corn receipts at 49. The cash grain section notes diverse lots and grades across Corn, Oats, Soybeans with regional color labels and price ranges.
Mayor Max Conrad invites Secretary of Commerce Harry Hopkins to Burlington to view the new Memorial auditorium during his Des Moines stop for the address on February 24 or on the return trip to Washington. The auditorium was approved as a WIA project during Hopkins's tenure as WIA administrator.
Luverne report notes Marnius Habern will quit farm life on March 1 after thirty years on the same property. Habern has never married. His mother Anna Hansen and Lisa widow have cared for the home plantings and a small chicken flock during his years on the farm.
A white pagoda housing a hair relic of Wen Shu Pusa stands as the standout structure among 150 monasteries and temples on Wu Tai Shan, one of China's sacred mountains.
In a remote cabin on Bear Creek the bandit gang invaded Warren Samuels and Bill Wiggin with threats echoing a bank robbery earlier that day. Warren confessed no gold existed, as Wiggin admitted stealing the loot from the robber and stashing it in his saddlebag. The gang fled after Hadley and his posse recovered the gold.
Scientists report in Journal of the Optical Society that temperatures eight to thirty five miles above Earth reach minus two degrees Fahrenheit. Measurements use brightness of zenith sky an hour after sunset and an hour before sunrise. Dr E D of the United States Naval Research Laboratory leads the study.
Flowers placed in water with dye hues absorb color and change within about 12 hours.
A New York man reads a plea for return of one hundred dollars in five dollar gold pieces in a chamois bag. Tom Blake finds the bag, returns it to Virginia Vail, and the couple, who marry later, learn their shared generosity deepens their relationship.
Brighton reports eight year old Lester Farrier injured when he ran into a slowly moving car on main street. The driver stopped to ask directions as the boy dashed into his path. He suffered a badly sprained leg and a cut. the driver was absolved of blame as the accident was deemed unavoidable. The lad received attention from a nearby doctor.
Quoted proverb fragment notes that a man should first guard against his own reproaches before fearing worldly judgment, attributed to Addison.
Legislators protested Gov. W Lee O Daniel's choice Elster M Haile saying he is not a Texas resident but a Kansas landowner with property in both states. The dispute centers on Haile's residency status and eligibility for the Texas post.
Mr. and Mrs. James Shatia marked their dad wedding anniversary with a quilting gathering at their home. A group of women attended including Mrs. Ben Miller Mrs. Zook and others. Mrs. Clara Fisher hosted the Four Seat Clover club with needle work and a luncheon.
Robert Hartwell, Coast Guard cutter crewman, is recovering in Cheboygan Michigan after surviving two days stranded in Lake Michigan ice. He and others walked 25 miles over the ice to safety, marking a harrowing rescue.
Whittaker & Son managers invite participation in a Friday community sale starting at 1 o clock. Readied stock includes 40 cows and milk cows, white face steers and heifers, calves, three bulls including an extra good white face, hogs and shoats, sows with pigs, a Hampshire boar, 12 horses, 5000 feet of pine lumber and white oak posts, hedge, furniture and stoves. Bring your stock and materials early. buyers expected.
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