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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1944

Page

7

Notice of Montgomery Ward ads and service offers

Notice lists Montgomery Ward ads for farm supplies chicks from approved flocks, and a sale on appliances and repair services. It mentions Mose Levy contact in Washington and Kalona, and a McDaniel Drug Store offer for a permanent wave kit with equipment and refunds.

Mose Levy Iowa Washington Kalona U. S Montgomery Ward South Side Square McDaniel Drug Store

Farewell Dinner Hosted For Cherryholmes Players

Mr and Mrs Wart Ferguson hosted a cooperative dinner honoring Mr and Mrs L A Cherryholmes as they leave the neighborhood this spring. Guests included Merle Twinam Clair Thimes Griff Davies Robert Wells and the honorees. A gift was presented to Mrs Cherryholmes.

East Sunset Paul Martin Townsend Ainsworth Wayne Ritting Mary Joe P. P. Graber Lyle Lowe Phyllis Mary Joan Clarence Lowe Walter Rich Graber-Martin Eicher Harry Jones Sam Erwin Herbert Rich Robert Blanchard Crawfordsville

Community Friday sales at Whittaker sale barn and others

Weekly closing out sales listed for multiple rural Iowa locations with dates from February 19 to February 26. Items include household goods farm machinery livestock including Hampshire bred sow and duroe gilt, estates and farm cleanouts with sale starts typically midafternoon and led by local auctioneers such as Boyd Stephens, Mrs. Don Bell, Bill Wingler, H. B. Jones, Reo Horak Estate, Knotek Bros. & Timm, and Ward Essley.

South Marion Don Bell Adm S. E Riverside Joe Kupka Bill Wingler Walnut Lane Farm Wapello H. B. Jones Lone Tree Reo Horak Kalona Knotek Bros. & Timm Timm Farm Muscatine Washington Ward Essley

Markets Chicago Hog Cattle and Sheep Report

Chicago markets show hogs 19,000 with mixed bid notes and 200 to 240 pound hogs down up to 10 cents. Cattle 12,000 with calves 800. yearlings steady, most weak. Slaughter lambs very active, 7,000 with higher trend. good western lambs 16.50 to 16.60, top 16.60. Tomorrow’s estimates: hogs 19,000 cattle 5,000 sheep 5,000 to shippers.

Chicago

Chicago Produce Market Briefing

San 1601 reports Chicago produce receipts with 13 849 cases for eggs and poultry. Market shows weakness for extra firsts and firsts while current receipts rise about three percent. trucks show no cars and market remains firm amid limited movement.

Chicago San

Grain table and social notes from Ames

Grain table from Chicago shows Wheat Oats Rye values for Sep May and Dec contracts with open high low close figures. Local social notes list visits and illnesses including Wellman family, Graber family, and neighbors in Ames area.

Chicago

Allies claim first round in Anzio beachhead

Gen Sir Howard Alexander said the allies won the first round at Anzio and will push into the second as German reinforcements regroup. He dismissed Dunkirk comparisons and warned the second phase is under way, with victory near.

Anzio Italy Howard R. L. G. Alexander Rome Dunkirk Alexander

Brewers Yeast Waste Tops Fifty Percent Discarded

The article notes that about 30 million pounds of surplus brewers yeast are produced annually in the United States. Only three to four million pounds are debittered for the pharmaceutical trade, eight to nine million pounds are fed to livestock, and the remainder, more than half, is wasted into sewers.

United States

Outdoor movie camps light up remote shores

Most marine camps outside combat zones in the South Pacific show outdoor films. Seats are often laid out along hillside slopes, creating a natural amphitheater for evening entertainment.

South Pacific

Fall Pasture Key for Suckling Pigs to Grow

Agronomists urge lush pasture for suckling pigs to ensure successful growth and fattening in dry winter lots. They stress pasture access is crucial if animals receive little or no animal protein.

Obituary Joseph Liska Dies at 58 in Riverside Area

Joseph Liska aged 58 born August 17 1885 died February 8 at his Riverside area home. Survived by wife three daughters Mrs Anna Lantz Riverside Mrs Emma Felaman near West Liberty Mrs Rosa Jondle Iowa City one son Pvt John I Liske stationed in England two sisters Mrs Edward Lukavsky near Washington Mrs Wm Hort West Liberty. Funeral Thursday at Riverside Methodist Church conducted by Rev Stuart C Peterson with music by Mrs John Edward Tener Mrs Cloyd Whitlock and Mrs Jay Marner singing Nearer My God to Thee and Going Down the Valley flower girls Bernadine Soukup Deloras Horak pallbearers neighbors Edward Hora John R Horak Joseph Soukup James Beran.

Joseph Liska John Anna Soukup Liska Riverside Anna Lantz Emma Felaman West Liberty Rosa Jondle Iowa City Pvt John I. Liske England Edward Lukavsky Washington Wm. Hort Riverside Methodist Church Stuart ¢. Peterson John Edward Tener Cloyd Whitlock Jay Marner God Bernadine Soukup Deloras Horak Edward Hora John R. Horak Joseph Soukup James Beran

Burial Note References Novy Family at Riverside Cemetery

Fragments indicate Frank Novy and Otto Novy are named in a burial notice with burial taking place in Riverside Cemetery. The readable text confirms a cemetery service context for the Novy family.

K, Frank Novy Otto Novy Riverside

Aegean Islands Offer Scenic Climate and Greek Industry

The mountainous Aegean islands draw peacetime tourists with their scenery and healthy climate. Their fertile lands yield olives figs grapes oranges and lemons while sponge gathering stands as the distinctive Greek industry for the population.

Aegean

Alaska Transfer to United States in 1867

The formal transfer of Alaska to the United States followed its 1867 purchase from Russia for 7.2 million dollars. The event marked Alaska becoming a U.S. territory under the terms of the sale.

Alaska United States Russia

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Civil Service U. S. Employment Service Lay C. L. Jennings New London K. _A. Mathers, Haskins North Side Cafe Harold Durst Edward Wolfe Call Joe Line Inquire Journal John Stout West Chester Fanted Warner & Bristow Martin's Modern Cleaners John Deere Reno Crull G. N White Smosk Eclipse Lumber Company Carson Plumbing & Heating Kawlbeigh C. G. Picken Phope R. W. Hyde Farrow Little’s Furniture CELLO Oliver Clara Eichelberger N. Iana J. RB Washington Oil Company Bordwell Pittsburgh Pioneer Drug Store John Zieglowsky Briggs & Stratton Engine East Porter Elevator Nicola W. Wayne Limerman Eelipse Lumber Company Busby Mfg. Company Office of Quartermaster General Washington Co. Nat. Farm Loan Assn Jeffrey Building Ramseyer Ramseyer’s Hatchery East Washington the Evening Journal Montgomery Ward & Company L. H. Orr Land Co AETNA ORR Land Company Washington, Iowa Cherryholmes J. A. Raymond Journal Whittaker Sale Pen Boyd Stephens Sale Sidney Smith South Wayland Shrock George J. Breitenbach Chicago Livestock Dec May Levi Blanchard Doris Max Owen Joe Rich O Ae P. J. Graber Lester Krabill Ernest Clark Ames Baby New Hampshire Reister Aprilia Sessano Cisterna-Littoria Cisterna 5Th Army Geo. L. M’daniel Delco Dewey Stephens, Jr For Stores IL. O. P U.S. Employment Service Kalona, Ta Victor Malichky Aegean Islands J. H. Speas & Son Kalona, Lowa Stewart Auto & Tractor Shop Walnut A. Om RED Duke H. B. Klotz & Duncan, Audts Perms CASH Jones Columbus Jet State Bank Hanftt Harold C. Timm Highway 22 Knotek Bros Guy L. Pettit J. W. Chandler Washington State Bank
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