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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 19, 1940

Page

7

Kruger and Stewart Families Attend Nearby Games

Dr and Mrs J W Kruger of Sigourney spent Sunday evening with C B Clark in Washington. Mr and Mrs George Stewart visited Monmouth Saturday to watch their son Clinton play center for the Monmouth freshman basketball team against Knox. Monmouth lost a close game. Scot and Augie freshmen teams had been defeated earlier. Stewart shows promise for the varsity squad next year.

Mrs. J. W. Kruger of Sigourney C. BE. Clark Home Washington George Stewart Monmouth Clinton Knox Scot Augustana Stewart

Cochran Family Visits Bridge With Mrs Dill Relatives

Mr and Mrs Joe Cochran and their children visited yesterday at the bridge with Mrs Cochran s father John Sharp and Mrs Mary Moore who has been at the A B Dill home taking care of Mrs Dill was called to

Joe Cochran Mary Moore A. B. Dill Dill

Closing out sales listed for February across several towns

Journal sale dates and locations show multiple closing out sales in February. Entries include Lewis Ebner near Alneworth. Le Roy Williams north of Fairfield. terbach household goods sale at 208 West Second. Bad Kallous north of Washington. D. W. Ling near Haskins. Maurice Meyer northwest on route 4. J. C. Huston Crawfordsville area. and John E. F. Adams near Aineworth. Each sale has its own date in February and starting times noted.

Midway Sale Co Columbus Junction City Lewis Ebner Publc Alneworth Leroy Williams Fairfield Terbach West Second Bad Kallous Washington D. W. Ling Haskins Maurice Meyer J. C. Huston S.m Crawfordsville Wyman John EF. Adams Aineworth

Chicago Cash Corn Market Report

Chicago cash grain prices show mixed results for February 19 with corn bids ranging from 59 to 66% for mixed and yellow kernels and oats quoted from 39 to 44% for samples and whites.

Chicago

Inter Faith Brotherhood Day Observed in Mason City

Several hundred people attended Mason Citys Inter Faith Brotherhood Day at the high school auditorium. Speakers included Dr Roy C Helfenstein Father Carl Kurt and Rabbi Nathan Levinson. The event was sponsored by the Mason City Ministerial association.

Mason City Roy C. Helfenstein First Congregational Church Carl Kurt St. Joseph's Catholic Church Nathan Levinson

High Lake Planned on Blue Ridge Parkway Near Standing Indian

A lake nearly 5,000 feet high is planned on the Blue Ridge parkway near Standing Indian mountain in North Carolina. It will be the highest lake in eastern America providing cold mountain swimming and recreation.

Blue Ridge Parkway Standing Indian Mountain North Carolina America

Bath spell led to name of Britain’s knighthood

The Knights of the Bath received their title from a ritual involving an all over bath, a defining element cited as the origin of the honor’s name in historical accounts.

Britain

Dinner with the Rathburns Ends in Quiet Reverie

A stranded traveler visits old college friends in a western city and encounters Nancy Rathburn, wife of Rev George Rathburn. Conversation centers on a distinctive ring linked to a wartime memory, prompting a tense flash of emotion before the guest withdraws at eight forty. Nancy whispers a final farewell, thanking him as a friend.

Lia Tom Jerry Bosworth Judy Judith Bosworth Judith Judie Nancy Rathburn Rector George Rathburn Mrs. Rathburn Old Man Tommy Lad Tommy Nannie

Proxy Bride Learns Husband's Death After Voyage

A 23 year old proxy bride traveling from Hongkong to Liverpool learns her husband Wong Chin, aged 52, is dead before meeting him. Sent by friends who arranged the proxy marriage, she discovers his illness and death only as she steps ashore, highlighting a lonely gendered pursuit across 9000 miles.

Wong Chin Hongkong Liverpool Wong

Norsemen Discover New World Amid 1000 Crisis

In 1000, as Europeans feared doom, Norse explorers reached a new land named 4 rica. The event marks a pivotal moment in early exploration with bold voyage and cultural encounter on distant shores.

Rica

Market report for hogs cattle sheep and calves

Hogs 20 000 220 lb and down mostly steady heavier butchers steady to 10 cents lower. Top 5.65 180 220 lbs 6.35 to 6.60 220 240 lbs 5.20 to 5.60 240 270 lbs 4.90 to 5.30 270 320 lbs 4.75 to 5.00 400 550 lbs packing sows 4.16 to 4.50 light weights to 4.55. Cattle 12 000 calves 1 add market strong to 25 cents higher at 10.00 and up. Helfers steady cows steady beef offerings firm to shade higher canners and cutters cows scarce bulls 10 to 15 cents higher feeders steady stock cattle scarce 10.00 up to 11.00 and better for fed steers best light offerings long yearlings 12.00 weighty steers up to 11.25 common and medium 7.25 to 8.50 light heifers 9.25 cutter cows to 5.25 beef cows 5.75 to 6.25 vealers 10.00 to 11.00. Sheep 11 900 fat lambs in fair demand undertone steady initial bids 9.15 to 9.25 numerous sloads held 9.40 and above shorn lambs 8.00 sheep steady slaughter cattle to 5.00. Intimated receipts for tomorrow. Cattle 8 000 hogs 21 000 sheep 6 000.

Chicago Grain Table Highlights Open High Low and Close

Chicago grain table from February 18 shows Wheat May to Sep with small gains and declines, Corn May through Sept mostly steady around mid fiftys, Oats May July and Sept around forty to forty-one and Rye May July Sept near sixty-eight to sixty-nine.

Chicago

Chicago Produce Market Report Feb 19

Eggs market easy with receipts 8 416 cases and grade splits listed. Poultry market steady to strong with mixed receipts including 1 car and 12 trucks and varied prices for ducks geese hens leghorn hens spring chickens broilers and turkeys. Notable visitors and shoppers include J E Adams Ainsworth Mrs J K Dunn Wyman Dorothy Ellison Ainsworth and Mrs Earl Munson Crawfordsville.

Chicago J. K. Dunn Wyman Dorothy Ellison Ainsworth Earl Munson Crawfordsville

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