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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1939
Page
7
Receipts and prices across dairy and poultry with butter steady and mixed market signals. Grain table shows Chicago open high low and close for wheat corn oats and rye across May July September contract months with modest percent ranges and settled figures.
All telephone calls about subscriptions or sale business may be directed to the Journal office and will receive careful attention from the editor.
Weather mild with bad dirt roads. residents on rural routes, stock care, and markets reported. Local names include Elder Miller Horning Gier Rich and Rich, with horse sales at Columbus Junction and Keota area activity. a playful poem closes the item.
A concisely worded notice lists multiple closing out sales and public auctions in January. Entries include sellers such as Marshall near Swedesburg and M Martins near Crawfordsville, with dates from Jan 4 to Jan 19 and locations described relative to towns like Wash and Crawfordsville. Midway Sale Co. in Columbus Junction advertises weekly Wednesdays and a Friday community sale name cuw Peed Vara appears as a recurring notice item.
Busy shop and recreation parlor sends thanks to the Evening Journal staff. Subscriptions from Earl Dill and Wellman’s daughter, J. Adams and wife, and Melo Havels in Batavia are acknowledged. J. M. Martina sale set for Crawfordsville next Tuesday. J. T. Stewart’s Crawfordsville sale listed. Manchester theater fire causes smoke panic but no injuries.
Chicago market notes show No 1 yellow corn priced 54 to 65 cents per bushel, No 2 yellow 53 and a half to 54, No 3 yellow 52 to 53, No 4 yellow 51 to 61, No 3 white 55, with estimated carload at 49 percent.
A fragmented OCR item notes percentages and lettered codes BTN B54 B4 B3% S41 with no clear event or context. Entities are minimal. no dates, places, or organizations are readable. The readable parts suggest statistical figures but lack specifics or narrative.
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