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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1940
Page
7
Chicago produce market reports firm activity with steady receipts of 9 81s8 cases. Fresh graded first and extra first grades noted as in current run.
Midway Sale Co Columbus Junction hosts a weekly sale every Wednesday. Community Sale every Friday at City Feed Yourd. Jan 10 closing out sale 2 miles northeast of Washington Mill Sojka. Jan 18 closing out sale H D Wentworth 4 miles northeast of Brighton 7 miles southwest of Washington on highway No
Receipts total 17 with dirties at 13 percent and checks at 12 percent. Poultry market steady with receipts of 21 trucks. Ducks run 10 to 11 percent, geese 11 to 13 percent, hens 14 to 154 percent, leghorn hens 111 percent, spring chickens 13 to 14 percent, broilers 24 percent, turkeys 11 to 15 percent.
The Chicago cash grain report shows oats trading around 40 to 41 percent with various white and yellow sample Grades. Corn is listed mixed with multiple yellow samples near 58 to 62 percent and soybeans showing limited percentages, reflecting broad price movement across commodities.
Grain table from Chicago dated January 8 shows Wheat May at 1.08 with high 1.03 and low 1.02 percent, Sep at 100 with 1L0O% close 1.0%. Corn May 58% high 19% low 56% and close 59% with July 59% high 69% low 59% close 59% and Sept 0.4% close 0.60.
The article explains the historic sin eater role in England and Scotland, detailing how a paid individual consumed food and drink to take on the deceased's sins, then declared the person's ease and rest. It notes a Bavarian practice where a corpse cake lay on the chest of the dead for a relative to avoid eating it.
Collier's notes the Kathodaw pagoda in Mandalay Burma as one of the world's oddest religious institutions. The temple sits in a mile square enclosure and is ringed by 720 small pagodas, each housing a stone inscribed with a portion of Buddhist scriptures.
An elderly widow Susan, faced with money troubles and a meddling son about to marry, turns to boarding cats as a viable income. She portrays resilience as she transforms a risky asset into steady earnings by advertising for city cat boarders and keeping her seven felines.
Chicago markets show hogs steady on lighter weights with gains up to 10 cents for heavier butchers and top at 5.90. Calves strong with up to 11.85 paid on 1,304 lb avg. yearlings at 11.54 to 11.70. Sheep and lambs up to 15 cents higher, good to choice wooled lambs 9.00 to 9.15, best 9.25 and up. natives 4.00 to 4.50 fading.
A proposed connection would join Japanese airways with the Mandated Islands through Guan to establish a Pacific link with the American clipper service, expanding transoceanic routes and fostering nearer air transportation across the ocean.
Prices paid Tuesday for dairy and eggs at Reister's Markets include Sweet Cream at 2a per pound, No 1 Sour Cream at 38 cents, No 2 Sour Cream at 27 cents, Hennery Brown Eggs at 16 cents a dozen, and Hennery White Eggs at 18 cents a dozen.
A Sixth century B C Greek thinker Anaximander is credited with creating the first map of the world. The claim highlights early cartographic strides in antiquity and the transition from mythic to geographic representation.
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