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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1937
Page
7
January notes from Washington include community updates on journals and travel, with mentions of local residents and arrivals. The item lists names and addresses, social chatter, and snippets of humor about a mental wizard who remembers Social Security numbers.
A column by Journal subscription representative D F Macon highlights nearby towns and their reading habits. It notes subscriber interest, local events, and community outlooks while promoting the paper’s reach across the region.
Hogs 30,000 head with 7,000 direct, market weak to 10 cents lower. Top 10.60. 180-300 lb 10.40-10.50. 150-175 lb 10.15-10.40. Iowa 9.90-10.10. Cattle 14,000 with calves steady. beef steers 10.50-13.90, mediums 7.00-10.50, yearlings 9.00-14.00, cows 4.75-8.00, bulls 4.50-7.00. calves 6.00-12.60. feeders 5.00-8.50. stocker cattle 6.00-8.25. stocker cows/heifers 4.50-7.00. Sheep 11,000 steady. lambs 16.40-10.90, commons 7.90-10.00, yearlings 8.00.
Public wedding processions occur in rural Quebec with the groom leading while his married friends and the single men precede the bride. The custom emphasizes community participation in local nuptials and reflects regional wedding traditions.
Community Sale every Friday at City Feed Yard with Midway Sale Co Columbus Junction and multiple Jan dates for closings. W. Wade and Iren Owens near Crawfordsville and Colton Bros closing near Haskins to Columbus Junction grave road. H A Woodford and W Mc Henderson listings for purebred hogs and Keota real estate sale.
The column records local remarks and sightings including J W Martin and neighbors, a chautauqua turnout amid slick roads, a boy guiding a large St Bernard, Albert Greiner in Washington, and clippings from a California storm report. It notes Franklin D Roosevelt's son in Boston recovering from illness and his fiancée Ethel DuPont visiting.
Reports show trailing bids and quoted ranges: hogs to 9.50, ewes from 3.90 to 5.59, and feeder cattle priced from 7.00 to 8.80.
Chicago markets show weak produce receipts at 8 000 cases with extra firsts 23 and dirties 19 percent. Butter prices ease with high receipts 12 529, specials 32 percent and extras 33 percent. Poultry markets unsettled with varied percentages for springers broilers ducks geese turkeys and leg horn broilers. Potatoes on track with shipments 824 and rivals 70.
Chicago cash corn prices listed for Jan 12 show mixed bids for grades including No 4 No 5 and No 3 yellow. Prices range from 104 to 112 percent with sample grade bids around 86 to 101 percent, reflecting variations by grade and quality.
A dictionary style note defines musclebound as a hypertrophied and inelastic condition of the muscle caused by overexercise. The entry includes figures and percentages associated with data style formatting.
The line celebrates diligence, duty and devotion, noting that such effort enriches individuals and communities beyond the initial state. It echoes a timeless value of steady, purposeful work yielding lasting gains.
A proverb notes a wise man avoids evil, a patient man endures it, and a valiant man conquers it. The saying emphasizes virtue, endurance, and courage as paths to triumph over adversity.
There is little chance for the poultry market to improve. Fowl may rise slightly as spring roosters grow staggy and price lower. Capons will remain about the same.
Readable grain figures show May July and Sept options for wheat corn oats rye with open high low and closes and year ago comparisons. Data lists percentage changes and ranges, reflecting market quotes for wheat corn oats and rye alongside seasonality and closing values.
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