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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1946
Page
5
Markets across Chicago and St Paul halted rail shipments and warned of scarce demand as a possible national labor action looms. Cattle stayed firm with top steers near 18 dollars, hogs around 14.85, and sheep slipping. corn and oats futures show mixed prices amid unsettled trade.
Weekly sales at Whittaker sale barn and Midway Sales Company announce livestock auctions in Columbus Junction and surrounding towns. Closing out sales and public auctions span January to February near Washington, Wellman, Riverside, Wyman, Wayland, Brighton, and Kalonu with start times from 11:00 to 12:00 and multiple executors or estates named.
Charles Allen Beason and Glen Morrissette arrive in Milwaukee to visit Beason's parents C. 38 and wife Pearl Parcell underwent major surgery in Iowa City and is reported satisfactory. Charles Atkinson returns home with honorable discharge from Camp Grant after three years service including 17 months overseas. Three Atkinson brothers also served overseas and received honorable discharges. Paul Jordan is on 20 day leave to visit family. Burke Gillespie family welcome an eight pound two ounce son with two sisters.
A newspaper note claims about one in three divorces occur outside the respondent’s home community, suggesting a pattern of cross community marital dissolutions. It highlights possible social or legal factors driving this trend.
Under average fall growing conditions mustard reaches usable maturity in about 30 to 40 days. The brief notes timing for harvest and field readiness under typical autumn weather.
A report notes that the Strong Spider Web New Guineas animal produces webs so durable they could be fashioned into fishing nets. Researchers describe the silk as unusually strong for practical use.
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