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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1938
Page
7
Chicago markets report hogs 39 000 head including 8 500 direct with prices 150 to 210 pounds 8.25 to 8.50 top. 220 to 260 pounds 7.50 to 8.18. 270 to 325 pounds 7.00 to 7.40. Cattle and calves steady with beef steers 9.00 to 12.99. calves 5.50 to 12.00. Sheep 13 900 steady lambs 8.50 to 8.90. yearlings 6.59 to 7.50. ewes 4.50 to 8.00.
Iowa WPA administrator George J. Keller approved 13 projects for 505 laborers. Six new projects totaling WPA and sponsor costs include flood control on Boyer River in Crawford County employing 46. Fort Dodge water mains. Plymouth County farm-to-market roads. Waverly storm sewers. Albion school improvements. Black Hawk Lake project. Reopened and separate listings cover farm-to-market roads, park improvements, low head dam construction, and various county projects across Iowa.
A letter from J. E. Peters in Columbus Junction dated January 12 1928 thanks Mr Macon the auctioneer for advancing his daily for another year and references William Owens poetry and the old White Way.
Ray Nordyke at Ainsworth tends to hospital and family while ira Nordyke handles his filling station and grocery. Hugh Hazlett offers funds to keep the Journal and care for his California sister. Bill Smylie, near Chicago, vacationing, voices thanks and speaks of his work. Mrs W O Roberts of Ainsworth reports L G Roberts home from hospital and plans corn crop. Dale, a son, stays warm with father. Everett Stewart moves the family to Townsend farm. J M Stewart and wife will miss the youngsters. E Pittard buys a farm 50 miles away and schedules a late January closing. Earl Ferguson the assessor still makes rounds amid cold roads.
The notice notes Ruth George, daughter of Mr and Mrs Oscar George of Washington. Travel home via J M Stewarts and Harry Kilgore’s Roy Woods. Roads were slick on some hills but a fine cold drive, with a sale planned north of Mt Vernon near Springville Friday.
FE. L. Swisher reports assisting wife and son Kent with house work as the Swisher farm receives its first young pigs. Swisher notes the pigs are arriving and are doing fine.
Homer Baird states he sent journal money for someone today. Frank Moores and C B Custers were not home. The note mentions a fine winter day and pursuit after that.
Noise from speeding around a dangerous Laurinburg curve disturbed services. Police began patrolling the curve and stopped three violators: a preacher a county judge and a deacon. The Rileys prepare for a sale on January 20 amid neighborhood chatter.
Chicago produce notes show eggs market steady with receipts of 918 cases and various grade mixes. butter market steady with 7 059 tubs and multiple grade prices. poultry market largely steady with ranges for broilers ducks geese and turkeys.
A sequence of farm and estate closing sales is listed for January through February across Iowa towns including Washington, Riverside, Kalona, Wellman, Crawfordsville, Washington, and Keokuk. Names include John Krebs estate, John Godwin, Ross Pence, Maynard Brenneman, T H Riley & Son, Mabel Heck, Oscar Hughes, Walter Reed, Joe McGraw, and Aineworth. Sales cover horses, cattle, poultry, and farm equipment with locations described relative to local towns and roads.
Chicago grain table dated January 13 lists WHEAT with May July and Sept bids around 46% to 93% variously, CORN showing May July and Sept around 60% to 62%, OATS around 29% to 36%, and RYE with May and July around 69% to 77%. Prices vary by contract and month with nearby and deferred positions shown.
Chicago market notes list mixed prices for several grain grades and yellow and white corn futures, with a range for No. 2 to No. 8 samples. The report also cites a sample grade of 50 to 64 and an estimated carrot quantity of 148.
Market brief notes May and July soybean futures with changes listed as open high low and close figures. The data reflects modest shifts across all months shown with percentages indicating daily movement.
The Belfast castle a mansion built by the third marquis of Donegal about a century ago with 200 acres of grounds now belongs to the public. It was presented to the citizens of Belfast by its owner the Earl Shaftesbury former lord mayor. The castle sits on Cave Hill slopes offering views of the city and Belfast Lough.
The note thanks John Witthoft for his years long subscription left at Phillips Hebner on the west side, acknowledging the support provided.
Ted Herr of Columbus Junction located the same place and left his journal money with Miss Dawson who can provide the last journal on request.
A Carthage Gazette excerpt contrasts war costs with fictional benefits. It imagines 30 million lives, 400 billion pounds, and possibilities: $2500 houses, $5 million libraries, $10 million universities, and salaries for teachers and nurses. It also notes granite immensity and dangerous vacuum cleaner dust.
Two Charles City workers Phillip Reed and Allan McFarland narrowly escaped drowning when their car drove through Cedar River ice about 15 feet deep. They freed themselves, swam to shore, and were uninjured aside from being cold after skating when the incident occurred.
A description explains that audience distraction with sleight of hand and mechanical apparatus deceives observers more than speed. The text notes that misdirection is the key to fooling the audience.
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