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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1945
Page
5
Montgomery Ward advertises GR-S Riverside tires in 6.00x16 size at 14 857 plus excise tax. The copy claims large stock and widespread user satisfaction with the tire’s durability and service.
Markets show hogs steady to 25 cents lower with late week declines and Friday flat. Hogs traded around 14.50 to 14.65 for butchers, with 14.75 ceiling reached but pressured. Cattle weak with red steers and yearlings down. top yearlings near 17.40, vealers steady around 15.50. Fat lambs active but mixed. week closed firm for good to choice with 15.60 top and 15.25 to 15.50 range.
Chicago grain table shows wheat, corn, oats and rye readings with Sep May and July contracts. Wheat ranges from 145% to 166% with various shifts. corn around 111% to 113% and oats near 68% to 75% while rye trends around 112% to 117% across contracts.
Wayland reports a jackrabbit leaped in front of Harold Kauffman’s car after he left town. The animal briefly outran the vehicle at thirty miles per hour before being run over at forty. Separate items note initiation at Wayland Chapter OFS, social events, and local church and family notices including anniversaries and gatherings.
County Extension Director A Ossian and County Home Economist Ruth I Foster share publicity tips and outreach ideas for Farm Bureau. The guidance covers community engagement, message framing, and local event promotion to boost agricultural awareness and participation.
Eighteen women and seven homemakers met in two townships for cooperative dinners to discuss nutrition and menu planning. Recipes shared include Tomato Cocktail, Dried Corn, Harvard Beets, and Crumbly Apple Pie, with notes on library reading projects and community notices.
Community sale every Friday at Whittaker sale barn and livestock sales each Wednesday at Midway Sales Company in Columbus Junction Iowa. A January 15 closing out sale starts at 11:00 seven miles northwest of Washington conducted by Frank Scranton Brown and Bruty auctioneers.
Public guidance on 4 H enrollment deadlines for calves on feed and Poinsettia care. Advice covers humidity and watering of houseplants. Nutritional supply outlook for early 1945 and clothing price controls. Instructions on flag placement in church and general decorum. Historical note on Mrs Ferguson’s path to govern Texas.
The January 8 dissolution sale of G. N. and L. Duncan and Wilford Teller drew $222.50 top for purebred Jersey milk cows. Average 18 head sold at $147.50 with 87 total cows and calves. Other items included horses, sows, pigs, oats and hay, plus Farmall tractor and manure spreader. Wilford Teller plans to move to a new Fairfield-area farm.
The palm offers many products including water resistant wood, young shoots for wines and vinegars, dried fruit for cooking oil and roasted ground coffee like taste. Ground roots yield a drill similar to sarsaparilla and fronds become baskets and mats. Burned stalks yield alkaline ash for soap making.
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