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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 15, 1940

Page

7

Public Farm and Closing Out Sales Listed

Jan 24 public sale for Lewis B. Yoder and Sona on highway No 1 one percent mile north of Kalona. Jan 25 closing out sale Herman Koenig, 244 miles east of Riverside. Feb 1 Carlson and Lowe closing out sale and miles southwest. Feb 6 Duroe bred sow sale Knotek Bros. February 8 Robert C. Wells Sow Public Farm sale 13 miles northeast of Washington 10 miles north of Ainsworth 5 miles south of Riverside. February 8 Coppock closing out sale 3 miles southwest of Washington on Highway No 1.

Lewis B. Yoder & Sona Kalona Herman Koenig Riverside Carlson & Lowe Duroe Knotek Bros Robert C. Wells Washington Ainsworth Coppock

Chicago Cash Corn Prices and Soybean Quotes

Chicago cash market results show mixed corn prices around 64 to 64. TM% and 3 mixed lots at 64 to 1 yellow at 59%. Oats include mixed samples with white and yellow at 40 to 42%. Soybeans list two yellow quotes near 1.18% and three yellow near 1.16%.

Chicago

Chicago Produce Eggs Market Firmer on Fresh Graded Eggs

Chicago produce market shows firmer trend with receipts totaling 9 214 cases. Fresh graded firsts and extra firsts each at 19 percent, current receipts at 17 percent, dirties noted.

Chicago

Night at Ye Green Parrot Teems with Old Loves and New Scars

In a near deserted modern tea room a narrator confronts a former lover now a bitter actress. They debate memory and salvage of a life as rivals insult each other, while whispers of Jerry Naida and Wilson court cases hint at scandal and art versus reputation.

Jerry Wilson Rel George Wilson Naida

Poultry Market Report Shows Steady Demand and Varied Receipts

Market steady as receipts include seven trucks. Ducks bring 12 percent, geese 11 percent, heavy hens 14 percent, leghorn hens 10 percent, spring chickens 18 to 14, roosters 4, broilers 14, young tom turkeys 13.

Magazine and newspaper production figures in the United States

Approximately 19,000 magazines and about 12,140 newspapers are published in the United States with roughly 2,060 daily papers and 10,600 weekly editions in circulation.

United States

Forests planted since 1924 span vast US woodlands

The United States Forest Service reports that since 1924 a region nearly twice the size of Delaware, totaling about 3,680 square miles, has been reforested to expand America’s woodlands.

America Delaware United States Forest Service

Stutsmans Host Dinner Bridge at West Main Home

Dr. and Mrs EK E Stutsman hosted a Friday dinner party on West Main street. Afterward bridge was played at three tables with Dr and Mrs A W Clow winning the high score prize.

EK. E. Stutsman West Main Street A. W. Clow

Burials Deferred After Double Funeral at Church

Funeral services for Mrs. Augusta Pehler are planned for Tuesday at ten oclock under the L A Jones funeral home with Dr F W Eastwood presiding. Burial will be in the Ainsworth cemetery. An inquest into the death of Mr Oecetjen was started in Washington with Dr W S Kyle in charge and a stomach sample sent to Iowa City lab.

W. J. Krueger Trinity Lutheran Church Walter Schroeder Harry Anderson Ralph Martin Leslie Richer Ed Gillmore Tom Carson Elm Grove Cemetery Oecetjen Washington W. 8. Kyle Oetjen Kyle State Laboratory Iowa City G. N. Barclay Charles J. Sehmoeller O. BE. Sehmitt

Funeral services for Anthony Horak held Saturday

Funeral services for Anthony Horak were held Saturday afternoon at L. A. Jones funeral home with Rev. T. B. Hlubacek of Cedar Rapids officiating. Pallbearers included Louis Horak Leonard Horak Rev Alvin Horak Walter Beranek and Yaro Lasek. Burial followed in Riverside cemetery.

Anthony Horak L. A. Jones Funeral Home T. B. Hlubacek Cedar Rapids Louis Leonard Alvin Horak Walter Beranek Yaro Lasek Riverside Cemetery

Jelly From Flowers in English Gardens

English cooks make jellies from fragrant garden blossoms. Rose and violet petals are simmered into thick, scented jams with petals contributing the flavor and color.

Reunion in Vienna Sparks Flashback at Green Parrot

In a tense courtroom exchange a woman resists reconciliation while Jerry unexpectedly appearances sparks a memory. He reopens old feelings at a modernized Green Parrot as Pat insists on no return to the past and avoids the mirror reflecting her current life.

Jerry Barry Vienna

U S Synthetic Materials Bring New Independence

American made synthetics are boosting independence from foreign supplies and improving products, especially in paints and enamels. Advances include fast enameling of appliances, one coat finishes, tougher pigments, and polymerization drying technology reducing reliance on foreign tung oil. A separate note describes George Hunt training a bush rabbit to perform tricks in Australia.

China Australia George Hunt Wedderburn Hunt

Paardekop man survives lengthy suspension from wire

Wynand du Toit of Paardekop South Africa attempted a river crossing on a horse chasing a jackal. His rifle snagged on an overhead wire and the mount failed causing a long swing before he dropped to the ground and sustained bad bruises.

Wynand du Toit Paardekop South Africa du Toit

The Wedge of Good Work and Quiet Effort

A quote from London attributed to R. tartian praises the man who does a little more than asked, takes extra care, and treats small details as equal to the big ones. Such steady, careful effort is seen as the thin edge of the wedge into greater success.

London R. Tarian

Runcible Spoon Defined as Three-Pronged Pickle Fork

The runcible spoon is described as a fork with three broad prongs, one edge sharp, curved like a spoon, and used for pickles in this glossary entry.

Hogs and cattle markets report Chicago January prices

Hog prices rise with top around 6.00 for 160 to 240 pound hogs and 270 to 330 pound hogs at 5.35 to 6.65. Cattle market up 25 cents with top steers near 11.76 and best heifers around 10.25. Sheep bids steady to easier with 9.10 to 9.25 for good wool lambs and yearlings around 8.00. Estimated tomorrow receipts: cattle 7,000 hogs 15,000 sheep 10,000.

Chicago

Grain table shows mixed futures for wheat corn and oats

Chicago grain table dated January 15 lists May and July options for wheat with slight gains on May and July contracts and mixed results for corn and oats across May July and September maturities with erratic percentage figures indicating volatile trading.

Chicago

RYK Analytics Rate Trends Amid Variable Percentages

A fragmented OCR snippet shows percentage figures and numbers across months May July Sept with values around 68 69 and an entry 6814. The text lacks clear events or named entities but indicates fluctuation in rates over the period.

Middle Ages Diets Feature Violets and Narcissus Flowers

The passage notes violets as a common medieval menu item and stewed roses as a staple. It quotes Mahomet advising the purchase of narcissus flowers with bread, claiming bread nourishes the body while narcissus feeds the soul.

Mahomet

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