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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1936
Page
7
Orville Jim and Ralph introduce a Tianure spreader offer at DeWit Food Market with a guaranteed stomach ulcer and pain relief claim plus 25 cent cans sale.
Chicago markets show hog receipts at 10,000 with 26 to 50 cent losses on holdovers and top at 10.25. Cattle at 560 with calves steady, beef steers 12.00 to 15.00, cows 5.00 to 8.00, bulls 5.00 to 6.50. Sheep 5,000 with lambs 10.00 to 10.50 and feeders 9.00 to 10.00.
Chicago delivers a mixed commodities snapshot with eggs firm receipts 4 901 cases including extra firsts 2574 and firsts 24 percent, butter market steady with large receipts and varied grade percentages, poultry unsettled with leghorn, duck, goose, turkey prices, and potato on track with arrivals and shipments noted.
Chicago January 25 cash corn mixed bids ranged from 56 to 56 percent for No 5 mixed and 58 to 69 for No 4 yellow. No 6 yellow 55 to 68 and No 5 white 57 to 658. Receipts 60 cars.
The narcissus or polyanthos rose as Palestine's bridal flower and symbol of eternal love. In ancient times it was common in Sharon, sent to Damascus rulers, later cultivated in Europe for its fragrance. The flower linked to Hebrew wedding rites, with two blooms placed before the couple as emblems of beauty and lasting devotion.
General Livestock sale offers cattle incl 20 Angus heifer calves 450 lb 30 modern steers and heifer calves 300 400 lb plus 15 yearling roan and white face feeding heifers butcher stock fat cows heifers veal calves 8 milk cows 3 bulls Hereford Angus Shorthornes Hogs 15 Hampshire sows 20 Duroc sows extra good ones plus sows to farrow and boars and ewes lambing. Horses and Mules Thurs Jan 30 45 head consigned matched teams horses draft type 5 8 year olds 1350 1600 10 farm and shipping chunks 1400 1600 numerous 2 year olds mares geldings sale to attract farmers buyers from wide area.
P S Sears Saddlery Co of Davenport arrives with a full harness line in black and russet. The display includes collars, cinches, bridles and all other harness parts.
Readers commend the Evening Journal and local phone service for fair charges and visibility of sale bills during severe weather. Mentions Jeffery-Walace sale with Edmondson, crowds on foot, and favorable remarks about local tradesmen like McCreedy. Notes upcoming sales and farm livestock events with dates and locations.
A tree-top bedroom in a Kenyan jungle offers a unique vantage to view wildlife including leopards elephants rhinoceroses and hyenas from bed. The elevated retreat gives guests a close up encounter with East Africa’s fauna while remaining in a private, secluded space.
The British Museum shows the largest modern elephant tusks on display. Each tusk measures 12 feet in length and together they weigh over 400 pounds.
Davis-Hoyle sale 4% miles west of Washington postponed until Monday January 27 at eleven o clock. List of upcoming closing out sales includes locations near Haskins Brighton Washington Richland Nobe and Brighton with various dates January 27 to February 6 and a weekly community sale at City Feed Yard Midway Sale Co Columbus.
The eyes of fish resemble human eyes in basic structure and vision but show adaptive differences. Eyelids are absent so the eye stays open. the eyeball moves little, the cornea is flatter and the lens more globular, suggesting fish are relatively near sighted. Some species have large eyes. others have tiny orbits or none visible, living in darkness as parasites or under stones, in cave streams, or in ocean abysses.
The Bible remains unpreached across vast interior areas of Asia and Africa and in the Far North. Mission efforts are needed to bring the gospel to these regions and reach scattered populations.
Prices paid Thursday for dairy and poultry items include sour cream No 1 at 34e lb No 2 at 32e lb heavy hens under four and a half pounds at 12e lb leghorn eggs 20c per dozen hens and chickens by size peeking at varieties Ducks white and colored Geese listed with per pound or per unit figures in this market recap
A Somes Grain Table from Chicago shows open high low and close readings for wheat corn oats and rye across May July and September. Notable values include wheat around 1.00 for May and 0.89 for July, corn near 60 and rye around 55 to 65 percent in various contracts.
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