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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1945
Page
7
Notice advertises septic tank and private sewer cleaning by Geo E Culberson in Tiffin Iowa with phone 20 23011. Also mentions Farrell Office Supply pig and a phone listing 349 for typewriter repairing.
Chicago markets report hogs estimated at 11 000 head cattle 2500 sheep 5000. Hogs 13000 with good and choice 170 lb and up at 14 75. Light weights 14 25 to 14 75. Sows 14.00. Cattle 6000 calves 1000. Fed steers and yearlings slow. top 16 75. Wealers steady 15 50. Sheep 8000 bids steady. Colorado fed lambs 15 50. off grades 15 10 and up.
Chicago reports January 25 upproduce market holding steady for eggs with receipts 8 455 cases and price indicators steady while poultry shows two truck receipts and a firm market with no change in prices and current figures not fully clear from the note.
Chicago cash grain update lists oats at mixed 78 with no further bids or offers given in the brief. The terse item records a single price point with no additional context or transactions.
Open high low and close figures for wheat corn oats rye are listed by futures contract months. Prices show mixed movement with Sep and Dec wheat around 150 and 161, corn Sep near 107 108, oats Sept around 57 58, rye Dec about 102 104 and May 111.
Weekly sales schedule includes Friday at Whittaker sale barn and Wednesday at Midway Sales Company in Columbus Junction Iowa. January 29 public sale near Winfield starts 12 30 with E R Brenneman and auctioneers Vansyoe and Chaney. February 1 Duroc bred gilt sale Knotek Bros and Timm. February 2 closing out sale on farm location 1144 miles north of highway 92 county line with J E Clegg and W P Miller auctioneers Klotz and Duncan. February 7 closing out sale near Brighton starts 11 00 with A C Saunders J W Hendrickson. February 8 closing out sale Hall Gordon near Ainsworth Haskins highway 218 with Klotz Duncan. February 14 public sale near Sandy Hook corner east of Brighton Taylor Stout with Brown Bruty auctioneers. February 15 closing out sale W O Shefer northwest corner of Brighton starts 14 o'clock with Jake Hendrickson.
Mr and Mrs Don Cave hosted Mr and Mrs Earl Booth and family for a birthday dinner honoring Bobby Cave Janice and Jean Booth who had birthdays last week. Decorated cakes bore each name and the group enjoyed the evening. Everette Plecker visited Ralph Herr’s home, Arlene Knupp will take the Standard test at Summit school, and Don Wykes moved to Walter Kyles’s vacated farm. We welcome them to the community.
Tyrone Locals reports David Crawford returned home last Sunday after an army discharge. Mr and Mrs Keith Dearing visited the Ernest Van Sickle home for a week.
Cadet Nurse Helen Sheetz of Ottumwa spent Friday night and Saturday at home. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart and children of Washington and Mrs. Dorothy Young and Rosalie Combs were Sunday dinner guests at the Ottis Sheetz home. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Derby and family visited Sigourney. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Tinnis visited Waldo Miller’s home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Coakley visited Sunday evening at Ernest Van Sickle’s home.
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