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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1945
Page
7
Market totals show hogs 9 000, cattle 2 500, sheep 4 000 with volumes steady to active. Hogs mostly steady with some weights stronger. good to choice hogs around 14.75. sows about 14.00. Cattle steady with killing classes near 15.50. calves 15.50. market slow for lambs as transportation limits curb east shipments.
In Chicago on January 26 the produce market remained firm with receipts of 7,456 cases and egg prices ranging from 37.6 to 39.6 for extra firsts and 35 to 85.3 for firsts. Current receipts totaled 25.1 and dirties 22 to 34, with checks 32 to 24. Poultry operations reported 9 trucks and a firm market.
Chicago reports cash grain for oats at 77 cents with a mixed market tone. The note appears amid a broad market brief and contains stray sentence about animal vision unrelated to grain data.
Chicago grain table from January 26 shows open high low and close for wheat corn oats rye with several contracts across months. The data includes Sep Dec May and July positions for each commodity and reflects fluctuating prices in open and close figures.
Indiana requires proof of ability to pay through liability insurance or bond for future damages. Utah passes a law demanding future payment proof before license issuance after settling judgments. Oregon mirrors these rules. Nebraska allows up to 100 dollar fines for a first reckless driving conviction. Delaware defines violations related to failing to stop at intersection blinker lights as reckless driving.
The 19 foot bronze statue atop the Capitol is the Statue of Freedom. It was originally named Armed Liberty and modeled in Italy by Thomas Crawford from plans approved by Jefferson Davis in 1850. Cast in bronze after a plaster model, it is inscribed DP pluribus unum on a wide base ring and was set in place on December 2, 1863.
Community sale every Friday at Whittaker sale barn and livestock sales Wednesdays at Midway Sales Company in Columbus Junction Iowa. Public and closing out farm sales listed with dates starting January 27 in various locations near Winfield West Chester Brighton Ainsworth Haskins Sandy Hook and more with multiple auctioneers.
Puddling soil is harder to obtain stands on cloddy and puddied soils than on well prepared seed beds. Plowing wet soil makes it compact and cloddy, with clods hard to pulverize. Recovery takes years, aided by climate, intense cultivation, and turning under organic residues. clay soils puddle more than sandy ones.
Mrs John Wieneke Sr received word of her brother John Hostetler’s death in Salem Oregon. Mr and Mrs Dave Baldosier and Mr and Mrs Max Baldosier with daughter Joyce visited Sunday in the Joe Zihiman home. Several families visited relatives near Richland and salina.
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