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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1940
Page
5
Local schedule lists Westbound Bus 8 departing Washington at 6 28 a m Bus 9 at 8 12 p m and Bus 7 at 2 58 p m. The timetable notes Washington stop times for daily service.
Hogs 500 head with early bids steady and week losses 15 to 26 cents lighter weights down up to 60 cents. Cattle 100 head with steers and yearlings 25 to 50 cents over prior period weekly top 12.25. hogs and cattle mixed trend. sheep 1,000 head market nominal with fat lambs and yearlings fluctuating, slaughter lambs up 15 to 25 cents, week top western lambs 9.60.
Chicago grain table shows futures quotes for wheat corn oats and rye across May July and September contracts. Wheat May at 99 98 99 percent close 96 percent. corn May around 57 percent with July and Sept near 57. oats May 39 percent with July 34 percent and Sept 32 percent. rye May 70 percent with July 69 percent and Sept 60 percent.
Chicago report notes market steady with receipts at 7,757 cases. Fresh eroded firsts quoted at 5, extra firsts 25 cents. current receipts 24, dirties 21, checks 20.
A Holstein cow six years old and calf sold for 100 dollars at Herman Koenig’s closing-out sale near Riverside. Cattle brought 40 to 65 dollars, horses 110 to 125, brood sows 15 to 22, two thousand bushels of corn 50 cents a bushel, and other farm implements sold. Paul Klotz, Charles Brown, and Mr Cray acted as auctioneers with Hubert Doud as clerk.
Chicago cash grain report lists mixed corn bids: several yellow and white kernels at 58% to 65% for different lots, oats ranges from 41 to 46, and soybeans with yellow yields at 1.08 to 1.08% per bushel.
The inscription on the Cermak Memorial in Bayfront Park Miami honors Anton J. Cermak born May 9 1873 in Kladno and died March 6 1933 in Miami It notes the February 6 1933 assassination attempt on Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Miami and marks the dedication date March 6 1939.
Local social news covers visits and sickness at the Burke McCreedy, Melvin Soukup, and Samuel Murphy households. Mild weather and heavy snow limit road access as residents share weekend gatherings. A Vancouver golfer retrieves a ball after an accidental find near a tree, and Manitoba reports a 30 pound mushroom discovered near the Union stockyards.
A compressed notice lists weekly and upcoming farm and public sales near Washington Iowa. Entries include Midway Sale Co in Columbus Junction selling Wednesdays and City Feed Yard sales Fridays, plus multiple February dates for Carlson Lowe Duroe Knotek Wells Coppock Martin Gingerich and others with locations 10 to 18 miles northeast or southwest of Washington, Wellman, Ainsworth, Riverside, West Chester.
West Chester had no school Monday and Tuesday due to a heavy snowstorm blocking routes. Mr Leet and neighbors cleared roads so routes could run on Wednesday. Dean Moore missed days from flu. Mrs Wm Carr hosted the Merry Mixer club with thirteen members. Mr and Mrs Robert Stephens and J B Moore visited Washington Saturday. J B Moore and Lyall Moore called on Mr and Mrs Mark Sunday afternoon.
Schafer and family and Mrs Schafer's mother, Mrs T Nicholson, gathered in Wellman for a family visit.
Nation wide search targets six men over a $24 500 loss by two Sioux City businessmen. Warrants allege larceny by trickery as Woodbury County officials and the FBI pursue Howard Lewis Grimes Pines Wilson Mayo. Victims unnamed. Earlier swindles included a $4 500 theft and a $206 000 fraud.
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