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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1940
Page
5
Classified ad listing an all electric Petersime incubator for sale attributed to Mrs Fred Wagner and a group of vehicles including a 1939 Dodge Truck with box a 1936 Chevrolet Town Sedan a Chevrolet in town with push button radio and special features from Stewart and Crone.
Notice of probate in district court Iowa Washington County file 7318 for Antony Horak deceased dated 1925 and codicil 1929. Hearing fixed February 5 1940 at the courthouse Washington town before the district court or clerk. Interested parties must appear and show cause if any why the will should not be proved.
Chicago market report lists hog top at 5.90 with various weights 5.00 to 6.85, hog receipts 17 000. Cattle totals 15 000 with steer and yearling prices weakened and yearlings top at 12.10. Sheep 9 000 with fat lambs steady to easier and native slaughter hogs 4.25 to 4.76. Estimated tomorrow receipts: cattle 8 000 hogs 26 000 sheep 8 000.
Chicago grain table lists futures in May July and Sept contracts for wheat corn oats and rye. Prices show modest movement across contracts with slight gains and steady highs noted by the exchange.
Cash market notes show mixed corn bids from 64% to 65% for 1 lot and 57% to 59% for several yellow varieties. Oats quotes include mixed and white samples ranging from 39% to 43% with multiple lots listed.
Zeoutt Good Cherry site lines detail 2200 ft with Bass 4-4 RL 1000 ft 6-4 S-ft oak flooring balance 4-4 and ft oak flooring company represented by Marion W. Ginkens
German planes attacked British shipping along more than 490 miles of the east coast from the Tay to the Kent coast. They dropped small bombs on the Shetland islands, triggered air raid alarms, and at least ten ships were attacked.
A sequence of public sales unfolds across towns including Columbus Junction, Wellman, Washington, Ainsworth, and West Chester. Events list closing out sales for Carlson & Lowe, Duroe bred sow, Coppock, and Lawrence Mottet with locations described as miles from local landmarks and towns.
Iowa unemployment compensation reports show total benefits paid reaching 5 229 083 dollars for 1939. Checks were issued to 596 421 individuals who lost their jobs during the year.
A fragment notes the enduring presence of the mother vine of all scupper nong vineyards on Roanoke Island in North Carolina, highlighting the historic viticulture site still thriving today.
Report notes mixed soybean prices with 1 mixed and 99 yellow varieties at 1.60714. white beans at 4 and 40 to 41. wheat price range 4 to 42. The document records pricing data across bean colors and crop types.
In Chicago on January 29, the market shows weakness in apples with receipts around 11,400 cases and fresh graded firsts at 24 to 14, extra firsts at 24, current receipts about 22 percent, and dirties at 20 percent. Poultry markets stay steady with receipts from 21 trucks. ducks 11 to 13 percent, geese 11 percent, hens 16 percent, leghorn hens 12 percent, spring chickens 15 to 18 percent, cooks 10 percent, broilers 14 to 16 percent, young tom turkeys 13 percent, and eapons 18 percent.
Mr and Mrs W F Messer and son Lamn and Margaret Lesher took Mrs George Lesher to her Fairfield home. Iowa Jean Huber left for Columbia Missouri to resume Stephens College for Girls after a vacation with her parents Otha and Huber. Mr and Mrs Ira Kelley and son Michael were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Glen Ross. The Kelley family is from West Liberty. Mr and Mrs Wendell Shaffer and Mrs J W Guy dined with Mr and Mrs John Robertson near West Chester. Mr and Mrs Will Hobbs and daughter Helen of West Chester shopped here. Miss Hobbs attends Fayette University. F A Hoskins of Brighton was a business caller.
In Des Moines on January 29 a wall of 552 leading economists endorsed the reciprocal trade agreement program. W. W. Waymack, chairman of the economic policy committee, said only ten were opposed, signaling strong professional support for the pact.
Sociologists note a steady rise in Canadian divorces from 114 in 1918 to 783 in 1928 and 1 883 in 1938, signaling shifting social patterns and greater legal access.
A 10 year veteran salesman reflects that high pressure tactics no longer work. He notes educated buyers and newspapers as the source of truth, with housewives skilled at evaluating products. Advertising educates customers, enforces fair prices, and elevates consumer knowledge, making the seller prove value or fail.
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