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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1945
Page
5
For sale 500 bu Boone and 600 bu Control seed oats state tested contact John Ganon at R27 20 or Porter Elevator West Chester phone 4 299t2. Also a car of best quality northern feeding oats on track now at Porter Elevator West Chester phone 4 299t2.
A boys quartet including Junior Despain Cleo Cherryholmes Kenneth Beenblossom and Roger Hamilton formed at school under Manda Davies. Ft Madison couple Mr and Mrs Lewis Thomas spent weekend with Mr and Mrs Lee Lease. Mrs Thomas celebrated a birthday. Lisle Anwyl left Mediapolis after visiting Mrs Vernon White. Alice Holmes visited Cedar Rapids relatives. Arthur Rathmell hosted dinner guests from Ainsworth near Washington. A cooperative chicken dinner marked birthdays of Mrs Rathmell and Mrs Wilcox. Nellie Robertson in California reports health improvement. J H Crooks recovering from recent Iowa City hospital operation. condition satisfactory.
Markets show hogs at 14.75 for 160 plus pounds with some 140 to 160 at 14.25 to 14.75. Cattle demand firm with fed steers and yearlings up 25 cents, heifers and steers scarce. Sheep opening steady with good lambs at 14.60 to 15.75 and western wooled at 16.10 or higher. Totals: hogs 13,000 cattle 10,000 sheep 5,000.
Open high low close figures show wheat May at 160 with gains through July 152 and Dec 152. Corn May at 14.5 cents, July 11.05 cents, Sep 10.95. Oats May 66, rye May 112, Sep 105 with varied monthly moves across wheat corn rye oats futures.
A health note stresses that cleanliness helps prevent colds and is among the easiest practices to adopt. It highlights daily hygiene as a simple, effective defense against illness.
In Chicago on January 0, buyers reported oats price at 2 white 79 percent but the brief entry provides no further context or quantities.
Chicago notes a firm market for eggs with receipts at 10,9738 cases and prices ranging from 32 to 38 cents per dozen for various grades. Current receipts sit near 35.1 with firsts at 37.6 to 38.6, and firties at 32 to 34. Poultry receipts show trucks steady, market firm and unchanged.
A row of sale announcements from a local paper lists weekly Friday auction at Whittaker sale barn and Wednesday livestock sales at Midway Sales Co. in Columbus Junction Iowa. It itemizes Feb auctions including Closing Out, Bred Gilt, and farm sales with locations near West Chester Brighton Crawfordsville and other nearby towns, with auctioneers Mann Gingerich Fitzpatrick Klotz Duncan Hendrickson.
News from Bethel notes robins meadowlarks and plentiful cardinals amid snow while groundhog emerges. Local birds, fox and crow flocks are reported as winter wanes. Community updates include visits, moves, birthdays, anniversaries, and nearby hospital trips involving Gideon, Kolasick, Letts, Niffenegger, and others. The Kucera anniversary marks fifty one years with ten children and fifteen grandchildren.
Early Saturday a roof fire at Mrs. James Winger’s residence north of the post office was stopped after sparks from the chimney ignited a small roof hole. Firefighters contained the blaze before it spread due to Riverside’s limited water supply. Ardell Geret is hospitalized in Iowa City for an eye injury from farm work. Rose Dautremont has left town for unknown reasons.
Crawfordsville reports S K Orris celebrates his 78th birthday with a family dinner at his home. Ralph and Dorothy, Paul Howell, W A Orris and Billy, Clarence Hering and Viola, Mary Gardner, and relatives attend. Billy Orris on leave from the Army poses with his grandfather for a keepsake photo. Local pupils tested, teachers absent since Christmas plan return, and Crawfordsville to face Kalona in a basketball tourney.
Alvin Jones returns home on leave from England after six months abroad. Irvin Sommers and family welcomed a daughter after moving to Oakland California last summer. Jeannette Hanna plans to resume teaching at Montezuma after visiting her sister-in-law. Mrs. Kenneth Rhea returns from Wyoming as Kenneth moves to a Pennsylvania camp. T. H. Hustons come back from Des Moines this weekend.
Guidance on ladder use to reach objects safely. Avoid makeshift spreaders like rope or chains. Place the ladder to ensure easy access to targets. Have a helper steady the ladder if possible. Do not stand on the top step. use a ladder tall enough for at least two steps from the top.
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