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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1942
Page
7
Hogs 6,000 head active with gains of 15 to 250 cents. Prices ranged 14.50 to 14.90 for various weights, with top at 14.90. Cattle 500 head with best steers near 12.85, good demand on calves. Sheep 500 native lambs active and steady, choice lambs around 15.50, ewes to 6.00 briefly.
Chicago reports July 3 market results with Keys listings. receipts total 18 494 cases and 30 dirties 29, firsts 31 percent, extras 31 percent, checks 2814, storage packed firsts 38 and storage packed extras. Poultry receipts 16 toucks with colored springs 4 pounds and up 224 and friers 21. market remains steady.
Washington stores showcase American flags on magazine racks during the Fourth of July week. The Post Liberty and other weeklies along with current American Red Book Blue Book Reader's Digest and other monthlies feature the flag on front covers. This marks a first coordinated nationwide display effort with striking results.
The Journal promotes a bond sale drive in support of carrier boys aiming to become state champions. A 14 year old carrier urges purchases before July 18 to boost their campaign. Bonds can be bought from the carrier or the Journal office for credit. other purchases do not credit the boys. Sunday guests at the Gilbert Haskins home included Bertha Kurtz from Ottumwa.
Percy Klocken berger attended a draft board interview in Washington Monday. The Rowe Hanley and Barrett families gathered in Washington Sunday for their annual reunion with a sunny park outing for children. Mrs Iluturil was bed fast with pneumonia threats last week. Margaret Barrett attended Leila Dunbar Hawkins funeral in Ainsworth. The Dunbar family and young widower mourn another loss as Carl Dunbar’s family endures grief. Howard Dorran continues throat treatment but shows improvement.
Chicago cash grain prices show corn mixed at 98 percent for grade 1, yellows at 85 to 86 percent, whites near 99 percent. oats range from 46 to 49 percent with mixed lots. soybeans priced with yellows around 1.77 percent and 1.69 percent for several lots.
Chicago grain table reports Wheat and Corn quotes with open, high, low, and close figures for Sep and Dec contracts. Wheat Sep 1.21 1.206 1.29, Dec 1.24 1.24 1.22 1.2314. Corn Sep .89, Dec .92, July .86.
The report lists futures prices for oats rye and soybeans with contract months and interest figures. Prices show Sep Dec and July positions with percent changes and yields across several entries including Dec and Oct contracts.
Mrs Georgia Statler and Georgia and Shirley of West Chester spent an evening with Dor Statler and family. Opal Hamilton of Cedar Rapids visited with her sister, Mrs Vargil Pardon. Doyle Schmitter and baby from Bloomfield were guests at H C Jones home. Several local families hosted relatives from Washington Cedar Rapids and Des Moines over the weekend. A birthday dinner for Clarence Statler included many kin. Frank Wagle was hospitalized in Washington county.
Dr. R. MacFarlane Tilley of Brooklyn New York will be inducted as president of the American Osteopathic Association at its 46th annual convention in Chicago from July 13 to 19.
In a tense morning after the second war breaks, Mrs Rainier aches to hear every memory Charles shared with her about their first meeting and life together. The narrator probes places and faces, fearing loss and seeking certainty while the radio reports unfold.
In a reflective trek beyond Burford, a narrator and Mrs Rainier travel England’s countryside seeking a chance meeting with "the tall gentleman" believed to be Charles. They reach a ridge beside a village church where a man rests by a pond. the moment hints the past and future may join as the two recognize a familiar figure, and Mrs Rainier cries, "Oh, Smithy." Ending suggests a possible reunion and unresolved fate.
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