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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1935
Page
7
Market active with live hogs 6.85 to 9.90 per cwt and top at 9.90. Cattle trading moderately active. steers and cows steady to strong, heifers steady to 25 higher. Sheep and lambs firm with native lambs 8.75 to 9.25 and shorn yearlings 6.00 to 7.00. Estimated receipts Saturday hogs 3,000. cattle 4,000. sheep 2,000.
Chicago market notes show butter and poultry markets holding steady with steady prices and varying percentages for firsts seconds and grades. Bees sales report 20 882 cases with 23 percent extras. potatoes on track at 19 with 696 shipments and weak overall demand.
White pine is used for window sashes frames and doors as it shrinks or swells little. Other woods in the same class include cedar redwood yellow poplar and fir. Heavy woods such as ash hickory birch and oak shrink or swell more than lighter woods.
A list of trimmed grocery prices including pet cream at 24 cents per pound sour cream at 22 and 20 cents per pound. Brown eggs 25 cents per dozen. White eggs 22 cents per dozen. Magazines 18 cents per dozen. Heavy hens and light hens priced by weight. Heavy springs 4 to 5 pounds 5 cents. Roosters eight tenths of a cent per pound.
Chapter L of T. T. TIT met at Bea Smith’s home and elected officers for the coming year: President Gladys Paisley, Vice President Lucille Barquist, Recording Secretary Ben Smith, Corresponding Secretary Jessie Rauscher, Treasurer Isabelle Anwyl, Historian Helen Huston, Reporter Talma Cherryholmes. Founders day picnic at Saunders park followed.
Lightning struck a large tree near a garage in Snowball on Sunday evening, sending a bolt along a wire to Jack Fuhr. He suffered burns to hands arms and a limb and was unconscious about fifteen minutes. He recovered enough to report feeling sore the next day.
Community sale every Saturday at City Feed Yard reported in the Journal Sale Date Column with locations and timing details.
A brief column by D F, Journal subscription representative, sharing community notes and local routines. The piece highlights neighborly updates and small happenings within the circulation area.
Donald Bell and family visit Washington while H J Brenneman returns from the southeast with plans for the fourth. Ainsworth and Valley area residents report farming activity, crosswalk upgrades by Burlington Railroad, corn and alfalfa growth, and ongoing 4-H calf interest. Local stores bonjour, insurance talk, and a car accident in South Dakota referenced.
Virginia and another guest were hosted at the Dr. Griggs home Sunday. In the afternoon they visited Cal Griggs to call on him.
Wayland remembers W A Shaffer longtime harness maker and last local Civil War veteran born in Janesville Ohio he served as drum major and carried tanks card signed by Lincoln later moved to Fairfield Keokuk Kahoka and Richland before settling in Wayland in 1914 with his wife Margaretta Lang Shaffer active in Methodist church and Sunday school no children seen about in recent notices
A Young America group and Seattle visitors join Lloyd Hamston's family for a Crystal Park Burlington picnic. The Butler and Hamston families plus cousins and friends share Sunday visits and dinners while local events include weddings and church plays.
A collection of railway timetables lists daily passenger and freight trains including the Golden State Limited No 3 and Apache No 11 with various arrival and departure times. It notes special stops for California passengers and county seats and includes branch and mixed trains with agents Goodlander and McKay.
Benzine is a colorless inflammable volatile liquid obtained from petroleum by fractional distillation. It consists of various hydrocarbons and is used as a solvent for fats and for cleansing and other purposes.
It was considered improper among the ancient Abyssinians for women to wash or sew any article of clothing, these duties being more suitable to men.
The John McConnahy home in Mount Union hosted visitors over the weekend. Richard Pringle acquired a new bicycle. Mr and Mrs H L O Laughlin visited the C W Gun home Sunday afternoon.
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