Chicago Markets Report Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices
Hogs 15,000 head active steady to 10 cents higher across 180 to 2790 pounds and 13.75 to 13.85. top 13.85. Good and choice 280 to 300 pounds 12.35 to 12.85. 300 to 350 pounds 11.90 to 12.50. Lows mostly 10 cents higher. Cattle 16,000 head. calves 800. Fed steers and yearlings weak 10 to 15 cents. top steers 17.50. best yearlings 17.25. wealers 15.00. Sheep 6,500. scattered sales about steady. odd lots good to choice native spring lambs 14.50 to 14.75. Estimates hogs 12,000. cattle 6,000. sheep 500.
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Chicago
West Chester Notes on Local Visits and Travel
Capt John Lindenmeyer and family arrived from El Paso Texas to visit the F M Lindenmeyer home. The couple will travel to Thief River Falls Minnesota to see her parents. Local families Lloyd Bauer Esther Faith Keith Eldin Bauer Junior Sandra Tommy attended a Sunset Park dinner honoring Glen Showalter and daughter Glenda Kay from Chicago.
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West Chester
John Lindenmeyer
Catherine
el Paso
Texas
F. M. Lindenmeyer
Lindenmeyer
Thief River Falls
Minn
Lloyd Bauer
Esther
Faith
Keith
Eldin Bauer
Sandra
Tommy
Sunset Park
Washington
Glen Showalter
Glenda Kay
Chicago
Margaret Smith
Jean Ann Cherry
Elda Ruth
Patty McDowall
Ray Miller
Tarkio
Iowa AAA Chairman Hurt In Haying Accident
Des Moines column reports A J Loveland chair of the Iowa Agricultural Adjustment Agency is hospitalized in Waverly after a haying accident at his Janesville dairy farm. While lifting eight bales with a grapple hook, a powered car jerk caused him to fall from the mow to a cement driveway, breaking both arms and suffering facial and knee injuries. He likely will stay in hospital for a month or six weeks.
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Des Moines
A. J. Loveland
Iowa Agricultural Adjustment Agency
AAA
Waverly
Janesville
Loveland
Chinch Bug Invasion Hits Southeast Iowa Crops
A heavy infestation of chinch bugs in the southern two tiers of counties in southeast Iowa damages corn oats and sudan grass. The pests, unseen by farmers for several years, are now widespread and marching in large numbers. Tar lines around fields are considered doubtful as a control measure.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Trucker Dies in Crash in Oskaloosa
Oskaloosa trucker Raymond Sparks, 29, was killed when the vehicle struck a telephone pole in a residential area about midnight Monday. Driver Dale Lille, 27, was held for investigation after the truck swerved across North lst.
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Oskaloosa
Raymond Sparks
Dale Lille
North Lst
Mrs. Carrie Robb, 72, Funeral Held at Brighton
Funeral services were held at 3 p m at Brighton Methodist Church for Carrie Robb born Carrie Swartzwelter aged 72 who died Monday night at her daughter’s home after a heart attack. Rev William Noland officiated burial in Brighton cemetery beside her husband Charley Robb. She is survived by sons Harold and Leonard, daughter Mrs Roy Brewer, and sister Mrs Lulu Emery.
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Brighton
Carrie Robb
Brighton Methodist Church
William Noland
Ackley
F. A. Hoskins
Robb
Roy Brewer
Danville
Carrie Swartzwelter
Pleasant Plain
Charley Robb
Brewer
Harold Robb
Mt. Pleasant
Leonard Robb
Mt. Union
Lulu Emery
Des Moines
Report Three Boys In Wayland III with Rheumatic Fever
Three Wayland youths are listed with rheumatic fever Wilbur Wenger son of Ralph Wenger Myron McGuire son of Max McGuire and Daniel Roth son of Clarence Roth. Other local notes include a broken hip for Mrs Ida Miller a newborn daughter for Jean Anderson and a serious injury to Donald Rich overseas.
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Ezra Wittmer
Wayland
Wilbur Wenger
Ralph Wenger
Myron McGuire
Max McGuire
Daniel Roth
Clarence Roth
Mary Roth
Jesse Roth
Chriss Roth
Ida Miller
Henry County Hospital
Jean Anderson
Rich
Forest Rich
Donald
Betty Wyse
Bloomington
Art Wyse
Clark Loder
Egg and poultry markets firm in Chicago notices
Chicago July 5 reports firm markets for eggs and poultry. Eggs show receipts of 15,677 cases with various quality grades and checks. Poultry receipts total 3 cars and 3 trucks with small and heavy hen stock noted.
Grain table report from Chicago market
Grain quotes from Chicago show Wheat with September 155 158 155 168 and May 160 162 159 161. Rye futures run 109 111 109 111 in September and 114 116 114 116 for May. Oats steady around 70s and 71 73 for September.
Explosion Destroys Ken and Fern’s Inn in Iowa City
Ken Ingham owner of Ken and Ferns Inn at Tiffin near Iowa City suffered shock and minor injuries when an explosion rocked the tavern followed by a fire that destroyed the building. He estimated losses at 10000 dollars after the gasoline truck outside ignited.
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Iowa City
Ken Ingham
Ken and
Fern
Tiffin
Here
Ingham
Bilding
Buffalo Bill film opens at State Theatre in Technicolor
Producer Harry A. Sherman announces the 20th Century Fox Technicolor release Buffalo Bill opens Thursday at the State Theatre. Joel McCrea stars as Buffalo Bill, descendant of western pioneers, with Linda Darnell as Dawn Starlight and Maureen O’Hara as the railroad tycoon’s daughter, highlighting diverse backgrounds in casting.
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Buffalo Bill
State Theatre
Joel McCrea
John McCrea
Southwest
Midwest
Linda Darnell
Dawn Starlight
Hollywood
Maureen O'Hara
Prairies
Maureen
Dublin
Creative Toy Box From Reclaimed Bureau Drawer
Suggests a toy box fashioned from a broken bureau drawer and a set of wooden blocks made from leftover car parts scraps. Blocks can be painted with letters, ships, flowers or other designs as desired.
Spreadable peanut butter shown versatile in cooking
The article notes peanut butter as a paint free spread useful in many dishes. It may replace part of fat in muffins biscuits frostings sauces soups and cookies.
Peanut butter noted among basic seven foods
The article lists peanut butter in one group of the basic seven foods. It notes peanut butter is over one fourth protein and a good source of vitamin B1. It also mentions minerals iron calcium and phosphorus present in small amounts.
Community Sale Fridays at Whittaker Sale Barn
The weekly community sale is held every Friday at the Whittaker sale barn. Local buyers sellers and ranchers attend to bid on livestock and related goods in a traditional country market setting.
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Whittaker Sale
Three Men Drowned On Fourth of July
DES MOINES Three young men drowned in flown waters Tuesday and a 17 year old boy died while swimming near Sioux City. The victims are Leonard Reicks 21 son of Mr and Mrs Tony Reicks of near Cresco Joe Mrachek 21 son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Mrachek near Cresco and James Dyson 17 son of Mr and Mrs Lester Dyson near Lyons Neb Reicks and Mrachek reportedly drowned trying to save two girl companions when a motorboat overturned.
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Des Moines
Sioux City
Leonard Reicks
Tony Reicks
Cresco
Joe Mrachek
Arthur Mrachek
James Dyson
Lester Dyson
Lyons
Reicks
Mrachek
State Gasoline Taxes Show an Increase
Des Moines district OPA chief Walter D. Kline says fewer black market gas sales in Iowa, with higher farm fuel demand. State treasurer reports June gasoline tax collections of 1,578,184 dollars, up 84,927 from last year, an increase equivalent to tax on 2,830,000 gallons.
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Des Moines
Walter D. Kline
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Iowa
Center Hinge Addition Solves Door Binding Issue
A warped inside door may bind on the door stop and refuse to close. Installing a third hinge at the center resolves this common problem in about nine out of ten cases.
Iowa School Taxes Top $100 Million For First Time Since 1932
Des Moines reports Iowa real estate tax bill payable this year surpasses 100 million dollars for 1943 collections with 50 million in district school taxes and 3.1 million rise from last year. County auditors and the state tax commission compiled the figures.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Tax Commission
School Tax Share Rises Slightly This Year
The school tax shows a rise of 4,209,000 over last year’s 45,868,000, with the school’s share this year nearly five percent of the total.
Woman Dies at Funeral of Former Neighbor
At Eldorado services for Charles Wolf 86 two events occurred. Mrs Joe Brookner about 70 who had come with her husband to the funeral died of a heart attack as she rose to leave the Wolf home. Henry Fels 27 a grandson fainted as mourners left the church and was unconscious for an hour and a half.
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West Union
Charles Wolf
Eldorado
Joe Brookner
Henry Fels
Names in the Navy Top Lists of War Tallies
A recent compilation shows the Smiths total 21,476 servicemen and women in the navy. The Johns follow with 15,045 and the Joneses with 11,035, illustrating family name strength in wartime service.
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Smiths
Navy
Johnsons
Jones Boys
Vatican City: Papal Sovereignty and Residence History
Vatican City became a sovereign territory for the Pope after the 1929 Lateran Treaty. The Pope has resided officially in Vatican City since 1377, with the enclave located within the city state in Rome.
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Vatican City
Rome
Vatican
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