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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1949
Page
7
An advertisement claims a Washington based company offers affordable steel kitchen products with a design to fit various kitchen requirements. It mentions a price point and a model number, suggesting a broad range of economical options.
The section records numerous family visits and travel plans. The Nicholses celebrate at home with relatives including a Fourth of July trip to Warsaw. New grandparents Wendell and Mrs Hughes welcome a son. Other entries note guests from Iowa City and Des Moines and vacations in the Black Hills.
The market summary shows salable cattle and calves at 15 000 head with slower steer and heifer yearlings down 26 to 50 cents. Feeder weights and sow prices vary with top steers near 28.00 and loads of good cows cited, while lambs and sheep show limited early gains amid fluctuating demand. Local social notes mention residents visiting relatives and attending July 4 events across several towns.
Rock Island Produce Go operates from the Freshwaters Coal Yard on East Third Street.
Muscatine’s Bisessi nine captured the Fourth of July tourney title at Greenfield after a 10 inning finale. Rock Island Am vets eliminated Washington’s Crone All Stars in the semis. Runyan tossed eight hits and Muscatine edged Rock Island 1 to 0 in the final while Eagle struck out 15 in a 1-0 marathon win over Runyan. Last night’s action previewed Troop versus VFW and Marston Skelgas Cubs in assigned games as the firemen’s death benefit fund drive continued.
In 1948 diesel engines handled nearly 40 percent of total passenger train car miles on class I railroads, surpassing coal burning locomotives for the first time.
Weekly livestock sales occur Fridays at Whittaker sale barn and Wednesdays at Midway Sales Company in Columbus Junction. Kalona hosts Thursday trades at Yalona Sales Barn, and Ole Livestock Exchange in Ollie runs Tuesday 1:00 p.m. closeout sales at 610 South Std Avenue plus two household goods closings on South Avenue C and South Std Avenue featuring Mr and Mrs Norman June and Pete Goff.
V Cavan of St Joseph Missouri topped the Fourth of July 27 hole event at the local Course with a 12 stroke total after rounds totaling 39 and 65 for a 112 score. Bill Hatcher second with 116, Bus Westermark third with 120, F R Phillips fourth with 120. Gerald Moothart won B flight with 126. Vernon Witting and Dr Clow tied for second and third in that flight with 1312 and Ted Brown Bud Dela and Max Henss next with 133 totals.
Crawfordsville notes list guests visiting Granville Love and family events. Oregon visitors Harold Brown and Ruth Peters join Detroit and Davenport attendees for weekends and a 56th wedding anniversary. a July 4 softball tournament is planned with seven teams. A humorous bakers statistic rounds out the item.
The report notes 87 percent of farms currently have electricity with projections that 96 percent will by 1951. It cites 200 farm uses for electricity and forecasts five billion dollars in farm appliance sales by 1954 amid expanding national farm markets.
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