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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1939
Page
7
The listing shows prices forSweet Cream ste ib No 1 Sour cream 20 cents per pound No 2 18 cents. Jennery Brown Bees 14 cents per dozen Jennery White Bees 14 cents per dozen Eggs 10 cents per dozen. Delivery pay rate referenced. No 2 poultry including boned breasts and backs with water blistering issues noted. Slower poultry fetches lower value.
Local notes recount boat races at Muscatine on Tuesday and numerous family gatherings and visits around Wellman Washington Sterling Hartsburg and Valley Community. Several couples hosted ice cream dinners potlucks and a wedding congratulations for Mr and Mrs Donald Simmering.
July 6 report notes the Wagenknecht brothers bought a second Jay-Hawk automatic day loader for the community. The sale is tied to a one-foot combine with motor. Smart and Parrish advertise the item for sale at 12118e aad on Harry Kilgore's place near a fine alfalfa stand. Social guests include Mrs. Ella Crawford Mary Ellen Mrs. Will Walker Mr. and Mrs. Lee Sands and Miss Ruth Houseal at Acel Jeffrey Thesday dining.
The illustration depicts the Tientsin blockade by Japanese forces that trapped 1,500 Britons in the foreign settlement, creating a grave international situation and heightening tensions overseas.
Subscription matters and community notices from the Journal staff. Readers learn how to renew, update addresses, and navigate service changes with brief notes on local events and outreach programs.
July 6 1989 Brighton Iowa records entries from residents about a sale at Dublin and Art Hamiltons, social visits, the Sunbonnet Whisker club and Evening Journal issues. Includes names: Frank Moore, Jack Caldwell, Burrell Pringle, Rev Williams, G W Mast and many others. mentions Homecoming August 17 18 19 and Washington events.
The text records social visits and family events in Ainsworth area life. Judith Ann Kilgore arrives home from Washington county hospital with family, while John Squire recovers from a cold. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cleen host dinner guests. Epworth Leaguers meet Floyd Edmondson’s home with Rev Coggeshell assisting. A family picnic at John Freeland’s farm includes the Stephens and Hanson families. visitors include Dayle rate and others from Col.
Market summary for hogs cattle and sheep in Chicago with price ranges across weights and classes. Hogs show 10 to 18 cent losses and top at 7.45. cattle show strong activity with reoccurring highs around 10.20 for medium weights and fat cattle mostly 6.25 to 7.00 for cows. sheep steady with native lambs 10.00 to 10.50 and yearlings 7.60 to 8.40. Estimated Friday receipts include cattle 1 000 hogs 8 000 and steers 1 000.
Chicago July 6 cash grain mixed corn values range from 49 to 60 cents with several lots of yellow corn at 60 percent and white 67 percent notes. Oats show mixed white grades around 33 to 46 percent and soybean yellow 92 percent.
Chicago grain figures list Wheat Corn and Oats with July and September values in open high low close format. The table displays percentages for each commodity including July and Sept readings and related figures.
Chicago July 6 market notes show steady produce with receipts at 15 540 cases and heavy poultry demand. Free graded firsts at 16 . extra firsts 15 4 percent. current receipts 14 dirties 12 percent. Poultry receipts include 49 trucks with ducks hens roosters and spring chickens varying in price. Potatoes arrivals tracked on track with 158 and shipments 747.
A fragment mentions insulin from meat animals and the pancreas, noting glandular production at umbung Junction. The item also covers local social notes including Carl Brown visiting Lancaster Missouri and travels to Iowa City for a fireworks display with relatives.
A three inch rain and vivid lightning struck near Letts on Tuesday causing widespread damage. Indian Creek rose washing out a mile of the Hook Island lines track and flooding homes while livestock drowned and grain was washed downstream. Local births and visits are noted including Wesley Cain’s son Roger Gene and Jacob Simmering undergoing surgery in Iowa City.
Mrs James Monroe Smith wife of former Louisiana State University president was arrested in Brockville Ontario on alleged embezzlement of 100000 in university funds. Dre Smith and wife were to be returned to Baton Rouge Louisiana by officials.
Columbus Junction reports a Iowa State college animal husbandry group led by Prof. Holbert visiting southeastern Iowa farms to study Hereford cattle. Other items note local moves, visits, and family events in Columbus City, Muscatine, and Detroit, with several residents traveling or staying nearby.
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