Local Farm Actions and Community Notes
Roger Sheets and others helped with hay last week and this week. The school board held its annual July meeting at the schoolhouse Friday evening. Charlies Henry Churchill assists Francis Wells with oats. Mr. and Mrs Cloyce Zieglow spent Sunday at the Churchill home. Maurice Tines returned from Davenport to visit over the Fourth and went back Tuesday with Wilson and Harriet. Richard Sheetz started work near Wellman last Thursday for Robert Stephens. Marjorie Sheetz returned to Washington Wednesday morning after missing Saturday. A hard rain fell with no electrical storm locally.
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Roger Sheets
Bus Houseal
Omer Klett
George Klett
Roger
Walter Sheets
Charles Henry Churchill
Bill Augustine
Charlies Henry Churchill
Francis Wfellzy
Cloyce Zieglowsky
Churchill
Arlene
Maurice Tines
Davenport
Wilson
Harriet Richard Sheetz
Robert Stephens
Wellman
Marjorie Sheetz
Washington
July 7 Notes From Sun Set Park And Local Visits
The Sun Set Park caretaker Chas West battles heat and dirt at the northeast corner lot. Social notes mention Mrs. Sam Cocklin visiting, Don Harper preparing to return to California, and 72 friends sharing a meal at the Gordon home.
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Chas West
Sunset Park
Charley
Sam Cocklin
St. Paul
Sam Gordon
Don Harper
Harpers
California
Gordon
Lyons Seeks Driver License Amid Varied Driving Career
Michael Frank Lyons of Kellogg Idaho qualified for a driver license after answering a long line of questions about his driving history. He claimed to have operated motor vehicles for four years and to have driven a motor tricycle in 1896. He later demonstrated two eyefinder cars in Dublin and served as a chauffeur for King Edward VIII, noting he once drove a car with true candlepower headlights. He stated he had never had an accident and received the license. Gratitude was expressed to G C McFarlane for renewal to his old home news, with George McCaleb noted on the renewal list. Obituaries mentioned Mrs Harve Porter's death in Wahington.
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Lyons
Dublin
England
Edward ViI
June C U A herd report shows milk and fat declines
Production records for June show a small drop from May with 946 cows including 21 dry. Average fat and milk output per cow decreased. high cows include Fannie A I Duensing 77.6 fat pounds and Violet 68.1 fat pounds. Herd leaders list multiple farms and totals for milk and fat across Holsteins and Guernseys, with several owners named.
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A I. Duensing
Fannie
Violet
Frank Hash
Canary
A. C. Gingerich
Market notes from Chicago cattle hogs and sheep prices
Cash market report Chicago July 4 notes hogs 6 000 with 180 to 240 Ibs bulk 7.20 to 7.40 top 7.40. sows 5.10 to 6.90. Cattle 1 000 calves 300 top 9.75 heifers 849 lbs best steers 9.65. feeders 10.00 to 10.50. Sheep 150 spring lambs and yearlings active, up to 15 cents higher. good native spring lambs to 10.50. good yearlings 8.25 to 8.75. Estimated Saturday receipts cattle 3800 hogs 2200 sheep 100.
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Chicago
Grain prices report from Chicago market briefing
Chicago reports cash grain prices with corn and soybeans at mixed bids and oat bids varying by cocoa. Receipts show 44 cars of corn pending delivery.
East Highland Fourth of July Social and Harvest Work
East Highland residents recount visits between families including the Dvoraks Yeggy and Conklins. July Fourth activities at The Elms cottage and canning season with oat cutting and haying occupy the community while Linwood Heck hosts relatives over the holiday. Richard Skala loses a helper in a misfortune.
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Elms Cottage
Bessie Dvorak
Richard Skala
Chicago Market Reports Mixed Produce and Poultry Figures
Market notes from Chicago on July 7 show produce receipts at 23 755 cases with fresh graded items 16 percent and extra firsts 16 percent while dirties are 12 percent. Poultry receipts total 72 trucks with ducks 9 geese 11 hens 14 to 16 percent leghorn home 12 spring chickens 19 to 22 percent roosters 19 to 10 percent broilers 173 percent to 19 turkeys 11 to 14. Potatoes show arrivals 198 on track 416 shipments 807.
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Chicago
Grain futures update from Chicago market
Chicago grains show July wheat at 68 percent, July corn around 47 percent, July oats at 80 percent, and rye near 46 percent. Sept contracts for wheat, corn, oats, and rye hover in the upper 40s to mid 50s with varied closes and openings.
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Chicago
Dee
Pallets for Sale in White Rock Three to Four Pounds
For sale pallets in White Rock weighing three to four pounds each. Contact Ainsworth Karl Merchelsen at 12202 for details.
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White Rock
Ainsworth Karl Merchelsen
Lady Elizabeth Nightingale and Ferrers lineage traced
The text notes Lady Elizabeth Nightingale born 1704 as eldest daughter of Washington Lecce Earl Ferrers and Mary Le ringe with marriage to Joseph Masoigne Nightingale in 1725. It mentions her Westminster Abbey monument by Roubiliac and ties Florence Nightingale to the Ferrers Washington line, plus scattered dairy association data and an upcoming annual report for the association.
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Elizabeth Nightings
Washington Irving
Washington
Lecce Earl Ferrers
Mary
Richard Leringe
Florence Nightingale
Lady Elizabeth
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