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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1939
Page
5
Property listing notes a partly modern apartment over the J C Penney Store offered by Geo J Breitenbach. Available now at 12213FST with advertising promising low cost and strong results for renters seeking convenient location near 11906 area.
East Sunset items recount visits and picnics from July Fourth across families in Iowa City Columbus Junction and Ainsworth. Names include Clarence Hering Jake Sommer Anna Littrel Armacost Wilsons Graber Stephens Furnas Spangler and Wood with eye treatment in South Dakota and multiple family gatherings listed.
Columbus Junction and nearby towns hosted multiple visits and meals as families and friends gathered Sunday and Tuesday evenings. Residents from Columbus Junction, Lone Tree, Ainsworth, Williamsboro, and Crawfordsville, plus guests from Rock Island and Minneapolis, joined at homes of Schlatter, Strothman, Roth, Johnston, and others. Betty Schlatter planned a short visit with Carrie Martin, while a cooperative dinner at the S and S K Orris home featured extended family from several communities.
A medieval rule limited a tenant to firewood equal to brush he could cut with a hook and deadwood he could knock from trees with a shepherd’s crook, giving rise to the phrase by hook or crook.
Chicago markets show hogs steady with 10 to 20 cent declines for heavies and sows. Top hogs at 7.49 with varied closes by weight. Cattle trends include yearling strength up to 25 cents, vealers higher, grass and short fed cattle around 8.59, best yearlings near 10.55, and canners 4.60 to 6.90. Sheep market nominal though firm with lambs to 10.60 and slaughter yearlings around 9.10.
In Chicago cash grain markets mixed corn grades ranged 65 percent for one lot, yellow 49 to 50 for another, two yellow 48 to 49, white 56 to 54, oats white 32 and 82 for others, plus white 30 to 31 for additional lots. Soybeans 43 percent for two yellow lots. Corn receipts total 546 cars.
Grain table from Chicago shows July September December figures for Wheat Corn Oats Rye and related rates. Entries include percentages and prices across months with varying yields and market cues as reported in the old financial column.
The bird of paradise is found in the Moluccas and other parts of the Dutch West Indies. These regions were formerly known as the Spice Islands.
Charlie Thomas jokes on whiskers while neighbors discuss berry patches haying wheat fields and family visits. A Wayland Olde road critique blends with berry picking humor as residents praise home meals and community warmth, with thanks to Widmer family and others in Coppock area.
A historical note states that the thickness of protective winter clothing for women is nearly double that worn by men, reflecting gendered standards of insulation and comfort in cold weather.
Joe Conrad living southeast of town suffered a serious fall from a hay load last week crushing several ribs and leaving him bedridden. Local notices list visitors and travels including the Anwyls, Piper family, and others, with church services by Clarence Davia and hospital stay of Mrs. Bruce Hanna.
Trachoma, a mildly contagious eye disease born in poverty, spreads by filth and ignorance. It causes severe inflammation of eye membranes and can lead to blindness in 10 to 20 percent of victims, accounting for about 3.6 percent of U S blindness.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is described as the largest country by area at 8,144,228 square miles. The smallest nation, Vatican City, is noted as covering only one acre. The text contrasts extremes of national land area.
John Davidson aged 1% died from an electric shock while in the bathroom of his mother's apartment. He was seated near a steam radiator and handling a small electric drill when the accident occurred. His mother Mrs Min Davidson became hysterical upon finding him slumped by the window. his father died about two years earlier. Firemen used an inhalator for an hour before death was pronounced.
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