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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1940
Page
5
Chicago markets report July 8 with hogs trading 25 to 60 cents higher, top at 7.00 and bulk 180 to 270 pounds. Cattle receipts 16,000 with top 11.75, feeders steady, grass and cutters down, vealers around 9.50 to 9.75. Sheep 4,000. lambs weak, natives 10.00 to 10.25, totals estimate Tuesday cattle 8,000 hogs 18,000 sheep 3,000.
Chicago market update shows cash grain values for corn oats and soybeans with varying test weights and moisture. Prices indicate mixed readings across yellow and white samples with percentages noted for kernels and samples.
Chicago reports July 8 market activity with 16 522 cases of produce and 37 truckloads of poultry. Details include high percentages of heavy white ducks 94 percent and various duck, goose, chicken, and turkey categories with mixed grade receipts and price ranges.
Kalona hosts a Thursday July 11 softball tournament with Kalona vs Frytown and Hills vs Mayer town, final game for winners. Scout camp on Iowa River, local visitors from South Bend, Black Hills trip plans, and Stamps Quartet concert at Kalona High School drew about 800 attendees.
Spencer Tracy portrays Thomas A Edison in Edison the Man at the State Theatre with Rita Johnson Lynne Overman and others. The film follows Edison's life from age twenty two to eighty two focusing on his courtship family and the invention of the phonograph and electric light. The production emphasizes authentic period details and the inventor's dramatic biography.
Riverside notes Henry L. Doll of West Allis Wisconsin visits with his sister Mrs Frank Lafourek and relatives. Doll is a former Riverside resident who once ran a clothing store here. Also Mrs R H Heitzman visits daughters Mrs RB Unferth and Edith Heitzman in Davenport and Moline while Mr and Mrs George Deatsch are mentioned in the community sketch.
Washington Lodge no 26 A F and A M holds regular meetings on the first Friday of each month. Worshipful Master Howard McBride presides and Arthur Yard serves as the secretary.
Train schedule fragment lists daily and regular stop services for No 1 Local No 2 Local No 43 Californian No 44 Californian No 4 Golden State Limited No 429 No 430 and No 3 Davenport-Kansas City line with times and branch notes. Agents GOODLANDER and ANDERSON noted.
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