Golfer Breaks Wellman Course Record
Wellman golf champion Donald Taylor broke the local course record Monday with a par under. He scored threes on the second third and eighth holes, par on all others except the ninth where five strokes were taken.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1937
Page
7
Wellman golf champion Donald Taylor broke the local course record Monday with a par under. He scored threes on the second third and eighth holes, par on all others except the ninth where five strokes were taken.
Journal subscription representative D. F. Macon reports brief local items from nearby towns. Short notices cover community events, meetings, and notables, reflecting small town life and civic happenings.
The July 9 issue notes John May and family on a 172 acre farm southeast of Ainsworth enjoying a good oat and corn crop, and mentions local visitors and events. It also comments on the Washington Three Quarter Century club and social news, including Elder Shannon and regional readers, with reflections on Texas crime and then current federal politics featuring Jack Garner and a fishing note as Congress adjourns.
Thanks to George Miller of Washington R. and who left his fingerprints in Washington Thursday.
A stream of small town notices lists a firecracker accident injuring a girl, medical procedures for several residents, visits between relatives, vacations, births, and local social events. Names include Joe Goring, Elwin Millen, Carrie Swartzendruber, and many families visiting from Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Storm Lake, and Newton.
Chicago markets report 7 000 hogs with 2 500 direct and bids 10 to 25 cents lower than yesterday. Cattle receipts forecast 1 500 with steady to strong values. steer and heifer costs range from 5.50 to 16.75 for beef, 4.00 to 14.75 for cows, calves 7.50 to 10.50. Sheep count 4 000 with lambs 11.00 to 12.00 and yearlings 7.00 to 9.00. feeders 8.59 to 8.56.
Chicago spots show steady to easy markets for eggs butter and poultry. Egg receipts total 16 170 cases with dirties 18 percent while current receipts rise 206 percent. Butter futures steady with tubs and various grade percentages. Poultry markets steady with broilers ducks bees and turkeys listed by percent ranges.
Readable fragments show July market rates for Soybran Warket with a sequence of percentages 1.15 1.13 1.14 and notes of October and December values. The text lists fluctuating figures alongside month markers but lacks full context or clarifying details.
Chicago cash corn prices shown for July 4 include No 2 mixed at 132 to 132 marked 130 to 132 No 4 yellow 425 No 2 white 132 to 132 sample grade 102 to 109 with an estimated 30 car lots.
Chicago grain table shows July to December prices for wheat corn oats and rye with percent changes. Local notes report Max Duskin of Moline spending the weekend at parental home and visits by Mrs Duskin and Bobby to West Liberty, plus Cedar Rapids visitor Joy Huston and other family gatherings over the Fourth of July with relatives from Marengo Chicago Des Moines and West Liberty.
A reflective line contrasts the Fourth of July with present concerns as crowds recall the holiday’s meaning beyond celebration. The speaker notes time heals many wounds except those caused by heavy taxes and financial strain.
The Muntjac or Chinese barking deer is the deer family’s smallest member with a stature no higher than a medium sized dog. They exist in two sizes, one Chinese barking deer and another about six inches taller with white markings. Native to Southern and Eastern Asia, these reddish brown creatures move in frightened bursts. The name comes from sportsmen in India due to their sharp barking cry. Bucks resemble small antlered deer with inward curved tips.
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