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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1938
Page
5
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L. G. Club gathered Friday at Mac M. Davis home in North Oregon for a pot luck supper and progressive rock games at six tables. One guest, Barbara Glatfelty of Omaha, attended. next meeting slated at Frank Moore home in two weeks. Various family and community events noted including reunions and hospital stays.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm Dusenberry and family from Rock Island visited the Sam Schulty home in Dayton Grove after the Fourth of July. Mrs. Elmer Harlan and Mrs. Charlie Thrapp will entertain the So and Sew club next Thursday likely at the Harlan home. J. B. Moore and Lyall Moore hosted Sunday dinners. Viola Moothart of Washington and Wim. Dusenberry, childhood classmates of Dayton Grove, recalled school days long ago. Other guests included the Morrison and Stephens families from Davenport and Dayton Grove residents.
The Canada goose forms lifelong pair bonds with the male guarding the nest and protecting the family. A widow or widower often remains single for years, and the family typically stays together after the young are grown, rarely exceeding five or six members.
Christmas Cove in Maine was named by Captain John Smith for spending Christmas day anchored in its snug harbor at 614. The brief note preserves the historic naming linked to early exploration and maritime navigation.
The Journal’s subscription representative compiles brief updates from nearby towns. Highlights include upcoming events, community milestones, and notices affecting residents. Local organizations share schedules, and readers are urged to stay informed through future notices.
Mr and Mrs Guy Stansbury of Wilmington California will receive Washington news in the future Brighton Ia Macon enclosed two dollars to keep the Evening Journal coming Scott Dickinson Brighton Ia NM RS thanks to many subscriptions of late they appreciate the support
A young woman defying the judge by thumbs down and sticking out her tongue received a six month contempt sentence in Camden New Jersey. She fainted in court as the ruling was read.
Frank Anderson keeps a young colt newly arrived in the pasture and plans ongoing care this rainy season. He faces a big week for lawn mowing and flower beds while maintaining the farm home. A large corn field is mentioned as laid by.
A farm scene reports hay being piled in a large up to date barn at a Dublin area site. Mr and Mrs Ed Miksch from Wellston prepared for a Washington trip after delaying it a few days.
A 2000 year old Sequoia in Sequoia National Park is dedicated to Susan B. Anthony, honoring the famed activist for women s rights abolition and temperance. California Senator William G. McAdoo reviewed Anthony s career highlighting her impact and legacy. Nearby Walter L. Jones cultivates diverse fruit trees while farm tasks include ripe oats and berries in late season harvests.
In a rural setting two neighbors Henry Bowes and another farmer are cutting oats that look promising for a strong yield. The scene captures a productive harvest moment as fields show healthy grain.
J Frank McSwain, 90, of New Man Georgia, says he will not retire after 62 years making patterns and performing mill tasks. Affectionately known as Uncle Mack, he asserts health is good and his hands are only a little clumsy, insisting he would not be anywhere else.
Charles R Longer operates his Avery threshing machine with hope for a full, productive harvest. The note reflects a farmer’s confidence in his equipment and readiness.
Mr Pease of the Pease Motor Inn was busy at Will Kendricks and he will make everything run right by the time he is through with it.
Ed Miller and Roy Miller are shown working at Millers on Route 1 cutting oars with a binder and tractor. The note indicates some job shocks will need to be completed.
John Simmerings remains in the same condition on his farm as observers report corn east of his house tending toward head high on the Glen Zearing farm.
Tom Rogers, a Durham High School graduate, received a dollar inscribed Good Luck Anne from his sister. While in Chicago he spent the bill, then in Wilson, North Carolina, he used another bill that carried the same inscription. The note highlights honesty among people nationwide.
Avis Rader found a second package with 50 dollars inside after buying clothes in Chicago. She returned the money to the clerk who had misplaced it, earned a 5 dollar reward, and was hired as a store clerk.
Comic strip creator Hank Fisher has Joe Palooka join the French Foreign Legion in Africa. Facing a return to boxing, Palooka gains Presidential intervention when President Roosevelt appears in the strip. The June cartoons mark the first time a sitting U.S. president features in a comic strip.
Bob Dunbar became overheated while handling hay on a farm east of Brighton and was taken to a doctor then stayed at his grandmother’s home overnight. He will rest several days and then slow down. Francis Lauderdale helped with harvest on Archie Farrier’s farm. The Indian Creek ball team beat West Chester Pirates while wearing new jerseys. They will host Perlee next Sunday at home. L Donbay home hosted Mr and Mrs Frank Heathmel of Keota. Alice Dunbar is taking a trip.
Ames Iowa July 9 farm tours at the Iowa State College experim ent station drew more than 500 farmers and farm women in June. Ten tours from nine counties visited the Dairy Industry building the beef and horse barns the dairy farm and agronomy plots. They viewed mid day milking of 74 cows and learned about a milk bacterial count not over 12 000 per c. Most tours focused on corn breeding small grain plots alfalfa wilt resistance and soy bean and clover trials.
Chicago markets show hogs at 6 000 head with 4 500 direct and steady tone. Light weights 9 25 to 9 60, week 40 to 50 cents higher, heavier butchers 25 to 34 cents up. Cattle and calves mostly steady with ranges across beef steers 10 50 to 12 25 and cows 6 50 to 8 50. Sheep 6 000 head steady, lambs 9 00 to 9 50, yearlings 6 50 to 7 76, ewes 3 00 to 4 00.
Chicago reports steady produce prices on July 9 with eggs receipts 13 406 cases and dirties 17 percent. Butter market steady with receipts 21 404 pounds and a range of specials 25 percent to 26 percent and firsts 23 percent to 24 percent.
Chicago market notes show mixed graded corn prices with No 2 and No 1 yellow at 58% to 5914, No 4 yellow 58, No 56 yellow 67, No 2 white 59, sample grade 5y to 66. Estimated elots 203.
Washington county hogs sold strongly at the Chicago Stock Yards this week. Notenburger Brothers of Ainsworth received 9.50 per cwt for 51 Hampshire butchers averaging 262 pounds. Top hogs reached 9.65 per cwt in Thursday trading, while cattle topped 12.25 on Wednesday and Thursday, the highest for the year.
In Crawfordsville on Thursday evening Mr. DD Cherryholmes and his grandson Knowlton Fletcher narrowly escaped a falling maple as they sat in the yard near the People's Bank. A limb cracked and split from the tree striking Fletcher and knocking him unconscious briefly. Mrs Cherryholmes upstairs with John McNeill and a parked car nearby escaped injury. The day also notes visitors and updates on T H Barnes in Iowa City hospital undergoing long five hour daily treatments, and mentions other relatives visiting town.
A fragment notes a woman traveling with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Art Cooper of Fairfield. They went as far south as Oklahoma and her parents received a card mailed in Kansas.
Chicago grain table dated July 9 reports WHEAT and CORN futures with July and Sept markers. Prices show small gains in some contracts while others hold flat or slip slightly, OATS and RYE futures also listed with minor movements.
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