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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1940
Page
5
Chicago market news reports hogs at 25 cents lower with top 6.75. Cattle receipts 9 000 calves 1 50. light steers mostly steady and yearlings about 10 50. Choice to prime 1276 lb steers 2 00. heifers steady best 10 65. vealers 9 50 to 10 00. Sheep 2 000 lambs steady best native springers 10 60. fat sheep steady. Estimated tomorrow receipts Cattle 9 000 hogs 14 000 sheep 4 000.
Chicago spot cash grain prices show corn varying between 61% and 66 percent, with yellow and white categories listed and mixed lots noted. Soybeans show mixed yellow and white samples, with percentages given for several grades and lots.
Open high low close data for wheat corn oats rye and other grains in Chicago with July September and December contracts. Prices show small gains for some months and mixed movements across commodities. Specific figures include wheat around 174 and 174 for July and Sept, corn near 60 61, oats around 30s and rye mid 40s.
Mricago Produce Chicago reports current receipts of 15 thousand plus, with dirties at 1 344. The market firm notes 14 701 cases in receipts and 16 percent extras graded as firsts, including fresh graded firsts at 16 percent. Checks are mentioned in passing.
Market reports show poultry receipts of 41 trucks with small hens 16, springs 17 to 20, broilers 16’s and other prices unchanged. Local social notes mention visits and picnics across the community including Fairfield Pleasant Plain Coppock and Sunset Park with updates on Sam Lambert’s recovery.
Shiloh July 9 1940 report notes threshing time for the year 1940 is approaching as farmers finish haying and oats binders rush. Local visits include Emanuel and Lester Blick families, Joe Amrine home guests, Robert Gage Wellman and William Caldwell as grandfather companion, and Roberta Kay near Ainsworth with Donaldson and Simmons families.
Cadet Matt Redlinger, furloughed from West Point, addressed the Ames Rotary Club detailing the academy discipline and honor code. He described peer reporting of infractions, options of resignation or court martial, and his belief in the system forming future military leaders. President LeRoy Pratt introduced moving pictures of West Point drills and Jamestown era sites.
Crawfordsville July 49 Mr and Mrs Vernon White and guests depart for a week fishing trip in Minnesota. Richey White stays with grandparents Mr and Mrs Harry White. W C Rauscher assists in the White store. Various relatives from Des Moines Newton Randalia and others visit the Henry Cheney home and attend the 4th of July events.
Xenia dispatch reports Roy Wood loses a high quality four year old black colt due to lockjaw. The item also records family events and visits including weddings, vacations, and gatherings involving the Wood and Stephens families and neighbors across Colsburg Columbus Junction and Mt. Pleasant.
A historic column lists the cC R J P Westbound Washington Lodge no 26 meeting each first Friday with Howard McBride as W M and A W Yard as secretary. It also provides daily rail schedules including Golden State Limited trains, local and Californian stops, with times for westbound and eastbound services and agent contacts at Knoxville Branch and Davenport Kansas City locals.
Herman and Henry Wagen knecht played baseball at the Columbus Junction tournament on Thursday. Billy Frame visiting his grandparents Mr and Mrs W Frame returned home with cousin Jimmy Clegg from Columbus Junction for a short visit.
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