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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 09, 1945

Page

5

Market Summary Shows Steady Hog and Cattle Trade

Hogs 6 000 cattle 7 000 sheep 500 hogs 4 000 active fully steady. Barrows and gilts 140 lbs and up at 14 75 ceiling. Sows 14 00. Complete clearance. Cattle 17 000 calves 1 000 fed steers and yearlings steady. Good and choice heifers active. Others slow at 16 00 downward top 18 00. Wealers 16 00 down. Sheep 500 scattered sales steady but few spring lambs test price. Good native spring lambs 16 00. Bucks 1 90. Good and choice held to ward 16 50 Pew medium and good 14 60 to 15 50.

Chicago Produce Market Reports Mixed Egg and Poultry Receipts

Chicago market news shows eggs receipts at 12 792 cases with firm prices for various egg grades and current receipts around 33 53. Poultry receipts list one car and 11 trucks with firm prices across multiple categories including heavy white duck young geese broilers springs capons and turkeys with prices mostly in the mid 20s to low 30s per unit.

Chicago

Chicago cash grain mixed oats and soybeans report

Chicago July 9 UP reports cash grain prices with oats mixed 72 percent and mixed heavy 72 to 73, soybeans yellow 2.19. No further details provided.

Chicago

Chicago Grain Table Highlights July Market Movements

The Chicago grain table shows July wheat at 1665 and 165 with various fractional shifts for Sep Dec and May. Corn trades around 118 and 117 with several variations across July Sep Dec and May. Oats and rye display mixed percentages across July Sep Dec and May, reflecting fluctuating grain futures.

Chicago

Heitmeier Sells Farm to Hanft in Columbus Junction

Hilton Hanft bought the E. H. Heitmeier farm of 100 acres four miles southwest of Columbus Junction and will take possession March 1, 1946. Other local transfers include Catherine May purchasing the J. E. Reaney property on Second street. A furloughing serviceman, Pvt Eugene Tisor, visits family in town as the Luckey and Thompson households host relatives.

Martha Butler Columbus Junction Hilton Hanft E. H. Heitmeier Catherine May Columbus City J. E. Reaney Second Street Eugene Tisor Ed Tisor Aleutians William J. Luckey del Rio Tex Ralph Thompson Pfe Ralph Thompson Laredo Beulah Luckey Pfe Darrel Willey Carl Willey Gulfport Clarence McFarland

Navy man on leave returns to Columbus. announces wedding

Chinist mate spending leave at his Columbus home after three years in the navy from the European theatre. He is stationed at the Naval Landing Force Equipment depot in Norfolk. Mr McFarland, formerly of the area, recently bought a Cherry avenue home. Announcement of the marriage of Idga Mae Adams, niece of Mr and Mrs Herbert Toll of Columbus Junction, and Pfe John Herbert Korn of Wapello, occurred June 8 at Walnut Street Baptist church in Muscatine. The bride, a Columbus High School graduate and Hershey hospital nurse aide, and the groom will reside in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Columbus Jimelion Navy Naval Landing Force Equipment Norfolk, Va McFarland Cherry Avenue Idga Mae Adams Herbert Rull Columbus Junction Pfe John Herbert Korn John Korn Wapello Walnut Street Baptist Church Muscatine E. C. Lasswells Columbus High School Hershey Hospital Colorado Springs Cojo

Baboons Exhibit Nearsightedness Unlike Arboreal Primates

Baboons, the only non tree dwelling primates outside humans, show widespread nearsightedness while other arboreal primates like apes, monkeys, and lemurs remain generally farsighted. Humans and higher primates share a central retinal yellow spot for sharp vision used in reading and close work.

Lake Superior Size Compared With New England

The largest freshwater lake Lake Superior spans about 400 miles in length and 180 miles in width with a 32000 square mile area. Its vast size surpasses the land area of New England excluding Maine, highlighting its immense scale.

Lake Superior New England Maine

Leather Mildew Prevention Tip For Stored Furniture

Leather items kept in storage tend to mildew. A small amount of petroleum ointment rubbed on the surface helps prevent mildew and can remove it as it forms.

Care for Leather Gloves After Dry Cleaning

Do not wash leather gloves that were dry cleaned. The dry cleaning solvent removes natural oils and exposure to water can cause stiffness and damage the glove material.

Stettinius Endorses UN Charter in Senate Hearing

Former Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. urged rapid ratification of the United Nations charter before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. As chair of the U.S. delegation, he testified to the San Francisco conference findings and said the charter offers lasting peace. Administration leaders aim for approval by August 1 or 7.

Washington PD. C Edward R. Stettinius, Jr United Nations Senate Senate Foreign Relations Committee San Francisco Stettinius United States Truman Torry Foreign Parations Committee Evenue Carter Senate of the United States New World Peace Organization

Fringe making from fabric selvages described

Fringe for finishing slip covers or curtains can be made from woolen, cotton or linen selvages. Trim about half an inch of fabric from the selvage and unravel. For a brush fringe, stitch two or more thicknesses together.

Hoyle Name Becomes Authority On Card Games

The phrase According to Hoyle refers to Edmond Hoyle an Englishman trained as a barrister who systematized whist laws and rules and became an authority on card games His death occurred in London in 1769 and his name remains a byword for gaming authority

Hoyle Edmond Hoyle Bar London

Furlough News and Local Visits In Riverside

Riverside notes include Captain Donald J. Ruth spending a 30 day furlough with his mother west of Riverside after 29 months in the Pacific. Arden Bell from Great Lakes naval training center enjoys a leave with family south of Riverside, having just boat trained. Also reports of Royal Neighbors meeting, visitors from Town City and Sigourney picnic, and visits by Mary Krebs Katherine Thom man and others across the area.

Riverside Donald J. Ruth Bertha Ruth Corporal Ruth Marine Corps Pacific Arden Bell S 2c Great Lakes Naval Training Center Chicago Alva Bell Great Lakes Riverside High School Royal Neighbors of America George Kos Joseph Kupka George McCutcheon Irve Brennan Town City Edward Sehneider Rachel Geret Mary Krebs Katherine Thom Marguerite Mary Knetsel Sigourney Elizabeth Payer J. W. Shaw Albia Payers Here Walter Drew Charles City Blanche Shrader Joseph M. Sciradel Joseph Bauer Artesian S. D Mary Bauer Joseph Knebel Elizabeth Schnoebelen Iowa City Linus Veggey William Spratt John Kloopfer

Individuals Stricken Ill at St Luke's Hospital

A patient at St Luke's Hospital is reported seriously ill. Hospital officials have not released additional details about the condition or the patient’s identity.

St. Luke's Hospital

Light Destroys Vitamin in Milk Notably Riboflavin

The text explains light destroys riboflavin in milk and advises keeping milk out of bright light. Bottled milk can lose up to 75 percent of riboflavin after 2.5 hours in direct sun, while darkness preserves the vitamin and refrigeration preserves it for a week.

Community Sale and livestock auction updates in Iowa

Weekly events listed include a community sale every Friday at Whittaker sale barn and livestock sales every Wednesday at Midway Sales Company in Columbia Junction Iowa. The notices specify recurring agricultural markets and venue locations for local buyers and sellers.

Whittaker Midway Sales Company Columbia Junction Iowa

Sys-Tone Featured In Local Stomach Remedy Testimonial

A Washington man praises Sys-Tone as a new herbal formula that cleanses bowels and reduces gas and bloating after meals. The testimonial claims improved appetite and waistline, with the product sold at local drug stores.

Sys-Tone Washington

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