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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1938
Page
5
Suburban brief from the Journal Subscription Representative highlights local happenings across nearby towns. Brief notes mention community meetings, school events, library programs, and small civic updates with names of residents and organizations cited in passing.
Hogs totals 14 000 up to 40 cents higher top 10 10 with 170 to 240 lb pigs. Cattle 15 000 steady beef steers 10 12 25 per cwt, calves 5 9 50, cows 5 8 75, feeders 8 9 25. Sheep 7 000 steady lambs 9 9 40, yearlings 6 7 75, ewes 3 4, feeders 7 8 50.
Washington county’s Evening Journal reports harvest activity across farms near Havre Crawfordsville and Noble with threshing yields around 18 bushels per acre and neighbors exchanging work. A Texas flyer set a 907.027 mph light land craft speed record while aviation student built aircraft.
Harvey is now gaining weight and looking better. His father R V Davis is improving nicely in Crawfordsville.
A Saturday filled with farming activity as visitors traveled to meet farmers and observe farm operations. The day emphasized agricultural outreach and direct interactions between the public and farming communities.
A farmer called as a witness in a hog stealing case appeared to favor the accused. When asked if he knew the nature of an oath the prosecutor pressed him. He replied he was not bearing false witness against his neighbor but was bearing false witness for him.
Clarence Johnson of West Chester visited the area Saturday night, making his hometown daily progress notable. The tale recalls a humorous line about overconfidence, likened to the old joke of the flea and the telephant during a bridge crossing.
F. E. Smith and assistants of the I S A of Washington were active northeast of Crawfordsville on line work Saturday. The company operates near many towns, building twenty two lines and enjoying meals in nearby towns during their projects.
Mr and Mrs Francis Skipton and son Stephen of Galesburg ill visited relatives here Sunday and returned Sunday evening. Stephen has stayed with his grandparents for several days. A B Macreadie of Daytona Beach arrived Friday and will stay until November. Ed Stoshart and daughter Betty of Wayland were Washington visitors Saturday evening. Preston, Ruby and Harold Wolf hosted relatives after Sabbath school and church. H C Weigman here this morning praised his corn and named Hank Brenneman as another good farmer. Emil Stalder near Washington noted to keep Journal coming. Dale Bain of Wayland stopped at Phillips and Hebners for the same purpose.
Chicago July 11 reports steady markets across eggs butter and poultry. Egg receipts total 14 515 with various grades up to 20 percent, current receipts 1914 and dirties 17. Butter receipts 21 877 with specials 25 to 26 percent and extras 25 percent. Poultry markets steady with springers 12 3 to 17 percent, broilers 16 to 18 percent, leghorns 10 to 15 percent, ducks 10 to 13 percent, geese 11 percent, turkeys 13 to 17 percent and roosters 15 percent.
Mr and Mrs Howad Bol leau of Marshalltown visited Sunday night and Monday with sister Mrs Howard Hoyle and family. Mrs Harry Davidson helped Mrs Bob Noonan with canning Wednesday. Mrs Howard Hoyle attended Mrs Clifford Campbells funeral. Farmers in the district worked in fields on the 4th. Daryl Hoyle and Jack Hoyle helped Isaac Kleese with hay and oats cutting. Mrs Kephart of Sigourney helps her daughter Mrs Merle Sheetz.
Isaac Pitman, renowned author of the leading shorthand system, was a teetotaler and vegetarian by lifestyle. He pursued teaching as his profession.
The city of Carcassonne in southern France is said to contain a magic well with legend claiming a gate to Fairyland lies at the bottom. Local lore attributes the tale to centuries of history surrounding the fortified town.
The 1938 Iowa health bulletin highlights past smallpox cases totaling 50,303 from 1908 to 1937 with 218 deaths. It urges vaccination and revaccination for children, noting diphtheria immunization alongside smallpox shots and recommending revaccination before school. The bulletin predicts disease elimination if 95 percent of children are vaccinated.
Chicago reports cash corn quotes with mixed grades listed. Prices show No 1 and 2 mixed at 69 and 59 percent, No 1 yellow around 59 percent, No 5 yellow at 67 percent, No 1 White 59 percent, and sample grade trading 53 to 57 percent.
A pony equals one ounce of brandy. A jigger is about three quarters of an ounce, roughly 1% of a gallon.
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