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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1935
Page
7
Chicago markets show 4 000 hogs bid with 3 600 direct and weak undertone. Cattle 700 head and calves 200. better fed steers 60-75¢ lower, grass and common grades down. top prices 12.35 for steers, light steers 11.75 to 11.40. Sheep 6 000. native and spring lambs 50-65¢ lower, yearlings down 25-40¢. best native lambs 8.60, spring lambs 9.40. native ewes 2.00-3.26.
Chicago market notes steady poultry demand with receipts listed for fowl springers broilers and other categories. Potatoes are on track with small arrivals shipments and overall light market activity reflected in the day’s brief commodity listing.
Chicago July 13 report shows No 4 mixed corn No 1 yellow 8644 No 2 yellow 85 to 86 percent No 2 yellow 84 percent values are listed for the day.
OCR fragment lists varied commodity prices per pound and dozen with cents values and a 238 price per dozen note. Lacks full context yet indicates a price table or market listing from a historical page.
Libby Holman, former Broadway star and torch singer, seen in Ogunquit Maine, aims to resume acting with a summer stock company. She aspires to play Juliet and perform torch ballads on the same stage.
Reports from Macon and nearby towns relay local happenings. Community events, visits by residents, and small-town updates highlight social life and civic notes in concise summaries.
The column describes a spell of warm days and cool nights aiding crops for over a week. Farmers report busy activity with threshing, haying, and binding as livestock and horses are observed. Social notes mention visits, a funeral, and a county rural letter carriers gathering with local officials and residents attending in Brichton.
The Evening Journal reports the race was stopped when time expired. The crowd cheers the halt and patrons demand strict adherence to the clock in future events.
In a Frank Priebe weekly letter a Humboldt Iowa reader, H. J. Flemmig, sold 160 spring chickens weighing 98.93 pounds for 112.42 dollars, proving five-pound springs in four months with home mixed feed. Priebe urges others to raise and feed carefully, caponize cockerels, and exploit early market windows despite late hatcheries and weather setbacks.
The article notes Washington soil is a red clay type not rich loam. It describes building up beds with special top soils and fertilization using scientific methods to boost plant growth.
A community sale is planned at Cliv Feed Yard this Saturday with items likely offered in the sale column. Local notices indicate a recurring event every Saturday at the same location.
Roberta Semple daughter of Aimee Semple McPherson has begun an extended tour of the Arkansas Ozark region to study mountaineer life and customs while wearing the above costume.
Train timetable shows multiple daily and weekly routes including passenger, freight, and mixed trains with specific stop notes. It lists agents Goodlander and McKay, terminal notes at Washington, Oskaloosa, and various small towns, plus special stop rules for California passengers and county seats.
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