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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1950
Page
7
Hogs and Sheep Market Report and City Observations
Market notes show hogs steady to 25 cents higher with mostly 230 to 270 lb butchers at 24.75 to 26.26 and large lots around 25.40. Sheep and cattle supply details listed, along with general town remarks on housing, gardens, and roadways contrasting rapid building with slow population growth.
Grain futures drift on midweek trading in Chicago
Chicago open high low close figures show mixed moves across wheat corn oats and soybeans with July futures anchoring the board. Wheat edged around 223 to 231 per bushel while corn hovered near 155 to 156, soybeans traded around 320, and oats and other crops posted varied gains and losses reflecting market volatility.
B J Holmes Wins Wisconsin Fish Award
B J Holmes of 814 So Iowa Avenue won Lac du Flambeau monthly fishing contest with a 20 inch smallmouth bass weighing 5 pounds 7 ounces. He earned a choice of rod or reel while a 100 foot lakeshore lot prize awaits the first muskellunge bass or wallowed pike recorded by Wield and Stream magazine in Flambeau Lakes Region waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lac DU Flambeau
Wis
B. J. Holmes
Iowa Avenue
Wield and
Stream Magazine
United States
Flambeau Lakes
Flambeau
Crooked River Opens at Fox Theatre with Irish Cowboys
Lippert Productions outdoor drama Crooked River screens at the Fox Theatre set in the Santa Susana Mountains. Stars Jimmy Ellison and Russ Hayden, dubbed The Irish Cowboys for their Old Sod roots, appear with supporting turns by Raymond Hatton and Funzy Knight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Susana Mountains
California
Lippert Productions
Crooked River
Jimmy “Shamrock
Ellison
Russ ‘Lucky’ Hayden
Fox Theatre
Notice of Hearing for Dam Construction at Lake Darling
State Conservation Commission plans dam on Honey Creek within Lake Darling State Park Washington County to create an artificial lake. A hearing is set at 11 00 A.M July 27 1950 at the Commission offices Des Moines Iowa for filing dam related damage claims prior to approval by the Iowa Natural Resources Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Conservation Commission
Lake Darling State Park
Sees
Hown
Washington County
Honey Creek
Safe Park
Iowa
53Rd General Assembly
Iowa Natural Resources Council
The
Conservation Commission
Grand Avenue
Des Moines
Lows
Lake Darling
State Park
Washington
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