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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1939
Page
5
The trip and prison grounds visit were worth the effort. Mr and Mrs Francis Butter baugh George Furman of Well man were dinner guests at the R L Dunbar home Sunday. In the afternoon Alice accompanied them to Fairfield.
July reports from Brighton to Riverside detail farm work, harvest pace, and weather. Neighbors praise hospitality at the Spemper home in Kalona and mention repairs at Riverside’s lumber yard. Claims of friendly visits, a fish dinner in Riverside, and community chatter about a Washington whisker club are noted alongside farm yields and family updates.
Doris Geisinger, a schoolteacher, is chosen to act as hostess to the nation’s beauties at the annual Miss America contest in Atlantic City New Jersey this September. She is pictured in attire.
Journal Subscription Representative D. F. Macon presents brief updates from nearby areas. Items include local events, small community tidbits, and notices of interest to readers following neighboring towns’ happenings.
Harold fears a forged school report after his father reads a long list of bad marks. The humor ends with a bridegroom asking if the couple should pursue politics, the bride choosing treasurer as their role.
Funeral services were held Friday at 2 30 p m in the Methodist church for Mrs Samuel R Knupp. Rev Arthur Atack conducted the service with Jones Funeral Home in charge. A quartet provided music and the pallbearers included Ivan Rehmel Lee Holland Rev KB Strong Co G Schmoellier H A Knygle and Walter Duvall.
The chapman is defined as a trader or itinerant dealer who buys or sells. The term derives from middle English cheap meaning to barter, linked to London's Cheapside.
Tourists to France should not miss Beauvais Cathedral's choir, a soaring 223 feet crown of Gothic architecture that survives a seven century history as a remarkable vestige since the rest of the church was never completed.
The notice lists regular and special train schedules for Westbound and Eastbound lines including the Golden State Limited No 1 Local No 43 Californian and Knoxv ille branch times. It also details Davenport Kansas City local Southwest Limited and Burlington Trailways bus routes with departure times and ticket pickup at the local depot and related agents.
Chicago July 15 Hogs uneven week decline with top 7.80 and varied ranges for 180 to 240 lbs. Cattle receipts burden market with mixed weights down 12 to 40 for steers and yearlings. top heavy steers 11.28, calves nominal. Sheep and lambs weaker with spring lambs around 9.35 to 10.25 top. bulk sheep 8.75 to 10.00 and ewes 2.25 to 3.50.
July prices for wheat corn oats and rye appear with high and low values. The table lists contract months July September and December with figures for high low and close. Data show irregular OCR results but indicate grain price movements in Chicago markets.
Chicago cash grain market reports corn prices show 1 yellow 45 to 46 percent, 2 yellow 45 percent. Oats list 2 white 29 to 27 percent, 4 white 28 percent. Soybeans quoted at 2 yellow 88, with corn receipts at 56.
Lake Erie's greatest depth was located in a five mile area near Point Ontario where soundings were taken. The lake extends about 57 miles in width opposite Gené.
Desert travelers chase mirages beyond the horizon hoping for water. Mirages have misled many to danger and death yet some have saved lives by guiding routes and signaling safe passages through harsh desert terrain.
British provinces expand fruit production with growth in Ontario, Nova Scotia, and British Columbia. Ontario leads shipments while Atlantic provinces and western markets push development.
British railway companies emerge as the world's largest hotel and dock owners, reflecting far reaching investments. The claim highlights their extensive holdings in hospitality and port infrastructure, signaling a shift in industry dominance.
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