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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1947
Page
5
Our first Crawfordsville band concert Thursday evening drew a large audience. A spectator noted it was the best crowd since the lumber yard fire. Mr and Mrs Chester Cherryholmes and Danny enjoyed a short holiday trip. One day was spent in Des Moines at Lisle Anwys home.
Community sales scheduled at Whittaker sale barn each Friday and at Midway Sales Company in Columbus Junction Iowa on Wednesday. July 26 features two auctions: a closing out sale at Fast edge of Haskins at 2:00 p.m. and a sale of a room modern house across from the U U Church in Ainsworth at 1:00 p.m. Albert Taylor.
Residents hosted guests from Des Moines and Michigan as youth groups held a Washington skating party. A farmer reported a flying oblong object, with officials offering a normal explanation. visits by Mrs. Glen Harris and others accompanied the funeral attendance, and extended stays in local homes were recorded.
Teeth form at the back of the jaw and wear forward to the rim. When worn they are shed and new rows rise to take their place, keeping the bite ready.
Chicago July 15 livestock markets show hogs 9 000 head with most categories higher by 25 to 50 cents. Bulk good and choice hogs 170 to 240 pounds bring 26 50 to 27 25, larger weights up to 26 50, sows varied by weight. Cattle 7 000 and calves 1 000. fed steers and yearlings 25 to 50 cents higher, vealers 50 cents higher. Sheep 1 500 with spring lambs strong, natives and wethers 26 00 to 26 50, grass lambs 18 00 to 23 00, clven prices listed.
Chicago grain sales show Wheat prices easing for No 2 red and 2 red tough at 235 to 237 percent, with 1 hard at 237 to 238 and 2 hard at 237 percent. Corn remains steady to firm with multiple yellow and grade listings across 216 to 221 plus mid-range samples. Oats stay steady with varied white and mixed grades around 97 to 110 per hundredweight.
Poultry: 40 trucks unsettled steady with no price change. Eggs: 17,551 cases unsettled with varied ranges for extras, standards and current receipts. Dirties and checks shown in narrow ranges.
Chicago grain table lists open high low and close figures for WHEAT CORN and OATS across July through May contracts. It includes monthly highs and lows with percent changes and various delivery months, reflecting grain values and market activity in Chicago.
Iowa county auditors filed for county assessor examinations after a tax commission school of assessment instruction. Under a new law effective Jan 1 the county auditor becomes ex officio assessor, with the chief deputy as county assessor.
Four children were hospitalized in Charles City Iowa after a fall from a tree house where they played yesterday. Most seriously injured were two boys, ages eight and nine, with other siblings treated for minor injuries.
The 16 cow Holstein-Friesian herd owned by A. C. Gingerich and Stanley Bush of Wellman Iowa completed a year in the Holstein-Friesian association testing program. The herd averaged 441 pounds of butterfat and 12 874 pounds of milk with two daily milkings. The top producer Silver Dawn Bess Orms by Gwenivere 2082054 aged eight yielded 699 pounds butterfat and 18 226 pounds milk. Testing was supervised by Iowa State College and The Holstein-Friesian Association of America.
Oelwein Iowa July 16 Peter H Duffy a 106 year old pioneer said he would rather ride in an airplane than a horse and buggy He took his second plane ride yesterday six years after his first flight The spry resident has lived through a century of Iowa history and aviation progress
Raymond Hovey aged 16 and Shirley Roggess 15 sustained skull fractures in a tree house collapse. Ruth Hovey 15 and Donald Wright 10 also injured but not seriously. Two others uninjured. The fall occurred when the tree house floor gave way and they dropped several feet.
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