For Sale Kerosend Store at 1271 SH Wil
Classified notice advertises sale of a kerosene store and a modern appliance shop at 1271 SH Wil. Details are partially readable but indicate a for sale listing with business assets and location.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1939
Page
5
Classified notice advertises sale of a kerosene store and a modern appliance shop at 1271 SH Wil. Details are partially readable but indicate a for sale listing with business assets and location.
July 19 entries describe Breitenbach and Page trimming berries on their acreage near Washington. A parade of neighbors in Crawfordsville and Keota visit, comment on hay tasks, and mention a Centennial trip to Washington. A Alaska beaver trapping tale contrasts with rural chores and a farmer’s family duties.
Journal Subscription Representative D F Macon reports on nearby towns with brief updates. Local events, notable visits, and small community happenings are summarized for readers, highlighting civic activities and social gatherings.
The report mentions a machine being prepared to start at Straw college near Pattersons with input from Ted Anderson and Guiner visiting Har Ley O Laughlins. Mrs A G Swanson and Helen. A new Ho L Brianine farm building near West Chester employs several men, while Mra JL Work and Dorothy of Columbus Junction traded in Washington. Cool dry weather may delay haying and harvesting, affecting threshing.
Police records in Pasadena show a chauffeur named James William Phipps was secretly a woman. The report notes two marriages to women and features the couple Minerva and Mabel Ragan Phipps on bond amid a charge of marriage under irregular statutes.
Chicago markets show 9 000 hog receipts with light to medium weight hogs steady to 10 cents higher and top at 7.10. Cattle receipts 8 000 with yearlings and light steers firm to higher, early top 10.40 for long yearlings and choice weighty steers around 10.10. Cows steady vealers up 26 cents with bulk lambs 9.25 to 9.50, native slaughter 2.00 to 3.60. Estimated Thursday receipts: cattle 5,000 hogs 10,000 sheep 5,000.
Grain table shows WHEAT July prices around 66 to 67 with close values near 66 and 67 percent. CORN July ranges from 42 to 44 percent with closes around 44 percent. OATS July around 28 percent with Sept at 27 to 28 percent. RYE July and Sept figures listed with 42 to 45 percent. ADM values noted without clear context.
Chicago July 19. Produce market steady with receipts of 16 826 cases. Fresh graded firsts shown in the week’s market report.
Market steady for poultry as current receipts edge up with 1 car and 37 trucks recorded. Ducks bring 8 to dollars, geese 11, hens 14 percent, leghorn hens 11 percent, spring chicks 14 to 19 percent, roosters up to 11, broilers 13 to 17 percent, and turkeys 11 to 14 percent.
Chicago cash grain report shows mixed corn bids at 53 and 45, with yellow corn at 45% to 46, oats listed as mixed 29, white at 41 and 30 to 83 percent, plus further white categories 47% to 29.
The Lancaster Ohio town board rejected a railroad station in 1848 arguing rail travel was a passing fancy and would last only a few years, reflecting early skepticism toward rail development.
The text lists four purposes for cabinet wood finishing: to seal the surface and prevent moisture absorption or emission that causes cracking and warping. to facilitate cleaning. to bring out the full depth and beauty of the grain and figure. and to change or equalize the wood color or tone.
Verna 8 says her pimples have disappeared and skin now glows after using Adilerika. The product is claimed to wash both bowels and relieve temporary constipation that worsens complexion, per druggist Geo L. McDaniel.
A dramatic action photo from Toronto shows Rosie the circus elephant seizing keeper Ed Lewis with her trunk. The animal whirled Lewis into the air and dashed him to the ground before another elephant trampled him. The keeper’s injuries were described as serious but expected to heal.
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