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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1945
Page
7
Mixed sale notices list a DU roc male hog and a young calf from Irvan Rich and Don McLaughlin respectively. Also advertised are live fries, fruit jars at 50 cents a dozen, a log chain, carpet stretcher, a white sewing machine, balloon tire chains, and white purses with clearance pricing.
Chicago livestock market reports hogs 4,500 active and fully steady with good and choice barrows and gilts at 14.75 ceiling and sows at 14.00. Cattle 4,500 with calves 600 and yearlings down 25 to 40 cents. top 17.75 for 987 lb yearlings. best heavy steer at 17.35. weaners 16.00. Sheep 1,000 steady with native spring lambs 16.25 to 16.40 and medium road weights 14.75 to 15.75.. light weights around 12.00 to 12.50.
Chicago reports July 19 market data with egg receipts at 15,385 cases and prices for extra firsts and firsts steady. Current receipts show 34.6 in cents per dozen, dirties at 3.6, with checks at 33.4. Poultry receipts total two cars and 14 trucks, market firm and unchanged.
Readable lines show grain and corn prices for July September December futures across wheat oats rye and related items. The table lists percentages around 160 for grain and about 118 for corn and 135 for rye with several small variations by month and delivery.
A charity act carried out by neighbors and friends last week saw them go to the Schneiders farm west of Riverside to cut and perform farm labor assistance for Mr and Mrs Edward Schneider.
A local effort moved 50 loads of hay for injured Mr. Schneider after a fall from a load on the Shebek farm when the trip rope snapped. Assisted by many neighbors and families, with a separate Riverside turnout to attend Mrs Mary Whitmire’s funeral in Richmond Holy Trinity church.
In 1944 civilians used about five million bushels of soybeans, a fivefold increase from 1941, reflecting rapid progress in adoption compared to China. The American population trails the Chinese in soybean use by about a millennium.
The inaugural Kentucky Derby took place in May 1875. Aristides won the purse of 2850 dollars before about 10 000 spectators watched the historic race.
Four thousand soldiers in their thirty day work furlough move to Chicago to help crews at Santa Fe and Burlington shops under the western railroads redeployment program. Col I Sewell Morris notes the need for 65000 additional civilian workers to shift troops and supplies from Europe to the Pacific. About 700 soldiers are expected to serve on Chicago area railroads during the emergency.
The piece notes that telephone service extended across the American continent for the first time in 1915. It highlights the milestone of nationwide network reach and underlying early long-distance communication expansion. The historical context underscores rapid progress in transcontinental connectivity and technology during the era.
Senate Democratic leader Albin W Barkley predicted in Washington that the Bretton Woods monetary proposal would be ratified by the Senate before adjournment. He cited confidence in an administration victory despite a last ditch effort by Senator Robert Taft and other opponents from Ohio.
October 19 1781 the surrender by Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown effectively ends the American struggle for independence. The historic capitulation seals victory for American forces under General George Washington and allied troops, concluding the Revolutionary War.
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