Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Washington Evening Journal in Washington, Iowa

We have 14,353,121 pages in Iowa

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 23, 1940

Page

5

Market Report Chicago July 23 40 Hog and Cattle Prices

Chicago markets show hogs opening 10 to 15 cents lower and closing 15 to 25 cents off. Top at 6.60 for 200 to 240 lb hogs. 240 to 260 lb 6.10 to 6.50. 270 to 300 lb 5.80 to 6.20. sows 5.50 to 5.90. cattle 6,500 head, calves 1,000. Grain fed steers and yearlings active, best yearlings 11.36, bulls and cows steady. vealers 11.00 top. Sheep 43,000 head. spring lambs slow, natives 9.00 to 9.25, handyweight yearlings 7.75. Estimated receipts Cattle 10,000 hogs 13,000 sheep 3,000.

Chicago

Chicago Cash Corn Prices Reported

Chicago notes cash corn prices by grade with yellow and white varieties and oats mixed values. Beans show yellow 80 to 83 percent ranges. The report lists sample percentages and closing figures for yellow and white corn and oats in late July.

Chicago

Journal Sale Date Column at Midway Sale Co

Notice lists weekly sale dates at Midway Sale Co Columbur Junction with regular journal style columns. It mentions Wednesday sales at the journal column and Friday community sales, plus City Feed Yard as a venue reference.

Midway Sale Co Columbur Junction Community Sale City Feed

Chicago Produce Market Signals Steady Prices

Chicago reports a soft market for eggs with 17 734 cases received and varied grades 15 percent higher for extras and firsts, while current receipts rise 13 percent and dirties fall 12. Poultry prices firm as receipts show 45 trucks with ranges for small hens heavy hens springs and Leghorn broilers around 13 to 14 percent.

Chicago U.P

Grain table from Chicago market July 22

Open high low and close values listed for Wheat Corn Oats Rye in July and September contracts. Prices shown in percent ranges with daily shifts and December futures figures. Data reflects grains trading activity reported by United Press.

Chicago Dee

Eunice Craig Visits Schnoebelen Home in Florida

Riverside reports Eunice Craig traveling to Orlando Florida to visit Mr and Mrs Everett Schnoebelen and plans to return around August 1 with the Schnoebelens who will visit relatives in Davenport and Crawfordsville. Other local movements note visitors from visiting relatives and a funeral held for Mrs Mary Mottet in Riverside.

Eunice Craig Florida Schnoebelen Riverside Orlando Everett Schnoebelen Crawfordsville William C. Leeney Davenport Frank Safourek Omaha Norbert J. Safourek Doris Safourek Lawrence Heck Washington Elizabeth Kiefer Lois Buchwalter William McClelland Nira Floy Hopka

To Present Play at Pleasant Hill

Members of the Christian church will present the play An Old-Fashioned Mother at the Pleasant Hill church next Tuesday evening July 30 at 8 o clock. The same cast as the June 6 Washington Christian church performance will appear with Mrs Charles Doran in charge. Admission is ten and twenty five cents.

Christian Church Pleasant Hill Washington Christian Church Oral Norman Frank Bradford Paul Lavely Allen Bradford Bonnie West Katherine Jane Doran Harold Jarvis Max Birka Virnus Bradford Charles Doran

Requiem Mass and Burial for Beloved Local Figure

Rt. Rev. Monsignor Bernard Jacobsmeier led a requiem high mass with the parish and choir in attendance. After the service he delivered the absolution sermon and conducted the graveside rites. Casket bearers included relatives from Kansas Goshen and Washington. Burial followed at Mt. Olivet Cemetery near Riverside, beside her husband.

Bernard Jacobsmeier Goshen Indiana Bernard and Francis Mottet Washington Robert Fran Mt. Olivet Cemetery Riverside

Visitors to Puerto Rico Rise in Yearly Tourist Traffic

Visitors to Puerto Rico numbered about 40 000 in the year, with most travelers coming from the United States. Weather patterns included rainy periods during peak travel times and affected visitation levels.

Puerto Rico U. S

Seven New Cars Licensed in Week in Washington County

Seven new cars were registered at the county treasurer office in the past week. Washington County now lists 5,542 automobiles with 1940 license plates, up from 5,418 a year ago. Owners and vehicles include Fields & Graf Motor Co. Dodge pickup. Harry J. Donaldson Studebaker cruising sedan. E. F. Bauer Chevrolet town sedan. Irvin J. Kelley Ford Tudor. Mrs. Roger C. Jones Buick 4 door touring sedan. Ira Huber Chevrolet town sedan. Glen Booton Plymouth 4 door sedan.

Fields & Graf Motor Co Washington Dodge Harry J. Donaldson Studebaker E. F. Bauer West Chester Irvin J. Kelley Kalona Roger C. Jones Ira Huber Wellman Glen Booton

Rural Mail Carriers Meeting Draws Local Residents

Crawfordsville July 23 Mr and Mrs BE Clark attended the state rural mail carriers convention in Oelwe. Dr and Mrs B W Hustom of Mt Pleasant visited and took Minnie Spra gue to Omaha for a two week stay with relatives in the area and Washington. Mrs Herman Jonesh and daughter from Des Moines visit Mrs Dc H Fishburn. Craig Nelson of Goldfield and family spent the weekend with W E Taylor family. Eva Adams of Detroit visits Daisy Huber. Kenneth Coombs and baby son of Brookfield Ohio visit Lisle Maxwell. Mrs Coombs sister of Mrs Maxwell. Rev R W McCracken of Kit-

Crawfordsville BE. L. Clark Oelwe 8. W. Hustom Mt. Pleasant Minnie Sprague Omaha Washington Herman Joneh Des Moines Dc. H. Fishburn Craig Nelson Goldfield W. E. Taylor Nelson Eva Adams Detroit Mich Daisy Huber Kenneth Coombs Brookfield Ohio Lisle Maxwell Coombs

Sermon Preached at U P Church and Outing Plans Mentioned

Lamning Pennsylvania preached a splendid sermon at the U P church Sabbath morning. Alice Holmes and her sister Mrs Ralph Miller and daughter Phyllis of Olds plan a week long outing to Minneapolis and other Minnesota places. Mrs Miller's son Mikey stays with sister Mrs Vernon White and the little daughters Patty with brother Robert Holmes. Mrs Wayne Berkshire of Mount Pleasant will have charge.

Absence At Miss Holmes Prompts Salon Visit

Mrs Holmes absence leaves the beauty salon in unfamiliar hands. Mr and Mrs Fred Shaffer of Olds and Mr and Mrs Milo Arthur with two children from Ainsworth were callers at the Thomas Holmes home on Sabbath afternoon.

Miss Holmes Fred Shaffer Olds Milo Arthur Ainsworth Thomas Holmes

Also Mentioned on This Page

Evanston Geo. Young Ray L. Yoder Louise Baird J. D. Rabenold Delbert Badham Reister Bros Foster Gamble ICR Washin Gton O. E. Campbell W. Monroe Chicago Livestock Journal Geo. J. Breitenbach Nyla Reiner Nyla Journal Office Iowa the Evening Journal Washington, Iowa Nyla Reinier South Charles Hebner Pioneer Drug Store Isbert C. V. Crull Washington Oil Company New Motor Stewart & Crone Montgomery Ward & Co Shropshire Rame F. J. Salladay, Ainsworth Tim Sunset Park Eelipse Lumber Co Sale Mangold Rameseyer’s Hatchery Pleasant Inn Phone TI Lips Lumber Co Theold Scott Furniture Co Jimmy Sugscribe Evry Week Paul R. Horak West Side Square Thos. Kauffman Howell Limerich Richland William G. Eldridge Tucker Chevrolet Pakery R. Sanitary Bakery Libtfeod Eclipse Lumber Co Joe M. Wolfe Missouri Helen Tener Columbia Marie Tener George Fred Iden Bonaparte Allen Latta Thelma Hall Jacksonville Illinois Carl Luckey John O'Conner Bruce Gibson Iowa City Mae O’conner Valentine Casey William O'Conner Mottet St. Mary's Church Mary Mottet Mercy George Gifford Morrison Roosevelt New York Tommy Garry Garry Washington County Mary Manners Maybelle Kenyon Herbert Tetlow Mt. Plessant J. Hurley & Son Mt, Pleasant, Iowa Produse Hotere Rockies America Denver The Shirley Edgar Smith the Walton Ed. C. Bennett Broadway 17Th Street Colorado PUN Official Washington Directory Optometrists A. C. Peterson Second Ave DR. Co. B. Boller State Bank Corner Washington St Richard Stewart Ethel Wilson R. R. Noovansens FP. Rawn Martha Foster Harriet 1 Coulter Harold Putnam Marion George County Cada Calla Chiropractors DR. Chas Brown Court House Washington Independent School District Jones Funeral Home East Main St Sherman'’S Funeral Home West Main St Ambulance Service Theodore B. Bailey Attorney At Law Loan & Trust S. W. Livingston George FF Morrison J. C. Penney Co Officers Muck City Soliecitor Henry Bailey L. Jordan J. O. Brown Walter Klesey Lioyd Lytle W. A. Patten Mark Pratt HH. Reister A. E. Palmer E. Dr. D Barrett Park Marian Bailey Frank B. Miller J. &. Lemmon Lester H. Orr F. Boller R. F. McFarlane Will Duoing Clarence Jacobs Fred Reid Erry Library Eva Denny Homer Stephen Lemley & Yard General Insurance East Main Street
Search Courier

Search the Washington Evening Journal Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Washington Evening Journal?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication