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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1942
Page
7
Chicago markets show hogs steady to 10c higher with 12,000 head traded and several weight classes priced from 13.50 to 14.55. Sheep at about 2,000 head with natives not fully estimated and fat ewes around 6 dollars. Cattle and calves steady with ranges from 14.25 to 15.25 for cattle and 14.00 to 15.00 for weaners. receipts for tomorrow projected hogs 12,000 cattle 11,000 sheep 1,000.
Eggs receipts total 10 633 cases with market steady and varied quality levels. Poultry receipts arrive as 47 trucks with steady market and firm pricing including heps and broilers and various weight classes.
Market notes show December to May price shifts across oats soybeans and barley with percent changes and nearby contract quotes. Reports list several month spans with modest movements and notable parities, indicating cautious trading as harvest context weighs on values.
Chicago quotes list cereals with mixed yellow and white corn values, oats and soybeans shown in fractional percentages and price points. The brief table includes colors and grades such as yellow corn and mixed oats, with soybean values around 1.69 percent, reflecting market trade notation.
Open high low close figures appear for wheat and corn with September and May contracts. Wheat shows around 1.17 to 1.22 percent changes and corn around 89 to 90 with similar ranges.
A former threshing company suffered losses over 1000 when its grain separator was struck by a fast freight train at a Mount Vernon crossing. Operator Ray P. Ink said he started across as signals activated and a coupling loosened, sending the separator 50 feet along the tracks before impact.
Journal sale dates list Midway Sale Con Columbus Junction every Wednesday and Community Sale Fridays at Whittaker sale barn. Additional sales include July 30 R C Ferguson disposal sale near Washington on highway 92, Aug 4 farm sale near Crawfordsville, Aug 20 Hampshire sow and gift sale by Irvin C Sommer, and E R Brenneman Keota Iowa.
A Boy Scout troop was organized Thursday evening at the community building under the direction of Charles Luckenbill. Gerald Breneman was chosen scout master and LeRoy Hughes assistant scout master. committee includes Rev. Harold C. Irwin and others. The Rev I L Baumgartner led a quarterly conference at Spring Run Evangelical church. Local families visit and travel related to war service. Spring Run Garden club meets August 6 with Mrs. Lois Buffington.
Grand Isle in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana served as a hiding place for Jean LaFitte and his privateer band. Today many island residents trace their ancestry to those raiders who used the isle as a refuge.
A home advice column describes a humane pigeons deterrent using toy snakes on building ledges with noted success in a city hall setting. It warns against nesting-season use and offers steel-nail maintenance and common home repair tips for fireplaces finishing and woodwork.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Rauscher of Lockridge recovered from an appendectomy. Marilyn Moss of Riverside visited with cousin Mrs. Charles Wells. Janice Cheney celebrated her fifth birthday at the carnival in Winfield, where an elephant also marked a birthday. Visits by Harland, Cheney, Older, Wooley, Holmes, Bates, Hubbard, and Boddicker noted with local hosts and relatives.
Pleasant Hill notes a busy week with threshing and field chores. Neighbor visits span Burlington, Fairfield, Ainsworth, and Brighton. Local family gatherings include birthdays and picnics with the Kephart, Lambert, Caldwell, Hesseltine, and Gamon families among others.
Charles McBee of Council Bluffs was arrested for the second time in two weeks as an army deserter. He previously disappeared from Fort Knox Kentucky and was sent to Fort Crook Nebraska. he left the train at Council Bluffs and was returned to Fort Crook.
A cheerful bedroom blends pale primrose walls with white and gold accents. Features include an oval beige rug with green fringe, filmy white cross-draped curtains, a white quilted bedspread with a lime green flounce and pink rosebuds, and slipcovered headboard and chair.
Crawley Down, an early adopter of street lighting, will keep lampposts unlit for a further year. Residents say attempts from 1897 to 1900 showed lighting cost too much for the village budget.
A recent electrical demonstration shows cereal fodder produced rapidly in a low roofed shed using shallow trays stacked in tiers. Electric heat to the trays yields ten inches of growth in eight days, promising efficient feed from corn or other grains.
Agricultural guidance urges keeping laying flocks fed and healthy. With 300 high producing hens a 100 pound daily feed intake is common, and new feeders greatly help. Recommend 3 five foot feeders or 2 eight foot feeders per 1000 hens and offer free culling service for nonproducing birds.
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