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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1943
Page
7
Local ad notes that unusable items can be turned into cash by selling them, and promotes Pitts burgh Vitalized oil paints with advantages like controlled penetration and high gloss. Pioneer Drug Store at 11716W is mentioned as the source.
Guidance for farmers on weatherproofing poultry houses hog houses and barns by applying asphalt roll roofing over old walls. Emphasizes rustproof nails proper lap cement careful nailing technique and planning with vertical sheet application and periodic roof coating for longevity.
Jig Hayden plots theft of Mrs. Severance pearl necklace at the Welcome U ranch to spirit away valuables. Joe Ware and Slim North pursue by horse, catching Jig as the wagon heads to town and underscoring ranch life’s reliance on steeds over cars.
Market summary from Chicago shows hogs steady to slightly lower with pale shifts across weight ranges. Cattle and calves edge higher on choicest steers and yearlings. heifers and feeders steady. Sheep prices ease as native spring lamb offerings remain weak. Tomorrow’s estimates project hogs 15,000, cattle 4,000, sheep near 0.
Chicago grain table lists open high low and close figures for wheat rye oats and corn futures. Entries show Sept and May contracts with several fractions and last prices, including rye and oats data and a note of daily changes.
Grain market snapshot from Chicago shows bids for oats with mixed lots at 71 72 percent and varied weights. White oats range 70 72 percent with one lot at 68 percent and another heavy red special at 72 percent. Soybeans include two yellow bids at 171 percent and other entries.
Chicago reports eggs receipts 11 975 cases with market firm extra firsts at 41 cents current receipts 36 9 cents dirties 3 9. Poultry receipts include 24 trucks and 2 cars with market firm and unchanged.
The plan provides extra rooms for war workers by leasing individual homes for the war period, remodeling and redecorating at no cost to owners, and returning the property after the war. Owners may sublease one unit for their own occupancy.
The average Western Washington irrigation setup costs $1,162 per farm and $37.25 per acre. Studies indicate systems above $40 per acre tend to be less profitable than cheaper options.
The Aztec Calendar Stone dates to the early centuries A D and states the year has 18 months of 20 days plus five extra days called Nemontemi used for unused time.
Powdered metals were known in the Middle Ages and used in medicine illuminating manuscripts gold and silver inks painting ceramics and glasswork.
S. L. Fisher of Schenley Distillers says every grain farm could become a rubber plantation. Byproduct butadiene from grain distillation could supply synthetic rubber. Tests show wheat from a single harvest made tires for tractors in use on the following season.
Old worn-out files can be repurposed into serviceable turning chisels. Use an emery wheel to shape and sharpen the files into durable cutting tools.
Tungsten emerged as the perfect material for lamp filaments and with a century’s demand for tungsten wires a powder metallurgy revival began. A process to form wires from tungsten powder sparked broader scientific growth in the field.
The passage lists eleven daily nutritional factors for adults. It notes vitamins A and D and half the milk’s calories come from fat while the nonfat fraction provides protein calcium phosphorus iron ascorbic acid thiamin nicotinic acid riboflavin and the remaining half of the milk’s calories.
The Castillon rubber tree, native to Central America, ranks as a top producer in the Western hemisphere after the Hevén tree. Each tree yields one to three pounds of latex per tapping, with tapping occurring twice yearly. Cutting the tree increases immediate yield but ends future productivity.
Milk Sears promotes vegetable milk soups as a frugal wartime dish. Using bones and meat trimmings, leftover vegetables, and cooking liquid, households can stretch rations and reduce waste while maintaining nourishing meals.
Whittaker Sales notes a community sale Friday with demand for bulls milk cows steers stock cattle hogs boars 100 head sheep farm horses and 500 white oak posts plus furniture radios and a drop head sewing machine. The listing includes 60 white face steers at 450 pounds.
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