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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1947
Page
5
More than half of U S cities with populations over 60 000 now have mobile telephone service and nearly 5000 miles of the busiest highways are connected.
Colored cement flagstones may solve soil and path issues for gardeners. They can be cast in wooden forms and set in place or dug into sod with cement filled scooped sections to create irregular flagstone patterns between grass strips.
One pound of tankage saves more than five pounds of corn in fattening pigs on alfalfa pasture. This saving justifies the use of a protein supplement for hogs even at high feed prices. Other advantages include faster gains, greater daily feed consumption, animals finished earlier, and less damage to the alfalfa stand when a supplement is fed.
Strikes by municipal employees in 43 cities in 1946 caused 88 000 man days of work lost, about .034 per cent of total municipal working time. In the same period industry had 4 700 strikes leading to roughly 113 million idle man days or about 1 5 per cent of total industrial working time.
Open high low and close quotes for wheat corn and oats across Sept Dec Mar May futures. Entries show bid and ask style figures with percent signs and numbers, listing market ranges and final prices for each contract month.
Research indicates iodine treatment improves survival and speeds recovery in horses suffering sleeping sickness. Experiments show stricken horses given sodium iodine recovered faster and at higher rates.
The Jewish population rose from 163000 in 1940 to 630000, with immigration and natural increase contributing about equally. The Arab population reached about 1110000, while the Jewish population totals about 12 times 1919 levels.
Chicago markets show hogs near steady to higher with top 29.00 and many weights described from under 300 pounds to over 500. Cattle remain firm with good steers mostly 27.50 to 32.25 and heifers 26.00 to 29.50. cows steady to weak with cutters 12.50 and beef cows to 20.00. Sheep slow with spring lambs around 24.50 to 25.00 and deck lambs near 8.00 to 9.50 for lighter weights.
Chicago market report shows poultry and bee prices with varied rates. Hens leghorn fryers and turkeys priced between 16 and 33 cents per unit, pigeons and ducks listed, with current receipts and dirties noted.
A historical note explains a telephone switchboard card consists of eight parts not counting the plug, detailing the modular components and their roles in routing calls.
Animals may transmit brucellosis anthrax rabies tularemia tuberculosis and psittacosis to humans. The passage lists major zoonotic diseases and highlights the risk of infection from animal sources.
The 1878 installation in New Haven marked the first commercial switchboard and exchange. It featured eight lines and served two scrib subscribers.
The Fertilizer Industry Advisory Committee estimates U S domestic consumption of nitrogen for fertilizer in 1947 48 will require between 800000 and 850000 tons.
Weekly Friday sale at Whittaker sale barn and Wednesday livestock auctions at Midway Sales Company in Columbus Junction Iowa. August 4 public auction of school houses sites and equipment nine miles northwest of Washington. Board of directors listed as Earl Booth William Gamon Maurice Crawford.
Near Clark Fork Idaho on Pend d Oreille lake David Thompson led trappers who built Kallyspell House in 1809 as the territory’s first house. The small post marked early commerce for the region.
Chicago cash grain sales show wheat down 1 to 3 cents with various No 1 red and hard grades quoted between 225 and 236. Corn remains steady to three cents higher with multiple yellow and mixed grades listed, oats fall 1 to 3 cents with mixed heavy and white categories detailed.
Brief note states earthquake waves move at high speeds and can traverse hundreds of miles per minute, highlighting rapid propagation of seismic energy across regions. The item underscores the potential for quick impact assessment after quakes.
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