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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1944
Page
5
Favorable notes from GA lore describe a line of decorative tile for ceilings hard board insulating board sheet rock and related wall finish materials offered by Heliose Lumber Company. Contact 71 13813e0d a.
Markets Chicago July 29 hogs 1 000 steady with week gains 25 to 50 cents heavy butchers up 24 cents sow gains 50 cents cattle 300 calves 100 week gains 17 75 new crop high yearlings 17 60 17 50 and 15 090 yealers faithful sheep 200 week gains native and western lambs 25 to 50 cents higher yearling wethers steady shorn ewes steady with native spring lambs closing at 14 85 top
Des Moines July 29 H Birmingham collector of internal revenue for the district of Iowa warns a large number of car owners have not bought the federal use tax stamp. The law requires purchase by July 1 1944 and stamping the car. Deputies will conduct an intensive delinquency drive soon. Car owners without a stamp affixed after August 1 1944 face penalties.
Chicago cash grain report lists oats with mixed bids angles including 764 for a mixed lot and 77% for several white and heavy categories. Prices show varied quotes across mixed, white and red oat lots in today’s market update.
The record lists grain and oats futures quotes with open high low and close values for September December and May. A separate rye and rye feed report shows new and December values with close figures near 106 to 110 percent.
Homemakers often mistake quick water pours for sterilizing jars. Boil jars and lids for 15 to 20 minutes for open kettle canning to kill bacteria. for processed foods 20 minutes or more, washing and scalding with boiling water suffices and sterilization can be done during processing.
The message suggests fatigue from watching motion pictures may indicate eye defects requiring assessment. It urges attention to vision health and possible professional evaluation to prevent strain and deteriorating sight.
Office hours at Court House for ration certificates and inspections. Details cover tire recapping, inner tubes, and required inspections. Lists various coupons with validity dates and amounts for fuel, sugar, and belts, plus rules on first and second period applications and stamps.
Mrs. John Beenblossom Mrs. William Sieckels and Miss Gilbert hosted a one o clock luncheon for the Women's Missionary Society of the Baptist church. Seventeen members attended the lunch in the church dining room. The regular meeting followed with eighteen present, devotions and a program on Peace Within Thy Gates. Plans were made for a Sunset Park picnic for the August meeting and hostesses named for that event.
In 1822 Hawaii erected what may be the first prefabricated house built from Atlantic coast boards cut and shipped around the Horn. The structure still stands on King Street in Honolulu.
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