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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1936
Page
7
FOR SALE-225 LARGE type white leghorn chickens mostly pullets Call 365 blue 14212 FOR SALE-DRESSED BUFF Rock fries Wilma Pailiner R1 46 134trTF FOR SALE OR TRADE TWO nice young bull calves R&6- 22 Denis Brohm Kirkpatrick home Mr. and Mrs. Will Decker of Waterloo visited Wednesday at the Chas Faulkner home
A benefit ice cream social at the kittenball field in Olds drew over 500 attendees and raised gate receipts and ice cream proceeds for Andy Anderson, an Olds ball player with a crushed cheekbone. The eight-team Olds-Swedesburg League expresses gratitude for regional support and notes surrounding community visits and events including a Legion ice cream supper and gatherings at multiple local homes.
July 31 reports show W H Anderson and son W C White from Ainsworth, Charley Lorak, Rivers.de and others at a busy sale in Washington. Attendees included doctors, lawyers, businessmen, newspaper writers, and farmers with their wives. The event lasted 70 minutes in perfect weather, with Dr Mahin of Ainsworth buying a lawn mower.
Report of an ice cream social at New Haven enjoying strong attendance. notes on dessert praise from attendees including Charley Lemley and Bill Hotle, with several locals at the same table. mentions O J Simmons and wife traveling, and Ed Wells with W Hotts of Washington. records chilly morning in the area.
Chicago July 31 market report shows unevenly steady hogs with 180 to 250 lb at 11.15 to 11.30, 250 to 300 lb at 10.85 to 11.00, and 149 to 170 lb near 10.25 to 10.85. Cattle and calves steady with beef steers 7.50 to 9.50, cows 4.25 to 6.25, calves 4.50 to 9.00. Sheep steady with lambs 9.75 to 16.50. poultry and potatoes noted with varied receipts and on track shipments.
Chicago market notes show firm receipts for eggs and butter on July 31 to August 4. Egg receipts totaled 12 08 with extra firsts at 24 percent and dirties at 20 percent. Butter market firm with 14 269 receipts and specials 35 percent and firsts 32 percent, standards 4 percent.
Joseph Costa of Conewango Valley New York is set to begin a nonstop flight from Harbor Grace Newfoundland to Portugal in a Lockheed aircraft powered by a Pratt and Whitney Wasps engine. The crossing aims to mark the first transatlantic attempt of 1936 with the takeoff anticipated within days.
Courtesy listing shows prices for dairy eggs and poultry items. Includes sweet cream at 36 cents a dozen, No 1 sour cream 34 cents per pound, No 2 sour cream 32 cents per pound, heneryROWN eggs at 4 cents per dozen, white eggs at 4 cents per dozen, No 2 eggs and various heavy hens by weight with rates ranging from 9 to 15 cents per pound, plus leghorn and spring varieties with several price points.
Chicago market notes show corn prices across grades with No 1 yellow at 105 4 percent, No 4 yellow 104 to 106 percent, No 5 yellow 106 percent, and No 1 white at 115 percent as of July 21 at Chicago.
Market notes show Chicago No 2 yellow 133 and No 8 yellow 132 with Des Moines at 106. Estimated corn recepts listed as 129 calots.
The Newfoundland is a widely admired working breed used across North America and abroad. It serves as a sled dog and hauls small packs, similar to cart pulling by St. Bernard dogs in Swiss farming, showcasing its adaptability and utility.
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