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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1937
Page
7
June 1 reports describe Decoration Day events with parades and programs well attended in many areas. People decorated Sunday evening and Monday morning, with crowds smaller than recent years. Out of town visitors included families from Springfield and Galesburg, while local officials and residents attended events and noted corn planting progress. Supt. Ralston spoke at Ainsworth, increasingly favored by listeners.
Market around steady with Friday's average as hogs total 17 000 including 4 006 direct. Cattle numbers 16 000 with beef steers 13.50 to 15.50 for top, calves 7.00 to 10.50, cows 4.00 to 10.00. Sheep around 12 000 with lambs 11.50 to 12.95 and feeders 7.50 to 8.60. Estimated receipts tomorrow include cattle 900, hogs 12 006, sheep 6 000.
Chicago market brief lists mixed corn prices by grade with varying percentages. The report notes No. 2 mixed at 127 to 128 percent and No. 3 mixed at 126 percent, with several yellow and white varieties ranging from 126 to 129 percent.
The account describes a heavy rain hitting a cemetery event with many people getting drenched and a large crowd staying cheerful. Mart Stewart of Davenport, Frank Trotter drying him off, and Olive Hawkins the nurse from Oklahoma are noted among attendees. J. M. Kelly and wife faced flooded roads en route to Pleasant Plains. Several cars reportedly drowned between here and Ainsworth. Mrs. F. M. Smith near Havre celebrated a Sunday birthday with family.
A brief item notes an extreme score range of 128 percent cited as a sample grade, with reference to a measurement or assessment example. The report mentions 115 to 120 as another grade range in the same context, highlighting unusual result figures.
The report shows Open 1.60, High 1.60486, Low 1.59 with a 1.60 percent change. July data lists Dec 1.19 and related LIS indicators, with LIS% around 118 in the ILISHLIS section.
Open high low and close figures for wheat corn oats rye futures from Chicago June 1 to 4. Listings cover July September December contracts with percent changes and price levels for wheat corn oats rye across months.
Chicago June 1 INS report shows Produce keys Market receipts 41 960 cages. The brief item notes market activity and tally of crates and cages traded or stored. The fragment reflects a routine market accounting blip with no notable events or names.
Butter markets hold steady with receipts at 16 718 tubs and 30 percent specials and extras. Firsts remain in the high twenties with standards near 29 percent while poultry markets show irregular trends for broilers and turkeys and ducks easing. Potatoes track $33 with arrivals 227 and shipments 1525.
History notes that Louis Philippe later king of France visited Coshocton Ohio posing as a schoolmaster during his exile in the early 1800s. The stay reportedly ended early after clashes between aristocratic pretensions and frontier democracy.
The first turnpike act in England authorized a private company to build a road and charge users, passed in 1663. The act marked the creation of toll roads and introduced organized road funding.
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