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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1938
Page
7
Classified rates listed 2c per word for the first insertion and 1c per word for subsequent insertions with a 25c minimum. The notice promotes placing a $500 want ad to reach more people in one day than a personal representative can in six months.
Health authorities urge a hearty breakfast to reverse morning energy slump. Harvard doctors show hunger drives work decline, not fatigue, advising a substantial morning meal for workers, professionals, and growing children. A sustaining breakfast should include cereal like Quaker Oats.
The U and I Club held an afternoon meeting yesterday at Mrs. Ernest Garrett's home with eight members and five guests. After a brief business portion led by vice president Mrs. Mert King, the gathering was social. Guests included Mrs. P. Finch Mrs. Glenn Hayes and Esther Clara Bell Black of Cedar Falls and Miss Sheets.
Local sellers list prices for cream at 28 cents per pound and sour cream. Egg prices are 17 cents per dozen, with additional quotes for No. 1 and No. 2 sour cream. Poultry buys include leghorn hens and roosters, ducks, and a delivery pay rate per pound. The notice notes deductions for defective poultry and a general buyback of culled birds.
June 2 diary notes a wet week with cheery updates from Muscatine and Columbus Junction. Ode Ferguson visits friend Art Stiles at Hershey hospital after an auto crash near Ottumwa. Stiles family adjusting, daughters nearby, recovery hoped for.
The Garden department of Fortnightly club will sponsor its annual flower show Tuesday June 7 at the Methodist church basement. Further details will be announced later this week. The Garden department is sponsoring the affair for the public.
Markets in Chicago show hogs trading 10 to 15 cents higher than yesterday’s average with top hogs at 8.85 and various weights moving 8.35 to 8.85. Cattle and sheep volumes remain steady with calves and yearlings quoted up to 10.50 and lambs around 7.00 to 7.50, while feeders and stockers hold 5.25 to 8.00 ranges. Estimated receipts for tomorrow include cattle 1,000 hogs 11,000 and sheep 5,000.
Produce totals show receipts of 28 066 cases with extra firsts near 194 percent and firsts 18 to 19 percent. Butter market remains mostly steady with 17.86 tubs and specials 25 to 26 percent, extras 25 percent, extra firsts 23 to 24 percent.
The market shows steady pricing across poultry with springers 15 to 21, broilers at 19, ducks 10 to 14 percent, geese 8 to 11, and turkeys 14 to 19, roosters 13 to 14.
A summary lists sample grade 56 to 53 percent, estimated carrot yield 215 units, with color percentages noting No. yellow 68 to 54 percent and No. 2 white 57 percent.
Grain quotes from Chicago indicate mixed July and September highs lows and closes across wheat corn oats rye and soybeans. Notable figures include July wheat around 69 to 70, corn July near 56 to 57, oats July about 26, rye July near 50, and July soybeans around 84 with October around 80.
Chicago commodity notes list cash corn grades with reported yellow corn percentages for No. 1 through No. 4 grades. No. 1 yellow 57 percent, No. 2 yellow 56 to 57 percent, No. 3 yellow 44 to 66 percent, No. 4 yellow unspecified.
Train times list No. 3 Golden State Limited and No. 1 Local with regular stops plus No. 43 Californian daily. Westbound Davenport to Kansas City local departs at 9:68 a. m. Eastbound No. 26 Southwest Limited departs 1:46. Burlington Trailways schedules show Westbound Chicago to Omaha Bus No. 11 at 8:57 A.M. and No. 1 at 6:57 P.M. Eastbound Omaha to Chicago Bus No. 8 at 8:43 P.M. and No. 12 at 7:53 P.M. Tickets available at Bus Depot Colenso and hotel for cross-country trips.
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