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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1941

Page

5

Markets to AGO June 2 Hog and Cattle Report

Hog prices steady to higher with 180 to 270 lb hogs at 9.40 to 9.55 and 270 to 330 lb mostly 9.30 to 9.45. heavier 360 to 500 lb sows 8.65 to 9.00. Cattle volume 13,000 with calves at 709, steer and yearling prices 9.00 to 11.00, best 12.75 for light western fed steers, yearlings to 11.50, cows scarce, vealers 9.50 to 10.50. Sheep 1,500 with lambs 9.90 and spring natives 11.25 to 11.60. Tomorrow’s estimates: cattle 7,000 hogs 14,000 sheep 2,000.

U.P

Chicago Cash Grain Report Summary

Chicago June 2 cash grain bulletin lists corn with multiple grade ranges from 73% to 74% for yellow kernels and 80% to 83% for white, oats showing mixed heavy and white grades between 30% and 38%, and soybeans from 1.10% to 1.35% across mixed, yellow, and sample grades. The data covers corn oats and soybeans with percent ranges and sample grades.

Chicago

Chicago Grain Table Notes Mixed Wheat and Soybeans

June 2 Chicago grain table shows open and close swings for WHEAT CROP contracts including July through Dec. deliveries, with July at 96 percent and September around 97 percent. CORN and OATS provide varied readings across months, while SOYBEANS display modest gains for July and fluctuating December values amid ongoing market activity.

Chicago

Chicago Produce Market Report on Eggs and Poultry

Chicago market bulletin shows eggs firm with 24,425 cases receipts. extra firsts 23 percent. firsts 22 percent. dirtiest 21 percent. Poultry steady to easy with receipts of 2 cars and 28 trucks. heavy white and colored ducks, small ducks, geese, hens and cocks listed with percent ranges and turkey figures.

Chicago Iup

Potter's Field Has 8500 Unidentified Each Year

New York City's unclaimed dead are buried in potter's field with about 8500 unidentified persons annually. Hebrew Free Burial association handles all unclaimed noddes, while Wall brackets and hanging shelves trace back to Chippendale who designed them in the mid eighteenth century.

New York City Potter's Field Hebrew Free Burial Association Chippendale

Great Name Describes Fool in Renaissance Irony

They attacked followers of Duns Scotus during the Renaissance era as stupid and backward. His disciples known as dunsmen or dunsers inspired a spelling shift that produced the word dunce to label anyone with a slow mind.

Duns Scotus Dunsmen Dunsers

Key Returned After 45 Years From Denver Hotel

John O Yeiser III and Andrew Sturm Yeiser of Omaha returned a hotel room key to a Denver clerk saying their grandfather Andrew Sturm of Newhawk, Neb. carried it home 45 years ago and had meant to mail it back. The youths, aged 18 and 15, explained the tale.

John O. Yeiser III Andrew Sturm Yeiser Omaha Neb Denver Andrew Sturm Newhawk John

Soda fountains increasingly serve food nationwide

More than half of U S soda fountains now offer food. Of 90 000 to 100 000 outlets nationwide 57 000 have started serving meals, a trend noted by Soda Fountain magazine.

United States The Soda Fountain Magazine

Railroad car pace to move concrete for Grand Coulee dam

A historical note estimates it would take a 40 ton railroad car loaded with concrete a full day for 150 years to transport the concrete used in Grand Coulee dam project, illustrating the vast scale of the engineering effort.

Grand Coulee Dam

Ears as Microphones in Marsh Owl Flight

The short eared owl uses its ears as highly sensitive microphones while flying high. It can detect the faint squeak of a field mouse on the ground below, enabling silent hunting.

Improving Apple Pie Flavor

Squeeze the juice of half a lemon over apples after they are placed on the lower crust to enhance flavor. This simple step adds brightness and a slight tart note that complements the sweetness and cinnamon.

Saga Definition and Origins in Norse Legend

A saga is an ancient Scandinavian legend or history recounting heroic deeds and adventures. It names romantic or mythical tales from early times, passed through generations in prose narratives.

Sun Hatches Eggs of Brush Turkeys in Mounds

Two Australian birds the brush turkey and the mallee fowl incubate eggs in reptilian fashion. They bury eggs in large mounds and rely on sun heat and decaying vegetable matter to hatch them.

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