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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1937
Page
5
Soybean and hog markets weaken with top hog price at 11.65 for 200 to 300 lb. cattle and sheep volumes listed. receipts expected tomorrow include cattle 5,000 hogs 6,000 sheep 6,000. Open close and grain table show mixed corn wheat oats rye futures with small daily shifts.
Richard Holmes, owner of a bicycle, is delighted with a birthday gift. The item list shows numerous social visits across multiple families including the Lemelys of Los Angeles, the Schlatter and Richardson households, and several trips to Washington and Sterling Illinois for graduations and visits. Multiple local residents are noted attending gatherings at Winfield, Cedar Rapids, and Olds, with grandparents visiting and numerous dinner and picnic scenes described.
Rental and settlement opportunities offered by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in Western Canada invite interested young men and settlers to inquire. Information available through Charles Work at Colense Hotel in Washington Iowa. Lost and found notes include a missing hen pheasant near Wallace school and a lost package containing a ladies silk dress.
July era reminiscences and community vignettes document visits by Grant Blick and residents in Ainsworth. Dairy and corn farming details mix with social exchanges at Wheeler cafe and Date Thompsons home while weather and damp fields frame the day.
Family greetings at the quarter century club meeting as J J may sing at the next gathering. James Boyd recalls his first corn plowing experience with a two row plow and tractor. Neighbors discuss new neighbors next door and a newly married couple nicknamed Birdie and Pettie. Brumfields in Haskins keep a nice place while fruit and garden progress are praised. Floyd Martin works on the highway as others tend garden and pick berries. Frank Sickles of Richland is seen looking for farms, claiming good stock even after many sales. EK Simkin and wife visit Mason City area. E F Simkins and wife visit Oakville while parents visit another daughter.
John Eliott of Chicago summering with grandparents Mr and Mrs B D Stephens injured his ankle after a fall in the barn. The cast is on and he uses a cane to get around though he can move with assistance. Nearby, Mr and Mrs Harold Clee hosted visitors including the Colthurtets and Richard Stephens family. Florence Baird, Waterloo teacher, spent the holiday weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs George Baird. Other guests included Mr and Mrs John Freeland and Mr and Mrs Donald Freeland of Chicago and Mrs John Freeland, sister of Mr Stephens. The Stapp and Patterson families welcomed visitors Sunday evening and Washington area guests visited north of the city.
Market summaries show steady movement for eggs butter and poultry in Chicago with receipts for eggs at 24985 and firsts around 18 to 19 percent. Butter prices stable with specials and extras. poultry including broilers to 21 cents and turkeys to 16 cents. Potatoes on track with arrivals at 95 and shipments over 1100.
Listed figures show No. 4 mixed at 127 with No. 1 yellow at 130 and No. 2 yellow at 129 to 130. Also No. 3 yellow 128 to 139, No 4 yellow 1274, No. 5 yellow 127% and No. 2 white 130. White 4 at 127% and sample grade 122 to 124. Estimated cariots about 60.
A Washington Post correspondent recounts the origins of tunneling from ancient Egypt to Babylon, describing how Egyptians observed streams and tunneled into tombs, later bored tunnels for water. The piece notes that the Babylonians ventured beneath the Euphrates, marking the start of submarine tunneling.
Marriages occur in villages and towns across Yugoslavia from June to July with celebrations. After weddings the men depart to work abroad and return 11 months later for reunions with their wives.
Listing shows Miss Della Patton as high school principal and Miss Ethel McCreedy as junior high principal. School board president C W Tucker secretary Ralph W Thompson and members Dr P L Etter Dr T J Pease Glenn Mace A Atchison listed.
One Trip Plumber provides plumbing and heating installation and repair services in Iowa. Prices are advertised as affordable with guaranteed workmanship and a contact phone number 673 211.
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