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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1942
Page
7
Chicago market summary shows hogs 300 nominally steady with top 13.80 and weekly decline of up to 25 cents for hogs and down for butchers. Cattle seen 1060 calves 100 with fat cattle softening and steers at 16.60 top for 1310 pounders. Sheep scarce with lambs and spring lambs steady to higher. fat ewes 4.50 to 6. top lambs 18.35 for shorn and 15.15 for spring.
Chicago June 6 UP report shows eggs market firm with receipts totaling 29 4 percent for current week and 30 30 percent firsts and extra firsts, 28 percent dirties, 27 percent checks, 31 percent storage packed firsts, and 22 percent storage packed extras.
Market brief with mixed and yellow grain readings for corn oats and soybeans. Listings include 96 and 83 percent indicators for corn, multiple yellow grades and white oats readings, and soybeans quoted at 1.68, 1.61 and 1.53.
The grain table lists Wheat with Sep Dec and July positions showing small gains and steady values. Open high low and close figures indicate modest upward and stable trends across the contract months amid light volatility in the session.
The table lists futures data for CORN OATS RYE SOY BEANS across Sep Dec and July contracts. Readouts include percentages and price figures such as 88 percent for corn Sep, 90 percent for corn Dec, and soybeans around 1.70 to 1.72.
Dayton Grove reports Decoration Day visits by William Carr family to Wellman relatives and Sadie Moore family with Mrs J B Moore. Mary Martha and Barbara Stephens recover from measles. Comrade Sunday school class met Tuesday evening with Walter Duvall Harold Timmons and Robert Stephens also in attendance. Mrs John Mayer and sons attended activities.
The Midway Sale Co plans weekly sales at Columbus Junction with a Wednesday schedule and a Friday community sale at Whittaker sale barn. On June 13 at 1 30 p m the late Ed Gray's estate will auction household goods at 618 E 3rd St.
Donald and Robert and Bessie Quick of Chicago visited William and Sadie Embree from Friday to Sunday. George Mayer and Forest Embree of Keota joined Sunday guests. Mahoney and Roy Bain of Rock Island visited Decoration Day with Sadie Moore. Raymond Hammond hosted the So and Sew club for an ice cream social Wednesday evening with most members present.
A new talking electron ray method locates manganese, copper and tungsten in lab tests and promises a tool for locating strategic war minerals. The device makes rocks speak to reveal hidden ore deposits.
In Riverside at St Marys church the Feast of Corpus Christi will be observed with a 7 oclock high mass led by Rt Rev Monsignor Bernard Jacobsmeier and assisted by Rev J J Faith. A procession will follow and senior St Marys high school graduates will receive holy communion. Grandparents Mr and Mrs John W Soukup announce the birth of Nancy Ann to their son in Iowa City.
Plant breeders have developed sorghum varieties that require shorter frost-free periods and less heat and rain. Sorghum can now grow in climates with as few as 130 days of frost-free time, mean July temperatures around 70 degrees, and minimum rainfall near 15 inches.
The article recalls Maine congressman James G Blaine as a 1876 presidential hopeful. Robert G Ing ersoll praised him with a famed nominating speech likening him to an armed warrior and a plumed knight marching through the halls of Congress.
A renowned lumber expert states Brazil's potential lumber resources exceed those of the United States, pointing to vast forest stocks and favorable growth conditions. He cautions sustainable harvest plans are essential to maintain long term supply.
Pilotburg reports hot dry days with varied crop outcomes from strawberries to alfalfa. Marion Stransky, Carl D. Anderson and Alvin Richardson harvested the first alfalfa crop. Mrs Earl McQueen of Denver visited the Stransky home amid Ladies Aid activities. Social plans include a church gathering and a supper hosted by Marion Stransky and family for Earl and Set McQueen and other relatives.
The passage notes that cot ton remained a novelty in England until the eighteenth century. It emphasizes cot ton came from foreign soils such as India and the West Indies and was more adaptable to technological change than traditional linen and wool.
The term exotic derives from Latin exoticus and means foreign or from another country. It contrasts with glamorous or orchidaceous connotations by describing an external origin rather than aesthetic allure.
Scientists warn whiskey worsens snakebite by weakening heart action. They advise sucking out poison from the wound until a doctor can be reached.
Gen. H. H. Arnold will deliver Iowa Wesleyan College hundredth anniversary commencement address at 10 a m Monday. Lodwick says Arnold, just back from England, confirms attendance. The centennial celebration includes the Des Moines conference of the Methodist church on campus June 12 to 14 with Bishop J Ralph Magee presiding.
Joseph L. Letak a 44 year old Omaha tailor held on a larceny charge died from his own negligence after a 20 foot fall from the third floor at Pottawattamie county jail. Coroner's jury reached the verdict in Council Bluffs.
Farol Roy King two year old son of Mr and Mrs Sloan King died from skull fracture and chest injuries after a team of horses broke loose and ran through a fence in a Beech area yard. Gerald, Carol and Gaynelle King witnessed the incident. Carol was injured. Body taken to Pleasantville funeral home.
The piece ranks Kukenaam in British Guiana as the world’s tallest waterfall at 2000 feet. It also cites Sutherland Falls in New Zealand at 1904 feet and Tugela Falls in Natal at 1800 feet.
Charles Coffin, 61, a former Penn college faculty member and member of the Indiana state legislature, died Tuesday in Bloomingdale Indiana after a major operation. His body arrived in Brighton and was taken to his brother Clyde Coffin’s home for funeral services at Pleasant Plain Friends church conducted by Dr MeGgew and Rev Craven. He is survived by his wife, son Burton of Stevenville Texas, daughter Mrs Jay Clampitt of Huntington Indiana, three brothers Claude Roscoe Roy and three sisters Mrs C S McCracken Emma Coffin and Mrs Dwain McCracken.
Israel Hueston, said to be the husband of Mrs. Leona Hueston, 38, who secluded herself in a Rock Island riverfront shack three years ago, was located by Muscatine officials. He has been working as a farm hand nearby. Officials said the couple had lived on a farm 10 miles south of Muscatine before she hid in an 11 by 11 foot hut in Rock Island.
Columbus Junction notices announce a daily vacation Bible school at Cairo Church of God from June 9 to 13, 9 to 12 each day with Rev. William J Frederick assisting Rev. Burris Moore. Also reported is the move of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Teel and son to Grand Island Nebraska where Mr. Teel will work at an ordnance plant. Seventy nine enrolled the first week at Grandview daily Bible school.
Rev and Mrs Poston, arriving from Tipton, will occupy the Crawfordsville Presbyterian parsonage and serve as pastor. He has pastored Tipton for ten years. A daughter was born Thursday evening to Mr and Mrs John Long at Homer Martin's home.
The advertisement promotes switching two week old Mash Chicks from started mash to a home mix. It lists a batch for low cost on farm or via dealers and specifies 200 pounds ground oats or midds 200 pounds ground yellow corn 100 pounds Big Gain Poultry Concentrate. Bayer Store Bayertown Martin's Hatchery.
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