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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1946
Page
7
Estate settlement sale offers an 80 acre tract with electricity and improvements on the state line, plus terms on properties. Also listed are other Illinois farms and well improvements. Contact ER R Winter Vanella 683. Furniture sale features Wilton velvet 9 by 12 rug and a violin offered by Gwen Ramseyer 238.
Instructions explain drawing on hard cooked eggs with paraffin before dyeing to leave unveiled designs. A half teaspoon melted lard per cup dye creates rainbow effects. Also covers cleaning indoor surfaces and heater reflector for better paint and heat efficiency.
Community Sale every Friday at Whittaker sale barn and livestock sales Wednesdays at Midway Sales Company in Columbus Junction Iowa. Household goods sale on June 8 by Richard A Johnson 722 South Third Ave. Closing out sale on June date seven miles east of Kalona on highway 22 starts at 1 00 Ben M Miller.
Chicago market news reports 4500 hogs and 2000 cattle with calves at steady to firm prices. Hogs 14.85 top, sows 14.10 ceiling. cattle generally steady with steers 16.25 17.85, heifers 17.25, beef cows 10.00 15.08, bulls 15.50 down. Sheep slow with lambs and ewes varied, prices 8.50 to 18.75 with some higher spot bids.
Chicago grain table shows open high low and close figures for wheat oats and rye with old and new contract months. The report lists July September December May contracts for wheat, July August November March for oats, and November March for rye amid fluctuating prices and percentages.
If last year's straw hat looks dingy or dated a sponge bath may restore brightness. White or light colored, especially panama weave, wash in lukewarm soapy water. Stuff the crown, lay on towel, brush with suds, rinse, then dry with a soft cloth.
A household guide suggests grating soap scraps into chips or chopping them for reuse. Soaked scraps in a jar yield liquid soap suitable for various tasks. Keep toilet soap in one container for shampoo or lingerie washing, and kitchen soaps in another for heavy cleaning.
A shell moving 25 feet from breech to muzzle of a six inch naval gun reaches four times the speed of sound and carries energy equivalent to a locomotive at 30 miles per hour.
The National Safety Council warns braking distances grow from three to eleven times longer on ice and snow compared with dry pavement, urging cautious driving and slower speeds in winter conditions.
The passage explains that deep sea fish do not burst when surfacing but many shallow water fish die due to air bladder and abdominal cavity collapse from reduced ambient pressure. It notes the role of water pressure in maintaining body integrity and the risk posed by rapid ascent.
Between 1925 and 1934 the average annual income per worker in constant purchasing power was 1381 dollars in the United States, 1337 in Canada, 1069 in the United Kingdom, 980 in Australia, 539 in Norway, and 360 in Mexico, illustrating broad income gaps across major economies.
Farmers produced 35 percent more in 1944 than the 1935 to 1939 period and 50 percent more than the 1909 to 1914 prosperity era.
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