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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1943
Page
5
Hogs 14 000 active mostly steady with top 14 40. 180 360 lb at 14 20 14 40 and 160 180 lb 13 60 14 25. Cattle 17 000 receipts. fed steers and yearlings down slight. best weights softer. steer runs bulk 14 50 16 25. top 16 75. heifers 16 00 16 75. veal 15 50 16 50. Sheep 2 500. lambs fair. native spring 16 00 16 60. ewes 7 00 8 00. Estimates tomorrow hogs 15 000 cattle 8 000 sheep 2 000.
Chicago cash corn and grain figures listed for June 7 show two yellow corn at 107.5 cents and two yellow at 164 cents, mixed oats at 67 cents, white oats at 68 1/2 cents, and soybeans 170 and 163 cents for yellow varieties.
Chicago produce receipts total 27 644 cases with market firm. Eggs show extra firsts 38 percent and firsts 88 percent while current receipts read 37. Dirties 35. Checks 3414. Poultry consists of 1 car and 9 trucks with ducks 5 small hens 24 heavy hens 4 friers 24 young tom turkeys 35 old tom turkeys 3042 and hen turkeys 35.
In Chicago on June 7 the grain market shows Wheat futures with Sep and Dec near 145 and 146 while July stands around 145. Corn futures list Sep and Dec at about 105 and 101 with May at 105.
4-H club members met at the Glen Thompson home to outline a fall western lamb feeding project. Guy Cole and J W Chandler discussed purchasing sixteen lambs per lot near September 1 and marketing them as shearable pelts. The program aims to teach members, both boys and girls, the full feeding and marketing process with help from the County Extension Director.
The material known as philosopher's wool is zinc oxide obtained by roasting zinc ores with charcoal. It has long been used in paint since the start of the Christian era.
Dayton Grove reports residents traveling to Cedar Rapids for a lime truck bed, visits between Mrs J B Moore and neighbors, and Mr and Mrs Richard Ricka Lough living near the stone quarry. J B Moore did plastering at West Chester, and club meetings were held including Merry Mixer and So and Sew. Merle and Marion Crawford returned briefly from Camp Hood Texas for furlough and visit.
The Nira column notes June 7 reports heavy rainfall helping gardens but delaying corn planting. Memorial Day flowers stayed vibrant due to moisture. A rhubarb recipe with strawberries is praised as improved. The Wagamon family visited Ottumwa relatives last Sunday.
Former ambassador Joseph E. Davies arrives at a Washington airport after a world tour described as a second mission to Moscow. He carries a tightly sealed briefcase rumored to hold Premier Stalin's reply to President Roosevelt, seen as a prelude to a possible Roosevelt Stalin Churchill meeting.
Jerome Crown 63 died suddenly of a heart attack at his Riverside area home Saturday. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 9 am at St Mary church with Monsignor Bernard Jacobsmeier presiding. Burial at Mt Olivet Cemetery. He leaves wife Geneve Knebel and eight children, plus two brothers, two sisters, and fifteen grandchildren.
Mrs. W W Twinain attended the outdoor wedding of Carol Jean McDowell and Harold Leet in West Chester Wednesday evening. The ceremony was described as very beautiful.
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