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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1937
Page
7
Lost and found notice hints at a welding service claim to repair a defective tire and recover miles. The item mentions a shop name and an address fragment 98t Seed, suggesting a local classifieds brief about tire repair services.
Used cars for sale include two 1929 Chevrolet 2 door sedans one Ford Model T Roadster and one Buick coupe. Fred May Nash and Willys dealer at 1402 East Washington Street lists the lots for quick sale.
State licensed breeder Howard G. Skinner offers to trap mink harming poultry in West Chester area. They promise not to kill mink and to pay $3 per animal as part of propogating efforts. Also notes a Cat Fish Fry at Ainsworth Hotel on Wednesday June 9 hosted by Claude Green.
Local repair service at 122 N Iowa offers custom furniture work. Call 159 red for details. Publication July 65 advertises maintenance and restoration options.
Prairie Flower June 7 notes Miss Ailene Huber will have a busy summer practicing piano under Miss Bratten and violin under Mrs. Herry Sizer. Martha Turnipseed and Alice Marie Finke marked the 8th grade graduation Friday evening. Local couples hosted Prairie Flower Young Married Folks S. S. class. neighbors and relatives visited for Decoration Day events and livestock sales highlighted by L W Turnipseed selling 47 hogs to Armour averaging 246 pounds.
June notes describe heavy rains and rising creeks between Brighton and Pleasant Plains. Charley Robertson and family visited John A. Stewart’s farmshowcasing turkey feed plans. corn looks good and Stanley Foster plowed with a two row tractor. Frank Bandy guided O M Cuddy and Max to Hedrick for graduation at Roosevelt High Des Moines where Mary Patterson is also graduating. visits to Crawfordsville Riverside and Fort Des Moines followed.
The fragment mentions a colorful description of a chicken with unconventional spelling. No clear event, place, or person details are readable beyond the quirky phrase.
Gov. N. G. Kraschel proposes an annual 250000 emergency conservation program. He prioritizes natural lake preservation, game area development, and improvement of existing state parks. Projects include Okoboji Spirit Lake sewage plan and Lake Manawa dredging, with limited new land purchases but enhanced park facilities.
A fragmented rural scene shows breakfast bacon discussion turning sour over poison for rats, road work along a four mile grade toward Riverside, fence and pole setup by Sojka and others, a car accident near Argos Indiana after swerving to avoid a calf, Knotek Bros dairy farming with stock and a new Pathfinger herd header, and John Kurtz with family helping at home and garden with poultry.
Grain prices show July oats and soybeans with opening bids around 1.47 and 1.46 for July futures. The session registers a slight decline with a 1.09 percent drop and a 1.12 reading on the close.
Market activity shows mixed tones across commodities with steady to easy butter and produce, while poultry remains unsettled. Receipts for produce total 22 588 cases with varying firsts and dirties, butter tubs 18 476 with multiple grade splits, and potatoes on track with 352 arrivals and 755 shipments.
A Bacon aphorism notes that shallow philosophy may lean a man toward atheism while deep philosophy leads men toward religion. The remark reflects a cautious view on how study shapes belief.
He was to meet with M. L. Hutton and others of the finance committee of the state conservation commission this afternoon.
Secretary James J. Benda of the Washington County Farmers' Mutual Insurance Association reports payment of claims for losses from May 8 to June 4. The list includes livestock killed by lightning and homes and barns damaged by fire across multiple towns, with totals ranging from a few dollars to several thousand. Names and locations such as Packwood, Kalona, Riverside, Washington, Richland, Keota, and others are cited alongside livestock or property losses.
Chicago market notes show No 2 yellow 123 to 126 cents per bushel No 3 yellow 122 to 124 No 2 white 125 and simple grade 113 to 119 estimated ecarrots 26.
Market reporters note hogs 5 to 10 cents below yesterday's average, top at 11.55 for 200 to 800 lb animals and 11.25 to 11.50 for 150 to 190 lb hogs. Cattle steady to 25 lower, calves mixed with steers up to 14.75 and heifers 6.60 to 12.50, lambs 11.50 to 18.00, ewes 2.00 to 4.50, and feeder decisions expanding. Estimated receipts for tomorrow include cattle 8,000 hogs 10,000 sheep 8,000.
In Chicago on June 8 grain prices for wheat corn oats rye show July and September futures. Wheat July at 1.05 1.09, Sept at 1.06 1.98 percent. Corn July 1.14 1.17, Sept at 1.92 1.04. Oats July 881 percent with July and Sept quotes. Rye July 84 89, Sept 76 80.
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