Chicago Market Hogs Cattle And Sheep Prices Rise
CHICAGO June 11 HOGS 22 000 including 8 000 directs Active 15 to 206 higher Top 4 0 Top year ago 4 60 Light weights varied CATTLE 9 000 CALVES 2 000 All killing classes 25 higher SLAUGHTER CATTLE AND WEALERS Steers 550 to 900 lb good and choice 5 50 to 8 50 1100 to 1300 lb 6 75 to 10 00 bulls 2 75 to 3 50 wealers 4 00 to 5 25 Cows 3 75 to 4 75 SHEEP 7 000 fat lambs light early kids around steady SLAUGHTER SHEEP AND LAMBS Lambs 7 35 to 8 75 as to weight and grade
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Chicago
Chicago Produce Market Report June 11 1940
Chicago price note details eggs butter poultry and potato receipts and quality mix. Eggs firm with 18 498 cases. butter firm with 15 895. poultry unsettled with 24 truck receipts and varied percentages for fowls broilers springers and turkeys. Potatoes on track 419 arrived with incomplete data.
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Chicago
Barrier oil distribution planned for Washington county farmers
Washington county farmers may obtain free chinch bug barrier oil funded by a federal appropriation. Oil shipped from Minneapolis and arriving soon will be distributed through the county agent. Farmers must estimate gallons needed, 59 gallons per 80 rod strip, and send the figure to the agent immediately. The State Chinch Bug Control Committee will review requests and relay approved amounts to the Bureau of Entomology in Washington. A small distribution charge may apply, but the oil is paid for by the U S Government and freight is prepaid. First come first served. bring barrels.
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Washington County
Minneapolis
C. J. Drake
R. K. Bliss
Iowa Extension Service
R. E. Buchanan
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Ray Murray
Bureau of Entomology
Washington
U. S
Cash Corn Prices Mixed in Chicago Market Report
Chicago June 11 40P corn prices show No 2 yellow 564 to 457 percent No 2 yellow 56s to 57 No 6 yellow 55 to 5 percent No 2 white 61 to 61 percent No 4 white 60 No 5 white 53 percent sample grade 50 receipts 57 cars.
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Chicago
Receip's
Riverside Moves and Family Previews on Highway 22
Riverside residents share a family and work update as H F Metcalfe and son Jerry Leigh relocate from Keokuk to the J L Deatsch home. Metcalfe joins the state highway commission on the Highway 22 project. Also, Mrs Elizabeth Motley's arrival from this place is noted.
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Riverside
H. F. Metcalfe
Jerry Leigh
Keokuk
J. L. Deatsch
Metcalfe
State Highway Commission
Elizabeth Motley
Paul Geret
Jane Theresa
St. Louis
William McCreedy
California
Claude Flynn
Washington
Presidents' Widows Who Married Presidents List
A terse list notes that seven U S presidents married widows. It cites George Washington and Martha Custis, Thomas Jefferson and Martha Wayles Skelton, James Madison and Dorothy Payne Todd, Andrew Jackson and Rachel Robards, Millard Fillmore, Benjamin Harrison, and Woodrow Wilson with Edith Bolling Galt as widowed spouses.
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United States
George Washington
Martha
Land Ridge
Grain price ranges in Chicago market report
Chicago grain table shows opening highs and lows for wheat corn oats rye and soy with July December futures quoted. The table lists bids and asks with percentage changes and reaction to trading activity across the day.
News Notes Of Our Neighboring Communities
D. F. Macon presents brief notes from nearby towns highlighting social events, market reports, and community happenings. The column gathers snippets of local interest, including arrivals, visits, and small civic updates.
Brighton sale draws crowds and local thanks
A large turnout attended the Saturday sale in Brighton led by Mrs Charley Palmer. Appreciations go to A B Clark for favors and Dan Peters for swift settlement. Residents from Washington and nearby towns joined bidders, with meals at Town Cafe and support for the Washington Evening Journal noted.
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Brighton
Charley Palmer
A. B. Clark
Dan Peters
E. M. Elmore
Washington Evening Journal
Meat exports to Britain shrink as US ham bacon fall
Chicago June 11 United States exports of hams and bacon to Britain will be less than one third of the decade 1934 average after new British allocations. Charles E Herrick explains Britain cut imports to raise home pork prices and a Canadian quota boosts Canadian hog prices.
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Chicago
United States
United Kingdom
Charles E. Herrick
Committee of Foreign Relations and Trade
The
Institute of American Meat Packers
Mr. Herrick
Canada
Girl Scout Day Camp Plans Near Crawfordsville
The Girl Scout Troop committee plans to take scouts to the Iowa City Day Camp for a three day a week two week period. Camp is run by the Iowa City Scout Council. Parents must give written consent and provide lunch or money for craft materials. instructors are experienced with the program.
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Crawfordsville
Girl Scout Troup
Towa City
Iowa City Scout Council
Mary Packer
Local notes on upcoming picnic and graduates
The community ledger mentions a scout picnic planned for month end. Frances Mast, a Mercy hospital student nurse in Burlington, vacationing with her parents. Mary Louise Barnes graduates from Monmouth Conservatory and earns a Public School Music certificate. The Owls’ Tri County game at Wapello was rained out, the region receiving its largest shower yet.
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Mittee
Frances Mast
Mercy Hospital
Burlington
Gilad Mast
T. H. Barnes
Ruth
Mauce
Monmouth Colle
Monmouth
Ill
Mary Louise Barnes
Conservatory of Music
Owls
Wapelio
Drought Bakes Pastures in Lexington Township Message
Mrs Wade Gardner corre spondent notes little rain in Lexington with pastures burned up and water running low. Farmers seek guidance on chinch bug control in corn and a township demonstration is planned with Mr and Mrs Morton Emde hosting details to follow.
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Morton Emde
German group aided Nazi propaganda films, witness testifies
Reinhold Walter, head of the Friends of Germany, told the Mouse committee in Washington that the German Embassy in Washington and the German Consulate in New York helped obtain motion pictures portraying life under Chancellor Hitler in a favorable light. He made the disclosure while clarifying the organization’s activities.
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Washington
New York
Friends of Germany
Hitler
Reinhold Walter
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Chicago Livestock
Mignon
P Finch & Son
Hia
Wayland, Olds
Noble
Chinch
Bugs
Rept
Dee
AEG
Adel
D. F. Macon
Cook
Ft Madison
Dave McNeese
Homer Wenger
Wayland
Geo Baird
Sam Stephens
Frank McAvoy
West Chester
Rush Helmick
Washington R
Nick Hahn
Keota
Dale Atkinson
Lloyd Hayes
Paul Harvey
John Jacob Simmerings
Ball Gamon
William RR
Bill Derby
Near Valley
JL. B. Shidler
Mr. Shidler
G. W. Mast
Daugh
Ters
A. C. Larson
Wrights Toft
Our Town
A. G. Kelsey
Brooks
A. S. Chabel
Colorado
Iowa
Joe A. Kallous
Joe
Charles Kallou
Our City
Cordova
James Havell
Washington County Hospital
M. H. Rose
Frank Gault
H. B. Knight
Esther McCreedy
Cedar Falls
Britain
Oith
Charley Lewley
Macon
von Hoffmann Distributing Company
South
D. C. Mathers
Ainsworth
E. L. Rouse
Journal Office
Wilson Coal Co
Bath Ana
J. M. Wetley
Ramseyer Hatchery
South Marlon
Wansington
N. E. of Town
Call Journal
Franzen
H. EF. Bushy
Journal
Waui
Adi
Phalllont Cadacty
Busby Mfg
Lexington
Wade Gardner Corre
Mdent
Wellman
Laura Longwell
Timmins
Tipton
Patterson
Clarence Timmins
Harold
Marion
Wade Gardner
Ames
Don McLaughlin
John Christner
Woop
Sirka
Viper Grain and Milling Company
Kolosiek
Eclipse Lumber Company
Lizzie Farrell
Broadgates
Dillinger
John Dillinger
Tommy Carroll
Waterloo
Carroll
Indiana Badman
Pides Lake
Wis
Chi Cago Ste Hundred
Wilbur Richardson
Sale
Hoosier
J. K. Dunn
Wyman
Bread and Butter
Siligsmwe
Westphal the Jeweler
Wilson
Widmer & Busby
Harry Miller
Simpson Finance Company
Journal Bldg
Lhot
National Farm Loan Assn
Federal Land Bank
Forum Loan
Sidney Moore
Tecy
Washington State Bank
Amet Eee Ambulance Service
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