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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1946
Page
7
A Maine farmer sold timber to a neighbor after a lengthy haggling. They settle at $300 but soon the buyer injures his leg. Later he counts the money and finds $400. The seller explains the extra is due to the accident changing the wood's worth.
He asks if the lipstick is hard to remove while she urges him to see for himself, hinting at a playful or tense moment in their conversation.
The exchange features a playful quip about choosing love with a beautiful girl over money with a homely girl. Bill persists with a humorous request for the homely girl's name, adding light banter to the dialogue.
Jane questions why writers produce dime novels noting they earn little despite many titles. Jim disagrees. A hostess quips about dancing and marching, suggesting uncertainty, while Sarge and the hostess decide to sit out the discussion.
A jumble of quips about work, crime, and love, ending with a note that buses in 65H town stopped yesterday to pick up passengers, hinting at a transit disruption in a lighthearted column segment.
HOGS 3,000 active with 14.85 ceiling on barrows and gifts, cows at 14:10 ceiling, strong early clearance. CATTLE 2,000 with calves 400. most killing classes steady to strong, loads average to strictly choice steers and yearlings around 16.75-17.90, best heifers up to 17.40, bulls firm to 16.00, dairy breds 14.50, cows 9.75-18.00, dealers 17.00 down. SHEEP 1,000 old cropped lambs steady, no top finish, shorn lambs 16.00-16.25, native springers 17.50, slaughter ewes scarce, few clipped ewes 8.75.
Testing of a large acreage reveals about 24 million acres or three fourths of farm land require phosphate in addition to lime for clover and alfalfa. A worn out air cleaner on a tractor reduces valve piston rings and bearings life.
Public notices announce weekly livestock sales at Whittaker sale barn every Friday and at Midway Sales Company in Columbus Junction Iowa on Saturday June 15 along with a general public sale of household goods. Mrs Chihak listed in accompanying notice.
Market note reports eggs at 25 358 cases with wholesale prices on the mercantile exchange. The text lists various codes and figures such as extras 2 3642 375 and current receipts 32 dirties 30.
Do not stand on damp ground or a wet floor while attaching defacing or using electrical appliances. Bees are not native to America but have been imported chiefly in Europe. German and Italian are the most common in
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