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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1938

Page

5

Ice Cream Social Highlights Club Reopening in East 76

The 76 Community club held its annual ice cream supper in the newly decorated community building on Monday night. It was the first gathering since replastering and papering. Neighbors visited and local residents send greetings as families catch up after renovations.

Oren Romine East 76 The 76 Community Club Harold Schnoebelen Bobby Art Romine Walter Duvall Oren Romina Richard Ha

Hogs and cattle market report Chicago June 14

Market hogs 16 000 with 5 000 direct prices 10 to 15 cents lower than yesterday top 9 15. Weights 170 to 236 lbs 9 00 to 9 15 240 to 280 lbs 8 60 to 9 00 290 to 360 lbs 8 50 to 8 80 140 to 160 lbs 8 50 to 9 00 400 to 650 lb packing sows 7 60 to 7 90. cattle 6 000 steady calves 2 000 steady beef steers 9 75 to 11 00 mediums 7 50 to 9 75 yearlings 8 50 to 10 60 butchers 7 25 to 9 75 cows 5 50 to 8 00 bulls 6 25 to 7 50 calves 6 50 to 9 50 feeder steers 8 00 to 9 25 stocker steers 6 00 to 8 00 stocker cows and heifers 6 25 to 8 00. sheep 7 000 steady lambs 6 00 to 7 00 commons 5 00 to 6 00 feeders 6 50 to 7 50 spring lambs 8 00 to 9 50. Estimated receipts tomorrow cattle 9 000 hogs 15 000 sheep 9 000.

Chicago

Chicago Market Report Eggs Butter and Poultry Prices

Chicago market notes show eggs firm with receipts 24 179 cases and various quality grades. butter firm with receipts 20 202 pounds and multiple grade allocations. poultry market steady with springers 14 to 18 percent, ducks 10 to 14, geese 11, turkeys 14 to 18, roosters 13.

Chicago

Chicago Grain Tare Open High Low Close

Grain table from Chicago shows Wheat Corn and Oats with July and Sept figures. Wheat July 76 and 76. Sept 77 and 81. Corn July 56 and 57. Sept 57 and 58. Oats July 26 and 26. Sept 25 and 26. Rye and Dec data with mixed figures included.

Chicago INS

Chicago Cash Corn Market Prices Report

Chicago cash corn prices show mixed quality standings with No 1 mixed at 584 and No 2 mixed at 57, No 4 mixed 55 to 57, No 1 yellow 58 to 59.5, No 3 yellow 56 to 57, No 4 yellow 54 to 57, No 6 yellow 54 to 66, No 2 white 57, sample grade 50 to 54, estimated carrots 156.

Chicago

Open High Low Close 874 B4 Percent 84 Percent

The fragment lists financial shorthand with figures 874 and 84 percent, suggesting a stock or index notation. No clear event, date, or named entities are readable to form a full news item or paragraph.

Amy Martin Undergoes Appendectomy at Mercy Hospital

Amy Martin is hospitalized in Mercy hospital in Iowa City after an appendectomy. Other local notices include Mrs. Worth Ferguson in serious condition following a goiter operation, toxin poisoning linked to the operation, and various local visitors to homes in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids.

Kenneth Henry Durian Dorothy Iowa City Jesse Lewis Cedar Rapids L. W. Durst Alderson Margaret Hurd Des Moines Carol Mundhenke University of Iowa

News Notes Of Our Neighboring Communities

Journal subscription representative reports brief items from nearby towns. Short notices include community events, local milestones, and upcoming meetings. Details are sparse but highlight civic life and regional happenings.

Dusty roads and busy Monday in Keota area

On Monday June 14 farmers worked fields and gardens while Keota merchants like KM Jores expand business. Mrs. C F Holmes grows ample garden and new peas impress. Mrs George Stevenson boasts tall sweet corn. Inghams’ Washington Journal feature and graduation at US Novel Academy noted. Wm Miller and neighbors plowed corn as dust filled roads near 77.

Keota George Stevenson Richard Inegham U. S. Novel Academy Ingham Washington Journal Wm. Miller West Chester Washington

Farmers Wait Rain Fails To Halt Field Work At Everett Vincent

At Everett Vincents east of Keota farmers finished a cement walk and drilled beans then faced rain. Wayne Lyle watched the sky as rain eased, prompting farmers to head to fields in the afternoon before another shower.

Everett Vincents Keota

Local Craft Masters and A New York Farmer At Home

A. J. Votruba the carpetter and H S Hammond the Washington painter oversee the current work with Harry Dye and Mr. Martin assisting. A. M. Corcoran of New York is back on his farm home for several months until Labor Day, a traveling advertising salesman who has seen much of the country and speaks on winter farming news.

Milton H. Coffin Veo Owen Coffin Carson Dave Coffin Don Joe Will Black Harry Wayne Hamilton O. G. Gowey Pleasant Plain Sunset Park Bruce Jones Robert David Grinnell Marie Coffin Ruth Perisho Lynnville Nice A. J. Votruba Hammond Washington Harry Dye Mr. Martin A. M. Corcoran New York

Farmers Plow Through Sprinkle Amid Light Rain

John Gillies of Gillies brothers said I will put on this coat and plow until it gets wet and then go in. Many farmers kept on plowing despite the drizzle.

John Gillies Gillies Brothers

DeLong recalls money portraits as corn grows well

S. W. DeLong notes neighbors keeping plows active despite chilly weather. Sam asks about who is on a dollar bill and identifies Washington. He adds Lincoln is on the five and cannot recall the ten or twenty bills, revealing a casual money memory amid a rural scene.

S. W. DeLong Sam Washington Lincoln

Rain Delays Farmers Near West Chester

In West Chester, rain slowed but did not stop plowing as Pete Nevans and Melvin Booth worked corn fields. J. C. Mitchell, Crawfordsville rural carrier, marked a year with his Journal and several magazines, while the rain finally caused some to quit.

C. E. Griffith Milt Daytons West Chester Pete Nevans Melvin Booth J. C. Mitchell Crawfordsville

J W Martin Builds Improved House on Dye Farm East of Keota

J W Martin on the Harry Dye farm east of Keota plans a new dandy improved house. The project aims to modernize living quarters and enhance farm operations in that area.

J. W. Martin Harry Dye Keota

Bell R. 4 Tops Journal List This Morning

W N Bell leads the Journal list this morning with a strong early showing. Williard is thanked for the update as results come in.

W. N. Bell Williard

Warfure Declared as Czech German Tension Escalates

Prague reports a sharp rise in hostilities after municipal elections left about 90 percent of German votes in favor of autonomy. Henlein leaders predict war to seize Bohemia and Moravia, with plans to germanize or remove Czech populations.

Prague Europe America Hitler Henlein Germany Rudolf Hess Czechoslovakia Reichenberg Chtef Budeten Germany Helein Party Bohemia and Moravia Bohemia and Moravia Slovakia Hungary

Germany’s Henlein Strain Tests Czech Democracy

The extremist Henlein party backs a hard line demanding Prague’s future and threatens to fracture Czechoslovakia. The government faces a tough choice as it drafts a nationalities statute to satisfy diverse groups, while Henlein’s delegation signals rejection.

Reich Prague Pilsen Ostrava Henlein

Children Day Program Shines at Hills Presbyterian Church

Riverside June 14 children observed at Hills Sunday morning service with 27 youths participating. The program featured song When He Cometh by school, prayer by Edward Schalk, responsive reading Matthew 11 46 1, song Tell the Old Old Story, and a Welcome exercise.

Estelle Crutz Riverside Presbyterian Church In Hills Suunday Edward Schalk State University Matthew

Spirit of Flowers Pageant Recitation and Song List

A program fragment lists entries for an Spirit of Flowers pageant with intermediate and junior classes. Participants include Betty and Leta May Glaspey in a duet, Mervyn Rummel, Laverne Lackender, Plecker, Rudie Mullinix, Carl Glaspey, and Edward Schalk performing readings duets and songs such as In the Garden and God Be With You amid a congregation and hoop drill.

Howard Amish Betty Leta May Glaspey Spirit of Flowers Mervyn Rummel Laverne Lackender Andern Plecker Rudie Mullinix Carl Glaspey Edward Schalk God

Local Produce Markets Price List Published Courtesy

Price quotes for hens, roosters, leghorn birds, and eggs. No. 1 sour cream and No. 2 sour cream priced. Eggs and poultry expressed per dozen or per pound with notes on quality and delivery payment terms. Some defects reduce poultry value by up to 40 percent.

W. S. Reister & Sons Eesseteadieei Awaeorer

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