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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1936
Page
7
Like new Gai Player for sale at 660 dollars or unpaid balance of 48.67 on terms of seven dollars monthly. Rolls and free delivery included. Write Waltham Piano Co Station Milwaukee Wis for inspection details and references.
Secretary James J. Benda reports payments to Washington County Farmers Mutual Insurance Association members for fire and lightning losses. Names include William Bell, T. H. Huston, Arthur Merz, Melvin J. Havel, Mary Weber, Everett Vincent, and many others with losses such as houses, contents, cows, chickens, and sheds totaled across many claim entries.
A court record from Council Bluffs dated June 14 lists Allen Baldwin Wheaton, alias, details unspecified in the fragment. The material indicates an alias entry tied to a criminal docket or case file.
Washington Lodge No 26 A A M regular meetings listed. Railroad timetable details include westbound and eastbound trains with numbers and daily, except Sunday notes. Agent signatures Goodlander and McKay appear with train numbers and arrival times.
A local report notes abundant home grown potatoes from Schul tz and Werner with others like Bennie Schantz Geo Reeds and Sam Schulty enjoying thriving crops after recent rain. Oats clover timothy corn and beans show strong growth as farmers read papers and discuss politics, with a village scene near Lexington.
Glenn McCall reports on farm conditions across different regions while the West Chester telephone station remains busy with Carol Willis managing the Central office. Earl Atwood and W. C Griggs with daughter Lorri e travel to Washington for medical treatment for Dr. Sartor Cal Griggs, who has been ill about three years but is able to travel by car to visit relatives east of Washington.
Notes from nearby communities compiled by the Journal's subscription representative Dr. provide brief updates on local happenings, arrivals, and events gathered from readers and town correspondents.
Market summary from Chicago shows hogs 16 000 head with 4 000 direct, prices 9.70 to 10.20 for 150 to 250 lb, 9.70 to 10.00 for 250 to 380 lb, 9.50 to 9.70 for 3.00 to 850 lb, sows 8.25 to 8.75. Cattle and calves forecasts: beef steers 8.00 to 9.25, mediums 6.59 to 8.00, yearlings 7.00 to 9.25, cows 5.00 to 6.75, calves 5.00 to 9.50. Sheep: 3 000 with lambs 11.50 to 12.25, commons 9.00 to 11.00, yearlings 7.00 to 9.50, ewes 2.00 to 4.00. Estimated tomorrow’s receipts include cattle 6 000, hogs 14 000, sheep 5 000.
The report covers Lester Lease and Lee Ralston plowing corn with a two row outfit alongside Sam Delong and Gillies Bros near Keota. Will Hagis visits Gillies Bros on business, Harold Fisher keeps the Charley Dayton farm neat, and Nick Schmidt with Donald guides Dona’d’s first year mules. A Valley note mentions Andy Sheetz road work and a standout child who mimics a quail.
Postmaster Pleig and merchant Frig in Rubio report a fine flower garden and cold well water. Dortha Clark Dickinson buys cream in Rubio and Mrs Fleig and Dorothy share stories. Ardith, daughter of L B Luithly, graduates in Ottumwa as Glenn Dickinson’s twins draw attention. Clover hay harvest, chickens in the field, and first crop hay at Carl Daering’s farm accompany farm life notes.
A historical account details J Harris from age eleven when he stole a car and was sent to a reformatory, through a life of thefts and a marriage after a short courtship, to an 18 year sentence for car theft and a 19 year release followed by a wanton killing in Omaha. The report notes an operator council and the use of a fictitious home.
Chicago market report shows eggs steady to firm with 26 560 cases receipts and 21 percent distributed as extra firsts and firsts. Butter values weaker with 18 090 tons received and varied percentages for specials extras firsts and standards. Poultry market steady to firm with mixed receipts and range prices for fowls broilers leg horns and turkeys. Potatoes on track with strong shipments and arrivals at 286 44 and 401 respectively.
Chicago markets show No 2 mixed at 69 for corn with No 3 mixed 68 and No 4 mixed 60. No 1 yellow 64 to 64 percent, No 2 yellow 64 to 64 percent, No 4 yellow 60 4 percent to 61, No 6 yellow 68 to 59, No 2 white 70 to 71, No 3 white 69, No 5 white 66. Estimated carrots 122.
Soybean market activities show Chicago No 4 yellow at 89 percent and Des Moines at 68 percent, indicating regional price levels and quality scores for stored or traded beans. The note highlights grade maturity and market signals across two major Midwest markets.
St Thomas in the Virgin Islands is described as a Gibraltar of America with a strong military stance guarding the sea approach to the Panama Canal. It hosts a bayram industry and coal work performed by women who balance baskets of coal on their heads on the neighboring island.
In 1876 Thomas Nast cartoons in Jarner's Weekly depicted the Civil War era government currency, called greenbacks, as a rag baby. The term rag baby emerged among sound money advocates during the late 19th century currency debates.
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