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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1954
Page
6
Livestock market activity shows gains in Cedar Rapids with hog and cattle futures up to 25 cents and mixed butcher weights priced per 100 pounds. Chicago receipts total 7 500 with hogs and cattle fluctuating. prime steers sell around 28 50 per 100 pounds while vealers stay steady and lambs price around 22 to 24 dollars per hundredweight in a tighter market.
Scrambled figures and partial dates from an OCR fragment show percentages like 152% 143% and references such as Mar and Dec. The text lacks coherent context, names, places, or events to establish a clear news item.
Fragmentary OCR shows soybean price and futures tickers with percent figures and month labels. It reads like a market notice with multiple incomplete entries and scattered figures for Jul Sep Nov Jan Mar and other codes. The readable bits offer no clear events or outcomes.
Final rites for Mrs. Jacob Lemley were held at 2 pm Monday at the Jones funeral home with Rev Walter Smith in charge. Pallbearers were Don, Raymond, Woodrow and Cloyce Crone. Burial was in Elm Grove cemetery. YM serving a salad uses cold ingredients and plates, with salad kept cold in the refrigerator until serving.
Closing out sales for household goods held at multiple addresses in June and July begin at 1 30 p m. A livestock sale occurs every Tuesday at Ollie Livestock Exchange Ollie Iowa and every Thursday at Kalona Sales Barn Kalona Iowa with start times around 1 p m.
Flooding driven by rising Des Moines River water forced evacuations near Boone. At Des Moines YMCA Camp 147 boys were sent to a special train after power and water were threatened. About 80 girls at Des Moines YMCA Camp Boone faced isolation with no immediate danger reported.
Flooding blocks the camp’s main entrance while a back road stays passable. Report notes conditions limit access but emergency routes remain open for limited transit and supplies.
A 100 watt lamp emits more light than two 50 watt lamps because some energy becomes heat in the bulb gas. With higher wattage lamps the heat loss is a smaller percentage, so more energy goes into light.
Washington Iowa publication lists staff roles and publishing schedule with editors and managers. It notes association memberships, mail and carrier subscription rates, and postal approvals under the 1879 act.
A listing of daytime and early evening programs featuring Arthur Godfrey Garry Moore Bob Crosby and Captain Video among others. Includes weather markets music and film subjects with various hosts and segments noted.
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