For Sale Three Burner Skelgas Stove And Tank
FOR SALE-THREE BURNER Skelgas stove with tank of gas. M. M. Steele. Phone R37-31. 111138eod BUY BLANKETS NOW-JOIN our Blanket Club. 25c down, 25c weekly, pays for lovely wool and rayon Purvey blan ket. Spurgeon's. 101110e0d FOR SALE-DELCO LIGHT plant complete with two small motors, cabinet radio, vacuum cleaner, iron and several light bulbs $75.00, also plenty of wire extra if wanted. K. A. Mathers, Haskins. 11it2eod FOR SALE-FRAM OIL FIL ters and replacement car tridges. Keep your oil clean, it lasts longer, lubricates better. Brown & Orr. l1ilt4eod
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M. M. Steele
Spurgeon’s
Delco Light Plant
K. A. Mathers, Haskins
Brown & Orr
Markets Chicago Rough, Hogs Top at 14.55
Market report shows hogs steady with slow closing. top at 14.55 for 180 to 330 lb weights. Sows meet 13.40 to 14.00, lighter weights to 14.50. Sheep slow with best native springers near 16. Calves and cattle mixed with feeders steady. early top 14.40 for fed steers. Thursday estimates: hogs 10,000 cattle 65,000 sheep 1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Chicago Produce Market Report Summary
Chicago June 24 Wees receipts total 23 255 cases market steady with extra firsts 30 percent firsts 30 percent current receipts 29 percent dirties 28 percent checks 2715 storage packed firsts 31 percent storage packed extras 32 percent Poultry receipts 44 trucks market steady firm Leghorn hens 17 Plymouth Rock springs 26 White Rock springs 26 Leghorn broilers 20
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth Rock Springs
White Rock Springs
Grain futures quotes show mixed moves across corn oats rye soybeans
Market readings list daily prices and percentages for corn oats rye and soybeans with contracts for Sep Dec and July. Numbers reflect small shifts in futures, with corn near 89 92 percent and soybeans around 1.76 1.78 in Oct and Dec maturities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy
Chicago Cash Grain Summary June 24
Market wire listing grain classes with color grades and percentages for corn oats and soybeans. Open high low and close figures shown for Wheat September at 1.2134 to 1.2141.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Missionary Society Lesson Study in Crawfordsville
The Presbyterian Women's Missionary Society met at Mrs. Florence Maxwell’s home with Olive Moore as leader. The group discussed the West Indies as the national topic and featured three participants including Mrs. Maxwell who represented a nurse in Porto Rico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Women’s Missionary Society
Florence Maxwell
Olive Moore
West Indies
Maxwell
Porto Rico
N. J
Midway Sale Co and Community Auction Listings
Midway Sale Co of Columbus Junction lists sales every Wednesday and a Community Sale each Friday at Whittaker sale barn. A public sale of the W. B. Alter estate in Wayland Iowa starts at 1 00 PM, June 20. Real estate sale for George Westfall agent begins 2 00 PM, July 25, four miles southwest of Lone Tree Iowa.
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Midway Sale Co
Columbus Junction
Whittaker Sale
W. B. Alter
Wayland
Iowa
George Westfall
S. W
Lone Tree
Judy Swails Celebrates First Birthday at Washington Area Dinner
Juditharlene Swails observed her first birthday on June 21 with a dinner party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Swails near Washington. Attendees included grandparents Harry Wince and Carl Swails, the Swails family, and Sandra Sue Itross and Ellen Marie Swails. The honoree posed for photos with a birthday cake decorated by Mrs. Jim Colton. Ice cream and cake followed the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juditharlene Swails
Kenneth Swails
Washngton
Sandra Sue Itross
Ellen Marie Swails
Jim Colton
Harry Wince
Carl Swails
Robert Wince
Cleo Swails
Elaine
Ellen Swails
Lloyd Ross
Sandra Sue
Ed Colton
Missionary Conference Notes Lead Cuban Santo Domingo Meeting
Mrs Lease arranged the program calendar and led prayers for missionaries to be remembered. Mrs R C McCleary read from the Philippines about A Conference of Pastors. The session closed with a prayer by Mrs Poston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lease
Cuba
R. C. McCleary
Santo Domingo
United Church Boards
McCleary
Poston
Governor George Wilson to Speak at Graduation Program
In a July 2 program Governor George Wilson will address graduates at City Commanders of Washington County. The event follows a series of wartime training and safety lectures led by officials including Leigh Soule and H. H. Reister.
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Proudfoot
Washington County
George Wilson
Iowa Homes Report Have 617000 Radios in 1940
The census shows 617 006 radios in Iowa homes from 701 864 dwellings in 1940. Rural non farm units total 161 077 with 138 016 radios and rural farm units 228 354 with 194 636 sets. Cities 25 000 and larger report most radios.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of the Census
Iowa
Washington
Joanne Leeney Is Honored At Surprise Farewell Party
Riverside June 23 Betty Jean Fesler and Rita Stransky hosted a surprise farewell at the Alvin Stransky home for Joanne Leeney. The evening opened with a treasure hunt and games, followed by a lunch. Leeney leaves for Chicago to work as a waitress on a Great Lakes steamship.
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Riverside
Betty Jean Fesler
Rita Stransky
Alvin Stransky
Joanne Leeney
Lyle Fesler
Melvin Schneider
Cletus Kron
John Knebel
Wilma Swift
Leroy
Alvin Veggy
Francis Ruth
Walter Droll
Ray Deatsch
Robert Frank
Elaine Stransky
Marilyn
Wilma
Shirley
Miss Leeney
Chicago
Great Lakes
Chinese recapture of Kweiki stalls Japanese rail push
A military communique reports that Chinese forces retook the strategic town of Kweiki on the Chekiang Kiangsi rail line. Japanese efforts to open Shanghai to Singapore rail access were halted as they attacked from both east and west along a 50 mile middle stretch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ese
Kweiki
Shanghai
Singapore
Threats of violence in tax case headline Fort Dodge Iowa
Rollin Blitsch 20 Buckingham Iowa charged under federal indictment with threatening to shoot state tax commission members if taxed. The same grand jury indicted Robert C Seehusen 2 transient and Kenneth Wistoff 29 Jolly Town for violating the selective service act at the Masonic temple. Mae Roth presided at White Shrine meeting. Rock Island banquet invitation asserts Elizzabeth Byrd visit. Muscatine banquet set for June 29.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
Rollin Blitsch
Buckingham
State Tax Commission
Robert C. Seehusen
Kenneth Wistoff
Jolly
Town
Mae Roth
Rock Island
Elizzabeth Byrd
Muscatine
Wayland Sojourners
Eva Allen
Honor Newcomers At Garden Party
Informal garden party at Mrs. M. W. Bailey home honors newcomers to Washington. About 150 hosts and guests mingled on the lawn enjoying flowers and sociability. Pink slips marked newcomers as special guests while Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wehr led refreshments.
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Washington
M. W. Bailey
Bailey
Harold Wehr
L. A. Jones
C., R. Wilson
Dave Hitler
O. F E. Schmitt
L. E. Travis
Harry Sowden
Elizabeth Dawson
R. C. Keagy
Hawkins Funeral Friday Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. Fred Hawkins will be held Friday afternoon at two o'clock in the Methodist church at Ainsworth in Columbus Junction. A brother Daryl Dunbar of Brighton was omitted from yesterday's obituary. a sister Dorothy Jean died July 31, 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Fred Hawkins
Ains
Daryl Dunbar
Brighton
Hawkins
Dorothy Jean
Angus sale draws buyers from 16 states at Hop Leyy farms
More than 300 buyers from 16 states attended an Angus cattle sale at the Hop Ley farms southwest of here on Monday afternoon. Blackbird of Eston and her calf from the Wayland A Hopley farms brought 1700 dollars when purchased by Oldfield Farms of Galena Maryland. The first 17 head offered comprised cows with calves and brought 10580 dollars, averaging better than 622 dollars per head.
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Atlantic
Hopley Farms
Here
Blackbird
Eston
Wayland A. Hopley Farms
Oldfield Farms
Galena
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Martin's Modern Cleaners
Kolosick
East Main
Pioneer Drug Store
Deering
Lawrence Mottet
Eclipse Lumber Company
Ead
Hampshire
Orrie O’connor, Ainsworth
Turkey
Pratt
Nick
Junior
Journal Classifieds
Eod
John Deere Binder
TeBockhorst Bros
Bob
CY Birka
Tudor Ford
Plymouth
Ford
Mace Motor Co
C. W. McFadden
S. Marion
Ed Grayson
East Third Street
George J. Breitenbach
Hostetler Hatchery
Kalona
Tama
Armstrong
Lemmon's Jewelry Store
Guernsey
Howard L. McCleery
Martin's Cleaners
E. Jefferson
Chicago Livestock
Geo. J. Breitenbach
Ainsworth
West Chester
Morning Sun Rendering Works
Nec
Sep
Dec
July Asm
ARM
Rye
Chicago Cash Grain
Missionary Society
Crawfordsville
Journal
Judy Swails
S. Marsh
Shiloh
Sam Marsh
Shiloa
Marsh
Clarence Benson
Jess Davidson
Lloyd Davidson
Fairfield
Elmer Reschley
Packwood
Ezra Wittmer
Arthur Wyse
Henderson Brooks
Gerald Neff
Larry
Lester Neff
Ben Neff
Homer Davidson
John McMullen
Janet
Coppock
James Marsh
Dale Atkinson
Clair Sodergren
Carrie Funk
Sam Hauenstein
Olds
Ad Slager
St. John, Mich
Ralph Shannon
Leigh Soule
London
Everett Burham
H. H. Reister
Carl Kelley
Sangao
Chekiang Province
Lisehui
Wuyi
Lehui
Tsyun
Lishui
TAX Commission
Ning
Masonic Temple
Tember
Old Wehr
Walt Ortien
C. C
Omar Wonder
Walt Oetien
Oetjen
J.B. Lemmon
Earl Utterback
Eddie Rains
Rurdetee Wagenknecht
Damascus Shrine
Ivan Norton
Norton
Ivan
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Joe Palooka
Ham Fisher
Reich
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