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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1944
Page
5
Property listing offers a residence at 401 East Main Street priced at 4500 dollars. The house has eight rooms two bathrooms located upstairs and downstairs with a lot measuring 43 by 167.76 feet in a prestigious neighborhood near the city mayor and C. C. McKee at Congress Hotel.
Hogs 21,000. close moderately active and steady for good to choice 180 to 270 lb at 13.75 top. Heavier weights and sows up to 15 cents higher. Cattle 15,000. calves 1,500. Fed steers and yearlings steady. heifers weak. Top steers 17.40. feeders 14.00 to 16.85. Sheep 3,000. slaughter lamb bids weak to 25 cents lower. natives above 15.25. Medium to good 50 lb shorn lambs 12.75. totals show hogs 22,000, cattle 8,000, sheep 1,000 estimated.
Open high low close figures for Wheat Sept Dec at 155 157 155 156 157 158 and 157 158 for May July. Oats Sept new 70 684 Dec 675 69 May 683 69%. Rye 109 111 May 114 112 115 with scattered quotes across grades.
Chicago market notes show produce receipts at 19 755 cases with various grades including extra firsts and firsts. current receipts 33 3, dirties 26, checks 26. Poultry receipts cover 4 cars and 14 trucks with steady market for ducks ducklings geese and springs, friers at 28 4.
Lt. Floyd M. Whipple of the Air Corps Ordnance division, stationed in New Guinea, asks former Eveready Plumbing and Heating employee Ivan Norton to shop early for his family's Christmas due to limited facilities overseas. Norton received Whipple's letter and two large money orders this morning.
A column of letters from service members and their families describes life overseas and at home. James Leslie Scooop McFadden writes of heat in the tropics, hardship, scarce food, and a basic camp life with movies and rationed treats. Russell Miller in England details birds, weather, cooking, and daily duties as a hospital cook.
The excerpt notes close combat with Japanese forces and mentions Lt. Whipple whose family now resides in Ottumwa.
Advice warns against sowing seeds too thickly as it wastes seed and lowers yield. The guidance recommends sowing slightly thicker than desired and states that if a mistake is needed it is better to sow too thin than too thick.
A color specialist reports a gender based preference pattern with men favoring blue and women preferring a pastel rose tint according to a survey.
The text notes that Vitamin C is the most easily destroyed of all vitamins. It presents a caution about stability and suggests careful handling to preserve its nutritional value.
When the ground dries out excessively in spring it will pay to sprinkle the rows where seeds have been sown to prevent them from lying dormant for lack of moisture. This is the only time when the garden should be sprinkled rather than soaked.
Brighton notes celebrate Mr. and Mrs. Joe Day’s golden wedding anniversary with a surprise reception for Rev. and Mrs. Voss at the Methodist church on June 20. The Day family plans a Keokuk party, while Voss is thanked by the congregation for another year. Cora Hicks and Joe Day wed June 26 1894 at the Hicks home. only two original guests survive.
Coral flesh decays leaving limy skeletons that build reefs and islands. The skeletons cement into a durable mass, shaped by the underwater foundation and by wind and wave exposure as they rise above the sea.
A northern Italian bell tower known for its tilt attracted fame as Galileo studied gravity by dropping weights from the 179 foot height. The structure began to lean during construction in the mid 14th century and now sits about 14 feet from the perpendicular.
University of Illinois tests show brood sows fed alfalfa meal at 12 percent of total ration markedly raise pigs weaned from 13 to 83 percent. Legume hays and meals are highlighted as excellent carriers of water-soluble vitamins, improving ration balance.
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