Poultry grades adjust prices for faulty birds
All No 2 poultry including crooked breasts bare backed water blisters on breasts and extremely thin poultry will be bought at four cents less than quoted prices All poultry out.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1938
Page
10
All No 2 poultry including crooked breasts bare backed water blisters on breasts and extremely thin poultry will be bought at four cents less than quoted prices All poultry out.
The Home Bakery advertises Martha Washington Bread as a real product made from tested ingredients. It is baked thoroughly under modern conditions and offered as a daily fresh home baked item at 114t8eod.
Lloyd Dean Lance of Moline Illinois visits his grandparents Mr and Mrs Asahel Robertson in Gracehill. Jesse Myers visits with his brother Wesley Meyers in Washington. Marion Robertson family and Dan McCune family join at Asahel Robertson home. Others from North English Cedar Walls and Keota also appear in weekend gatherings.
Gray June 29 W M Longer reports W D Hesseltine is hospitalized in Washington County after a serious fall while helping bale hay at the Beenblossom farm. Mr and Mrs George Brown are vacationing at Excelsior Springs Mo. Glen Green and family and Mr and Mrs Frank Salladay visited Louis Rath home Sunday.
The first electric locomotives entered service on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad in 1895 for use in Baltimore tunnels, marking an early milestone in electric traction.
Journal Subscription Representative shares snippets from nearby towns highlighting appointments, school events, church gatherings, and market updates. Contains brief notices about community meetings, local leaders, and upcoming fairs.
June 29 reports cooler weather aiding men and horses in corn and harvest fields. Wayne Cline in Iowa City hospital recovering and hopeful to return home soon. Marl Lemley extending bin room for a near harvest wheat field. James H. Miller with assistants runs a West Chester garage cafe as the town stays quiet by day and lively by evening trading and show crowds, with Karl Atwood enjoying solid local business.
Babe Ruth signs with the Brooklyn Nationals as a coach at 15000 dollars yearly. The Southern California track and field team becomes the national champion by winning the team title in Minneapolis.
Glenn Cunningham led the feature event with a four minute seven and two tenths second mile to secure victory at the Princeton Invitation Track Meet.
West Chester works a tractor and 20 foot harrow to cultivate twenty acres of bean ground in two hours. His pasture holds sows with pigs and black cattle in feed lots. He and his son run a 200 acre farm with neighboring neighbors reporting thriving crops in this farming country. Thanks to Mr and Mrs Bell who read their home daily.
The road near Powell is to be oiled after repair. Charles Churchill runs a caterpillar tractor and is praised for good work. John Koch harvests clover hay and keeps a fine herd of Herefords in his pasture. He plans to feed corn as well.
Herman Baetzel the veteran basketball official who died recently once officiated nine games in a single 24 hour period. Baetzel quit professional basketball in 1906 to become an official and until his death refereed thousands of contests. He, like baseball umpire Bill Kiem, claimed he was never wrong on an important decision.
Glenn Cunningham, the famed miler, raced 62 major events winning 51 and finishing second eight times. He never ended worse than third in those competitions.
The 18 class held a reunion last Saturday at the country club and readers note it may be one of the best ever due to personal familiarity with many attendees.
Hertha Klinkig of Chicago, once 137 pounds, now 87 pounds after an automobile strike 16 months ago. doctors fear she may die within 60 days from the rare injury.
Jesse Pearson, a Washington county farmer and livestock feeder, shipped hogs of his own raising to Chicago at the market opening. The drove sold at 9.00 per cwt, considered a good sale given corn costs. Pearson also feeds steers for the fall market as cattle prices rise to a new seasonal peak, with Monday highs at 11.20 per cent.
Residents from Harvey Ambo and surrounding towns gather for weekend calls and visits. Omahan guests include Harvey Adams and Carl O Biern. Washington high school class of 1918 members attend a reunion. Families visit relatives at multiple homes and share weekend time in small-town social rounds.
A young woman sacrifices everything for herlover in Prison Farm at the Fox Theatre. Shirley Ross leads a cast including Lloyd Nolan and John Howard in a story of brutal penal camp life, abuse, and a reforming doctor who helps the couple seek a new life after Nolan's murder sentence.
Des Moines reports that Iowa's spring pig crop for 1988 is estimated at 9.2 million pigs, about 21 percent of the national total, reflecting a 12 percent rise from 1987 as stated by Federal Agricultural Statistician Leslie M. Carl.
Chicago market notes hogs 11 000 head with prices 8 35 to 9 15 for heavy weights and sow ranges 6 76 to 8 00. Cattle 8 500 steady with beef steers 10 00 to 11 20 and calves 5 00 to 9 00. Sheep 5 000 steady with lambs 8 40 to 8 85. Estimated tomorrow: cattle 4 000 hogs 12 000 sheep 6 000.
Chicago reports steady markets for produce butter and poultry. Produce receipts reach 14 994 cases with extra firsts up 19 percent and current receipts up 18 percent. Butter markets hold steady to easy with high specials and extra firsts near mid twenties. Poultry shows steady pricing across springers broilers ducks and turkeys with modest percentage changes.
Chicago cash corn values listed for various futures grades with price ranges. No. 1 yellow quoted 584 to 59, No. 2 yellow 57% to 58%, No. 3 yellow 4%, No. 4 yellow 56 to 56%, No. 5 yellow 53% and sample grade 45 to 51 with estimated carrots at 281.
The soybean market shows July at 88 with open 88% and high 88, Oct at 84, Dec near 82 with S indicating 82.
Des Moines June 29 The federal crop service director C D Reed says Iowa corn grew rapidly in the past week despite rain and wind in the northeast. Most corn will straighten up and recover with favorable weather. some fields were beaten down or flooded.
Local auction at Whitaker and Son invites buyers to bring in cattle including fat steers heifers stock cows and a red bull plus lambs hogs post and farm items. A prior visitor promised to return with good stock and more calves expected for sale.
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