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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1939
Page
9
An Iowa critique warns spontaneous ignition as a leading cause of barn fires tied to hay and straw storage. It notes that late mowing, salt use, and chopped hay raise risk, urging thorough field curing, proper drying, and loose spread to prevent heat buildup. rainproof barn roofs and doors are advised.
Ruth Norris reports local residents making short visits across Iowa. Mrs Bart O Connor and children visited Ottumwa with Mrs O Connors mother. J Lindley Coon of Cedar Rapids called in Ainsworth. Alice and husband visited from the southwest. Mrs Bobe Kurtz of Washington visited Spexsord family. Ida Hunt traveled to Washington for a visit with her daughter. Max White and sons visited Rock Island.
Journal lists weekly farm sale dates for Midway Sale Co in Columbus Junction with Wednesday auctions and Friday Bale sales. Mentions South Eastern breeders and a Negus Sale barn for upcoming events.
Readers from Keota Crawfordsville Ainsworth and Washington send greetings as farmers resume field work. A. R. Strums and Hamilton families report road upgrades and home improvements while Mrs. Glen Gordon renews her Evening Journal subscription.
Journal Subscription Representative shares brief items from nearby towns including civic events, school news, and notable local happenings. Read highlights on community projects, meetings, and upcoming activities affecting residents across the area.
The Keota Eagle piece highlights local life with mentions of Keota residents including K M Jones Henry Triers and Robert G Sheetz of Poland China fame. It notes farming, corn, and livestock, along with reader contributions from Mrs Zeno Nelper and Ralph Robertson and visits by neighbors Mr and Mrs J W Greiner and Arnot Wiley.
The passage shows a judge remarking on a defend ant's reputation for truthfulness. It notes a witness admitting a day of fishing with no bites. It mentions local residents Kathleen and Kenneth Prospt, a Monroe place, the Evening Journal, neighbor A M Corcoran’s tractor work, and cherry canning with matty quarts, plus new Evening Journal readers Mr and Mrs Clarence Aller and their two sons.
Markets show hogs steady to 10 cents lower with heavy trade slow. top hog 7.40 for 180 to 250 lbs. Cattle prices mostly steady with few loads of steers 8.00 to 9.25 and heifers 7.25 to 8.25. slaughter cows 6.00 to 6.56, cutters 4.50 to 5.50. Sheep market active with strong demand across killing classes. natives 10.00 to 10.40 for small killers. receipts expected Saturday include cattle 100 hogs 100.
Chicago June 30 price report shows corn at 49 and 49 1/2 percent for various grades, oats 31 to 34 percent, white oats 33 to 34, and soybeans at 92 percent for grade 2 yellow.
Chicago market report shows steady produce and poultry activity with 23 322 cages of kegs received and 15 percent fresh graded firsts plus 15 percent extra firsts. Current receipts include 14 percent dirties. Poultry supplies steady with 54 receipts including 9 ducks 11 geese 14 hens at 14 percent. Leghorn hens at 11 percent, spring chickens 164 to 22, roosters 1010 104 percent, broilers 15 to 17, turkeys 11 to 14.
Louisa county conservation committee received 500 pheasant chicks from Ledges State Park for eight to nine weeks care and eventual release on local farms. Farms will be posted with signs to ban hunting until a viable pheasant population exists. Louisa county previously had 260 chicks last year with cooperation from sportsmen and state officials.
A frame six room house without furniture weighs about 93 tons above the basement walls. A brick house of the same size would weigh about 180 tons. The basement walls or foundation weigh roughly 60 tons in either case, while the basement floor and bed weigh about 18 tons.
The record notes that February births include George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and William Henry Harrison, marking them as the only presidents associated with February birthdays in this context.
A French native displays mastery in four domains of his country art chateaus cuisine and perhaps wine. He works across 4 000 000 acres of vineyards and cites a tradition dating back to the Roman Empire.
The Wellman column lists numerous visits from residents and relatives in late June. Laura Longwell and granddaughter Joan Sierel returned to Washington after visiting extended family across Iowa. Fred Rush, formerly of Ainsworth, a graduate nurse, died in Rochester Minnesota after years of illness.
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