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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 02, 1939

Page

7

Forty third wedding anniversary surprise at Sandy Hook

Mrs H W Mineart reports Roy Hesseltine and wife celebrated their forty third anniversary with a Sunday visit from relatives bearing wet baskets. Guests included Flora Dunbar Dike Hesseltine and other family. They wrote a letter to daughter Margaret Miller in Oregon. Frazeys visited. Indian Creek Club met Feb 22 with nine members and guests Virginia Tucker and Beverly. Move notes: Allen Lauderdale moved to a farm. Johnie Rich to Archie Farrier house. No school at Indian Creek Tuesday due to Mrs Williams.

H. W. Mineart Sandy Hook Roy Hesseltine Flora Dunbar Hesseltine William Hesseltine Glen Cuddeback Robert Hesseltine Harold McCullough Walter Nordyke Margaret Miller Claranie Oregon Oregon. Mr. and Mra. E Frazey Mrs. Frazey Indian Creek Club Margaret Farrier Virginia Tucker Beverly Margaret Marie Farrier Farrier Allen Lauderdale Pleasant Plain Johnie Rich Archie Farrier Indian Creek Williams Josie Rich Moline Sam Henecline EB. Parkners Sam Hesseltine Darwin Hesseltine Dean Farrier Lennie Ale Washington

Prices Paid for Dairy and Poultry at Local Plant

Prices paid for cream sour cream eggs and poultry at the Priday plant. Cream 25e per pound for fiweet cream no 1 2 2%c per lb sour cream. Eggs priced 14e per dozen for white and brown. Poultry bought at reduced value for defects with all No 2 poultry rejected.

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Replace That Worn Battery Now at Brown's Super Service

Replace that worn battery today with a standard size at a good low price. Brown's Super Service, 295teTH, invites customers to drop in for affordable battery options and quick service.

Brown

News Notes of Our Neighboring Communities

D F Macon reports brief items from nearby towns including events, arrivals, and local happenings. Short notes cover residents, school activities, church gatherings, and small-town developments with concise updates.

Chicago Markets Hog and Cattle Prices Report

Chicago livestock markets show hogs uneven and mostly lower by 5 to 16 cents with tops around 8.25 for 170 to 220 pounds and 8.00 to 8.25 for 230 to 270 pounds. cattle alongside 9.00 to 11.06 for bulk with yearling steers up to 12,786 and vealers weak. Sheep on 12,000 head trend fat lambs 25 cents lower with top near 9.00 and ewes around 4.50. overall tone weak to steady for various categories.

Chicago Mar

Chicago Cash Grain Market Prices and Receipts

Chicago cash grain report dated March 2 shows corn trading in mixed lots from 44 to 50 percent, oats at 29 to 81 percent ranges across varieties, and soybeans with yellow grain at 83 percent and mixed tallies. Cobble notes 80 cars received for corn receipts.

Chicago

Grain futures table reports mixed Corn and Oats bids

The grain table lists corn contracts with May and July bids around 49 to 50 percent and prices near 404 percent. Oats futures show May and July around 29 to 27 percent with mixed daily changes and notes of small percentage shifts.

Chicago

Chicago Produce Market Report March 2

Butter markets steady with receipts 825214 gross. Firsts 24 percent, extras 25 percent, second 23 percent, specials 25 to 26 percent. Exess steady with 16591 cases unchanged quotations. Poultry market firm receipts 27 trucks ducks 1644 to 17 percent, geese 10 to 13, hens 17 to 20, leghorn hens 18 to 25, spring chickens 11 to 12, roosters 18 to 29, broiler 16 to 22.

Chicago

Glenn Sands Buys and Moves onto Former L. C. James Farm

Glenn Sands bought the former L. C. James farm and moved onto it last week. Edwin McKean of Moscow bought the former Kenneth Buster farm, eight miles southeast, and will move there this week. The Cyde Johnson family relocates to Fairfield and the Clevengers move to the Tony Finke farm northwest of here. Nancy Evelyn Gookin of Williamsburg announces her engagement to Boyd Stable of Iowa City, with marriage planned on March 4.

Martha Butler Columbus Junction Mer Glenn Sands L. C. James Cyde Johnson Fairfield Leslie Clevenger Tony Finke Here Edwin McKean Moscow Kenneth Buster J. Gookin Williamsburg

First Paper Money in America From Quebec 1685

An official of the Detroit Coin Club states that the first paper money used in America came from French authorities in Quebec in 1685. Merchants accepted the crude notes made from playing cards stamped with a fleur de lis and crown and signed by officials. Card money circulated in Detroit for years, proving valuable despite later engraved notes.

America Quebec Detroit Coin Club Canada Detroit

Ainsworth Farm Changes and Local Sale Notes

Wednesday report covers winter road conditions with vehicles slipping on snow and ice. Wayne Norman stays on current farm near Ainsworth. Dilden takes over Henry Mathews estate south of Wellman. Midway Sales Columbus Junction sells well, buyers from miles around, with thanks to Paul Klotz and Mrs Cherryholmes for meals. anecdotes about farm life, subscriptions, and local humor accompany the notes.

Wayne Norman Ainsworth Mr. Dilden Henry Mathess Wellman Midway Columbus Junction Paul Klotz Charley Reed

Gideons Display 5,000 Bibles At LA Church

A cross formed by 5 00 Bibles assembled by the Gideons Christian traveling men organization was shown at a Los Angeles church for presentation to the public schools of the state.

Los Angeles Gideons Christian Traveling Men

West Chester High Students Center on Classes and News

West Chester students report on class reading lists and honor rolls as well as Valentine events and visiting guests. Seniors mix graduation prep with honor roll names while juniors and sophomores share achievements and classroom activities across grades one through five.

Two Cities Dickens Henry Esmond Thackeray Jenn Luers Leo Palmer Betty Reif Lucille Robertson Bobby Scranton Doris Sherman Shirley Statler Florence Stout Mretty Leet Robert Pearson Wanda Smith Ruth Stout Charles Johnson Walter Johnson Capitalin Flynn Patricia Griffith Roberta Luers

State bids sought for printing materials by March 3 1989

The State Printing Board invites sealed bids to furnish specified working materials. Bids are due by 11 00 A M Friday March 3 1989. Specifications may be obtained from David K Brown Superintendent of Printing State House Des Moines Town 1312.

State Printing Board David Kk. Brown State House Des Moines Town

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