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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 06, 1939

Page

7

Markets report from Chicago livestock for March six

Hogs total 9 000 with demand fair to active and prices up 10 to 20 cents top 8 40. Bulk 170 to 280 pounds 8 15 to 8 35 with sows 7 00 to 7 36. Cattle 9 000 calves 1 000 market strong 20 cents higher largely 9 00 to 12 00. best yearlings 12 00. light heifers 10 50. feeders 10 50 to 11 50. Sheep 14 000 market active and strong with early lambs 9 00 to 9 50. native ewes 4 25 to 4 75. Tomorrow’s receipts projected cattle 6 000 hogs 12 000 sheep 10 000.

Chicago Mar U.P Columbus Junction Tows Iowa Brooks Range Texas

Chicago cash grain prices and receipts report

Chicago cash grain prices list corn by color and grade with yellows from 45% to 49% and whites around 50% for yellow and white corn varieties. Oats samples show mixed colors with white readings around 28% to 32% and receipts listed at 78 cars for corn.

Chicago

Market quotes for wheat corn oats rye on March Chicago session

Open high and low figures for futures contracts across commodities include wheat May 68% 69% 68% with July 55% 69% 68% and Sept 69% 69% 604. Corn May AD 49% July 50% 50% 50% Sept 01L% 52% D1L% 151% Oats May 29% July 27% Sept 26% Rye May 45% July 46% Sept 46% with varied daily numbers across months and contracts.

Chicago

Chicago Market Reports Produce Butter Eggs and Poultry

Chicago market daily reports show butter steady with 925643 gross pounds receipts and various class quotes. Eggs firmer with 15408 cases receipts and multiple grades priced. Poultry market firmer with truck arrivals and price ranges for ducks geese hens leghorn hens spring chickens roosters broilers and turkeys.

Chicago Mar

News Notes of Our Neighboring Communities

Journal Subscription Representative D. F. Macon reports brief items from nearby towns. Highlights include literary society meetings, library updates, church events, and local business openings. Sparks of community life appear across these small town notices.

Winter Weather and Local Chats Across Washington

Town diary notes Harve Carkuif from Dublin and John Pratt of Grace Hill in Washington with mixed travel tales and weather woes. Residents discuss subscriptions, poultry pride, farm更新 economics, and community kindness as locals visit Saturday.

John Pratt Grace Hill Washington

Origins of the Spanish Main in English usage

The term Spanish Main referred to the mainland areas of Venezuela and Colombia. In England the Caribbean sea became known as the Spanish Main as the empire extended over West Indies. The phrase is widely used to describe those regions and waters.

Venezuela Colombia England Bounding West Indies Caribbean Sea

Early Court Cutting Plan Blocked in 1869

A congressional move to shrink the Supreme Court to six justices failed in 1869 before vacancies appeared, nullifying the plan.

Congress Supreme Court

Local farmer shifts hatchery and feed plans

A traveler from Indiana visited four farmers raising 54 000 chickens. One farmer with eighteen years in the business sold his hatchery and stopped mixing feed, deciding others provide better chicks and feed. He now buys chicks ready made from others.

Frank Priebe Indiana

Glendale flu outbreak and local moves in March

In Glendale on March 4 many residents including Harold Anderson David McCartney Mrs Everette Stewart Winifred Gerdes and Mrs William McCartney are ill with flu. Harry Bishops moved to Roy Steeles vacated farm. Drifting snow slowed moves but a road was cleared by the maintainer. Mr and Mrs Sam Munnon went to Keota and Mr and Mrs Frank Smith and Clemons drove to Sigourney for the funeral of Smith’s brother-in-law.

Thos. Gerdes Glendale Harold Anderson David McCartney Everette Stewart Winifred Gerdes William McCartney Harry Bishops Roy Mr. Smith

Most Powerful Rifle Shown by Inventor Melvin Johnson

Melvin Johnson displays his claimed most powerful rifle at Quantico marine base in Virginia. Maj. Gen. J. C. Breckinridge stands nearby as officials view the weapon able to discharge 100 shots a minute.

Melvin Johnson Quantico, Va J. C. Breckinridge

Highest peak Everest and Crimea fountain feature in historic note

Mt Everest in Nepal near Tibet frontier rises to 29 141 feet and is the world’s highest natural elevation. The Fountain of Tears at Bachchisarai Crimea was built by a Tatar ruler to honor a Polish princess and reportedly sheds one water drop every minute for over 300 years per Collier's Weekly.

Everest Himalayas Nepal Tibet Frontier Bakhchisarai Crimea Collier's Weekly

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