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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1939
Page
7
The text lists factors governing pearl value in order: orient or luster, color, texture of skin, shape and size. Pearl grain weighs one fourth of a diamond carat and value rises with the square of weight, independent of other factors.
The Irish wolfhound is described as the tallest dog and valued hunter in early centuries. Legends tell of two ancient Irish rulers in a mighty battle over a wolfhound, with one king offering 6000 cows which was refused. The breed is noted for a proverb about gentleness and fierceness.
The article notes the U S Mexico border spans 1 810 miles, detailing the international boundary. It emphasizes the scale of the frontier and references the nations involved and the geographic scope.
The passage lists notable left handed men including Tiberius Michelangelo Rafael Leonardo da Vinci and Garfield among others highlighting left handedness as a remark of historical note.
Mathew Brady, an immigrant’s son from New York, became America’s leading photographer by 1853. He rigged a wagon as a mobile dark room to shoot Civil War battlefields, making emulsion on glass plates. His government-owned negatives were bought in 1874 to cover storage debts, later valued high, but Brady died in poverty in 1896.
The note introduces D F Macon as a Journal subscription representative. No further details on location, activities, or dates are provided in the readable text.
Markets report Hogs at 10,000 head with steady tone but $0.10 weaker spots. top hogs at 8.10, good to choice 160 to 230 lbs 7.85 to 8.10, sows 6.75 to 7.10. Cattle 7,600 with calves 1,000. yearlings and heavy steers steady, light stock slow. top 13.75, best yearlings 12.15, weak weaners at 121.00. Sheep 6,000 with fair activity. lambs 8.85 to 9.25, western ewes 6.00. Estimated tomorrow receipts: cattle 5,000 hogs 11,000 sheep 14,000.
In Richland the Hendrickson sale drew buyers as horses crossed the block while roads grew slick and rough. The Evening Journal crew mingled with locals including Henry Sears and H. D. Snider, delivering papers and collecting subscriptions as friends from Dublin Keota and Washington visited.
The Kara sea between Novaya Zemlya and the Siberian mainland opens for navigation from July through September each year. Outside that window it remains ice bound and impassable.
The Red river marks the Oklahoma Texas boundary and derives its name from contributions from Red creek Mud creek Muddy Boggy creek and Deep Red run.
Berne hosts a yearly onion market unique in its medieval roots. Peasants from Wistenlach bring harvests to the city, where onions rule the displays and garlands decorate stands. Onion pie soup meat with onions and onion shaped candy are sold at the event.
Chicago market report lists corn and oats with mixed and white varieties. Corn ranges from 47 to 51 percent moisture and 2 mixed at 50 to 51 percent, oats show 1 mixed at 31 percent and 2 white at 32 to 82 percent, with several white and yellow entries in the 29 to 49 percent area.
Sears Saddlery Co. will be here with guaranteed harness and parts. Bring in your bulls hogs sheep horses and furniture consignments for the weekly sale. Two loads of white face steers and heifers stock cows cows with calves by side and two good bulls are listed along with hogs sheep and horses. Lumber posts hedge anchors and line posts available. wu KER & SON MURS
Soybeans 1g yellow 86 for 2 lots. corn receipts 67 cara. four white 281 to 30. The brief notes list grain lots and color codes with quantities for soybeans and corn.
Chicago weather page presents a grain table dated March 8 with futures for WHEAT CORN OATS and RYE. Contracts show May July Sept figures across Open High Low and Close, listing percent values for each commodity and month.
Canada has more miles of railroad per person than the United States, indicating a higher rail density relative to population. The claim contrasts national railway footprints and suggests closer alignment of rail infrastructure with Canadian population distribution.
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