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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1941
Page
5
Chicago markets show hogs steady to 10 cents lower with top at 7.90 and bulk 180 to 240 pounds. Cattle receipts about 14,000 with steady to weak action, light weight steers strongest at 9.25 to 12.00, many bids off by 25 cents. Sheep at 15,000 with limited bidding, good lambs around 11.00 and ewes about 6.50. Estimated receipts: cattle 7,000 hogs 14,000 sheep 4,000.
Bethel March 10 fourth grade girls at Grand Prairie school wrote poems about a lost kitten Luella Sojka nine year old author of Sunny I had a cat which describes taking the cat to a Pet Parade last October the kitten frightened and ran away and Luella still recalls Sunny as a fat little bunny with a rat in an old hat.
Schedule notices list regular meetings for Westbound Washington Lodge No. 26 A F and A M and train connections for Westbound and Eastbound routes including Golden State Limited California trains and local stops, with agents C F Anderson and W C Bell noting departure and arrival times and Sunday exceptions. Obscure OCR fragments indicate mixed trains from Knoxville branch No 430 and Davenport Kansas City locals with specific depart times and daily exceptions.
Chicago March 10 open high low and close figures for Wheat Corn Oats and Soybeans. Wheat May at 86 06 percent with July 83 percent and Sep around 84. Corn May 62 percent with July 62 percent and Sep 62. Oats May 35 percent with July 32 percent and Sep 30. Soybeans May near 96 percent and July around 94 percent.
The United Men's Brotherhood will meet at Bethel church Tuesday evening March 11 with supper at 6:30 led by Floyd Letts. An annual church meeting and dinner is set for Wednesday March 12 at 12 o'clock. Various local visits and health notes follow, including Vera Davis and Violet Flynn.
In Chicago today cash grain bids for corn show mixed lots with grades including yellow and white varieties. Corn bids range with percentages in the mid to high sixties and fifties, while oats bids feature mixed and white lots with protein-like percentages noted.
Rev and Mrs Louis L Miller and daughter Betty of Normal Ill spent Saturday and Sunday in Wayland. Miller preached at Eicher and spoke at his old Wellman church. the family once led both Eicher and Wayland churches. They have a son Burman who stays home. Other local items note hospital visit, school director candidates, a new baby, cattle shipment, evangelistic services, a bus accident, a Father Son banquet, illnesses and moves, and a band gathering.
Chicago market firms show receipts 2,260 with fresh graded firsts at 16 percent and dirties 15 percent. Poultry is steady with receipts from 15 trucks, ducks 1714 to 1974, geese 14 to 15, hens and chickens up to 19 percent, leg horn hens 15 percent, springs 17 percent, No 2 chickens 16 percent, and hen turkeys 20 percent.
The text notes antelopes vary from tiny pygmy duikerbok gazelles to large eland weighing up to 1500 pounds. It also states the moon can be seen at some time on all but about five nights each month, countering common belief.
The Merry Maids 4 H Club met Saturday afternoon with Doris Canott. Twelve members attended along with the club leader and assistant leader. Reports were given by Mildred McCaleb Beverly Butterworth and Martha McGinnis. Refreshments were served by Doris and Victoria Canott.
Wayland March 10 Mr and Mrs Ezra Wittmer hosted Sunday March 9 a reunion with old time friends traveling from Westwood California to visit Mr and Mrs Scott Jarrard Mr and Mrs Har old Kolesick and son Tommy Joe at their Wayland home A lawn basket dinner marked the noon hour and photos of the group were taken by Glenn Ni hart The gathering included numerous local residents and families joining in visiting and entertainment along with Farm Bureau and church group activities scheduled in the area
Mrs Blanche Cordier of Miami claims a one sixteenth of a mile track is the world’s smallest. She found the Italian greyhound enjoys racing as much as larger dogs and built the tiny course to host crowds in Miami.
The text notes that chickens can suffer from a form of tuberculosis for which no cure is known. It emphasizes the disease's impact on poultry health and the absence of an effective treatment.
Fourth grade rehearses a Rumplestiltskin dramatization directed by Carla Guther with Bobby Kleese as Rumplestiltskin and Virginia Walker and Patricia Welcker as the princesses. Ronnie Baker is the miller, David Chilcote and Tommy Denison play the stranger and messenger. Carl Yoder chairs the stage committee. villagers fill remaining roles. Perfect spelling records honored across grades with named students.
The Ward family thanks all who assisted during our mother’s passing including the pastor and pallbearers. Grateful acknowledgment goes to Ben Ward and family along with Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Severeid and others: Howard Ward, Don Ward, J. H. Drury, Joe Coley, H. S. Heggan and families.
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