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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1944
Page
5
Chicago livestock prices show hogs weak to lower with 18 000 head. sow lines soft but overall cash demand fair. Cattle cattle calves 1000 fed steers and yearlings mostly steady to weak 13.75 to 16.90 top, heifers and feeders mixed. Sheep quiet with demand firming on fat lambs.
bidder activity described with quotes around bids for lambs and hogs. Prices noted near 16.25 for good offerings and 16.10 for early bids as sheep remain scarce. Estimated totals show hogs about 15 000 head, cattle 12 000, sheep 5 000.
Chicago cash grain note dated March 14 shows soybeans priced at 2 yellow 19414 with cash drain indications. Market tone remains uncertain as traders watch nearby futures and weather signals.
Chicago March 14 AP Produce reports eggs market steady with receipts totaling 31 109 cases. Breakdown shows extra firsts 34 percent and firsts 33, current receipts 32, dirties 301, checks 2942. Poultry receipts include no cars and one truck.
Open high low and close figures for Wheat Oats Rye listed for September December May and July contracts in Chicago on March 14 with varied percentages across months.
An unidentified person climbed the wall of the American fountain in Stratford on Avon and removed the clock hands from all four faces. The monument, donated in 1887 by a Philadelphia citizen to mark Queen Victoria’s jubilee, may have been targeted by a traveler missing a train as the displays have shown different times.
Bedrooms move from flowery backgrounds to plain walls with bright figurative furnishings. Ornamental posts and headboards vanish as beds gain striped spreads with ruffles reaching the floor.
Nearly half of the students entering the University of Wyoming during 1939 to 1941 had visual defects. Forty seven percent of male students and 45 percent of women had acuity under 20 20, and 27.9 percent overall had acuity 20 50 or worse.
Five members of Chapter Y ee attended a business meeting with Mrs Richard A Stewart last evening. After the meeting, led by president Mrs Glenn L Wilson, a food sale netted about five dollars. The Dayton Tax Service will close until 1 00 p m Wednesday then stay open until midnight. Clarence Eugene Smith 1 C returned to New York City Saturday night after a short leave with his parents Virgil and Mrs. Smith.
Many spindles used in newly established cotton goods factories in China are crafted from scrap metal, signaling a shift toward improvised inputs in the industry.
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