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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1944
Page
7
Chicago markets show hogs 10 to 15 cents higher with top 14.40 and good sows 13.65 to 13.90. Cattle run 4,500 with yearlings strong and top 16.75 for cattle. calves noted. Sheep 3,000 open higher on red wooled western lambs. good and choice Colorado sheep at 16.25 to 16.40. Estimated totals: cattle 9,000, sheep 3,500.
Eggs receipts total 92,446 cases with market steady. Extra firsts 34 percent and firsts 33 percent. Current receipts 32 percent and dirties 30 percent. Checks 2915. Poultry receipts show no cars, six trucks. market firm and unchanged.
Mrs. Frank Frazey aged 81, longtime Brighton resident with a brief Kansas stay, died at her Brighton home this morning just before 9:30 after a period of failing health.
Chicago March 16 cash grain update shows soybeans at 1 yellow 196 percent, reflecting price movement in the local market. The note records a single commodity quote with no additional contracts or buyers listed.
Market brief notes September rice and grain prices with fluctuating highs and lows. Cited figures show mixed activity across corn, rye, and oats with daily percentage shifts and notable rainy weather affecting supply expectations.
Friday sale events include a farm sale near Oxford by M. J. Lee or John Burns at 11 30 start on March 20 featuring Angus cattle and hogs. Household goods sale at 426 South Second Avenue starts 1 30 by Dan Hershberger. Public herd sale of Holstein cows at Ottumwa Community Sale Barn starts 1 00 on March 21 by Rex Dimmitt. Horse sale on March 23 at Riverside starts 1 00 by Riverside Sales Company.
Jennie Hoover Frazey of Brighton died after fall and illness. Born January 3, 1863 in Brighton to Isaac Hoover, she married Frank Frazey in 1883 and lived near Brighton most of her life. Survived by husband, three children Grace McClean Kathryn Bailey and Ralph Frazey, five grandchildren, four great grandchildren, and three brothers John Hoover Charles Hoover and Frank Hoover. Grace McClean of Antioch California returned recently to help care for her mother. Funeral arrangements handled by F A Hoskins Funeral Home await word from United States service.
Reports show about sixty percent of all food purchases still occur on Fridays and Saturdays, highlighting weekend consumer demand trends and potential supply strain during those days.
The first successful flight in the United States in a heavier than air machine occurred at Kitty Hawk North Carolina on December 17 1903 by Orville and Wilbur Wright.
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