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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1948
Page
7
Livestock trading active with hogs and cattle showing mixed changes. Hogs for 180-240 pounds mostly $24.00 to $24.75, heavier weights uneven. sows $18.25 to $19.00. Fed steers steady to down. top load at $32.00 for 1058 pounds, bulk $26.75 to $29.50. Sheep and lambs steady with top lambs at $238.00 for large lots, medium to good grades $22.00 to $22.50.
Chicago produces a steady market with poultry data across 15 trucks. Prices show colored fryers 40 and plymouth rock springs 45, colored springs 42, and broilers 38 with market steady. Bees noted at 16.5236 cases with extras 70-80 percent A 45-46 and standards 42-43.
Havre reports a social round with Mr and Mrs Vernon Witting guests at the S C Wittmer home for supper. Several families including Kepharts Westen Wilson Lewis Sickler McConahy Garett and Richards share Sunday meals and visits. The note adds a quip about 27 singers producing about double the noise of a single singer.
Mr and Mrs Noah Widmer and Norma moved to the former Alliman place this week. Glen Widmer will move to Noahs place. Several local families are noted visiting or hosting gatherings in Stringtown and nearby towns. The column closes with a cigarette fact about the temperature at the lit end.
A group of Dublin neighbors cut and sawed wood for Lizzie Strause on Thursday afternoon. Participants included Charlie Mayer Victor Mayer Charlie Wheeling Perry Deal Stanley Mangold and others. The note also mentions local moves illnesses school election results and social visits.
A recently patented device tests vapor content in gas and air. It can assess factory or closed-space air with solvents and check water vapor in breathing oxygen cylinders to prevent ice crystal formation and clogging of equipment.
Mrs. Melba Edmondson and Mrs. Anne Marker hosted the Whatsoever society in the Methodist church parlors. Vera Sellers and Grace Hanft will entertain March 30. The Ladies Social circle meets Thursday with Mrs. Grace Marvin. Central Presbyterian calendar meets at 12 50 p m Thursday in the church basement. a pot luck lunch is served. Mothers club gathers in the first grade room after school Friday. The word academy derives from a Trojan hero name Academus and Plato’s academy honors its owner.
Farmers of this territory are invited to a Livestock Feeders conference on Saturday March 20 at University chapel Mt Pleasant Iowa sponsored jointly by Foxbilt feed dealers and the southeast Iowa territory. The meeting begins at 2 00 p m and dismisses at 3 00 p m with a free lunch at noon. Short talks include Vitamins in Animal Feeding by Carroll Swanson Feed From the Soil by Lawrence D Smith MD Diary and Swine Feeding Practices by W H Towner The Outlook for Live stock Feeders by Frank Fox and The Role of the Sulfas in Animal Disease Con trol by Roy Merriott plus two motion pictures No Hand Stripping and The Control of Common Poultry Diseases.
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