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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1940
Page
5
Chicago March 25 cash grain update shows mixed futures for corn from 654 to 658 with several yellow and white grade mixes. Oats and soybeans prices list mixed samples and percentage grades, including white and yellow varieties with percent readings.
Priest S. Slim Rudolph declares candidacy for member of the Board of Supervisors starting January 1942, subject to Republican voters at the June primary. The note mentions the Great Pyramid near Cairo built from about 2,300,000 stones quarried miles away along the Nile.
One contestant in a popular boxing match in London played cards until after midnight the eve of the fight and slept until midday. His opponent woke at 7 30 a m after a long sleep. The card player won the bout.
The letter K appeared in earliest Latin inscriptions but was dropped from the alphabet and replaced by C. It seldom appears in classical Latin except in Kalendae abbreviations and the proper name Kaeso.
A study notes a nonfatal automobile crash occurs in the United States roughly every 27 seconds, reflecting persistent road danger and the scale of daily vehicle incidents across states and cities.
Paris shifts to late night life as theaters cabarets and music halls reopen. Wartime crowds, front-line veterans, and censorship influence, with air raid shelter slips at tickets. Nightlife venues like Noctambules and Casino de Paris draw soldiers and journalists despite a sober, war-touched atmosphere.
A collage piece blends a troubled young pianist in New York with light city anecdotes. It sketches a boy raised in music facing loss, Babe Ruth’s bulb stash and cat antics, Dor othy Lamour and Bea Wain fashion moments, and subway, Radio City, and Statue of Liberty appeals.
In Jefferson Georgia the United States post office will issue a two cent stamp honoring Dr Crawford W Long for discovering the use of sulfuric ether as anesthesia. The first operation using ether occurred March 30 1842 removing a neck tumor from James M Venable. Postal authorities deemed Long the sole discoverer after evaluating other claims.
Spokane report says workmen opened nearly 1000 graves in the Grand Coulee backwater area of northeastern Washington ahead of flooding. Most graves belonged to Indians and pioneer settlers. bones were moved to other cemeteries, but artifacts such as copper spearheads beads and trinkets were preserved for history.
The article outlines Russia's expansion into Siberia during the 1500s and 1600s, detailing the conquest, exploration, and establishment of control across vast northern territories. It notes key figures and frontier advances shaping early Russian imperial reach.
INDIANAPOLIS Mrs Charles W Sewell administrative director of the Associated Women of the American Farm Bureau Federation urges girls to marry a farm youth saying opportunities are greater on the farm than in a small city apartment Individual effort counts more there and a farmer s wife has advantages a professional man s mate does not have
A Chinese woman An Tsaosze gave birth to quadruplets in a Henan village. All four sons are reported healthy and progressing well. The provincial government is providing special aid to the family.
Texas remains the chief sorghum producer in the United States with an average annual yield of 55 091 000 bushels. The statistic underscores Texas leading role in national sorghum output and highlights the state’s crop performance.
Chicago markets show hogs 5 to 15 cents higher with 180 to 240 pounders at 5.85 to 5.55 top 5.55 and 240 to 270 pounds at 5.20 to 5.50. Cattle steady to weak with strictly choice steers and yearlings steady and fed shippers demanding 11.00 and up. Cows easy bulls firm and yearlings 10.50 to 11 with early top 12.00. best heifers around 9.75. Sheep about steady with lambs at 10.75 and up for top fed woolies. receipts expected cattle 6,000 hogs 13,000 sheep 5,000.
Chicago market update notes eggs steady with receipts of 32 494 cases and breakdowns by grade and condition. Poultry prices hold steady with receipts of 18 trucks and varied quotes for ducks geese hens leghorn hens spring chickens roosters broilers turkeys and capons.
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