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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1941
Page
5
Miss Olive Campbell announces in her will a fund to create junior college scholarships. She lived quietly in the community and sought to honor daily duties through this memorial.
The column recalls the De Bord and Deard family ties and Olive Campbell’s long friendship with the plant workers in Ot tumwa. It notes the Slosser family leaving Davenport Democrat for the Journal and welcomes Harold Webr, plus obituaries and community updates including W. M. Terry’s death and local civic happenings.
Bethel Presbyterian members met after a postponement due to road conditions. Rev. M. A. Robeson led a devotional. Floyd Letts presided. Officers elected for one year, elder and trustees for three, with installation planned for Sunday. A social hour followed, and a missionary meeting was announced for Wednesday with a review of Move On Youth by T. Otto Nall.
Receipts and bidding indicate slow farm trade with light cattle at 25c lower. Yearlings steady, steers mostly 9.25 to 13.75, heifers 9.00 to 12.00, beef cows 6.60 to 7.75. Top bulls around 8.00, yealers 10.50 to 12.00. Estimated tomorrow runs cattle 9,000 hogs 14,000 sheep 5,000.
Chicago markets list cash grain quotes dated March 25 for corn oats and soybeans. Corn mixed grades range 60s to 70s with various yellow counts. Oats show mixed and white samples around 36 to 39 percent. Soybeans show yellow 1.06 to 1.07 percent with sample at 1.1.
Biltmore homespuns are handwoven from pure sheep wool and dyed with vegetable and alizarine dyes. The article notes over a hundred distinct shades and emphasizes that no two pieces are identical.
Chicago March grain table lists Wheat Corn and Soybeans with May July and Sep contract quotes. Prices shown include Wheat around 87 to 89 with declines, Corn mid 60s to 65, and Soybeans near 1.06 with small moves.
About five million pieces of third class mail are destroyed each week by the post office because senders fail to print a returnable postage guarantee on the mail matter.
Chicago market notes firm with receipts 28 790 cases and a 1 percent rise in extra firsts and 18 percent in firsts. Poultry market strong with 36 truck receipts and live offerings: springs 21 to 24, broilers 22, hen turkeys 22.
The earliest known typewriter patent was issued by Queen Anne on January 7, 1714 to Henry Mill, an English engineer, marking a landmark in writing device history.
Scientists argue intensive thinking enlarges the brain and may increase fat size. The claim highlights mental effort as a driver of structural brain changes and potential body composition effects.
If a cake burns, place a clean towel wrung in hot water over the surface to soften the burned layer. This makes it easier to lift the burnt portion without damaging the rest of the cake.
A description proclaims cellophane as made from pure good pulp. The note emphasizes the material origin and perceived quality.
Three car collision south of Crawfordsville injured several people. Donald Sands said brakes on his car may not have been in perfect shape and contributed to the crash. Sands struck the McCoy car, side-swiping a bridge barrier and veering into Gadd’s vehicle from Winfield.
English grouse shooters pay an estimated 10 million dollars in normal years for hunting rights. The figure highlights the economic scale of sport hunting and rights fees in rural areas.
Midway Sale Co Columbus Junction lists Journal sale dates and a Friday Community Sale at City Feed Yard every week. The weekly schedule specifies Wednesday Journal sales and Friday community listings.
The largest U S military reservation is the bombing range at Honey Lake in California covering 263.324 390 acres.
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