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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1938
Page
7
A poet describes tea in a seven cup sequence where the first soothes the throat and the seventh welcomes him into the gods presence. the text links tea to writing renewal and purification with each cup bringing a distinct effect.
Marbling refers to the white fat lines running through high grade beef. Tender beef typically displays rich marbling, indicating quality.
An ancillary receiver is appointed in a state or district different from where the principal proceedings began. The duties include gathering in and administering property within the state or district of appointment.
The Journal Subscripting Representative collects brief items from nearby towns. Notes cover local events, community announcements, and short reports from several small districts.
Monday brought heavy rain that lasted through the night with gardeners noting a busy morning setting out plants just before the downpour. Local residents talk of vegetable and fruit plantings while families discuss travel, health, and everyday errands amid reminders of spring and changing seasons.
Chicago market notes show hogs 10 to 25 cents lower than Monday with top 9.00 and weights 180 to 350 pounds. Cattle steady with beef steers 9.00 to 10.50, cows 5.00 to 7.00, calves 5.50 to 10.00. Sheep at 12,000 head, lambs 8.40 to 8.85, yearlings 6.50 to 7.50, feeders 7.00 to 7.75.
Chicago reports a steady market across commodities with butter and poultry noted. Butter shows small range shifts for extras and firsts while poultry mainly holds, with varied rates for broilers ducks geese turkeys and roosters amid steady receipts.
Chicago grain table from March lists May, July and Sept futures for Wheat Corn Oats and Rye with varied open high low and close figures. Data shows multiple percent values per contract and species across months and contract types.
Chicago market notes on mixed and yellow corn grades with percentages for No. 2 mixed No. 4 mixed No. 8 white No. 4 white No. 3 yellow No. 2 yellow No. 5 yellow and No. 4 yellow observed on March 29. Prices range from 56 to 69 percent across categories, reflecting sample grade status.
The column discusses singing practice as a head-clearing method, rumors of a C. J. Brown sale, and a dinner table manners column. It references a weekly Valentine event, student writing projects, and class activities with names like Swartzendruber Vis i, Mary Vaughn, Gertrude Davison, Dean Kauffman, and Roger Williams.
Prices paid for sweet cream dairy and poultry by W S Keister through Wednesday. No. 1 sour cream 27 cents. heavy hens and leghorn varieties listed with weights and prices. Payment includes delivery but rejects crooked breasts, water blisters, and extremely thin poultry. all culls rejected.
Iowa's 32 federal savings and loan associations report strong demand for home financing under the 1928 own a home campaign. Early March totals show direct reduction mortgage loans for construction and purchase at 7,992,400, up 2,622,400 from March 1, 1937, with thrift investments totaling 4,123,800, up 1,190,008. Associations span Algona to Webster City in Iowa.
The report notes six weeks of school remain and many pupils may be dressed for departure. M. J. Hesseltine is director again this year, and Gar Pest Story Hour Club is planned for April 1 in the afternoon with Geneva Davison as reporter.
New York dispatch notes a warning that the Soviet could establish an Arctic air base in wartime. Sir Hubert Wilkins cites a flight over the Arctic and fears a Russian or other government base could allow planes with three tons of bombs to reach Paris and return.
The Wellman Republican caucus held at the Wellman Savings Bank selected fourteen delegates for the county convention to be held July 2 in Washington. Delegates elect include Eardley Melt Jr, Ke J Kehoe, Charlee Shaffer Hewn, Mrs Marthe Adams, J Forer, Mra C Jones Cart Oldfield, Joe Metietland Mee, C T Johnson, Mere C T Anderson, Felieworth Palmer, George Hell, and J Webrie.
In Stamford a wartime friendship helped Thomas Deregibus obtain a permit for his wife and young son to join him. Mrs Luigi Deregibus wanted to visit her brother-in-law, but son Robert faced compulsory military service. A note to a former trench comrade named Benito Mussolini cleared the red tape.
In a folk saying Uncle Eben remarks that a person who trusts to luck is ungrateful to credit those who aid them. The quip reflects a lesson about humility and reliance on luck versus earned wit.
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