For Sale Lawn Play Gym Item Ad
Mrs G W Rudiger lists a lawn play gym for sale at 6513 with no further details or contact information provided. The brief notice appears as a simple classified item.
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G. W. Rudiger
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1939
Page
7
Springville Iowa corrections and farm notes column
An error in a prior line swapped Springfield for Springville Iowa. The column records local readers, farm activity in Springville area including Mr and Mrs Forrest Walker returning from Texas, a 500 pound sow to 700 pounds, potato planting on Graham farm, mules on Dave Schantz farm, pasture plans for Milt Smith, Wilford Smith planting corn, Roberts family farming multiple acres, magazines for Mrs Everette Roberts, and a death in Rome of Mrs Jim Turner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springville
Iowa
Springfield
Forrest D. Walker
Tejas
Texas
Roberts
Dad
Ainsworth R 2
Everette Roberts
Miss Foster
Ainsworth
Marian Anderson Sings to Appreciative Waterloo Audience
Marian Anderson performed before 1800 listeners in Waterloo Iowa delivering spirituals and grand opera pieces. During intermission sponsor Mrs John Lemmer of the Catholic Daughters of America urged the crowd to see beyond color, noting God gave her voice not her race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Marian Anderson
John Lemmer
Catholic Daughters of America
News Notes of Our Neighboring Communities
Journal Subscription Representative D. F. Macon reports on local developments in nearby towns. Highlights include community events, school activities, and civic updates shaping regional life.
Ainsworth Residents Share Friendly Greetings and Garden Notes
Mr. William Busby and Mr. J A Marsh family visit Ainsworth, praising blossoms and fruit while relatives stay home and look forward to warm weather. Mrs. Marsh recalls Keokuk trip with Terry Marsh at Montgomery Ward. Miss Hattie Prat and Blanch enjoy life in town and joke about water for a planned bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Busby
Ainsworth
Mrs. Busby
J. A. Marsh
Keokuk
Terry Marsh
Montgomery Ward
Hattie Prat
Sister Blanch
Balmy Spring Confusion Over Age And Weather
A mother who once claimed her son was six to ride free now insists he is sixteen to drive the family car. The text notes spring’s warm weather and people seeming balmy, blurring lines between season and sanity.
When Result Is the Same Farmers Choose Town or Farm Life
The item contrasts farmers relocating to urban centers to run a grocery store with those who stay on the farm and endure poverty. It highlights two paths amid economic pressure and changing rural livelihoods.
Tempus Fugit Tale Lights and Mom Hears Son Shaving
A lighthearted local note mentions spring weather improving roads and a resident Ray Rathmel of Ainsworth leaving a subscription. The piece reflects on a mother's emotions as her son shaves for the first time and a town notices road work being completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram
Neb
Ray Rathmel
Ainsworth
Market report from Chicago hogs cattle and sheep
Markets show hogs at 7.10 top with 170 to 250 lb bulk 6.90 to 7.10 and sows 6.50 to 6.25. Cattle draggy with steers weak to lower and calves selling 8.75 to 11.00. fed heifers soft. cows and bulls steady while weaners weaken. Sheep see fat lambs and springers 15 cents higher with top 10.90. woolly lambs at 10.00 to 10.40, best 10.50 and up. sheep overall weak. tomorrows receipts expected 9,000 hogs and 9,000 cattle and 6,000 sheep.
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Chicago
Cash Grain Prices in Chicago Market Report May 2
Chicago price notes show corn mixed bids from 50% to 52 cents with several lots, including 8 yellow 50% to 61 and 4 yellow 48% to 49. Oats quoted with white lot prices at 84% and 2% to 23 16. Corn receipts report 89 ears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Grain table shows Chicago futures mixed on May day
Chicago grain quotes list open high low and close for wheat corn and oats with May July and September contracts. Wheat May around 75 after minor upticks. corn May near 49 to 50. oats May around 31 to 48 with varying percentages.
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Chicago
Produce and Poultry Market Summary
Eggs: market steady with receipts 7 435 cases and unchanged quotations. Poultry: receipts 1 car and 35 trucks with hens 13 to 17 and spring chickens 20 to 21. Potatoes: market barely steady with arrivals 103 on track 366 and shipments 703.
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Chicago
Town Has A Store Named For Local Minature Couple
Mrs F W Hagist and Art Stoutner with son of Keota visit to arrange Hagist Sale of household goods near Keota. They run a thriving country store on Little Beans Road North Carolina and are well liked by the community. The town reportedly honors the couple after 15 years of residence. The sale is set for Friday at 1 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Beans Road
N.C
N. C
Coods
F. W. Hagist
Art Stoutner and Son
Keota
Hagist
Wilson Signs Four Bills Abolishing Planning Board
DES MOINES Gov George A Wilson signed four bills including one to abolish the state planning board. The legislature appropriated 4000 to pay salaries and expenses from March 1 to May 1 and repealed the 1937 law creating the board as an official state agency. The measures also transfer the motor vehicle department to public safety, shift relief administration to the state board of social welfare, and authorize certain gubernatorial appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
George A. Wilson
State Planning Board
Motor Vehicle Department
State Public Safety Department
Relief Administration
State Board of Social Welfare
Pulitzer Prize awards go to Dr Mott and Caulvert
Dr Frank L Mott of the State University of Iowa and R G Caulvert of Portland Oregonian won Pulitzer prizes in history and editorial writing respectively. Mott received 1000 dollars for A History of American Magazines and Caulvert 500 dollars for his editorial My Country Tis of Thee highlighting peace at home versus abroad. Caulvert, 64, was born at Adel Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Frank L. Mott
State University of Iowa
R. G. Callvert
Portland
Ore
Mott
University School of Journalism At
Caulvert
Portland Oregonian
Adel
Journal Sale Date Column Midway Sale Co Columbus Junction
Classified notice listing weekly sales by Midway Sale Co in Columbus Junction and Friday sales at Wander May 5. Includes household goods near Keota, and a sale at the late Frank Wood home west of Ainsworth on paved road No 92.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midway Sale Co
Columbus Junction
Community
Wander
W. F
Keota
Frank Wood
Ainsworth
Dean Pearson on Danzig and Hitler Empire Ambitions
Dr. Alfred J. Pearson, Drake University dean and former U S minister, told Canopus Exchange Club that Poland will likely concede on Danzig but resist further concessions. He described Hitler as untrustworthy and seeking an eastward empire of 250 million people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des
Moines
Poland
Hitler
Danzig
Alfred J. Pearson
Drake University College of Liberal Arts
United States
Finland
Canopus
Germany
Dean Pearson
Adolf Hitler
REISTER'S MARKETS Prices and poultry terms
REISTER'S MARKETS lists Wednesday prices for dairy and eggs: Sweet Cream 21e per pound, No 1 Sour Cream 19c per pint, No 2 Sour Cream 17e per pint. Henery Brown Eggs 14c per dozen, Henery White Eggs 14e per dozen. Re 10c per dozen. They pay 6c per pound for delivery to plant. All No 2 poultry including defects will be bought at value. All culled poultry rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennery
U S Scotch Highlanders to Play at New York Fair
Iowa City activity notes the University of Iowa 30 member Scotch Highlanders will perform during Scottish Day at the New York World's Fair June 20. Col George F N Dailey says the group departs June 18 for a 10 day tour funded by a national Scottish organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Scotch Highlanders
George F. N. Dailey
Iowa Military Department
Highlands
Seoteh
Twenty Nine Die On Iowa Highways In April Traffic Toll
Twenty nine persons were killed in Iowa highway accidents last month, raising the year total to 91 fatalities. The toll compares with 98 deaths by May 1 of last year. April 1938 fatalities reached one hundred one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Strikes Hit Iowa Cities Crippling Construction Industry
A wave of strikes crippled construction across Iowa towns including Waterloo Cedar Falls Davenport and Mason City and crossed into Illinois Rock Island and Moline. Unions demanded wage increases as production stalled. Separately First Cutlery Factory notes that Worcester Massachusetts housed the first cutlery factory in 1829 after early tool manufacture in Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Iowa
Cedar Falls
Davenport
Mason City
Rock Island
Moline
Ill
Pennsylvania
Worcester
Mass
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Red
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Eod
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Joe's Shop
Gaer
L. H Orr Land Companys
Thomas Lar Sode
W. Jefferson
LeRoy Prattert
Lytle’s Grocery
Oetjen
GEO
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Lavans
National Bank of Washingon
Peters Hardware
Nicola
Lemmon
Sam James
Harwood’s
South Side
Hunsaker Shoe Repair Shop
Nelson's
John Dodd Garage
Radio
Grubb Maytag
North
General Radio
Cunningham
Wm. Sloat
Bickford
Mace Motor Co
Eclipse Lumber Company
Tall Washington
Oevtjen
Washington Brick & Tile Factory
Washington Oil Company
Wayne
Oetjen Seed Store
Catfish Charlie
Gamble Store
United Mattress Company
Eveready Plumbing & Heating
Roy Geret
Arthur Wiley
Sargent
Wolfe Hatchery
Delco Light Plant
Joe Knotek
Joe's
L. F. Dawn
Washington R. R. 3
Phillips & Hebner
China
Cy Birka
D. F. Sayre
H. Beranek
D. Brumback
Brighton
E. D. Rayburn
South Ride Square
P. A. McLamore
Levi. Blanchards
The
Home Daily
Levi
John Turvier
Brighton R 2
Graham
Mr. Turner
Dave Schantz
Washington R
Jack
Milt Smith
Wilford Smith
Crawfordsville
Jim Turner
Phil Shrader
Rome
Mt. Pleasant
Joan Turner
Eureka
Rhea Fread
Joe A. Kolosick
Mrs. Kolosick
Evening Journal
D. F. Macon
Chicago Livestock
Chicago Grain Table
Wilson
Dr. Mott
Reister’s Markets
Washington, Iowa
Reister & Son
A. B. Schmoeller
Morning Sun Rendering Works
Roy Brewer
So. Ave
Frances Falk
Journal Office
the Evening Journal
Ss Trad
Rances
Falk
U.S. Scotch Highlanders
N. Y. Fair
Luther Hollums
Albert Durrett, Sr
Birmingham
Ala
John Deere
Frank Parrish
SMART
Parrish
Sed St
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