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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1940
Page
7
Mrs Clark Bauer notes an odd item about telephone batteries eight years old. Keith and Mrs Stewart moved to Mrs Gray’s former home and found the 1952 marked batteries still seemed okay. Lawrence Smith hosts Sanithes test and Lloyd Bradshaw visited Wellman area.
Mr and Mrs Dale Robertson hosted dinner Sunday at Joe Janecek home near Wellman. Mrs Ted Gorham visited her ill mother at her parents home. Howard McCat attended funeral services for Mrs Glen Porter in Ainsworth. Orville Coakley completed census work last Saturday. Mary Johnson spent Monday night with Ladera Redlinger. Mr and Mrs Will Embree were Sunday dinner guests at Clarence Johnson's home. Charles Johnson will work for Clark Bauer after school. Mrs Bessie McCall's house will be finished soon if painting proceeds. Wild flowers in Phillips pasture bloom despite cold April. Bill Carr plows for Clarence Johnson.
A study notes evidence that the ocean once separated two regions, suggesting historical land connections between the Netherlands and Indonesia. Researchers point to ancient plate movements and fossil records indicating former land bridges and shifting coastlines.
Mr and Mrs Hoscoe H Robertson visited the Gree Wright home Sunday. Center had no school last week due to the illness of teacher Wm Livegay’s grandfather. Keith Augustine welcomed daughter Reita Kay born in April. Mrs Walter Wolfe and her mother dined with the Artford Richardson household Friday. The Jake Seethout family joined the Petty Deal visit. Cleo Trier and Karen visited C G Picken near Brighton. Mrs Jake Seethout stayed with ill mother Mrs C M Corpman. Nona Tinnes of Marshalltown spent the weekend with relatives. Mrs D C Robertson enjoys a new radio. There have been 2 04 automobile types and 2,223 makes manufactured in the United States.
The notice lists ongoing sale events at Midway State Co and Coluwous Juretion with a Journal Sale Date Column. It notes community sales every Friday at Otty Feed Yard and a weekly journal sale every Wednesday.
Multiple real estate and business ads offer cheap houses, building lots, and a beauty equipment sale. Listings include a four room house with garage in southeast Washington, a large building lot at 812 South Marton Avenue, five two acre tracts along Highway 92, a modern six room house at $2000, and a Cedar Rapids beauty equipment sale with multiple machines.
Iowa weather brings frequent soaking rains that saturate surface soils and slow field work across most counties. Subsoil remains slow to permeate due to prior drought, while oats barley and flax seeding trend varies. Corn planting advances slowly with low soil temps, pastures grow slowly, and fruit blooms are retarded though pears and peaches near bloom. Charles D. Reed, Senior Meteorologist.
Jim Bollerup of Waterloo has been secured as judge for the district Holstein show set for June 11 at Oskaloosa. Mahaska County hosts Guernsey breeders and an educational program includes a judging contest and 4-H junior events. The event, at the Southern Iowa Fair Grounds, will feature free stall rent and no entry fees, with plans for a social picnic and committees handling barns and grounds.
Market totals show hogs 10 000 head with weights under 270 pounds 65 to 100 cents higher. Sows and lighter hogs quoted to 6 50. Cattle 4 000 head with calves 1 000. steers and yearlings weak to 25 cents lower. value sold 9 75 to 11 00. med grades 9 25 down to 7 75. weighty cutters cows 6 00. veals 12 00. bulk veal calf 10 50 to 11 75. Sheep fat lambs slow steady and best ewes 5 10 to 6 50.
The text outlines prohibited practices tied to crop production. It specifies that a producer cannot offset performance by overplanting in another state, rent land to someone intending to overplant on rented acres, or participate in producing a crop on a farm where he has an undisclosed interest. It also counts furnishing machinery or financial aid to a crop with an interest as participation in production.
Chicago markets display May open and close ranges for wheat corn oats rye across May July and Sept contracts. Data shows highs lows and percentages for each month and grain type, reflecting fluctuating prices and futures interest.
Chicago market updates show eggs steady with receipts of 44 215 cases and 16 percent fresh graded firsts. Poultry prices steady to firm with 35 truck receipts and 23 percent springs. other prices unchanged.
Chicago cash grain listings show corn with varying grades and moisture guesses, including yellow and white corn prices and oats with mixed samples. Soybeans and oats notes are scattered. the fragment lists several percentages and grades without a clear market conclusion.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the Methodist church for E. H. Wiegner with Rev. W. A. Bloomquist and Rev. W. A. Samps officiating. The Masonic committal was led by J. H. Collins. Pallbearers included B. H. Shearer and others. burial followed at Donnellson. Ray Solomon, injured when a tractor tipped, is improving at Bellevue Hospital. August Foss accompanied the Allens home from Donna, Texas after wintering in the south.
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