For Sale Classified Items and Trade Offers
FOR SALE 11 BRED Chester White gilts vaccinated ready to furrow this month Jay Brewer 6712 FOR SALE 4 WHEELER RUBBER-TIRED WAGON Pete Groft Phone 722 b712 a FOR SALE OR TRADE ONE 250 John Deere corn planter on rubber with fertilizer bear and hill drill attachments top shape trade on late row crop tractor and cultivator or late 2 row corn picker New Oliver Radex 2-16 bottom plow with high speed mole boards on rubber One Winchester pump gun 12 gauge One Savage automatic 12 gauge sun Elmer Koch Brighton Hitleod
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Deere
Elmer Koch
Brighton Hitleod
Chicago Markets May 3 Hogs and Cattle Mixed
Chicago markets report steady hogs at 14.75 ceiling for 140 lb plus, sows at 14.00, complete clearance. Cattle about 4,000 head with killing classes steady, top steers 17.35, yearlings 17.25, heifers 16.75, calves and gnawed notes show lower yields. Sheep and lambs open steady with several loads of good to choice red wooled westerns at 16.56.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Produce Market Summary May Day Notes
Chicago produce prices show firm markets for greens and poultry with unchanged firsts and steady receipts. Keys and trucks likewise steady as market data records reflect current receipts and dirties with minimal fluctuation.
Johnston House Sold At Auction In Columbus Junction
The T. E. Johnston residence in Columbus Junction was sold at auction to Fred Rahmiller for 5150. The house sits on lots 4 and 5, block 25, north of the business district, in good condition. Other notes mention a church property devisees transfer, a class reunion, a surprise party for Russell Jackson, a birth of Judith Kay, and World War II era missing in action status for John N. Thompson and John T. Duncan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
T. E. Johnston
Columbus City
Fred Rahmiller
Board of Church Extension
United Presbyterian Citizch of North America
Board of Foreign Missions
United Presbyterian Church of North America
Philadelphia
T. B. Johnston
Claude Ross
Catherine May
J. W. Hubbard
University of Iowa
Russell Jackson
Jackson
Glen Beik
Judith Kay
Hershey Hospital
Muscatine
Delbert Crim
Luckey Brothers
John T. Duncan
W. T. Duncan
Farm Price Index Reaches High Point in War Era
Des Moines report shows the index of prices received by Iowa farmers on April 15, 1945 at 19 of the 1910 14 prewar average. The level matches the September 16 1943 wartime high point, with composition shifted as livestock prices lag slightly while general crop prices rise. The ratio of prices received to prices paid, interest and other costs is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
British Forces Enter Hamburg After Open City Declaration
Soldiers stream through lines as Hamburg falls without a shot fired after Nazi defenders declare the city open. Radio Hamburg airs a proclamation from Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz’s government suggesting Prague may capitulate and hinting at broader Czech surrender plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Reci
Radio
F Fuehrer Grand Adm
Karl Doenitz
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Chicago Cash Grain Report May 3
Chicago cash grain notes show corn spread across several yellow and white varieties with bids from 117% to 1107% depending on type and grade. Oats listed as 3 White 60 and soybeans partially recorded as 1 yellow with incomplete data due to OCR text.
Chicago Grain Table May 3 Open High Low Close
Grain table shows wheat corn oats rye and futures for May July Sep and Dec contracts with varied open high low and close prices. Funeral services for H D Cherryholmes held at United Presbyterian Crawfordsville with Rev McCracken and male quartet. burial in Crawfordsville cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Cherryholmes
United Presbyterian Church
Crawfordsville
R. M. McCracken
J T. Moore
Clarence Moorhead
Joe Jones
W. Q O. Yone
Elon Christner
Dave Schantz
Henry Woerdeman
Robert Williams
Ralph Orris
John White
Boiling Foods Quick Heat Ignites Culinary Mood
A fragment discusses how boiling quickly brings foods to a boil and cooks them as heat seduces the ingredients. It reads like a terse culinary note on temperature and preparation.
Old Time Stocking Trick Extends Wear in Europe
Textile researchers report that rubbing wax on stockings extends their life significantly. The practice, tested in laboratories, involves applying candle wax to heels and toes to reduce wear. This old fashioned method reportedly makes hosiery last four times longer before holes appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Community and estate auction schedules in Iowa
Community Sale every Friday at Whittaker sale barn and livestock sales every Wednesday at Midway Sales Company in Columbus Junction Iowa. May 12 closing out sale of household goods in Ainsworth starts at 2 00. Estate of W O Freeland and Mrs B C West Brown and Bruty auctioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittaker
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Ainsworth
W. O. Freeland
B.C. West
Brown & Bruty
Economic indices show war strain on farmers and consumers
The revised prices paid index is 179 the highest for this group of goods while the crop index is 18 percent up livestock and livestock products index 203 up four points and the general index up three points from last month feeding ratios stay about steady
Prices Reached Highs at Midway Horses Sale
A bay mares team seven years old sold for 190 and a four-year-old sorrel pair brought 200 at the Midway Sales company pavilion as 107 head crossed the block. Other offers included a nine-year-old mile for 500 and a six-year-old bay gelding five gaited at 252.50 among 35 saddle horses sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Midway Sales Company
Miles
Livestock Sale Attracts Wide Area Buyers
An immense crowd attended the regular Wednesday stock sale with buyers from a wide area. Three carloads of Kansas yearling steers sold for 14 to 14.25 per hundredweight. Mares and Keldings ranged 125 to 150 dollars. Auctioneers included Klotz and Duncan of Columbus Junction and H Dunlap of Wapello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klotz
Duncan
Columbus Junction
H. Dunlap
Wapello
Government tips for cabbage cooking in wartime England
In England with food scarce the ministry of food advises homemakers on cabbage preparation. Shred cabbage before cooking and slice into half inch pieces wider than for core slaw. Cook with minimal water, cover, boil 10 to 15 minutes, then drain and serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Ministry of Food
Also Mentioned on This Page
Winga’s
North Side
P. A
M. G. Proudfit
East Cond
Winga's
North Side Cafe
C. L. Jennings
London
vuUly
Attimer Davis
Cer
Karles W. Jackson
McCleery Cumming Co
Randolph Kelsey
ST Child
Stewart Chool
Call
Oztlzhs
Geo
Jay Brewer
Pratt
Regu Ator
St U. P. Church
W. F. Haight
Arthur Wiley
Roy Gerot
Washington County
Washington Concrete Company
Jamesway Oil Broeders
Rose Cottage
Riverside
Harry Wentworth
Brighton
Watkins Products
R. W. Borman
South
Iowa Ave
Relipse Lumper Company
Vatbotseed
Farrell
Kalona
Frank J. Patterson
du Pont Duco
Duco
Eclipse Lumber Company
Ralph Robertson
West Chester
Angus Bull
D. W. Lins
Washington Phone
Ward
U.S
R. Oo. P
Montgomery Ward and Company
Go1-M
Rawleigh Products
C. G. Picken
Ave. B
Poland
Martin
Hoteau
Lloyd Augustine
Supreme Pennsylvania
Mator
Farmall
Eli Jackson
Pater
Mash
Lancer
Reister Bros
By Ken Reynolds
Keeynes
Hampshire
Farrow
Chester
Pete Groft
Burkagton, Iowa
Iowa Ordnance Plant
WMC
Chicago Livestock
Chicawgo
Cash Grain
Chicago Grain Table
Cherryholmes Funeral
Bordwell
Bordwell’'S
RE. R
Washington, Iowa
Journal
L. A. Borkoski
Wayland
Hobart M. Cable
Ida Miller
Dan Roth
Ivan Wyse
George J. Breitenbach
Cela
Gol East 3Rd Street
BABY
Reister Hatchery
North 12Th Street
Rock Island
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!