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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1975
Page
16
Classified ad rates include 1 day nine cents per word and escalating daily charges. Discounts apply after 13, 26 days with minimum ten words and skip day surcharge. Public notice rate appears as 12 in the display.
Sealed bids due May 22 1975 at 7 00 P M in Fairfield Iowa for trench excavation and access road construction. Contract docs on file in Fairfield or Washington offices. Bids must include certified check or bid bond. Agency may reject any bid or waive irregularities.
Milwaukee report notes a national shortage of fireflies amid Midwest floods reducing populations. Sigma Chemical Co. in St. Louis refines luciferin and luciferase from the insects to produce medical reagents, selling at 20 dollars per roughly one thirtieth ounce. The firm seeks collectors in 20 states and warns demand exceeds supply with rationing in effect.
Real estate and household goods sales scheduled May 17 at Rubio and 210 North Jefferson Wayland. Everett Magdefray Estate sale at 12:30 p.m. May 17. Antiques sale at Washington County Fairgrounds Washington Iowa starting 12:30 p.m. Sam Miller Merle Smith John Downs auction May 17. Kalona home and antiques sale at 705 D Ave starting 12:30 p.m. May 31. Closing out household goods in east Wayland by Clair Boshart at 12:30. Weekly livestock auctions at Wayland Washington Wapello Ollie Middletown Columbus Junction with various times. Kalona Sales Barn listed.
Television schedule for Monday May 12 and Tuesday May 13 across channels 2 through 12. Programs include Gunsmoke Maude Rhoda Medical Center CBS News Candid Camera MASH Hawaii Five-O and more with late night movies and entertainment blocks.
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