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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1938
Page
7
The notice compiles transit schedules for trains and buses with line items for departures to and from Kansas City Davenport and Chicago Omaha routes. It lists Washington stops, departure times, and agent details along with a caution about purchasing tickets at the local depot Colenso Hotel.
Chicago markets show hogs up 16 to 20 cents with top at 8.25 and large receipts expected tomorrow. Cattle steady with beef steers 9.00 to 10.60 and calves 5.00 to 9.50. sheep at steady prices from 3.50 to 8.50 and feeders 7.00 to 7.50.
Journal Subscription Representative reports brief items from nearby towns. Short notes cover local happenings, small events, and community updates with names and places indicating regional connectedness.
May 12 column thanks readers Edwin Kaupp and Howard Hotle for notes and support. Mentions Waller Bauer, West Chester, Bert Rittenhouse, Keota, John Bigham, Edgar Rotzinger near Brighton, Mullikin family southeast of town, and A. E. Horton retired rural carrier. Comments on fruit spraying, tractor work, and a visit by Edgar Inghams from Selma California.
Mrs Ella Merchant of Coppock hosts a well arranged home and her daughter Mrs Clarence Benson leads a talented group of teachers and pupils in a fine show this Friday evening as advertised in the Evening Journal.
Will Cochran finished his saw mill work on Wednesday. The Coppock Brighton river is rising. Mr Cochran reports two corn planters arrived by parcel post, a rare in town. They are hand planters. William will cultivate three acres of stump ground. Neighbors Mr and Mrs Ralph Kauffman’s son Donald, about 15, had an operation at Mr Pleasant Monday but is doing fine.
John Turner hauled two four horse teams loaded with lumber from the Cochran saw mill on Wednesday toward his Gra ham farm where Jap Bidwell resided.
Emil Daub repairs a field house in Brighton to serve his business in good condition as part of his local operations.
Indianapolis man Jacob C Nicholson, 66, will tour France Italy Switzerland Germany and possibly Holland by taxi. An owner-driver in London will take him for 20 dollars a week plus expenses as meters run on the 3 000 mile six week trip. Lloyd Swartzendriber and others on the Grosscup farm near Coppock plant corn.
An odd scene near Allen Schhaeffere pear Well ston shows two geese on a nest with a protective gander. Dean and Dorothy assisted nearby as L N Pringle from Ainsworth notes the scene while Mrs A L Young advertises a household goods sale in today’s Journal for May 14 at 1 20.
A woman hires a taxicab and, as the engine starts with a jerk, the cab speeds through streets nearly hitting lamp posts and officers. She pleads for caution, while the driver calmly says it is his first time driving a cab.
A mother notes her one year old child began walking at eight months and laughs at a bored visitor who questions the child’s energy. The exchange shows a proud, amused family moment.
A storm on Wednesday caused a large tree limb to smash through a Salem window, cutting Mrs. Clara Fisher’s face with two deep gashes and several minor wounds. The incident also damaged two large windows and cracked others.
Eyes reports market firm with receipts at 33,333 cases and firsts near 19 to 20 percent. Rutter notes a steady market, receipts 12,130 titbs, specials 26 percent, extras 26 percent, extra firsts 25 percent, firsts 22 to 24 percent, standards 25. Poultry shows steady to easy tone with broilers at 22, ducks 1 to 15, geese 11, turkeys 15 to 1 percent, roosters 13 to 14.
A fragmentary market data note for May and July shows opening and high low close figures with percentages alongside a code S614. The entry lists 9014 and 6 percent and 86 percent values, indicating a snapshot of prices or indices in a historical market log.
Grain table shows Wheat Corn Oats and Rye with May July and Sept bids. Data includes open high low and close figures for each contract, though OCR errors mix digits and symbols. Notable entries include Wheat May and July around 81 and 79, Corn May around 68 to 69, Oats near 27 to 28, and Rye near 58 to 66 across months.
Chicago May 12 A government report shows mixed cash corn prices with No 1 and 2 at 59 1 2 percent, No 1 yellow 59 to 60 percent, No 8 yellow 59 percent, No 4 yellow 59, No 5 yellow 56, No 1 yellow 60 to 60 percent, No 2 yellow 60, No 2 yellow 59, No 4 yellow 58, sample grade 48 to 56. Estimated car lots 397.
Published through courtesy to W. S. Reister and Sons these precise prices for Friday poultry include No 1 and No 2 sour cream varieties and various hens and roosters. The notice also states a buyback policy paying 4c less for all No 2 poultry with defects and excludes culled birds.
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