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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1943
Page
7
Chicago markets report hogs active and higher with top at 14.65 and bulk 14.50 to 14.60 for 180 to 330 pounds. Cattle—calves, fed steers and yearlings steady to weak with top 17.50 for weighty steers. heifers steady. Sheep market steady with good to choice western lambs 15.50 to 16.00 and yearlings around 15.00 to 16.00. Estimated tomorrow hogs 10,000 cattle 4,000 sheep 7,000.
The Chicago grain table lists wheat corn oats rye and related futures with Sep and May quotes. Prices vary by contract with highs and lows noted, including wheat around 142 144 and corn near 105, while oats trade near 58 to 59 cents and rye around 91 to 93 cents.
Chicago May 12 eggs receipts 28 971 cases market unchanged with extras 35 to 37 percent firsts current receipts 85 percent dirties 34 checks 334s. Poultry receipts six trucks market firm and unchanged.
Chicago May 12 UP reports cash grain prices with corn at 2 yellow 107, 3 yellow 106 1/2 and 5 yellow 104, oats at 1 mixed 68, 2 mixed 63, 1 white 64 and 1 red special 63, soybeans at 3 yellow 169.
The coastal city of Sfax is Tunisia’s second-ranking seaport and second-largest city, with about 45,000 residents, far smaller than Tunis, which nearly five times larger. Sfax sits on the Mediterranean 145 miles south of Tunis where the gulf of Gabes trims Tunisia’s east coast.
Staff Sergeant Frank A. Arboline of Netcong New Jersey now with an army unit in the Hawaiian department felled a 21 pound wild boar with a bow and arrow while hunting near his station Two well aimed shafts brought down the boar and it was later served at a boar barbecue
Midway Sale Co. in Columbus Junction holds weekly Wednesday sales. Community Sale at Whittaker sale barn every Friday. On May 13 a closing out sale is planned. May 15 features T. H. Riley estate sale in Crawfordsville and a household goods sale for Mrs. Ben Tucker and Florence Crull at 1115 East 2nd Street, Washington. May 19 marks Sarah Jane Lemon estate sale of household goods at 4235 East Madison Street.
The piece reflects on American identity and citizenship as timeless ideals. It cites quotes from John Quincy Adams James A Garfield and Benjamin Harrison to illustrate the enduring meaning of liberty equality and national purpose amid the May 16 observance.
Guidance on preventing fly infestation in stored meat through fly-proof smoking, cool ventilation, and occasional summer smoking. Methods include using a smoke house and wrapping meat in paper and muslin before hanging to dry.
Livestock of all kinds selling well with milk cows calves by side and fresh cows available. Also yearling steers and heifers, stock cattle, hogs including sows and shoats. Buyers seek boars veal calves and some cheap horses. 600 white oak posts and a South Reid cook stove offered along with various furniture. Whittaker Sales Co.
A reflective line from George Eliot notes that childhood carries no forebodings yet gains quiet from the absence of lasting sorrow memories.
A brief aphorism noting that habit forms subtly yet becomes hard to break, paraphrasing Dr. Samuel Johnson on how routines tighten over time and affect willpower and behavior. The reflection cautions awareness of daily patterns shaping life.
Many farm machines wear out faster from rust than from use. Keep your farm machinery under cover this winter and make sure that it is well lubricated before it is stored.
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