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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1937
Page
7
Classified notice listing include a Model A Ford coach and a Chevrolet coach for sale. Also offers a wall cupboard and a farm property near West Chester with contact from H L Whitaker and B R Wingert Tipton Fla. Call 237 for Walnut Corner cupboard sale.
May 13 reports from Wellston, Keota, and surrounding towns with residents including Co H Brinning and Norman Bean family, Joe Shalla, Karl Chambers buying Keota furniture store, and Swartzendruber praising Trier sale and centennial book. Mention of rain, road conditions, sales of household goods, and ongoing subscriptions.
A series of brief hometown items from Wellman to Keota and Washington includes visits with Mr and Mrs G A Simmerman at Hotel Keota and Mr and Mrs Herman Peuly selling their Keota store and moving to Chicago. Other notes mention residents Burton now running a Keota grocery and meat market, Walter Stoutner of Farmers Savings Bank renewing daily subscription, and shoppers in Washington with light rainfall and cool mornings.
Warm sunny spell dries surface soil and accelerates farm work across Iowa. Corn planting begins in nearly all counties with progress hampered only by upcoming heavy showers. oat barley and wheat show strong growth while pastures improve and livestock feed shortages persist. Bees pollinate well as fruit trees bloom and asparagus and garden greens thrive. regional notes detail rainfall, soil conditions, and planting activity in multiple counties.
Fairview May 13. Fairview school closed Saturday with a picnic for pupils and teacher Mrs Charlies Mapel. Four eighth graders Viola Marek Viola Krotz Dale Novy and John Liska expect graduation later this month. Several social notes and local updates follow including plays day at Salem school and minor injuries.
Market report from Chicago on May 13 shows hogs 10 to 20 cents above yesterday with top at 10.75 and weights 200 to 350 pounds. Cattle prices range from 4.50 to 16.00 for various grades. calves and feeders noted with arrivals forecast for tomorrow. Sheep prices listed from 8.00 to 12.75 with lambs 11.25 to 12.75 and yearlings 9.40 to 11.
Chicago market data from May 13 shows produce receipts at 39 72 cases with extra fists 204g and firsts 29 percent. Butter receipts 14 770 with specials 3h extras 80 and extra firsts 89. standards 29. Poultry prices steady to easy with broilers 23 24 cents, ducks 17 16, geese 9 11, turkeys 14 16, roosters 11 13. Potatoes on track 212 with rivals 81 and shipments 903.
Chicago market notes show mixed corn grades with No 3 mixed at 127 to 129 percent and No 1 yellow at 132 percent. No 2 yellow ranges 122 to 129 percent while No 4 yellow hits 126 percent and No 2 white from 130 to 180 percent with No 3 white at 127 to 128 percent. Sample grade runs 95 to 124 and estimated carlots at 28.
A sequence of minor percentage figures appears across May and July, with small repeats such as 1.78 and 1.75 percent. The data suggests marginal fluctuation in the monitored rates over the two months. Entities: none clearly named. dates appear as month references only.
A brief note states a boy is staying several days at his grandparents home Mr and Mrs Wt Tellin while his mother cleans the house.
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