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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1937
Page
7
For sale listings from Eclipse Lumber Company and Taylor Auto Parts advertise honeymead feeds and Fordson parts with prices right. Hoover and Porter in West Chester are also noted. The copy includes phone shorthand 71 213 and coded year lines 76t6e0d 83t3.
Mr and Mrs Jim Morgan of St Paul visited ill brother C F Morgan in Rubio. Local residents attended Penn college events, quarterly meetings at Woolson, and high school and eighth grade ceremonies. Notable mentions include Rev Charles Fix, Dwight Moody purchasing a John Deere, and various family visits in the community.
Ira Jones of Chicago visits his mother Mrs Maud Jones in southeast Washington near the athletic field once a pasture where wild west shows entertained local boys. The piece notes area farming activity, machinery, and local road conditions with mentions of Pat Swifts Jake Shrader Crawfords ville and Gilbert Barr boys on Friday's Evening Journal. The column ends with a gas shortage moment.
Courtesy listing shows sweet cream priced by the quart and sour cream options numbered 1 and 2 with cents per unit. Egg prices feature Brown Eggs at 18 cents per dozen and White Eggs at 18 cents per dozen. Poultry items include Leghorn hens and heavy hens priced per weight, with various weights and quantities indicated.
Midway Sale Co. advertises weekly sales at the South Iowa yard in Columbus Junction every Wednesday with furniture and general items expected. Time listed as 1:30 PM and details unclear due to OCR errors.
The narrator describes arriving at Henry Crooks tilling station in Crawfordsville and visiting H. Way and W. J Edgar home. They note several good mates and colts in the area, praising the color quality and abundance of good horses as nearby farms show strong improvements.
George Yeeger serves Crawfordsville diners with top meals while the Fletcher Motor Company is busy around mealtimes. Don Harper of Burbank visits on a motorcycle after riding nine hundred miles in sixteen hours. Hugh Jones and kin face farm work, with corn planting soon. Ernest Jones family near the county seat reports good farm health and invites preachers and auctioneers to visit. Wilbur Rose’s farm shows abundance, with sows well fed and alfalfa growing. Havre Wilmer Lauder man and Marta Westen display a large coin. C Co Hills furniture sale slated for Friday May 25 on South Iowa street. Billy McCreedy Galloway suffers a broken arm at Waterloo after a garage accident.
Cloyce Dougherty is described as lying up to Straw on a hot day by Woking. The fragment notes a slipping over the head and a tense atmosphere amid a rural or small-town scene.
Mrs David Cox shared supper with Mr Levi Van Dyke and Mrs on Thursday evening and then attended commencement with the Van Dykes.
The Monroe Doctrine was announced by President Monroe in his message to Congress on December 2 1823, defining U S policy on European interference in the Western Hemisphere. The date and origin reflect early 19th century American foreign policy.
The text explains blistering a horse leg with caustics or similar remedies to reduce use of the limb. It notes rest as the true cure rather than the blistering itself.
G L Hunt notes life insurance firms paid about 9.99 million dollars daily in 1930s America, excluding policy loans. He cites these disbursements, including death benefits and dividends, as 4.9 percent of daily national income during 1930–38, with peak daily outlays during the deepest depression.
Chicago market notes show hogs down about 1,500 head with 1,400 direct. top price $11.85 for 209 lb averages. packing sows $10.65 to $10.75. Castle calves steady. beef steers 13.00 to 15.75. cows 4.00 to 25. bulls 5.00 to 8.00. Sheep at 7,500 head steady. lambs 10.00 to 10.75. yearlings 8.00 to 9.40. feeders 8.00 to 10.00.
Chicago market notes eggs steady to easy with 38531 cases receipts and varying percentages for firsts and dirties. Butter steady with 12390 titbs receipts and multiple price ranges. poultry market steady with broilers 8 to 24 and turkeys 13 to 16. Potatoes on track with arrivals 90 and shipments 1047.
Chicago cash grain figures list No 2 mixed 137 to 138 percent No 2 yellow 136 to 139 and No 4 yellow 135 percent across grades. Soybeans in Des Moines region around 146. Estimated curtain values show wheat 100 corn 37 oats 17.
Chicago grain table lists May and July futures for wheat corn and oats with percentage changes. Details include prices and daily variations for May wheat 1.2914 July 1.20% Sept 1.19% Des 1.31 121% and corn May 1.34% July 1.19 1.22% oats May 51% .61% July 14% 44% Sep 39% .39% with scattered garbled entries.
Betty Lou and Wanda Jean Huston visited from Friday to Monday at the CC T McCoy home. Several local families and individuals hosted and visited throughout the week with varying social calls and dinners.
The article notes that the most common forms of deafness are among the most difficult to treat. It discusses the challenge of finding effective cures and highlights the persistence of hearing loss in many cases.
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