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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1946
Page
7
Republican voters in Washington county are urged to support John Gamon for the 1947 term Board of Supervisors and Robert S. Welte for the 1948 term. Howard P. Miller seeks Republican nomination for Sheriff with June primary.
Markets report hogs 5 000 head active and steady with barrows and gilts at 14.85 and sows at 14.10. Cattle 9 000 head with red steers and yearlings up to 15 cents, heifers strong, cows and bulls up to 25 cents higher. Vealers 17.00 down. heavy beef bulls 14.75. Sheep 1 500 head steady with fed shorn lambs 16.50-16.65. No. 1 skins firm, spring lambs 17.00, ewes 9.50 and 8.50.
Chicago May 22 poultry and eggs market notes a market steady to weak with hens 27.8 to 29.38 cents per pound leghorn hens 26 3 cents per pound and various poultry prices listed including ducks geese and turkeys. Eggs receipts 35 692 cases with wholesale mercantile exchange prices noted.
In Wapello last evening Mr. and Mrs. W L Rukgaber visited his brother and his wife who had just returned from a winter in Miami Florida. Gerald Stutzman of Davenport spent Monday and Tuesday visiting friends in Washington. LeRoy Pratt and wife of Des Moines were weekend visitors in the W C McFadden home. Ira Gastman and Marie Jackson are in Chicago on a buying trip and will be joined home by Mrs Harry Margolin of Yankton South Dakota.
Community sale every Friday at Whittaker sale barn and livestock sales Wednesdays at Midway Sales Company in Columbus Junction Iowa. May 27 28 and 29 private sale of household goods at 702 North Avenue B from noon to five pm. Mrs L R Tripp.
Plans are set for the Black and White Holstein show in Wellman on Tuesday May 28 with fore noon judging. Official Tom Elder will classify divisions and winners receive prizes. A city park picnic follows with free coffee and ice cream. entrants must be on grounds by 9 00 Tuesday morning. any purebred Holstein may enter.
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