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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1947
Page
5
A like new electric refrigerator is offered for sale for $100. The item is available at 619 East 2nd, with the seller seeking a quick sale and accepting reasonable offers.
Readable OCR shows mixed figures for CORN and OATS across months May to Dec with percent changes and odd annotations. The fragment lists several percent values and stray characters, indicating a partial historical price table rather than a full report.
Judge J. Robert Martin Jr. presides in Greenville South Carolina over 31 men charged with the lynching of 24 year old Willie Earle. The case includes 26 signed confessions alleging participation in the mob killing sparked by the stabbing of a white man.
Paris May 22 UP Pret. Auguste Piccard Belgian stratosphere explorer will attempt next fall to break the world depth record of 2 972 feet. He and Belgian scientist Max Cesyns plan to descend 13 009 feet in a bathyshape off the west coast of Africa near French Guinea.
Paul Ream fell asleep during the game at Wrigley Field and was locked in after the Cubs beat the Phillies 2 to 1 to move back to first. He called police from a payphone after midnight, prompting a lighthearted nightcap to a tense finish.
About 100 Wofford College students gathered on Main Street in Spartanburg South Carolina at midnight to protest the Greenville mass lynching acquittal. Shirt-sleeved demonstrators from the Methodist college circled downtown carrying a single placard asking Has Justice Triumphed.
Place a log on the floor of the hearth against the back wall and behind the and irons before laying the fire. This backlog blocks drafts from pulling heat into the masonry and prevents heat waste.
To speed defrosting fill ice trays with hot water in the freezing compartment. Turn the control knob to off and close the refrigerator. In about 15 minutes the ice will scale off and the unit will be ready to reset for freezing.
An African tribe employs a custom where a public speaker must stand on one foot during his address. When the other foot touches the ground, listeners force an end to the speech, aiming to curb lengthy orations.
Livestock totals show hogs 6 500 with slow but steady demand under 309 pounds and sows. Barrows and gilts over 300 pounds dull and 25 cents lower. top at 24 50. Cattle and calves 4 500 and 800 respectively with slaughter steers and heifers steady to 25 cents higher. beef cows 14 00 to 17 25, plus other ranges. Sheep 1 000 head with clipped lambs up 25-50 cents and other classes steady. top lamb at 22 25 for 97 pounds and 24 00 for good native spring lambs.
Poultry trucks total 22 show weak to steady activity. Hens fetch 28 and leghorn hens 21. Eggs list 31 090 cases with irregular extras and standards percentages. Current receipts 8819-39, dirties 37-374 and checks 36 37 reflect varied quality.
Wheat listed nominally lower with no sales. Corn declined one to two cents with varied No 2 to No 5 yellow and white price ranges across the grain classes. Oats show strength with multiple weights and grades quoted, including No 1 mixed heavy and white varieties at differing bids.
AFL and CIO backed packing house unions press for a one cent hourly wage rise. Swift and Co. and the AFL meat cutters and butcher workmen held a preliminary talk yesterday. CIO unions notified the company of wage demands with no dates yet set for Armour & Co. talks.
The ailing mother of the President, 94, rests on an oscillator bed and is described by the White House physician as progressing nicely. Brig. Gen. Wallace confirms no change to yesterday’s optimistic outlook, noting she is fighting for life while remaining seriously ill.
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