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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1937
Page
7
Iowa listings advertise 3 or 4 good used electric refrigerators at reasonable prices plus Underwood and Royal portable typewriters. Rentals and terms available. Contact Mrs. HM E Busby for details.
Charles F. P. McKay from Fairbury Nebraska takes ownership of the Washington Fish Market, buying from J. M. Nickerson and George Ward. He plans daily fresh deliveries, a modern sanitary market, and improved facilities as Mrs McKay helps run the shop near Martins Modern Cleaners.
Davenport reports a dramatic medical call as Mrs Fisher was wheeled into an ambulance after an urgent summons to the Virgil Fisher home. Driver William Waack sped toward Mercy hospital shouting pleas and warnings that time was running out.
The convent of San Francisco, claimed as the oldest church in the Americas, reputedly built by Cortez in 1520 on his way to conquer the Aztec empire. He paused at Tlaxcalla to convert Tlaxcallan chiefs and form an alliance against Montezuma. The font from their baptism remains in the church near Tlaxcalla between Vera Cruz and Mexico City, about 100 miles from the capital.
May 27 report notes Reed and Co. B at a Columbus Junction sale near Colter with farmers bringing last winter reed leftovers and corn shocks in fields. The piece mentions Sam Mayers filling station, editor Woodrow in Gazette office, locals from Washington Crawfordsville Wyman Wapello and Keota, and light social anecdotes about gum samples and garden flowers.
After ten years of talk Washington county begins paving the 2 1 2 mile Wayland Road with crushed rock connecting highway 78 to Primary No 2. Other items include births, weddings, and local notices across Wayland and Sugar Creek community.
Market news from Chicago reports hog receipts 11 000 with 4 500 direct and price ranges from 11.40 to 11.80 for 200 to 300 pounds. Cattle bids show steers and heifers mixed with calves and bulls at various regional quotes. A town update notes homecoming plans on July 2 and 3 and local church committee news plus a bridge project on the Skunk River nearing completion with a $62 000 cost.
The entry lists sheep prices of 10,000 units with 25e jower. Lambs range 9.25 to 9.75, commons 7.50 to 9.00, yearlings 4.00 to 8.00, ewes 2.00 to 4.76, and feeders up to 9.00. Cattle not clearly defined due to garbled text.
Chicago reports mixed produce and dairy prices with steady to firm markets. Eggs receipts 27 789 cases with varying grades. Butter market steady with high specials and extra firsts. Poultry prices mostly steady to easy across broilers ducks geese turkeys and roosters. Potatoes on track with arrivals and shipments totals.
Chicago May 27 grain table shows wheat corn oats and rye with July and Sept contracts. Prices list open high low and close figures across commodities, including noted sixteenth and percentage style entries.
Chicago market report shows No. 2 yellow 188 to 139, No. 3 yellow 136 to 137, No. 4 yellow 134 to 136, No. 1 white 128, No. 2 white 137 to 139, No. 3 white 137 to 138, sample grade 127.
Soybean traders posted a mixed open with July futures at 1.68 as highs slipped to 1.67 percent, while October and December contracts traded around 1.25 and 1.26 percent changes. The market reflected uneven price moves in early session.
The text notes Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland as the biggest freshwater body in the British Isles. It identifies its status as the largest lake by volume in the region.
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