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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1941
Page
7
Western Auto Associate Store at 8713 offers the used outboard motors including Johnson 43.2 post augur and one Evenrod 4 horsepower unit.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at two o'clock at the Trinity Methodist Church in Riverside for Wiley W. Denison aged ...
An 84 year old man died at his home Thursday afternoon after a brief illness. Services were led by Rev. Stuart C. Peterson, with Mrs. Cloyd Whitlock and Mrs. R. I. Marner assisting. Mrs. John Edward Tener accompanied on the piano, singing “In the City Four Square” and “We Shall See Him Face to Face.” Casket bearers were William Sims, R. A. Knittel, William...
The text notes a burial in Riverside cemetery for Liam Tener, Alva Bell, and William Rath family members. It also describes the Valley School neighborhood picnic with a large turnout, a dinner, games, and ice cream served by teacher Funice Craig. Attendees include Ema Lee Matousek and relatives of Albert Novy, Roy Snyder, Arthur Lorack, Ida Gerot, and Tess Gingerich.
Market totals show hogs down 15 to 25 cents with early tops near 9.50 for 180 to 830 pound stock. Cattle receipts around 6500 with steady yearlings and light steers lifting to 12.50, weighty feeders softer. Sheep trade steady to higher with California springers at 16.65 and native lambs around 11.25. tomorrow’s receipts projected at cattle 10,000 hogs 12,000 sheep 4,000.
Chicago cash grain reports mixed corn prices from 74% to 76% with yellow varieties around 74% to 75% and sample grades 63 to 71%. Oats show mixed heavy readings around 36% to 37% and white oats 37 to 37½%. Soybeans list yellow bids from 1.34% to 1.35% for some lots and 1.54 to 1.35% for others.
Chicago grain table dated May 27 reports wheat futures with July at 96 1/4, Sep 97 3/4, corn July 74 1/2, Sep 74 1/2, oats new July 35 1/2, Sept 36, soybeans July 1.35 1/2, Oct 1.25 1/4, Dec 1.25 1/4. Movements show varied gains and losses across commodities.
The Riverside high school sophomore class, led by sponsor Ema Lee Matousek and chaperon Frances Kopecsky, enjoyed a picnic at Weeds Park Muscatine then a moving picture showing. Attending were Darwin and Ruth Allen, Velma and Anne Beranek, Lois Bue Walter, Rose Luckey, Barbara Lawrence, Nita Wingler, and Buell Meeks.
Riverside May 24 46th annual commencement exercises feature Rev Stuart C Peterson giving an impromptu address on The Purpose of Education after Rev Willard M Lampe was detained. Awards include perfect attendance certificates and diplomas to Marie Bell Donned Birka Eleanor Frost and others.
The city council passes an ordinance amending prior rules to permit vehicles with pneumatic rubber tires to operate on the improved portion of North Avenue B from West Fifth Street to West Sixth Street regardless of load. It repeals conflicting ordinances and becomes effective after publication. Mayor R L Lytle approves. city clerk W H Fulton attests. published May 27, 1941.
The Midway Safe Co in Columbus holds auctions every Wednesday with a community sale each Friday at City Feed Yard. A May 27 closing out sale of household goods is listed for 301 BE Jefferson Street with Dale Gallagher referenced.
Dr. Matthew S. Eisner of Temple University Medical School reports a European led operation that opens a small window through bone into the inner ear to bypass the ossified stirrup. Twenty one patients showed immediate improvement though 15 later regressed. the procedure aids otosclerosis but not deafness due to nerve damage.
A French artist painted the Last Supper with tumblers of matches and a Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve, while a hunter with a gun appears nearby. Fra Angelico’s Crucifixion shows a Dominican monk and clerics in the foreground. A Bronx mural by J Marion Hulett depicted George Washington at Van Cortlandt on November 23, 1783, costing 29600 dollars, but critics noted mismatched seasonal attire.
A Pacific coast trust company sent a depositor a notice claiming a .01 balance. The depositor rejected the notice as second hand and demanded payment of principal and accrued interest. He warned of solicitors and named a firm with a humorous, irrelevant reference to community singing.
The article notes that only two of 41 men who served as speaker of the House later became vice president, Schuyler Colfax of Indiana and John Nance Garner of Texas. It states that among seven speakers who pursued the presidency, only James Knox Polk of North Carolina succeeded. Garner is identified as the seventh speaker to seek the presidency.
A line notes that if an Indian finds or "dugs up" the hatchet he would be expected to go on the warpath signaling renewed hostilities. The saying reflects tribal and colonial tensions and the language used in the period.
Mrs Ruth Steadman 26 wife of a Pittsburgh insurance man faces a murder charge in a Boston court over the strangulation death of Robert Emery. Prosecution claims motive that she did not want another woman to have him and that she wanted him to die. A police stenographer quoted her remarks from January when Emery's body was found in her apartment.
Chicago May 27 market report shows firmer tone with receipts totaling 27 114 cases across vegetables and mixed poultry data. Keys indicate extra firsts and firsts at about 23 percent, current receipts around 22 percent, with dirties and checks near 21 to 22 percent. Poultry section notes receipts of two cars and six trucks, with heavy hens and springs pricing ranges and cocks showing strong percentages.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday at the Rubio church for Mrs Ida Rudolph who died Thursday morning. Rev C W Klein of Washington and Rev Herbert Wood led the rites with soloists Mrs Kathleen Morgan and Mrs Blanche Steinbeck. Burial followed beside her husband Jake Rudolph in Valley Cemetery. Surviving are four children Elias of Rubio Ernest of Brighton Pete of Lancaster Indiana and Mrs Rachel Long of Rubio plus numerous grandchildren.
The comic opera Robin Hood premiered in Chicago on June 9 1890 marking its first production. The event established a notable chapter in American theater with the new stage work drawing audiences at its debut venue.
Whitaker & Son managers announce a community sale Thursday with cattle fat cattle milk cows steers heifers hogs veal calves sheep lambs cedar posts lumber furniture including a bedroom suite scales and a new home sewing machine among other items offered by the firm to attract buyers.
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