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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1945
Page
5
Montgomery Ward and Company advertises for sale a power lawn mower at 822 So Ate and a promotional offer with a 55 gallon drum of Supreme Pennsylvania oil or Mid-Contin oil and a barrel pump at a single low price, S813.
Hog prices hold steady with 140 lb plus barrows and gilts at 14.75 ceiling while good sows sell around 14.00. Cattle and calves show gains with yearlings and top steers reaching 17.00, heifers 15 to 25 cents higher. wool lambs around 15.50 with two loads shorn fed lambs. Sheep totals 2,000 with complete clearance. pelts reported No 1 at 15.15 to 15.26.
Chicago report notes eggs market firm with receipts 26 047 cases and varied price levels among grades. Poultry receipts include 8 cars and 8 trucks with market firm and unchanged.
Market table shows WHEAT, CORN, OATS and RYE figures with open, high, low and close for July, December, May and September contracts. Prices range from 61 to 169 percent with several entries for each commodity across months and years.
USDA dairy specialists reject the old idea that a cow’s milk production relates to the number or size of veins on the udder or along the belly. Their study shows no significant link between vein visibility and milk yield, challenging common judgments of dairy cattle worth.
Readers are advised to replace old dark bulbs with new efficient ones. The outdated bulbs consume as much electricity as new bulbs but produce less light. Swap them out and store the old bulbs for low-demand areas like the attic basement or front entrance where reading or sewing is not done.
Weekly event lists a community sale every Friday at Whittaker gale barn with livestock sales also held Wednesdays at Midway Sales Company in Columbus Junction Iowa.
Riverside crowds hear updates on local residents. Otto Vochoska is treated for an eye condition in Iowa City Mercy hospital, while his wife runs the Riverside tavern in his absence. A surprise party honors Mrs. Donald Wollrab at her home south of Riverside. Several locals visit relatives in Solon Davenport and Iowa City, and a closing-out sale draws a large crowd. Private Lyle D. Luckey of Riverside is recovering in Kansas hospital after shrapnel injuries in Germany. The report also notes obituaries and family movements among Riverside families.
The most common weed sources are impure seed mixtures and weed seeds in top soil or manure used before seeding or as top dressing, plus seeds blown by wind.
In Haskins on a high Iowa river, Ernest Raymond Hilton Coon and Harry Showalter hauled a record shallow water catch. Ernest led with a 39 pound big fish as others landed multiple sizable fish and the group dressed and delivered portions to Wash tub portions.
Gran of Ainsworth and with Georges mother Mrs. Bessie Murphy in Haskins. Mary Low Coon spent several days with her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Coon.
Instructions advise rinsing in cold water to remove flour from sacks, drying, then soaking in kerosene overnight, washing as usual. Rolling sacks in suds with a bit of lye is also suggested to remove printing.
Instructions advise placing a piece of wet blotting paper over the scratch and pressing with a warm iron not too hot. The heat draws out the damaged wood fibers to fill the scar if it is not too deep.
Most creatures unable to hear are silent but night flying moths hear bat squeaks. Experiments using bat like sounds show moths respond by fleeing to cover, illustrating a prey defense mechanism against echolocating predators.
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