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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1938
Page
7
The letter from Joe W. Rich of Crawfordsville and Ralph E. Jones announces candidacies for local county supervisor and U S representative from Iowa First District. Rich highlights farming background and taxpayer familiarity while Jones seeks Republican primary backing.
Chicago markets show hogs 10 to 15 cents lower with top at 8.90 and sows 7.65 to 7.90. Cattle mostly steady with beef steers 9.76 to 10.75 and cows 5.75 to 8.00. Sheep steady with lambs 8.00 to 8.50 and yearlings 6.00 to 6.75 as receipts for tomorrow are estimated at cattle 10,000 hogs 14,000 sheep 5,000.
May 31 report highlights Decoration day parades programs and concerts in Washington Ainsworth and nearby towns. Notable mentions include Sigafoose civil war veteran Kehoe Keeley and Gow families, band performances at Ainsworth High School, Sands fountain crowd and Mills Brothers radio comeback.
The report notes vacations ongoing July 15 with Bob Burns continuing his show. Orville Caldwell and Mrs. Schlatter send regards from Crawfordsville and Washing ton R. 2. Bettie Lou Wood, about 5 or 6, helps with flowers and wreaths on soldiers' graves at Ainsworth celebration. J. L. Grier comments on returning home to corn fields after the service. Newton Dennison visits from Carthage during Decoration Day.
A farmer confronts two drivers who have plundered his crops. They ask about an unexplored highway back to the city, and the farmer responds that they might as well take that road since they have almost everything else.
Motorist explains the crash occurred as his wife dozed in the back seat causing loss of control. Police investigate to determine exact sequence and any contributing factors.
One of the rarest orchids Cypripedium known as lady's slipper nearly vanished with only a single Western Hemisphere specimen once found. A London firm offered 1000 pounds for a specimen. Years later a Nepalese civil engineer found the bloom in the jungle and sent plants to England where they thrived.
Chicago May 31 market report shows eggs steady to easy with receipts of 39,142 cases including 19 to 20 percent extras. Butter unsettled with 25,531 tubs receipts and varied classes from specials 25 to 26 percent to extras 25 percent. Poultry steady with springers 15 to 21 cents and broilers 19. ducks 10 to 14. turkeys 14 to 19. roosters 13 to 14 cents.
An institute, a trade association, promotes the industry by fostering trade, enabling government cooperation, and advancing study of allied arts and sciences. It serves all branches of the represented industry and advances collective interests.
Bullying pullets signal flock trouble and the remedy is moving timid birds to a separate pen. A lead roller section is described as molded from concrete in a home-made form. Cabbage can winter well when bedded on sod or straw and covered with litter. An old sow entered the bed first time, prompting wire protection. Spraying potatoes is hardest on the undersides. an Iowa farmer uses longer pipe nipples on the nozzle as his plants grow, and his wagon wheels sit three feet apart.
The virginal is a forerunner of the spinet and harpsichord. It is a keyboard instrument whose strings are plucked rather than struck by hammers as in the piano. Its music is dainty and especially delightful.
Open high low close readings for wheat corn oats rye across July and September contracts. Wheat ranges around 69 to 72 cents, corn mostly 53 to 64 cents, oats around 25 to 26 cents, rye near 50 to 64 cents with mixed July and September quotes.
Chicago prices for cash corn show No. 2 mixed at 53 to 54 percent, No. 4 mixed 52 to 53 percent, No. 1 yellow 54 to 65 percent, No. 2 yellow 53 to 55 percent, No. 3 yellow 62 to 44 percent, No. 4 yellow 62 to 54 percent, No. 5 yellow 51 percent, No. 1 white 54 to 54 percent, No. 2 white 56 to 56 percent, No. 3 white 54 to 14 percent, No. 4 and 6 white 51 percent. sample grade 8 to 52 dollars.
A historical note recalls Dutch farmers in New York paying just $1.20 for a fat deer, illustrating low market prices in the eighteenth century and the economy surrounding game and barter in colonial times.
Hi Ho, the Chinatown sage, rejects cherishing old grievances. He says clinging to past hurts may hinder attention to new grievances to come. The remark frames a forward looking approach in communal disputes.
Oliver Hazard Perry reports the Battle of Lake Erie victory to General Harrison on September 10, 1813. He writes in plural form we to convey collective achievement by his squadron and officers. The missive underscores allied effort and strategic success in the Lake Erie action.
The tale shows medieval faith linked to childlike innocence as a peasant urges Brother Francis of Assisi to live up to the high regard people hold. The exchange centers on humility and living according to others’ faith in him.
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