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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1944
Page
5
Classified item lists a year old Guernsey bull from Crawfordsville by Claude McCoy. Also notes sale of bean straw. Includes contact detail for buyer inquiry.
Chicago livestock prices show hogs 9000 head fully steady with 14.75 for 50 to 240 lb hogs and 14.00 for over 240 lb sows. Cattle 8500 head calves 1200 with fat steers and yearlings up 14 to 25 cents, strictly choice scarce near 18.35 for some loads. Wealers steady at 16. Sheep 4000 and opening strong with 85 lb fleeces around 14.50, totals projected near 11000 to 13000 head.
Receipts total 10 040 cases with market firmer and extra firsts rising to 41 through 47 8. Firsts advance from 35 to 39 percent and current receipts move from 34 145 to 38 61. Dirties lift from 28 to 32 percent and checks edge from 28 to 31 percent. Poultry receipts show 85 trucks with a steady market.
Chicago cash grain brief notes oats at 67 percent red special and soybeans at 214 for October 3. Market snapshot includes 1 yellow 214 notation.
Market figures show corn and oats futures with varied percentages across months, including May and Sep, alongside rye and other grains. Data lists changes and percentages for several crop grades, indicating fluctuating demand and pricing signals in the agricultural market.
Mary Lillian Moorhead finished her nurses training at St Luke's hospital in Cedar Rapids and returned home for a vacation. Mrs Ivor Davis and daughter Sandra visited Cedar Rapids relatives. Pvt Charles Curtis, stationed at Ft Bliss Texas, came home on furlough.
A sequence of farm sale notices from October dates detailing sales at various locations in Iowa. Listings include closing out sales near Brighton Noble Washington Crawfordsville and Wellman, Poland China and Duroc hog auctions, household goods auctions, and public sales with times starting from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Auctioneers listed include J W Hendrickson H E Westen C M Strain Bill Bruty Mrs James Swift, Dan D Roth, R Glenn Klopfenstein Duncan Swartzendruber Earl Kellogg and Sons.
The lemonade was a favorite beverage of the Mongol emperors who appointed a special high rank official to prepare it and believed it possessed curative powers.
Columbus Junction report notes Harold Bliven petty officer 3-C son of Mrs. Pearl Bliven returns to the west coast after leave. Joe Rohe TM 3-C accompanies him and visits Rohe family in Louisville Kentucky. Dr E W McWilliams mayor closes office for treatment in Des Moines and shows improvement. Robert R Wilson FO1C arrives overseas and is stationed in Hawaii. Cpl William J Luckey from Laughlin Field Del Rio Texas visits the area.
The article notes minerals such as phosphorus calcium iron copper magnesium and sulphur are largely lost by cooking. Canned foods retain these minerals in their liquor and should be consumed. The liquid from peas or beans can hold 30 to 70 percent of the can’s total mineral content.
New York state conservation department surveys show for the second year that the most recently planted trout are not the first caught on the Wiscoy and East Coy creeks challenging common belief.
The guide states lighting circuits use No 14 wire and should not exceed a 15 amp fuse. Appliance circuits use No 12 wire and should not exceed a 20 amp fuse.
Three meals are prepared and placed in box measuring 3% inches square. Each box holds 15 tablets designed to reconstruct a daily ration of milk soup eggs candy orange juice corn meal and corn starch pudding.
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