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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1944
Page
7
Estimates show 6,000 hogs, 1,500 cattle, 1,900 sheep. Hog sales 159 to 240 lb good and choice up to 14.75, heavier hogs and good sow at 14.00. Cattle 4,500 with calves 700. good and choice fed steers and cows steady, wealers active at 16.09. Slaughter lambs up to 25 cents higher. native lambs 14.50 to 14.75, some 14.75 held.
Cash grain and poultry receipts noted with firm market for eggs and steady poultry demand. Eggs show varied grades with ranges from 41 to 89 cents and current receipts around 34 to 36 percent. poultry receipts include several carloads and truckloads with prices and product counts not fully listed.
Open high low and close figures show soy cocoa? Wait no grains. Grain table details December to July positions for Wheat Corn Oats Rye with percent ranges and shifts across months May July September. Prices mostly steady with small gains and losses across months and contracts.
The passage extols young home grown carrots as a table delicacy and notes their tenderness and flavor when pulled and cooked quickly. It explains infant carrots can be harvested as a first thinning, with seeds slow to germinate in 12 to 18 days. It also advises sowing thinly and mixing radish seeds to mark the row and aid in cultivation.
Occupational deaths in 1943 were 3 percent below 1942 totals. China sale listing for Penningroth Bros at a farm on the east edge of Wellman on Highway 22 at 1 30 P M with Dun can Swartzendruber as auctioneers. October 18 Boar and Gilt sale begins at 1 00 at Earl Kellog and Sons Farm Winfield Town.
The Canadian first army under Lt General H D G Crerar pushed north from Antwerp to the Dutch border, nearing the Schelde estuary and threatening the German retreat islands. The Dunkerque truce was extended to 10 am Friday, with 11 000 civilians evacuated from the last German port on the French Channel coast and 4 000 remaining to be moved before the final assault.
In Columbus Junction an inquest into Marcellus Teel's death found he was struck by a car driven by local mortician C. A. Stephens on highway 92. The jury verdict was accidental death. Funeral plans await word from two sons in the army.
Horses are easily frightened especially by strangers. The note warns handlers to avoid sudden appearances and manage unfamiliar people cautiously around stabled animals.
Wellman hosted the 18th annual tri county Guernsey sale drawing 126 lots and a grand total of 12 065 dollars. The top bull calf seven months old sold for 252 50, 23 bulls and bull calves sold, top registered cow 225 and top grade cow 217 50, 388 head of the best females averaged 147 50. One heifer calf sold with proceeds to Red Cross 135. A large crowd attended. Women served meals earning 130. Pop stand sold 600 bottles. Swartzendruber and Troyer auctioneers Ross Severt clerk. Evening Journal printed 400 catalogs.
At Grandview Mrs Delbert Maxwell reports Orley Page's sale was well attended with active bidding and steady turnout for the event in Grandview.
Thursday visitor crowd from Washington gathers as Mrs. Elmer Karnes remains on the sick list. Mrs. O L Blake visits at Orley Page and Delbert Maxwell homes while Mr. and Mrs. Ward Wetrich return to Georgia after a 10 day furlough. The Page Blake Hanley Maxwell group enjoy Sunday at Floyd Hoffman. Hanley shows slow recovery from a fall. Perry Wagamon visits Hanley.
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