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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1947
Page
7
Livestock sales active with hogs 7,000 head, butchers steady to strong. cattle 4,500 with slaughter steers and heifers weak to 50 cents lower, cows 25 cents lower. Lambs 2,000 with slaughter lambs steady to 35 cents lower. highs noted for choicest lots and specific weight ranges across hogs cattle and sheep sectors.
Market brief notes steady levels with no car movement and 26 trucks. Egg totals at 7 159 cases with assorted unquoted items and standards. receipts and checks referenced by numbers 44-46 and 35. No changes indicated for poultry at this time.
Market data for wheat corn and oats futures appears fragmented with Dec Mar May and July contracts quoted at varying percentages and prices. Notable figures include Wheat Dec 288 292 Mar 289 May 276 279 July 246 250 and Corn Dec 225 227 May 219 221 July 211 213 with inconsistent UT P quotes and unclear oats data.
The Ann Judson Circle of the Baptist church will hold a special Monday evening meeting at the church. Guests include Women’s Missionary Society members and men of the church. speakers Mr and Mrs Ervin Reif of Kalona will show movies from a western trip including a Baptist mission visit in Mexico. A social hour with refreshments follows.
Crawfordsville junior class will stage the three act comedy Bringing Up Mother by Charles George Friday night Oct 17. Jacqueline Hulquist directs a cast including Keith Mitchell Bill Mitchell Wayne Wilson Wilbur Rennie Patricia Edgar Joan Schantz Barbara Rathmel Dickey Hamilton Jo Ann Chalma Richard Young Lucille Gault.
Admitted today is Mrs Marian Mann of Iowa City for surgery. Dismissed today are Mrs Glen Harris and daughter of 222 E Sixth Street Mrs James Halsey and daughter of Los Angeles Calif Mrs Ed Miller and daughter of Ainsworth.
A humidity of 55 percent and a temperature range of 32 to 40 degrees are described as ideal for storing dried fruits.
Thunderstorms average 100 to 150 days annually in central and western Brazil, decreasing toward the coast. Inland areas of coastal states see about 60 storm days each year.
In this country, trolley coaches street cars and gas buses collectively cover more than 5000 miles every minute around the clock. The statement highlights the vast scale of public transit operations across cities and regions. It emphasizes continuous movement and the intercity reach of urban transportation systems.
The fragment notes a tiny broadcasting outfit inside a linstick container. It also mentions total assets of 40 major American chemical companies exceeding two billion dollars before World War II, with three firms accounting for about four percent, and that chemical operations' outputs formed around 40 percent of manufactured value.
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