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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1939
Page
7
For sale 650 choice white-face steers and 350 to 400 lb heifers plus 500 yearling two-year old steers. 275 choice two-year-old Western breeding ewes. Western feeding lambs available. sellers will sort into lots. Inquiry Farmers Live Stock Milwaukee Stock Yards 2031f.
Chicago markets show hogs at 12 000 head opening 10 to 15 cents lower. top 7.15. 200 270 lb hogs mostly 7.00 plus. 270 330 lb butchers 6.85 7.10. Cattle 6000 head. calves 1200. Steers and yearlings strong with best weighty steers near 11.00, light yearlings around 11.00, heifers to 10.75, cutters 4.55 5.00, vealers up to 12.05. Sheep 4000 head. fat lambs slow, natives 9.50 9.65, fat ewes 3.50 3.75.
The Chicago market notes list domestic grain prices with bids for corn and oats. Old and new corn values show varied yellow and white kernels with percentages. oats feature mixed and white samples with quoted ranges.
Midway Sale Co of Columbus Junction runs Wednesday sales and Community Sale events Friday. City Feed Yard hosts Oct 12 Mrs W J Crozier Sale near East Washington at 1 30. Oct 13 Poland China hog sale by Penningroth Bros Well man. Oct 17 annual sale of big type Poland Chinas by John Wagner.
Chicago grain prices show varying moves with wheat and corn fluctuating. May and July contracts post modest gains or losses while oats and rye display mixed results across several delivery months.
Chicago reports a firm produce market with receipts of 4 524 cases and current receipts of 17 dirties 14 percent. Fresh graded firets 1843 and extra firsts 22. Poultry market firm with receipts 41 trucks and heavy hens 15. Other prices unchanged.
Venice hosts Europe's largest auto garage with capacity for 2,500 cars. The facility houses vehicles of visitors to the resort who may not use them until departure.
St Marys church is staging a home talent three act comedy Father Goes Domestic in the parish hall on Sunday Oct 15 at 8 pm. The cast includes Roger Talcott played by Wilbert Kinskey Jennie Talcott Connie Deutsch Niel Talcott and others with music by Rev James Gookin and H C Borup. Proceeds go to the church treasury and rehearsals have taken place under Mary Baschnagel supervision.
The letter discusses current poultry prices, noting spring chickens bring about 1 cent less than last year and old hens 1 to 2 cents lower. It cites a large turkey surplus with 11,000,000 pounds in storage, double the amount from the previous year, and mentions the new crop underway.
A Riverside dinner honored Mr and Mrs Fred Frank on their twenty fifth wedding anniversary hosted by their daughter Mrs Robert Geret and family. Attending were Mrs Mary Mottet and Grace, Henry Frank, Ardell Gerot, and Leona Mottet. Frank and Leona wed Oct 6 1914 at St Marys Church Riverside and farm southwest of Riverside where they raised six children and one granddaughter Lou Ann Geret.
A newly born infant shows a pulse around 130 to 140 per minute with older measurements cited as 89 to 99 or 75. The report notes variability in neonatal heart rates across observations.
Mr and Mrs Wiley Anderson of Ainsworth and Mr and Mrs Malcolm Montgomery spent Friday in Albia with Rev and Mrs Morton Malcolm. Mr and Mrs Joe Knotek visited Jacksonville Virginia with daughter June Arlene a MacMurray College student. Mr and Mrs Rodney Davis were in Iowa City for a meeting and to visit sister in law Gertrude Lins.
Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, has more telephones per capita than any other European city, indicating a high level of telecommunication penetration. The claim highlights Stockholm's advanced infrastructure and urban development relative to its European peers.
Rockwall County, Texas, covers 149 square miles, making it the smallest county by land area in the state. The compact county sits near the Dallas metro area and is known for its suburban communities and rapid growth.
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