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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1944
Page
7
Chicago market report shows hogs 7,000 head with 8,000 hogs traded. Liveweights 150 to 240 pounds bring 14.75. heavier and odd sows around 14.00. cattle at 11,000 head with calves 1,000. top steer price 18.35. sheep 3,000 with few sales steady.
Chicago market update shows eggs with steady pricing and varied receipts. Fresh egg receipts total 5,706 cases with several grade ranges listed. Poultry arrivals include 2 cars and 32 trucks with ducks firm and young geese noted.
The Past Noble Grand and Mrs William Kog hosted a Circle gathering with 18 members and four guests. Mrs Kos led a short business session and planned a cooperative supper for Nov 14 at 6 30 PM at the I O C F hall. Leona Koy will entertain on Nov 7. The group closed with cards and refreshments.
Researchers develop a method to extract individual proteins from vegetables to create pure isolates. The approach aims to extend to eggs and wheat and identify the single protein causing allergies, potentially allowing safe consumption of the rest of the food.
Two water and stain repellants for fabrics are now available. After washing, clothes are dipped into the solution, dried and ironed in the ordinary way. Fabrics treated this way should be especially useful for children with their knack of picking up stains everywhere.
Weekly sale listings span multiple October dates at Whittaker sale barn and nearby farms in Wellman Winfield Keota Swedesburg and Clive areas. Auctions include Purebred Poland China Hampshire and Spotted Poland China stock as well as household goods with times starting 1:00 to 1:30 PM and with named auctioneers and farms.
Chicago market brief notes a single soybean quote listed as yellow 212. The item records a cash grain entry with a price detail from the Chicago market desk.
The grain table from Chicago on October 11 shows wheat, corn, oats, and rye futures with varied highs and lows. Values include wheat May 159 and 159, July 14844, corn Dec 11144 and 113 percent, oats Dec 63 percent, rye Dec 16 and 46 with May and September figures, and soy products around 104 to 108.
Kathryn Mauthe left this morning for Stillwater Florida after spending the summer with relatives. Staff Sergeant William Varney and daughter Janet Louise are visiting the parental Varney home. Hoover family members, Mrs J W Hoover and grandson, stayed with Beals in Des Moines while Hoover, a bomber tail gunner, finishes a furlough after England duty and will report to a redistribution center in Miami Beach Florida.
Studies show 75 percent of women buy unplanned items and 29 percent of total purchase volume is impulse. Over 30 billion pounds of skim milk are fed to livestock annually. Skim milk lacks vitamin A and most nutrients in fat. It serves well in many cooking purposes.
Members of American Home Departments in Fort nightly club held October sessions at three homes. Section one led by Mrs. O L Dayton hosted 30 members with guests from Chicago and Iowa. Talks covered women’s evolving roles, wartime duties, and how aprons became overalls. Section two featured bread and quick breads with a braided roll demonstration. Section three focused on rayon basics and handicraft orders for towels from Blind Women of Iowa, with several guests attending.
Virginia Westen and Russell Hayes wed in a 2 PM Sunday double ring ceremony in Seattle. Hayes, a seaman first class and Navy veteran of nearly two years, visited Victoria on a brief wedding trip. The couple, with 16 relatives and friends at a reception, will reside with Hayes’s family after his Wes Chester schooling.
Delicate perfumes echo Europe’s prewar scents with oils derived from coffee flowers. Synthetic perfumes miss essential natural esters, while concentrated natural perfumes from the coffee tree improve many important formulas.
Whittaker Sales Co reports selling over 200 head of livestock last Friday at satisfactory prices and lists a broad catalog for the week. Sheep and lambs are in demand, milking cows bulls and stock cattle are sought, veal calves in demand, and buyers for boars sheep and hogs. Also solicits hides timber fruit and poultry with a like new separator and an order for 50 good enes.
If any choice in the selection of a rock garden site exists a situation facing north or northeast is to be preferred usually the sunlight will be sufficient and many plants will appreciate the coolness and moisture.
William Sheridan McConahay 75 longtime Columbus Junction resident and chautauqua park caretaker died at University Hospital Iowa City after a two week illness. Survived by widow three sons daughter and 11 grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 2:30 p.m. at Methodist church Columbus Junction burial Columbus City cemetery. He was a member of Cairo Evangelical church.
Mrs Keith Houseal was honored at a Saturday shower hosted by Mrs Charles Cannon Mrs Omer Wagner and Mrs Ralph Mc Creedy in the Cannon home for 18 guests. Games and contests provided afternoon entertainment and the honoree received many useful gifts. Seasonal refreshments followed the gathering.
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