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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1939
Page
7
Markets in Chicago on October 12 show hogs at 12 000 head with steady price trends and higher quotes for sows. Cattle demand remains active with good to choice offerings and yearlings up to 25 cents higher. calves and cows also firm. Sheep demand fair, fat lambs at 9.35 to 9.65, fed lambs 8.75 to 8.90, and native ewes 3.25 to 3.75.
An ornithologist argues cowbirds lack social conscience and do not build nests. They lay eggs in other birds nests and abandon the upbringing of their young. He suggests the species could symbolize free love as a European cuckoo does.
Brighton Iowa October 11 The Joe Christy family attended a reunion in Revere Missouri. Harvey Farrier returned from Montana after three months away. Local visits included Dorothy Helmick and Esther Meeks at the Helmick home. Several families traveled to Oskaloosa to meet kin from Centerville.
Mr and Mrs Leslie McCreedy of Waterloo and their daughters Sharon and Sally Jo visited the Haskins home on a weekend trip. The trip brings the family together with parental J RR McCreedy noted in the report.
The notice lists weekly events at Midway Sale Co in Columbus Junction with Wednesday and Friday community sales. It mentions the City Peed Yard and a sale near Andy Blattners in Fast Washington on Oct. 12 with Mrs W J Crozier, then a Poland China hog sale by Penningroth Bros on Oct. 13 and an Oct 17 annual sale of large Poland China stock by John Wagner.
The article notes that she spent Sunday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Swift in Iowa City.
Highland Center residents share a weekend of visits and meals as J Millyard family from Wyoming visits John Quinn. Multiple families from Washington Burlington Cedar Rapids and Moline gather for dinners and Sunday visits across several homes.
The latest laminated safety glass adds a rubbery bonding material enabling it to roll up like a rug and be molded into varied forms. This innovation promises adaptable design while preserving safety standards.
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