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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1939
Page
7
Chicago markets show hogs steady to 10 cents higher with 200 to 300 pounders at 7.20 to 7.45 and 330 to 450 pound sows 6.35 to 6.75. Cattle receipts 9,000 with calves 1,000 and steady to lower on light yearlings and weighty steers. cows slow but steady. Sheep 6,000 with fat lambs steady near 9.50 to 9.60 and ewes mostly 5.00 to 5.80.
Chicago cash grain report lists corn and cat prices with mixed bids and ranges. Old and new corn values show multiple yellow and white categories and percent ranges, indicating fluctuating bids.
The grain table lists May July and December futures for Wheat Corn Oats Rye with bids highs and lows. May values show Wheat around 84 95 percent, Corn around 62 64 percent, Oats around 33 35 percent, Rye around 56 65 percent.
Chicago dated October 17 reports Produce receipts at 3 530 cases with 21 firsts and 24 extra firsts, current receipts 2, dirties 1645. Poultry market ready to firm with receipts 48 trucks six ducks 12 to 14 geese 15 heavy hens 13 spring chickens 1244 turkeys 15 to 19.
Charles Dickens visited a dairy on Dukes Road Euston each morning for milk and he immortalised the place in The Old Curiosity Shop. The dairy remains at the same site and continues business today.
The 1923 secretary of war report notes 415 British military medals awarded to American soldiers who served in World War I. These honors reflect allied recognition of courage and service.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh outlines a neutrality plan in a Washington broadcast. He calls for unrestricted sale of purely defensive weapons and refuses credit to belligerents. He predicts the United States must eventually press Britain to sever steel ties with Canada.
In Brighton Clay township pupils begin classes in a new modern Black Hawk school built with basement furnace built-in book cases and storage cupboards. The old 1869 building sold to John Knopp of Pleasant Plain and razed by his crew.
Mrs Albert Jones from Veo and her daughter Wilma accompanied by Mrs Jones parents went to Chicago to visit her brother Stuart Crail and family over the weekend Mildred Coffin returned from Oskaloosa for Sunday with her parents They attended A J Lundquist funeral in Fairfield and Mrs James Clark funeral services at Pleasant Grove church north of Fairfield Jury duty called for George Woodford and William Hoskins. Harry Waters departed after ten days with relatives.
Westbound Washington Lodge No 96 meets Friday monthly. Railroad and bus timetables list Golden State Limited and Californian stops, Knoxville Branch No 430 daily, Davenport to Kansas City locals, and Burlington Trailways eastbound services from Washington with a Chicago bound final.
Continuation from Page 6 notes the chemistry class is about to start a hydrogen problem after finishing a problem on oxygen. It mentions the class will begin Monday.
Report cards issued this semester include usual grades plus indicators of improvement needs in assigned work class response and citizenship. The cards aim to reflect the student’s school life and provide parents teachers and students with concrete data to guide grade improvement efforts.
Want Ads note a Tuesday afternoon gathering of the missionary society with eleven members and two visitors present. Nearby moves include the Rex Speirs family relocating from Fairfield to the Wentworth house and the Beauchamps planning a Nov. 1 move to their grandfather’s farm. Ida Hook assists Mrs. Emer Coffin with house cleaning this week.
Twenty members of Mr. Lussky's home room enjoyed a seven mile hayride Tuesday evening. The group traveled from the high school to Gayle Robertson's home then to Phyllis Crayne's home where refreshments were served. They danced and listened to the radio before returning to Robertson's.
Easter Island in the south Pacific was named after its rediscovery on Easter Monday 1722 by Dutch explorer Roggenven. The island is famed for its prehistoric gigantic statues and monumental sculptures.
In 1655 Boston established its first high school as part of the Latin grammar school tradition begun earlier in 1635. The early institution marked a milestone in colonial education, shaping schooling for generations in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts city planning traced to 1629 when Thomas Graves of Kent laid out Charleston Massachusetts. The origin links English influence to early American urban design and municipal planning development.
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