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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1939
Page
7
A historical piece by Alvin Hasty praises the Iowa farmer as a multi skilled worker and devout Christian. It extols roles from blacksmith to veterinarian and lawyer while urging temperance and daily spiritual preparation for the afterlife. It also notes a humorous “nutty” relief method using buckeyes for neurotic pain.
Chicago markets show US hogs at 11 000 head light demand steady with some 5 to 10 cent gains. Sop 7.50 and various weights 7.25 to 7.85. Cattle totals 9 500 with calves 1 000. light yearlings steady while heavier steers waver. Beef cows weak. stockers and feeders 8.50 to 10.00. Sheep 4 500 mostly steady with range lambs around 9.35 and natives 9.25. Slaughter yearlings 7.50 and hogs 3.00 to 4.00 tombstone price range noted.
Open high low and close figures report wheat corn oats and rye for May July and December contracts. Wheat ranges from 83 to 86 percent, corn from 51 to 64 cents, oats around 33 to 46 cents, rye with May at 55 to 57 percent.
Chicago market report lists corn prices with mixed lots and varying yellow corn percentages for new and old corn. Oats settle with white 32 to 36 percent ranges.
On October 18, Chicago reports show a firm egg market with receipts of 51463 cases. Firsts and extra firsts range around 21 to 24 cents with dirties at 16 percent. Poultry remains firm with 41 truck receipts and hens at 15 percent and spring chickens at 13 percent.
Jos McClelland of Wellman joins Jos Crail Chas Thomas as fine storytellers praised for innocent comical tales. Ferguson Daugherty noted trio also drew roaring laughter. Readers urged to enjoy Journal Chuckle Contest selections and crown winners.
A two year old girl in New York, Dorothy Gesino, appears healthy but bears sleeping sickness symptoms. Doctors say time is needed for a cure, the child’s condition noted as eight months from now.
The article notes that a wall eyed pike is known by many terms in different regions including river trout glass-eye yellow pike pickerel blue pike Jack salmon and white-eye.
The text notes most hen yards in Mexico are not on the houses but on flat roofs, contrasting common assumptions about poultry keeping in urban areas. It emphasizes an unusual nesting practice within Mexican rooftops.
Homer Porter of West Chester shelled corn for Frank Kephart in Pleasant Hill on Tuesday. The item lists numerous social visits and family events across the community, including guests at multiple homes and a 4-H banquet, reflecting a day in rural life.
Local and eastbound Burlington Trailways buses list departures from Washington with buses 3 7 2 6 10 and daily service to Chicago. Mixed trains 46 23 and 11:06 11:45 times appear, with agents C F Anderson and L Woodlander noted for scheduling.
Thelma Peterson from Des Moines arrives in Ainsworth for a week at the Clarence Richards home. Social notes show families gathering for a bountiful potluck and visitors from Chicago Keokuk Washington Aransas Pass and Cedar Rapids.
Mr and Mrs R E McFarland and Mr and Mrs Blaine Hawkins visited Pekin Illinois relatives over the weekend. Helen White and a Chicago friend stayed at the Max White home Sunday. Mrs Harry Burmeister and daughter Wilma Acheson returned home. Burmeister had spent weeks in California and then Montgomery Alabama visiting her daughter Margaret.
A recent study finds U S bituminous coal miners work shorter hours yet yield 400 percent more per day than Belgian miners, 300 percent more than French miners, and 200 percent more than British miners, highlighting efficiency gaps across nations.
Frank O'Hara, president of the Real Estate Association of the State of New York, says about 140000 landlords collect 450 million dollars in rent from chain stores each year, averaging 3214 dollars per landlord.
An electronic clock installed at the Washington Naval Observatory will regulate all official clocks and will neither gain nor lose a second for five or six years.
About 200 cattle were offered last week with similar crowds expected. The market was exceptionally good with 50 choice white face heifers and various steers cows calves and three Angus bulls also several cows with calves by side. Hogs around 100 head listed plus boars sows and fat lambs. Sears Saddler Co from Davenport will display harness parts tarpaulins and lumber and poles offered with furniture and stoves from Whitaker & Son managers.
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