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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1939
Page
5
Chicago markets show hogs 400 head. scarce salable supply, week gain 5 to 10 cents, close 7.40 with butchers dominant. Cattle 1500 head. calves 30 60. market steady to weak. grain fed steers 1150 1250 pounds, yearlings up to 11.40, 1350 pound steers to 10.90. Sheep 2000 head. fat lambs steady to 25 cents higher. native lambTop 10.60. slaughter yearlings 6.75 8.15. ewes to 4.25.
Chicago grain table dated October 21 shows wheat May through July trading in the low to mid eighties with mixed closes. Corn and oats display varied percentages across May July and December contracts, with several entries listed as percentages and some garbled figures.
Market receipts show 2 795 cases with fresh graded firsts 204 extras 24 current receipts 20 dirties 16. Fees remain unsettled as traders assess values and pricing for the day in Chicago.
A note on how the figure King Midas became a byword for extreme greed in language, describing a trait where wealth or wealth-like value is extracted from all touched things. The piece links mythic tale to contemporary speech and characterizes the enduring gold touch as a cautionary emblem.
Betty Moore dreams of a movie career but takes $1000 for a two week shoot with a noted director. She returns with plans to spend the money on a rose pink kitchen and larger hen houses, trading a butter and egg windfall for domestic bliss with Tom.
An estimate places a tunnel under the Straits of Gibraltar at about 81 million dollars with a construction period of roughly five to six years. The figures reflect early feasibility assessments and cost projections for the ambitious project.
Macassar serves as the capital of Celebes, a large irregular island noted for its many bays and coastal features.
Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz succeeds Ignacy Moscicki as president of Poland after Moscicki resigns. Raczkiewicz took the oath of office in Paris.
Washington county hog prices peaked at Chicago stock yards with J M Robertson of Crawfordsville at 7.50 per cwt for 40 head of 2138 pound butcher hogs. J H Baird near Washington earned 7.30 per cwt for 18 Hampshire butcher hogs averaging 194 pounds and sold 2 butcher sows at 7.10 per cwt.
Local bus schedule shows Westbound Bus No. leaves Washington at 6 28 a m and Bus No 9 at 8 12 p m while Bus No 7 departs at 2 68 p m Tickets for the full trip are sold at the Bus Depot Candy Kitchen North Side Square from the local depot agent Al Gantoni
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