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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1939
Page
7
HOGS 11 000 head with slow to steady claim. Top at 7.90. 200–300 lb hogs 6.80–7.00. 300–330 lb 6.65–6.85. Sows 6.00–6.60. CATTLE 10 000 plus calves 1 500. yearlings firm. steers steady. best yearlings 11.85. midweights 10.90. heifers 10.85. stockers steady. cows slow. SHEEP 6 000. market slow. fat lambs 9.26–9.50. native slaughter ewes 3.50–4.00.
Chicago cash grain prices list mixed corn at 59 percent for 2 lots and yellow corn 48 to 49 percent for several lots. White corn at 62 percent and oats show 37 to 38 percent protein with a sample price range 5 to 86.
Contemporary Portuguese prisons resemble early Philadelphia jails with iron bars before windows. Bars deter escapes but allow inmates to communicate with passersby and receive food and cigarettes from outside.
Chicago grain table shows open highs and closes for wheat corn oats rye across May July December contracts. Wheat May at 84 percent, Corn May 52, Oats May 34, Rye May 53, with other month values and minor percent changes noted in a compact market snapshot.
In Chicago on October 25, market notes show steady prices and a total receipts of 3,307 cases. Fresh graded firsts make up 20 percent with extras at 24 percent. current receipts 20 and dirties 18. Poultry receipts marked at $5 per truck. ducks at 12 percent. other lines unchanged.
Sam Cook recounts Joel Butler’s rise from a general store founder to Dexter’s mayor and dominant merchant. Butler’s growing power, aloofness, and control of town commerce surface as the railroad plans and Hartwell rivalry test his influence in the evolving community.
Historical note states Eton College in England, a renowned boys school, was founded by Henry VI in 14d, reflecting a traditional attribution despite later references to Henry V. The snippet presents a concise, contested claim about the founder’s identity.
In a small town tale Sam Cook relates how Joel Butler nicknamed Old Man Blackstone overreaches himself. A railroad rep seeks him in a store but Sewell contracts with Hartwell instead. Hartwell steers the right of way to his land, making Joel realize the friendliest people matter most.
A historical note recalls Nantucket being sold to Puritans from Salisbury for 30 pounds and two beaver hats. Today the island’s 30 000 acres of dunes, bays, and cottages from the whaling era stand as a priceless heritage.
P B Gheusi, once head of Paris Opera, notes in a recent publication that the theater has 2509 doors with 8000 keys and 8000 staircase steps. The building houses 169 miles of electric wires and three miles of hot air pipes, and it is 17 times the size of the Odeon.
Six new oil pools were discovered in Kansas during the first two months of 1939. Exploration teams reported promising shows and potential for production as drilling continues.
Chicago management predicts new entry records for the International Live Stock Exposition set for December 2 through 9 at the Chicago Stock Yards. More than 100000 in prizes will be awarded across 30 breeds of cattle horses sheep and swine with a large Canadian presence expected after Canadian fall fairs were canceled. Entries close November 1 for purebred and fat stock. November 20 for the grain and hay show. The event will be held in the International Amphitheatre with a 7500 seat coliseum and six surrounding display areas.
A large ink stain on a Wartburg Castle wall in Germany is linked to Martin Luther. Local legend says he hurled his ink pot at the devil during a late night session and narrowly missed, leaving the mark as a tale of confrontation with temptation.
Prices paid Thursday include No 1 Sour Cream at 265c per lb No 2 Sour Cream at 28c per lb Hen eggs White 24c lb and Brown 24c. We pay per pound for delivery to plant All No 2 poultry with crooked breasts bare backs water blisters or extremely thin birds will be valued accordingly.
Livestock sale notes a strong market with 70 cattle listed to date including bull and cows. Hogs have orders for 200 good shoots and there is demand for feeding lambs and good calves. Also seeking strong springers milk cows furniture tools and horses.
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