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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1947

Page

7

Farm Bureau meeting speaker announced in Letts area

Roscoe Eliason Letts farmer back from Europe will speak at the Farm Bureau gathering in the Community Building Wednesday evening November 5. Public invited. Also noted elections of church officers at the Louisa county inter church council convention held October 27 at the Methodist church Wapello.

Roscoe Eliason Letts Europe Farm Bureau Louisa County Inter-Church Council Wapello Weir Luther Williams Columbus City Helen Aringdale Columbus Junction

Chicago Markets Report Shows Hogs Cattle Sluggish

Livestock markets in Chicago on October 31 show hogs 25 to 50 cents lower with slow close, top at 26.15. Good and choice butchers 190 pounds and over 25.50 to 26.00, lighter weights 24.75 to 25.25. Cattle and calves weak, slaughter steers and heifers down, beef cows 14.00 to 18.50, bulls 18.25 down. Sheep bids around 23.50 to 24.00 for slaughter lambs. market generally slow and uneven.

Chicago Produce Market Update Slowed Poultry and Eggs

Chicago report shows 20 trucks delivering poultry with slow activity and no price change. Egg totals reach 8 858 cases with steady to irregular trade. price quotes listed for extras standards and current receipts, with dirties and checks noted.

Nuptial Mass Held as Lawrenc e Vogel Solemnized Ceremony

The Rev Father Law rence J Vogel read the double ring ceremony and celebrated the nuptial mass. Also noted Mrs Nellie Meeker sustained a fractured hip after a fall at her South Hill home and is in Bellevue hospital Muscatine. Dinner guests at Mr and Mrs R F Houseal included Jeff Zimmerman Kate Murry and Stella McCaleb with Murry a cousin to MecCaleb Houseal. Farrel D Smylie Midway Sales manager vacationing in western Montana this week.

Martha Butler Columbus Junction Elm Grove Comets Four- Boys Larry Hedger Allen Johnston Bob Evans Bob Huff John Witting Durward Jones Layton Buffington Arthur Kistler Muscatine T. T Nellie Meeker South Hill Bellevue Hospital, Mus R. F. Houseal Jeff Zimmerman Sun Valley Idaho Kate Murry Parker Ford Stella McCaleb Ainsworth Murry MecCaleb Houseal Farrel D. Smylie Midway Sales Company Montana

Test Flights Record Film Data From New Transport Model

Test flights of a single new transport model used over a mile of film to record instrument readings, gathering a data log of performances and measurements during the demonstrations.

Poland China Sale Tops Prices at Farm Auction

The second annual boar and gilt sale at the John H Dill farm near Columbus City saw a top price of 115 for a spotted Poland China boar on Tuesday October 28. A gilt brought 1607.06, with 36 boars averaging 8 and 21 gilts averaging 64.

John H. Dill Columbus City

Fast Starting Fluid Promises Arctic Engine Use

A new starting fluid, seven times as flammable as gasoline, will start diesel, automobile and aircraft engines in 10 seconds in temperatures as low as 40 degrees below zero, enabling year round power production in the Arctic.

Arctic

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