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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1947
Page
7
Results list shows first and second place in light and heavy weight barrow and pen categories. Champion pen and light weight champion heavy weight overall breeds noted. Spring pig classes include senior and junior futurities and gilts with multiple placements and futurity designations.
Chicago cattle and hog markets report active trade. Hog receipts 8500 with lighter weights steady to 25e higher and heavier hogs unevenly higher. Cattle and calves 12000 and 700 with fed steers and heifers steady and top weighty steers reaching 95.00, the 1947 peak. Sheep leaner with slight gains on slaughter lambs and ewes through the day.
Frank Kos and Mrs Kos Edwin Kos Mr and Mrs George Havel Mr and Mrs Robert Fountain of Washington traveled to LeMars Iowa Monday for the funeral of Dr George A Mauer about 60 who died suddenly last Friday. His wife survives with three children and is a sister of Will Kos of Washington and Raymond Kos of Wellman. A surviving sister is Mrs Charles Scranton of Fairfield. The Raymond Kos family of Wellman and the Scrantons also attended the service in Fairfield.
Chicago market wire reports 23 truck lots of poultry with hens and broilers priced across grades. Data shows begs 9 559 cases with extras and standards with current receipts and dirties totals, reflecting mixed receipts and price ranges in the day’s poultry section.
Grain price table shows Sept and Mar contracts for Wheat Corn and Oats with various percent values and codes such as Dee May July and 06. The data seems to be a historical quote list with fluctuating percentages across months and options.
Chicago cash grain markets report mixed movements with wheat up five to six cents for No 2 red and mixed. corn gains of two to five cents with various yellow and mixed lots quoted. oats advance one to three cents with No 1 mixed heavy and white varieties listed.
At Castel Gandolfo on September 3 Pope Pius XII greeted American industrialist Myron C. Taylor during a private audience. The meeting followed Taylor’s role as a U S envoy and potential liaison with the Vatican on international matters.
Local residents and visitors populate a long list of weekend and Labor Day gatherings. House guests include Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Parcell of St. Louis and families from Des Moines Davenport and Harper. A Cedar Rapids Garden Club event is canceled due to dry weather. There are travels to St. Louis and Arizona planned, and several family milestones noted with births and a hospital stay.
Listings show weekly sales at Whittaker sale barn and Midway Sales in Columbus Junction with livestock sales on Ollie Live stock Exchange. Public house sale at 515 South 4th Avenue starts 1 30. Closing Out Sale near Kalona and Washington on highway 1 starts 11 00. Purebred cattle sale between Washington and Riverside by Knotek Bros.
The Marion Smith Estate sale seven miles west of Washington drew a large crowd and sold all items in about two and a half hours. Auctioneers Chas Brown and Bill Bruty reported ear corn at 2.63 per bushel, oats at 1.69 per bushel, and feeder pigs at 26.25 dollars, with the total around 13 000 dollars. Brown calls 2.63 a bushel record for the region.
Friday, Sept. 5, 1947 Whitaker Sales Co invites consignors to bring black steers white face heifers cows calves and stock cows plus 500 sawed burr oak posts hedge anchors 80 steel flues and assorted furniture for a brisk market after a solid previous sale.
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