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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1948

Page

5

Brodricks visit Mrs O Booth home after honeymoon

Mr and Mrs R C Brodrick return from their honeymoon and spend the weekend with Mrs O D Booth. They dine with the Booth family and Esther then plan to settle at 2711 Grand Ave Des Moines. Thieves raid A S Van Trump blacksmith shop, some articles missing. Homer Hotle improves from illness. Vacation trips include James Stancer at Porter elevator and relatives in Davenport Eldon Kentucky and Muscatine.

R. C. Ferguson Westchester R. C. Brodrick O. D. Booth Homer Porter Pricilla Janet Black Hills Badlands South Dakota Yellowstone Park Rocky Mountains Homer Hotle James Stancer

Chicago Livestock Prices Hit New Highs on Week

Chicago market saw choice fed steers and yearlings set a new all time high while hogs and spring lambs declined. Weekly receipts totaled 22 500 cattle 2 000 calves 7 00 sheep and 24 500 hogs with declines from last week across cattle calves sheep and hogs.

Chicago

Chicago grain table shows mixed September and December quotes

The Chicago grain table lists open high low and close figures for corn oats and soybeans with September options and December futures. Values appear inconsistent with several OCR errors but indicate varying price levels for corn oats and soybeans across months and delivery points.

Chicago

Meadowlark: A Western Hemisphere Bird and Its Decline

Meadowlark, an Ameri can bird found only in the western hemisphere, has shown a marked population decline over the last three decades. Once perhaps the most numerous open field species, its ground nest is built under a grass tussock and typically holds four to seven white eggs speckled with purple and brown.

United States

Local Residents Make Weekend Plans and Visits

Dr George Krogmeier visits Cain Thursday evening and will travel over Labor Day with former unit mates. Frances Olson and family go to Warsaw Illinois for weekend with Olson grandparents. Glen Keen from Crystal Lake Illinois arrives Friday to spend Labor Day with cousin Helen Heilman. Shirley Dunbar, Richland High 1948 graduate, begins home economics studies at Iowa State Ames. Kathryn Boullion from Muscatine visits friends. formerly Kathryn Kennelly from Eldorado Arkansas staying with Ruth Lytle.

George Krogmeier Cain Will Glen ‘Keen Crystal Lake Ill Helen Heilman Shirley Dunbar Glenn Dunbar Richland High School Iowa State College Ames Kathryn Boullion Muscatine Kathryn Kennelly Eldorado Arkansas

Weekly Livestock Sales Across Iowa and Ohio Regions

Community Sale every Friday at Whittaker sale barn. Livestock sales every Wednesday at Midway Sales Company in Columbus Junction Iowa. Livestock sale every Thursday at Kalona Sales Barn Kalona Iowa. Livestock Sale every Tuesday evening at 8 00 pm Ollie Livestock Exchange Ohio Iowa. Livestock Sale every Monday at Hi Dollar Sales Company Sigourney Iowa. Sale every Monday night at 8 00 at Keota Junction Sale barn.

Whittaker Sale Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction Iowa Kalona Ollie Livestock Exchange Ohio Hi Dollar Sales Company Sigourney Keota Junction

Jungle Princess at Fox Promises Thrills and Romance

Milland and Lamour star in The Jungle Princess set in the Malayan jungle. A white man lost in the wilderness falls for a girl who has never seen a white man, amid elephant stampedes tiger battles and village destruction. Supporting cast includes Molly Lamont Akim Tamiroff Mala Lynne Overman Hugh Buckler Robert Law.

Milland Fox Theatre Dorothy Lamour Ray Miss Lamour Molly Lamont Akim Tamiroff Mala Lynne Overman Hugh Buckler Robert Law

Sept Sales in Iowa Duroe Hog and Dairy Auctions

Sept sales span three events in Iowa. Cassens Bros. of Sigourney hosts the Purebred Duroe Hog Sale at Hi-Dollar Sales Barn beginning at 1 00 p m. Crawfordsville hosts a public auction 2 miles southeast starting at 1 00 p m. Henry and Bud lrier run the Annual Dairy Sale at the Keota Sale Barn, starting at 1 00 p m.

Hi-Dollar Sigourney Iowa Cassens Bros Crawfordsville Charlie RF. Long Henry & Bud ‘Lrier Keota

Dailey Juggles Talents In New Technicolor Hit

Dan Dailey learns intricate juggling routines for the Twentieth Century-Fox Technicolor production Give My Regards To Broadway opening Sunday at the State Theatre. Veteran jugglers Duke Johnson and Bill Talent trained him, noting Dailey’s rapid mastery of five balls, plate and bottle work, Indian clubs, soft shoe, and aerial hoops.

Dan Dailey Duke Johnson Bill Talent Dailey Twentieth Century-Fox Technicolor Broadway State Theatre Johnson Talent USO

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