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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1940
Page
7
Grant school began Monday in Franklin Center after extensive repairs. Directors repaired the ceiling and walls, installed new blinds, oiled floors, and tore down an old shed while trimming trees.
Journal sale dates show Midway Sale Co Columbo Junction and Edna Ruebsam events on September 11 and 12. Public livestock sale 806 head near Fairfield begins 11 o clock with multiple farms listed. Separate land sales include Vaneal Vestey farm on September 18 and Oct 8 Knotek Bros Duroe Bale. Purebred Poland China sale by Penningroth Bros at Wellman Iowa.
Public notice inviting readers to spot thirty or more errors in a pictured page with a sweepstakes style reward. Offers a Free Want-ad worth 50 cents in the Evening Journal for use before October 7, 1940.
Multiple small items recount local notices and social updates in Crawfordsville. Rentals and land notes sit beside wedding travel mentions, relatives visiting, and neighbors sharing greetings. Postings include apartment and pasture offerings, family visits, and a grain bin supply promotion by Eclipse Lumber Co.
The Lethe, one of the five rivers of Hades, renders drinkers forgetful of the past. Departed spirits drank it before entering the Elysian Fields or when returning to new bodies to erase memories of earthly joys. The term comes from Greek meaning forgetfulness and is used figuratively today.
Chicago livestock market activity stayed slow with hogs 5 to 25 cents lower and early top at 7.40 for 190 to 240 lb hogs. Cattle and sheep showed mixed moves with buyers steady on killers and steady to higher on good lambs while calves and feeders remained in broad demand. Estimated tomorrow receipts include cattle 500 hogs 500 sheep 1,000.
Chicago cash grain listing notes sale of 50 Hampshire shares and cash prices for corn oats and soybeans. Corn prices show mixed grades from 64% to 74% with samples and percentages. oats and soybeans listed with multiple white and yellow lots and percentage readings.
Chicago grain figures show wheat and corn edging higher or steady while oats and rye display modest gains and declines. May and Sept contracts for wheat, corn, oats, and rye list open, high, low, and close values with several percent figures.
Eggs stay steady as receipts reach 8 203 cases with extra firsts 194 percent and fresh graded firsts 184 percent. Current receipts up 17 percent and dirties 14 percent. Poultry market steady with 36 trucks received and all prices unchanged.
Wellman public school begins the year with 282 students enrolled and a faculty of new teachers. High school enrollment reaches 130 with a mix of freshmen to post graduates. New high school staff include Al Bobby, Tena Ma Gana, and Caroline Cole. Grade teachers feature Catharine Crane and Frances Smith alongside others.
Fred Hermann sold his sealed corn to Palmer who shells and trucks it for fifty five cents a bushel. Charley Zieglowsky plows a bought place, and Betty Drake begins nurses training in Iowa City. Betty Burt begins Living Lake school with several pupils as fall term starts and families adjust for the new season.
Eureka Missouri reports the Eureka School opened Tuesday September 3 with fifteen pupils enrolled. Names include John Meck Kune Virginia Derby Jack Derby Nancy Derby Paul Bell Bertie Wagner Mary Ann Wagner Betty Miller Raymond Miller Burdette Miller Eugene Beliel Dale Beliel and the Meckune family.
A 25 year old unemployed Davenport musician is jailed on investigation of an attempted extortion of 10.60 dollars from Dr Kino H Struck vice president of Davenport Bank and Trust Co He was trapped while attempting to obtain the money and implicated two other men in the case according to Reed Phillips Police Chief.
Harvesting on Muscatine Island and in Conesville is in full swing with large, high quality sweet potatoes. Elmer Hintermeister operates a 28 acre patch and shipped 400 baskets to the Twin Cities in a large semi trailer. Truck growers hire extra help for the season.
The message notes a regular meeting on the first Friday of each month led by Howard McBride W M with F W Yard secretary mentioned as contact.
A dense listing shows multiple trains and bus routes with departure times from Washington and connections to California lines, Davenport Kansas City routes, and Burlington Trailways. It notes agent names Goodlander and Anderson, with departures to Chicago and coast to coast.
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