Cattle and Hogs End Week Higher Amid Mixed Markets
Cattle and hog markets closed the week with gains in higher grades and some weakness in medium stock. Cattle top weights reached 85.25 for stout steers, with vealers to 26.00 and grass cows to 21.59. Hogs rose 50 to 75 cents in barrows, with top near 30.50 and bulk 28.75 to 29.50. sheep saw lambs and yearlings down from prior highs, ewes 7.50 to 9.50 and breeding ewes 10 to 13.50.
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Wyoming
Montana
Western Springs
Grain quotes from Chicago on Sept 13
Chicago grain table shows open high low and close for Wheat and Corn contracts as of September 13. Notable entries include Wheat Sept and Dec with ranges around 272 to 275 and Corn Sept near 256 to 260 with May and July positions also listed.
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Chicago
Grain prices show small gains across yellow and white varieties
Corn markets edge up by one to two cents with No. 1 yellow at 261 to 263 and No. 2 yellow at 262 to 263. No. 3 yellow trades at 261 44 to 2617, No. 4 yellow at 257 to 2584, and No. 5 yellow at 254 to 264 with sample grade yellow 211 to 242. Mixed varieties range from 114 to 124 for heavies and whites, with No. 1 red special heavy at 128 to 154.
Blumenstein Family Visita to Thrapp Home in Dayton Grove
Daygon Grove residents report a weekend visit by Mr. and Mrs. Bob Blumenstein and family from Woodhull Wisconsin to the home of Charlie Thrapp. Other locals include Mrs Minnie Zillmer visiting cousins, and several couples visiting Merz, Gent and Godwin households. The Thrapp circle hosted gatherings as Francis Gent family and Bernice Wittrie stopped by, with weekend trap shoot attendance at Marshalltown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. PD. Dusenbery
Dayton Grove
Bob Blumenstein
Woodhull
Parenas
Charlie Thrapp
Minnie Zillmer
Marengo
Lester Merz
Matt Gent
Washington
Philip Gent
Eugene
Oregon
Cloyce Godwin
Ruth
Jim
Francis Gent
Merz
Bernice Wittrie
Fred Ladehoff
Glen
Marshalltown
Eight Pupils Enroll At Oregon I With Correne Edmondson
Oregon No. 1 opens with eight pupils under Correne Edmondson as teacher. Students include Larry Jerry Danny Beverly Bernard Bean Leonard Mary Ann Guinn and Jo Ann Smith. Bob Geret drives the bus to Ainsworth for transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xenia
Oregon No. 1
Larry and
Jerry
Danny
Beverly
Bernard Bean
Leonard
Mary Ann Guinn
Jo Ann Smith
Correne Edmondson
Bob Geret
Ainsworth
Dorothy Wilson
Barbara Pearson
Johnny Quinn
James Stephens
John Nye
College Springs
Gene Stephens
Nye
Ainsworth Methodist Church
Richard Edmondson
Carla
Floyd Edmondson
Dene Stephens
Albert Jeffery
Lynn
Irascible Darling Ends In Elopement Plan
Paul Brown, an irascible father, tries to stop his daughter Hilda from eloping with Jack Farnam while Jack secures a job at Brown’s plant. The pair’s scheme shifts when Jack’s elder brother is revealed as the intended suitor, and the couple proceed to marry soon after. Nearby social notes mention Emma Rabenold’s trip to Moline and friends leaving for college.
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Paul Brown
Hilda
Martha
Jack Farnam
Jack
Ack
Local echoes of life in Morning Sun and Nebraska trips
Catherine Morris teaches English at Morning Sun High School while Mr and Mrs Claire Guinn return from Nebraska where they purchased a farm. The note records small town movements and property interests with casual family updates.
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Catherine Morris
Morning Sun High
Claire Guinn
Nebraska
LATTICE TOP CHERRY PIE
Cherry filling uses 4 cups cooked tart cherries sugar salt flour and butter with a lattice crust baked 450 F then 350 F for 30 minutes. Dough mix blends bland lard flour salt water forms stiff dough split, roll, fit pan, and lattice top with center cut strip.
Community and Livestock Sale Listings
Community sale every Friday at Whittaker sale barn. Livestock sales weekly at Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction Iowa. Tuesday night sales at Ollie Livestock Exchange Ollie Iowa. September 25 Trier's Annual Dairy sale Keota. October 2 Purebred Curoe fall Boar and Gilt sale between Washington and Riverside. Knotek Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittaker
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Ollie
Trier
Keota
Washington
Riverside
Knotek Bros
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C. L. Jennings
New London
Martin Miller
Batavia
Nelson Well Co
Fairfield
East van Buren
Reister Bros. Produce
Whittaker & Barnes
Richard A. Knupp
Roy Brewer & Sons
Harry Ball
American Pearl Button Company
King's Cafe
Charles Swift
Washington County
Washington Concrete Company
Gamble
Sorrell Auto Parts
Jefferson
I. H. C. Little Genius
Rolland Benson
Washington Oil Company
Dick's Furniture Store
George J. Breitenbach
Lee R. Oliver
Allis-Chalmers
W. H. Dorrance
Robert Wiley
Whitlow
West
Brown's
Berlou
Pioneer Drug Store
al Hahn
Crawfordsville
Corridale Rams
Oran Birkey
Wellman
East Second
Bob Roe
Ocean City
Langley
Chamberlin Bros. Sport Shop
Elmer Wulf
North Ainsworth
Iowa City
Continental
SALE
Stoker
C. V. Crull
John W. Lee
Long & Hotle
Uarco
Farrell
Simmons Steel
Hollywoods
Mobil Service
Bell & Gevock Firestone
Curtis
Eclipse Lumber Company
Chamberlin Bros
Porter Elevator
West Chester
John L. Calkins
George Sojka
Suiper
Baker's Hatchery
Alfalfa Hay
Lester Leeper
Ted Meyer
Post
Chester
Firestone
East Jefferson
South
Marion
ABC Care Journal
Call
Eod
Journal
Fern’s Bakery
Theodore B. Batley
Leet
Morrison & Morrison Attorneys
Edmund D. Morrison
Edmund D. Morrison, Jr
Morrison Building
W. Livingston
Robert Day
W. Maip
George F. Morrison
Gifford Morrison
J. C. Penney Co
Paul W. Shearer
Court House
Optometrists
Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
East Side Square
P. L. Etter
F. G. Livesay
D. C
Iowa Avenue
Wigar Ineynous
By Ken Reynolds
Poland
R. G. Shiver
Leo Grecian
Ixalona
USDA
ChicaGo Grain Table
Adtaker
Ik Marston
Uine Skelgas
Wade Pence
Kermit Payne
Mills Auto Service
United Mattress Co
Mar
Chicago Cash Grain
Illinois
C. Thrapp
Oregon I
Pe Laos
Irascible Darling
Nicholas Kushta
I Jarek
Emma Rabenold
Moline
Manford
Margaret Pfiefer
John
Pat Elliott
Will Roberts
Farm Bureau
Ames
Norma Clegg
John Pool
Burlington
Roger Colthurst
Lincoln Billiard
Abraham Lincoln
Ion
Colorado
American Pearl Button Co
John Patterson & Son Pioneer
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