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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1939

Page

5

Local residents flock to visits across town in weekend

Mr and Mrs Pete Fairfield and daughter from Iowa City visited the Chas McCulley home Sunday. Ed Murphy of Rock Island joined relatives including Chas L McGill and Lee and Betty Jane McGill for dinner at Walter A Johnson's near Ainsworth. Multiple families including Hazens, Christners, Starrs, McGills, and Sheets shared weekend visits across Keota Riverside and Davenport areas with friends and relatives.

L. A. Meridith Pete Fairfield Iowa City Chas, McCulley Ed Murphy Rock Island Chas. L. McGill Chas, Lee Betty Jane Walter A. Johnson Ainsworth Duane Hazen Chas. McCulley Lee McGill Muscatine Gladys Vinton McGill R. C. Wilcox A. D. Rathmel Paul Long Clarence Aller Keota Joe Wehr Henry TeBockhurst Maryin Geraldine Stewart Henry Sheets Milo Steele J. C. Steele Riverside Norbert Tebeckhorst Richmond Jaul Long Sam Hoyt Cedar Rapids C. Klepfer Doris Cedar Falls W. Palmer Tom Palmer Richland Fred Monser Wellman Eva Monger Joe Booth Betty Jane Bruty Red Brick Jennie Bruty F. Krause FL Johson Sigourney Harry Dye Eva Centlever Pasdena Calif Anna Lenninger James Batterson Howard Snyder Davenport Harold Fisher Jerry Betty Walter Fisher John Weston James Lowe Brighton J. E. Bush Buriington K. Snyder Dorothea Helen Hayes T. Mitchell Keith Keeler Lone Tree Orrin Hines Marion Wilbur Jackson Mary Starr Huth Johnson M. Kedlingere Frank Gobble Don Uhrindley Gen Fucker Lowry City Jeane Weadall Westfall Meridith Thured Matliroth Iowa City Turf Mre W. Albright

Egg and poultry market report with stays and receipts

Chicago market report notes eggs steady with receipts of 4 599 cases and varied grades 18 percent fresh graded firsts 18 percent extra firsts 18 percent current receipts 16 percent dirties 14 percent. Poultry market weak with 41 truck loads received including heavy Rens and spring chickens. other prices unchanged. Historical note by Isaac John Greenwood asserts Mount Vernon tomb housed false jaws with human teeth made by his father from ivory and beeswax moulds.

Chicago Isaac John Greenwood John Greenwood Washington Mount Vernon George Washington

Public Auction Notices From Sept to Oct

Public sale notices list Clayton E. Smith near Fairfield and Miss Addie M. Harmon with household goods at 217 North Ith Street near Elipse Lumber company. An October 5 sale notes Brumback and a Wellston farm sale four miles south.

Clayton E. Smith Fairfield Addie M. Harmon North Ith Bt Ekelipse Lumber Company Wellston D. BE Brumback

Gardiner Dies in Columbus City at 87

George Gardner age 87 native of Columbus City and lifelong resident died at noon Monday at his Columbus City home. He was born November 28 1851 son of John and Rebecca Richardson Gardner longtime Rock Island baggage handler. Survived by son Garry Gardner Pueblo Colorado daughters Dorothy Simons Clinton Rex De Marce West Liberty Helen Jordan Washington and brother Charles Gardner California Funeral services at Stephens Funeral Home burial in Columbus City Cemetery time to be announced.

Martha Butler Columbus Junction George Gardner Columbus City John Rebecca Richardson Gardner Mattie Morrison Gardner Rock Island Garry Gardner Pueblo Colo Dorothy Simons Clinton Rex de Marce West Liberty Helen Jordan Washington Charles Gardner California Stephens Funeral Home

Market Reports from Chicago Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices

Markets show hogs steady to 10 cents lower on opening, then active with spots 5 to 10 cents off. Top hogs 7.80 for 180 to 270 lbs. cattle seen slow but steady on medium and heavyweight steers with best weighty at 11.00. calves demand mixed. Sheep show spring lambs 15 to 25 cents higher and natives to 9.75 for latest sales. slaughter cattle and hogs estimated for tomorrow.

Chicago

Grain table notes rounded prices across May July contracts

The chart lists Wheat Corn and Oats futures with May and July bids showing mixed gains and declines including highs lows opens and closes for May and July contracts. It reflects a volatile session with several figures hovering in the 34 to 86 range and irregular percentage markers.

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Corn and Oats Sample Readings in Chicago Lot

Readings show CORN with yellow 56 percent for items 1 and 2 and 564 percent for item 3. White 63 percent to na appears for OATS with mixed samples 32 and white 37 percent for item 1 and 2, white 36 percent for item 2, and white 35 percent for item 3. Receipts show 141 care.

Chicago

Cold Montana tale told by Chicago editor Hunt

Lewis W. Hunt of the Chicago Daily News recounts a Western joke about a long nose and cold Montana. He recalls a winter when freezing coffee and a map with the longest nose froze a resident's nose, with a cure involving snow and snowballs.

Lewis W. Hunt Chicago Daily News Montana Kansas Lewis Usiva

State Committee on Agricultural Programs Meets in Ames

The State Committee on Agricultural Programs met with Farm Security Administration and Soil Conservation Service reps in Ames. They plan a Des Moines meeting with AAA and Greenfield for Adair county’s unified land use plan. The group reviews county planning reports to shape state action.

State Committee On Agricultural Programs Ames Farm Security Administration Soil Conservation Service Des Moines AAA R. K. Bliss Iowa State College Extension Service Iowa Greenfield Adair County State Committee On United States Department of Agriculture Iowa State College

Horse Cavalry Still Vital Force in the Modern Army

In examining mechanized cavalry vs horse cavalry, Capt. McM. Corpening notes the US Army’s 7th mechanized brigade at Plattsburg, a 70 mile night march, and a horse-led counterattack showing horses still reach where machines cannot. Terrain, mobility, and delaying operations shape future use of both arms.

McM. Corpening Chicago Tribune Poland Plattsburg N. Y United States Army Europe Fort Bliss Tex Fort Knox United States Plattaburg 7Th Mechanized Cavalry Brigade 7Th Brigade Germany Army General Staff

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