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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1918
Page
2
Fat cattle and hog markets show steady to strong tones as receipts total about 67 000 fat cattle and 55 000 hogs. Prices range light to heavy with good to choice cattle and sheep showing strength, while hogs move higher across classes.
Seashore towns from Maine to Florida fill summers with bustle while winter quiet returns to many. Gulf and lower Pacific areas enjoy year round bathing. Atlantic coast season lasts about three months.
Rural notes describe soil acidity testing the Farm Bureau offers. farmers test seed corn, plan corn crops, and discuss livestock trends. Entries cite Frank C. Foster, M Kuhn farm, Ed Feicht metry of Ainsworth with 79 Duroc pigs, and Dave Riley tending cattle on 170 head.
The article describes using salt on corn in a crib to improve storage and feeding results, noting the crib’s size and method to prevent mold. It also reports Milt Denison and William Montgomery buying a carload of fat horses in Newark, discusses market factors driven by war demand, and advocates for breeding premium draft stock with good mares and stallions. It criticizes scrub stallions and small horses, and comments on price incentives for mature, high-quality horses.
Geo Becton of Dutch Creek raises four crops of 39 Chester White pigs. The note details breeding and farm practices at the Dutch Creek operation.
The report notes that burning stalks after harvest reduces humus and lowers long term corn yields. It mentions Mr. McKay tiling and plowing the pasture east of the Orier and Speer buildings for corn this season and describes his remaining mule pair being preferred over the previous one.
Advert says send five cents to Foley Co in Chicago for a trial package of cough remedy pills and cathartic tablets. For sale by J E Lemmen's Pharmacy. Contains Honey and Tar Compound and kidney pills and cathartic tablets. Ends with plea to enclose name and address.
The article describes four large cannons firing on Paris this Sunday. Each shell weighs 140 kilograms and the charge matches this weight, with the projectile reaching about 30 kilometers in altitude before descending toward the target. General von Rose notes about three minutes for the shell to arrive, and the main challenge to longer range was achieving higher flight in rarified air.
The Shipping Board under Chairman Hurley grants Atlantic and Pacific Steamship permission to contract with Oregon yards for 150 motor driven wooden ships of 3,000 tons each with restrictions. March build program exceeds launch goal by 12,000 tons but lags in deliveries due to steel plate shortages, with 30 hulls launched totaling 282,786 tons and 20 vessels completed at 162,200 tons.
Athens April 1 a court martial has ordered criminal prosecution of former King Constantine following charges filed by the public prosecutor.
Athens reports two Greek officers arrested after landing on the Peloponnesus west coast by a German submarine were tried by a court martial and sentenced to death.
London reports General Allenby announces capture of three towns on an eight mile frontal attack west of the Jordan river. Turkish prisoners say many German officers have been notified to prepare for duty on the Balkan front.
New York will dispatch 6,388 men over the next five days to Camp Upton for intensive training before embarkation to France as part of the first contingent to the second draft.
A compact exhortation on mastering an instrument. The text stresses discipline and skill to coax music from one’s instrument, warning that life would jangle without careful practice.
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