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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1921
Page
2
Market notes show hog receipts 17,000 with holdover 4,098 and steady to 15 lower. Beef cattle and veal ranges. lighter weights higher variability. Lambs 16,000 receipts with lambs steady to higher and sheep steady. Official totals show cattle 849, sheep 14,835, calves 19,052.
Loren Moorhead and Bruce Lease returned to Grinnell after spring vacation. Miss Grace Lease went to Parsons College Fairfield. Cecil Lease of Ft. Madison visited with the Lease family. Attendees at G. G. McElroy funeral included Harlan Strain Lon Cochran and many others from Wellman Burlington Wyman and Washington. Avonette Milton visited with her grandmother Mrs J E Williams. Mildred Johnson returned to Ottumwa to teach after visiting the Maxwell home.
Ottumwa reports army orders from Adjutant General Lasher reorganize the First Cavalry. Captain Carl Spry becomes commander of the Service Troop formed from Headquarters and Company L units. Captain Merrick is placed in command of the second squadron with staff and transfer details affecting Ottumwa and several Iowa cities.
Washington April 5 Great Britain’s expenditure on intoxicating liquors reached an estimated 2.286 billion dollars in 1920 up from 1.878 billion in 1919 according to a commerce department report from Consul Hunter Sharp Edin burgh The total remains about 24 per cent below prewar levels despite the rise.
A Brooklyn Eagle excerpt records a spirited church moment as a preacher prays and a Black parishioner in the gallery cries Amen and asks the Lord to cut the devil’s power in the community. The lively outburst reflects communal religious fervor and language of the era.
Dallas County Holstein cows lead February testing with an association average of 1873 pounds of milk and 70.4 pounds of fat. Individual winner is a Leaverton and Son Holstein producing 2638 pounds of milk and 100.7 pounds of butterfat, with Monona Farmersburg second and Ringsted third.
A testimonial claims severe digestive and liver troubles improved after using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. The ad promises relief from catarrhal mucus and inflammation and offers a money back guarantee with Lemmon's Pharmacy and doctors of general notice.
The Appalachian system was named for the Appalachee people. Its highest peak is Mourri Mitchell, standing at 6 711 feet.
Iowa State College entomologist and Keokuk county agents report a trap crop method using crops near cucumbers to attract Lady Bugs and control cucumber lice. The approach aimed to winter Lady Bugs in the field and extend vine productivity from July to September with promising results.
Farmers in Cedar township discuss planting time fines spraying and pruning. Names listed include Al LeFever, Ce dar, W. C. Richards, and others visiting offices for advice and services on fence posts pruning and poultry sorting.
In the West Indies locals name the hurricane warning flag el panuelo del Trablo or the devil's handkerchief. The text notes hurricanes are named like women by church and other customs, with dates of opening and death linked to these signs.
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