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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1921
Page
2
Fatimated receipts total 16 000 cattle 12 000 hogs and 16 900 sheep. Market notes list price ranges for heavy medium and light weight beef and pork cuts with top bids and average costs. Estimated tomorrow receipts include hogs cattle and sheep with overall market steady to slow across categories.
The Sunshine Mission opens sewing Thursday afternoon with a 7 30 prayer and praise service. The West Chester community club hosts a social Friday evening April 8 at M EB church basement with entertainment and refreshments. The senior choir of the Methodist church will rehearse Thursday night at 7 30. Brighton Encampment No 58 I C C F meets Friday night April 8 with Royal Purple work and petitions. Patriarchs asked to attend. A patriotic entertainment by G A R and W R C is planned for April 7 at the Second.
The Journal notes mixed cattle hog and sheep movements for the week ending March 26 amid labor controversy and packing-house tensions. Cattle prices eased overall with Kansas City and Chicago showing divergent trends. hogs reached new highs for the year before settling, while sheep and veal faced declines and stocker feeder trade softened.
Reverend W H Slack resigns as pastor of the Wayland and Finley congregations after accepting a ministerial offer at the M F B church in Elsworth Wisconsin. He plans to move around April 15 with his wife and children joining him as Frank remains to finish the school year.
The forest service cautions that decay resistance varies by species and climate, making general determinations difficult. Lignum vitae is among the most durable woods, with several woods such as black locust cypress greenheart agun vitae mesquite teak and various cedars also noted for longevity.
KE Breitenbach Iowa deputy game warden forwards an Iowa fish and game appeal to the Journal urging farmers to protect birds. The appeal notes birds boost grain production, warn of declining numbers, and recommends leaving brush piles and weeds along streams and fields for nesting. Maintain wild land corners for birds to nest and benefit agriculture.
Des Moines reports a startling drop in Iowa livestock production with total state valuation at 427.668 million dollars. Milk cow numbers fall to 1.252 million, with declines in average value and cattle stock amid fears of a meat shortage.
At present price is 62 dollars per head, down 26 from last year. All other livestock has lost 164 million dollars in value and production fell by 223000 head, sparking alarm among livestock men.
A compact statement asserts that a central character or principle must underpin every sermon poem picture or play, insisting that without this foundation nothing of value endures.
Josiah Franklin emigrated to America from England around 1685. His wife, the second Mrs Franklin, was Peter Folger's daughter, linking Franklin to a prominent early settler noted for philanthropy and tolerance.
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