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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1919
Page
2
Estimated receipts today hogs 17 000 cattle 7 000 sheep 14 000. Hogs mostly 10 to 15 higher with pigs up 25 cents top 20 55. Cattle slow to steady bulls lower calves up 25 50. Beef steers good and choice 17 50 to 20 40 medium 11 50 to 13 76. Sheep opening steady with lambs 18 00 to 19 65 and feeder lambs 15 50 to 17 00.
Grain futures wrap by BE. W. Wagner and Co Iowa City with J B Hunt manager noting close of prices and market activity for the day.
Treasury officials report a rapid move of moonshine production from mountain regions to big cities. Small stills under five gallons flood residences garages and other venues, with twenty four home distilleries seized in a single town over three weeks. The town remains unnamed to aid raids.
Bolshevism is making headway in Roumania and a coup by the Feds is seen as imminent. Vienna reports say GO refugees fled Roumania believing soviets will soon rule.
Marshall Grosscup, son of L W Grosscup on the Brighton route, owns ten Hamp shire pigs and her litter’s dam. He sold eight pigs last year for a net profit of 104 dollars and plans to feed the current ten to market size while tracking feed costs. The piece also reports a looming shortage of farm help in Iowa with wage ranges for single and married workers, and notes high pay in Ida and Sioux counties. It discusses Successful Farming loan assistance and notes related agricultural observations including Swiss chard as a greens crop and Lucullus as a common variety.
The article notes Iowa again tops the union in land prices amid varying state claims. It argues Iowa soil is worth its price and will rise further with better roads, contrasting views on other states like Pennsylvania New York Ohio California and southern regions. Prices for livestock from 1913 to 1919 show rising demand for breeding ewes lambs and calves while horses decline nationally though the South sees gains.
Joseph Combs, a farmer west of Noblesville, Indiana, was attacked by a sow while working in a hog pen. The hog seized his right arm and badly chewed the left hand, forcing him to climb a barbed wire fence to escape. Doctors fear possible blood poisoning but expect recovery if no infection develops.
The text notes Jerusalem’s origins are obscure and identifies it with Salem from Josephus. It references a king named Melchisedek of a Chalkdean region, and suggests the city did not come into Ji possession until the era of David.
Des Moines residents flock to druggists and grocers to buy malt, hops, yeast, and sugar as signs urge home brewing amid a looming drought. Families vow to “make it yourself” and secretly ferment in jars, hoping their moonshine will taste like Bevo.
crowd reacts to a bold homemade beverage test with cheers and scoffs. Patrons rush to drugstores and grocers to taste the drink, describing it as a kick like an army mule.
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The Senate by 26 to 11, in agreement with the House, passed a bill legalizing professional baseball on Sundays. The measure faced opposition from religious societies across the state, drawing public debate.
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