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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1920
Page
2
Estimated receipts today hogs 5394? 549? cattle 2532 sheep 550. Second report shows mixed price ranges for hogs cattle sheep with top hogs 16.25 calves 13.00 14.50. Beef steers 11.50 to 15.00, cows 7.56 to 12.15, lambs 14.75 to 20.75. Market nominal with most sales around steady and no market quotations for direct receipts.
The clippings note corn and car counts with price variations. It lists corn and 18 cars with a 2c rise, then 17 cars with a 2c decrease, followed by Clover in October and price figures $23.75 for December and $22.75 for another period.
Rural Route 4 reports visits by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nicola to Fred Kephart and by Mr. and Mrs. Howard Baker with two children to Earl Kephart. Mrs. Frank Scranton visited Harry Jones family while he remains ill. A. B. Carr sawed wood Tue and Wed. Elmer Kephart visited Frank Kephart and John Simmering Sr with sons Joe and George. Bryan Swift visited Will Caldwell and Fred Stewart.
Journal invites readers to submit farm items from their area. Reports of livestock shipments public sale prices and any special farm activity are especially welcome for publication. Contact the journal office by mail or telephone with your neighborhood notices.
Iowa shows total farm wealth of 84 million dollars on January 1 1920 with cattle hogs sheep horses and mules. Texas ranks second at 572 million, Illinois third at 446 960 thousand, and Missouri fourth at 379 906 thousand according to the Bureau of Crop Estimates USDA.
U S Department of Agriculture Bureau of Crop Estimates reports 17 340 000 tons of wild hay harvested nationwide in 1919. South Dakota leads with 3 728 000 tons, followed by Nebraska Minnesota and South Dakota each over 2 000 000 tons.
Wagner Weekly Review notes April grain trading usually eases and late spring strength hinges on new crop news. Oats supply is tight with visible stocks near 8.5 to 8.6 million bushels and eastern reserves small. Corn shows resilience from wage pressure, corn belt land gains, and potential wheat damage, while rye sits near 1.85 and export demand supports it.
The Boston Transcript reports on a disputed case involving a senses taker and a blackjack incident, detailing the involved parties and surrounding circumstances. The item presents a brief, neutral notice of event context without sensational language.
Mr Nichols describes using an Oldsmobile Economy Truck to haul grain from the threshing machine to the elevator. He claims a single truck replaces multiple teams and wagons, cutting hire costs and boosting earnings, urging others to see the truck in action.
Edith Miller returns to Emigrant Mont with her mother Mrs L L Teas. Mrs Clarence Young and son Robert visit Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids then depart. J R Lease travels to Burlington for his wife’s operation. Howard Lee loses two fingers and injures a thumb while sawing wood near Olds. Glenn Owens, son of Will Owens, suffers a head wound from a mule kick after a horse saddle incident. he may return to 7th grade soon. Mrs Jennie McGee of Washington visits W J Williams home.
C. K. Gray Dr. Watson and S. T. Wheeler visited Muscatine on Thursday. Violet Moore is gravely ill at the Moore grandparents’ home. M. R. Thompson improving. Mrs. Marshal Edmonson shopped in Muscatine. Warnie Moran and two Moran children evacuated from flooded home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Moran as water rose to three feet on the lower floor. Laura Chambers returned from Des Moines after visiting her son C C Chambers and family.
Voters in Pocahontas approved a new county court house in a special election held April 6. The tally was 1,494 for and 980 against, a margin of 514 in favor of the project.
In Villisca Iowa Williams Brothers sold their Poland China boar The Yankee for 40000 to W H Ellsworth of Goldfield Iowa The two year old is a brother to The Pilot and will cost 1000 to breed a sow The sale marks rising hog industry profits for the Williams firm which began breeding in 1901 and sold stock at an average of 27 in 1905 and 601.50 recently.
London reports translated Soviet marriage law requires a wife to support a husband who cannot work. It allows courts to compel support and sets divorce grounds on mutual consent or separation. Matrimonial age is 18 for men and 16 for women, and civil registration is required for legal validity.
In linnet singing events birds are scored on how their tunes blend pleasant notes with rough song. Judges weigh the balance of harmony and discord as birds vie for top marks in staged contests.
Mrs J C H Finney died last night at 9 15 at her West Monroe street home after five weeks with grippe. Funeral 8 30 Monday at the home with Rev D J Masson, then to Mansfield Ohio for interment. She was born February 17 1843 in Troy New York and later lived in Mansfield and Washington. Survived by husband and three sons J M Finney Washington J D Finney Des Moines and H C Finney near Ainsworth, plus several grandchildren and siblings. Burial in family lot with monuments prepared before the move to Washington in 1912.
The Graham theatre is undergoing cleaning and redecorating as a prelude to larger improvements hoped for later in the year. Carpets will be replaced, the lobby redesigned for more space, and the shoe shining area moved to create room. A new heating plant and further changes may come, though not in the immediate plan.
A reflective aphorism notes that perspective alters what we see in a scene, whether mud beneath or the blue sky mirrored on water, illustrating how interpretation colors reality. Lucy Pirkins Porkins is cited in the fragment.
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