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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1919
Page
2
Estimated receipts today include hogs 28 000 cattle 9 000 sheep 10 000 with mix of holdovers. Beef steers and stockers show firm to higher bids. calves and feeders mixed with gains for fat lambs and prime shorn lambs noted in early sales. Prices listed for hogs cattle and sheep across weight classes and grades.
Grain futures prices for May July and September are listed with opening high low and closing figures for corn and oats. Cash market notes show car lot prices for No 4 yellow corn and No 3 white corn with tone changes from the delivery point at the Iowa market.
Washington April 15 The Supreme Court disposes of proceedings interpreting Georgia prohibition law holding that possession of intoxicating liquors in excess of the permitted amount is prohibited under the law even if lawfully acquired.
The Platteburg transport arrives with 47 English brides and five dependents among American soldiers aboard. The army claims 37 of the brides.
Frank J. Cheney of Toledo asserts his firm will pay one hundred dollars for every cataract case cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The oath is sworn before Notary A. W. Gleabon on December 4, in Lucas County Ohio. The document cites the medicine as a remedy with general systemic blood cleansing claims.
Johnson County farmers and the Iowa City Farm Bureau move to revive a Washington sales pavilion plan with incorporation for 15000 dollars. A corporate board will include breed representatives and a commercial club pledge supports bond or stock sales to fund the project.
The United States Department of Agriculture urges immediate overhauls of grain separators after the threshing season. It warns against defective parts and delays in obtaining replacements, noting repairs extend machine life and reduce losses. A bulletin No. 5 in the Care and Repair of Farm Implements series provides detailed overhaul instructions.
The egg season peaks with high prices in Washington county. Roosters with spurs are reclassified as old roosters while smooth legged roosters become hens. Current paying prices for produce delivered include fresh eyes per dot and various butterfat tests and poultry items at quoted rates.
Onion cultivation notes describe growing from sets or seed. A quart of sets covers 75 to 125 feet of row with four inch spacing, root end downward, shallowly buried. Planting times vary by climate, with autumn planting possible in milder regions and spring in colder areas.
Guidance on onion harvesting and storage notes slight freezing is harmless if bulbs remain undisturbed. A Logan notice reports five men tied to auto thefts, four from the Frank Richardson family, with Harry Richardson and Albert Peterson jailed after confessions. valuables recovered and bonds set for the elder Richardson and two sons.
For sale quality Duroc Jersey fall pigs sired by Perfect Model. Weighing about 200 pounds, bred right and priced right. Available males or gilts, or a bred sow for a summer farrow.
A child in blue overalls uses a rake shovel and hoe to plant a garden in warm sun. He sows baked potatoes paper roses and a china foot for his sister dolls while hoping for sprouts tomorrow before resting on his mother's lap. Mason's Monkey Wrench.
Ad promotes keeping kidneys in good condition to remove poisons and uric acids. Claims Gold Medal Haarlem Capsules from Haarlem, Holland as a reliable 200 year old remedy. Sold by druggists in sealed packages with no prescription required.
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