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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1918
Page
2
Chicago April 18 market notes estimated receipts 33 000 and 15 000 cattle 12 000 sheep with prospects mixed and steady to strong for hogs and cattle. Second report shows slow trade with prices mostly 15 lower than yesterday and ranges for porkers pigs and lambs.
Grateful mothers from Wisconsin and Ohio report Foley's Honey and Tar Compound cured their children's coughs and croup after other remedies failed. The letters claim quick relief after the first dose and note the remedy works for adults too. Lemmon's Pharmacy Washington is listed as a supplier.
A brief observation from the Houston Post notes that a person can judge whether the world improves or declines by whether the number of people who share their view grows or shrinks.
The Journal Farm Department discusses fair critique of breeders and the value of honest stock costs. W R Berry visits Friday to speak to high school boys and Farm Bureau directors about pig and corn focus. Rain totals for the week reach 1.12 inches aiding moisture as seed testing begins and a cheese sale reduces Mangold's inventory.
J G Love sold his tractor to Dave McLaughlin with both satisfied though horses were sick. Alex DeBord may trade his tractor. J H Warren plans wood ashes on potato patches to boost yields. 8 Mangold schedules a sale at Star Dairy barn if rain hits. The cow herd remains focused on productive stock.
A series of farmer remarks covers salt on corn, tractor use on hills, cattle feed, alfalfa acres, barn building, stalk cutting, cash versus paper value, pig crops, seed corn origin, seed safety, grass grazing, calf growth, spring cattle buying, horse aging by teeth, stalk burning, silage feeding, and forage value.
In Burlington Iowa April 18 the Food Administration endorses the Ohio city Pig Club plan to organize suburban pig farms run by cooperative clubs. Members own and feed their pigs with home garbage, disposing of meat next winter. Also details on potato day efforts, bread weight checks by bakers, and egg conservation in Independence.
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a cure for catarrhal deafness, claiming ear inflammation and Eustachian tube blockage cause deafness and that only a constitutional remedy can help. Promises one hundred dollars for an uncured case and offers free circulars from F J Cheney and Co Toledo Ohio.
A brief note discusses how children’s grimacing and tongue protrusion may signal defiance and dislike. The idea is linked to combative behavior in early development, with a citation to Harry Campbell in Lancet.
The author laments that people neglect books at home and urges making the library central. Encourage buying good books and reading together with the idea that there is no friend like a nook and a book.
A compact moral reflection citing Robert Hall on the primacy of conscience’s initial thoughts and prudence’s final considerations as guiding virtues. The aphorism emphasizes internal deliberation before outward action.
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