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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1918
Page
2
The Chicago market notes steady prospects for light to mixed cattle and hogs, with receipts around 18 000 today and 54 855 yesterday. Prices show light to mixed ranges for hogs and cattle, with sheep and lambs generally steady or slightly lower. Shipping grades and rough heavies vary, while futures tomorrow anticipate around 21 000 receipts.
Mrs T Nevrever of Pau Claire Wisconsin reports her son cured of a severe croup by Foley's Honey and Tar Compound after other remedies failed. Mrs D Gilkeson of Youngstown Ohio says the product relieved her daughter's persistent cough after many remedies proved ineffective. The letters praise the remedy for adults and children and note its long standing use for coughs croup and bronchial issues from Lemmon's Pharmacy Washington.
Senator Poindexter reported Seattle labor leaders plan a general strike over alleged prosecution of Thomas J Mooney and others in San Francisco. AFL President Samuel Gompers condemned any strike incitement as harmful to workers and Mooneys case. The notice included a secretary Duncan letter and a referendum claim. The dispute linked to IWW bolsheviks and international unrest.
The Farm Department notes that buyers from outside often pay more for stock, but locals can meet or beat those prices within 20 miles. Oats crop progress discussed with Eli Jackson evaluating emergence and viability. Government poultry updates from Iowa State College indicate a prohibition lift on slaughter of hens and pullets ahead of schedule, with roosters to follow after hatching season. Eggs remain in demand to meet storage and consumption needs.
Iowa farmers have seeded over 675000 acres to spring wheat in response to the national wartime drive. The figure surpasses any year since 1904 and shows a 270 percent gain from last year, with the 21 year average near 9.5 million bushels if realized.
The Secretary of Agriculture calls a public hearing in Washington on May 28 to consider restricting importation of nursery stock and other plants and seeds from foreign countries. The 10 00 A M session in Room 11, Federal Horticultural Board invites interested parties to speak and outlines aims to prevent introduction of tree diseases and pests carried with soil and plants from unknown regions.
Paris correspondent reports the arrest of Helene Brion, a Pantin primary school teacher, for spreading pacifist and anarchist propaganda with ties to Lausanne and Geneva committees. Documents show calls for desertion, antimilitarist lectures in Paris suburbs, and cross border links to German circles and suffragist groups.
Miss Lillie Baxter of Ida Grove Iowa is named one of 49 women agents helping a national cottage cheese campaign led by Miss Gertrude Van Hoesen of Chicago Illinois. The effort partners with federal and state agents to promote cottage cheese production and consumption as a meat substitute.
Brent Dow Allinson, among several prisoners brought from Washington on desertion charges, is put to work raking the lawn around division headquarters under guard. Two guards with rifles escort him as Camp Grant officials delay official recognition and he declares he will not wear the uniform.
Adolphe Joffe is appointed Russian ambassador to Germany and will depart Moscow with his staff. He will meet German ambassador Count Mirbach en route to Berlin. Joffe, aged 34, chaired Russia's Brest Litovsk peace delegation, a Bolshevik who has spent years in Siberia exile and once lived in Germany.
Washington reports that a Liberty loan speech by Secretary McAdoo was prepared for release to households via talking machines. The plan stalled when a cold left him hoarse, and manufacturers refused to press a record for public sale.
A powerful earthquake struck Southern California Sunday afternoon. Two mountain towns San Jacinto and Hemet suffered extensive ruin with about 400000 dollars in losses. In Los Angeles damage was minor. The dead include Frank E. Darnell a Boston manufacturer and August Carlson a retired farmer.
W F A Hunter managing editor of the Minneapolis Tribune and a renowned newspaper figure in the Northwest died suddenly after leaving his office. He was fifty four years old.
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