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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1918
Page
2
Chicago markets show hog receipts at 9,000 with early gains of 10 to 15 cents over yesterday. Prices range light 17.15 17.70, mixed 16.85 17.70, heavy 16.00 17.40. Cattle receipts about 1,500 with steady tone, sheep weaker with native lambs 16.00 20.65 and western lambs 16.26 21.40. Closing: hogs steady to weak, cattle steady, sheep weak.
Letters from Grateful Mothers praise Foley's Honey and Tar for children’s coughs croup and whooping cough. Mrs Neurever of Eau Claire Wisconsin and Mrs Gilkeron of Youngstown Ohio share quick relief from the remedy and urge its use for adults and kids alike. Lemmon's Pharmacy in Washington is cited as a supplier.
Dublin April 27 Diarmid Lynch Sinn Fein food controller American national to be deported after two months in prison for seizing and slaughtering pigs in Ireland He played a leading role in the 1916 rebellion and was sentenced to ten years penal servitude but later released
The Material General Crowder ruled that newspaper employees of any capacity are entitled to deferred classification in the draft. He reversed a Syracuse exemption board decision that had deemed a newspaper employee not essential to a necessary industrial enterprise, affecting Albany state authorities.
Jake Lemley says his pigs are few but of high quality and breeding. A small fall litter will satisfy limited demand. He harrowed fields, prepares with a disc after, and oats on stalk ground look good while oats on disced corn stubble show slower growth, likely from overdeep planting.
Silas Caldwell reports reseeding oats on a thin meadow and drying a drained lake area for a potential new field. Wm Caldwell tilled the lake to create main and lateral drains while others care for pigs, corn planting looms, and a rising wheat stand. Harry Fishburn’s funeral in Nebraska draws William Clemens away, EB FE Ferguson handles chores, and a sow batch yields 87 piglets with lambs growing fast.
J. T. Clark says he will not push heavy farming this year and will tend about 18 acres of corn plus a potato patch and a small garden. His neighbor drove a hog crate toward Earnest Tarlson's place nearby.
Frank Sands reports a healthy clover stand while manure is applied to the field. Zickefoose plows with no help, visiting neighbors with mumps. Finke and two boys are ill, Pittard recovers, Vaughn and Will ie Finke also sick. Kiley and Zickefoose stay immune and work.
The report notes Graber Bros and John Graber tending flocks with 21 lambs from 22 ewes and several triplets. Plowing continues with a focus on using strong horses, while Henry Witting sells a Percheron mare to Wisconsin. The piece comments on scrub horses and the upcoming demand for sturdy draft animals.
Brooklyn defeats New York 6 to 1 and Boston tops Philadelphia 6 to 0 in the National League. Pittsburgh wins 7 to 1 over Cincinnati. Chicago beats St. Louis 3 to 2. In the American League New York 4 Washington 1 and Philadelphia 4? Boston 2? St. Louis 2 Chicago 6. Cleveland-Detroit game postponed by cold weather.
Brent Pow Allinson, a pacifist at Camp Grant Rockford HL, was wounded in the wrist by a bayonet thrust after refusing a guard’s order to pick up a cigarette stub. He had been imprisoned for draft evasion and assigned to menial tasks since arrest. The injury was described as slight.
Uncle Eben quips that some men admire an honest man mainly because they think he is easier to cheat. The line highlights skepticism about virtue inspiring credulity in others.
Major General Thomas H. Barry urges Americans to invest in Liberty bonds to fund the war effort and "hit the Hun." He explains the bonds' security, denominations, and collective action through clubs and organizations to support the front lines and ensure victory.
Prof Ulrich Kahr stedt writes in Amsterdam Kreuz Zeitung that Prussian soldiers show educational gaps. He cites 10 percent not knowing the correct emperor title, 5 percent ignorant of powers of war, and 3 percent unaware of Japan as foe. Many regiments misidentify Napoleon and 60 percent lack the chief of staff’s name.
President Wilson aide subscribes to the Third Liberty loan at a local theater, purchasing 2000 dollars in bonds. He previously subscribed for 1000 dollars at the same venue two weeks earlier.
Prompt relief from itching is claimed for Zemo a 35c drugstore remedy that cleanses soothes and heals skin diseases including eczema blotches ringworm and rashes. The seller E W Rose Co Cleveland Ohio promotes Zemo as a non greasy penetrating liquid for quick comfort and low cost.
Ed Eicher completes plowing and reflects that his oats were not harmed by the work. No damage observed to the crop, she says.
A wartime appeal asserts that Americans must back the government with Liberty bonds to crush Germany. It frames German arrogance as barred from American sympathy and urges swift bond purchases as a national duty.
A historic quote attributed to George Barlow proclaims that nothing is impossible as men have achieved great feats and will do so again today.
To settle the estate of Fred Jardon Jr bids are invited on Saturday May 4 1918 at 11 AM for the sale of the entire stock of clothing and men s furnishings store fixtures and building lease at the Washington Iowa store. Interested parties may examine stock and invoices during the week. Mary Jardon Administratrix.
An advertisement advises using Cham berlain's Liniment to ease rheumatic pains. It promises surprising relief and notes Lemmon's Drug Store as the seller.
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