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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1919
Page
2
Estimated receipts today across hogs cattle and sheep detailed. Prices show opening softness with most hogs and cattle trading down from yesterday while calves and sheep vary by weight and grade. Top hog price around 20.70 with several classes listed and varied cattle ranges across weights.
Grain futures close reported by E W Wagner Co Iowa City with J B Hunt manager shows May corn at 1.04% July 1.04 cash figures and assorted futures values. Cash market reports 250 corn cars and 100 oats cars with price offsets from prior sessions. October Clover shows 1975 role.
Cash buyers promote butter cream and eggs with claims cows and cream selling as profitable. A Jackson Center woman delivered five gallons of cream from five cows, testing 60 percent butter fat, worth $14.40 in four days. Prices remain steady with eggs up one cent per dozen. cream butter price listed by test.
Washington County Breeders Association asks farmers to submit livestock photos for a catalog. Livestock photographer Dave Risk from Kansas City may visit if 30 or more subjects are offered, charging 4.00 per picture, far below his usual 40.00 trip rate. A cooperative plan would aid local breeders in showing stock at best. The Journal Office invites interest. A separate note reports a carload of 49 hogs, raised under Iowa State Station guidance, selling for 3521.47 after feeding experiments with a corn belt ration and various supplements.
Hogs fed by the animal husbandry section of the Iowa agricultural experiment station at Ames topped the market in Chicago at 21 dollars 15 cents per 100 pounds and set a new high for the season.
In Fairfield Iowa April 29 Judge C W Vermillion sentenced Fred Connell and Lloyd Bogardus to ten years each in Anamosa and Fort Madison respectively for robbing Verdie Hoskinson and Clarence Faulds after a craps game. The defendants, from prominent families, deny guilt and plan appeals.
Police report that a broken bomb arrived at Seattle mayor Mle Hanson’s office. The mayor, then in Colorado on a Victory loan speaking tour, had recently denounced Bolshevism in several addresses after acid spilled on the table.
In 1918 she paid 178 percent more for sheeting, 176 percent for brooms, 257 percent for calico, 121 percent for dinner plates, 150 percent for dish pans, 49 percent for fruit jars, 94 percent for kitchen chairs, 77 percent for lamps, 210 percent for muslin, 108 percent for stoves, and 99 percent more for wooden wash tubs compared with 1914.
Wisconsin reported 65 418 silos on farms as of May 1 1918, up 13 percent from the prior year. Ohio recorded 30 788 silos as of April 1 1918, a 44 percent year to year gain.
National League results show New York 5 Boston 4 and Brooklyn 19 Philadelphia 1. Chicago St Louis and Pittsburgh Cincinnati had no games due to wet or cold conditions. American League games include Boston 6 Washington 5 and New York 3 Philadelphia 2 with G2 innings noted. Chicago Detroit and Cleveland St Louis were rained out or unused.
Washington April 29 The Bureau of Markets warns farmers and elevator firms to prevent congestion as the U S faces a potential billion bushel wheat crop. Stacking and portable granaries are proposed to keep grain dry and marketable, with Markets Document No 11 detailing portable farm granaries.
The Fleece Wool States Growers Association Iowa division, organized Jan. 14, will hold an all day session at the Chamber of Commerce building in Des Moines on Thursday May 1 starting at 9 A M. Officers are active in the sheep industry and the group aims to collect and market wool clips efficiently under state supervision and to share methods of preparing wool for market.
John R. Barker of Battle Creek Michigan reports relief from heartburn indigestion and liver complaint after using Chamberlain's Tablets at Lemmon's Drug Store. If you suffer indigestion or constipation try them. they will do you good.
The Iowa wool men plan a Des Moines gathering to sign a contract for handling the 1919 wool clip. Bid solicitations reach Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago firms as county associations are urged to send two delegates each to discuss grading standards and management practices before finalizing the agreement.
Farmers union groups join sheepmen in coordinated effort to advance policy goals. The collaboration aims to bolster livestock interests and secure favorable regulation for the industry.
The Indianapolis News reports that widows outnumber widowers nationwide by a three to one ratio, highlighting demographic imbalance in surviving spouses.
Official figures from the secretary of state show the constitutional amendment to legalize wine and beer sales defeated at the April 7 election by 206 936. The amendment drew 322 110 votes against 529 ONS. Wayne Menominee and Dickinson counties backed the wet side.
German delegates arrived in Versailles by car at nine o'clock Monday night for the peace conference. The party numbers six, and they were escorted to the Hotel des Reservoirs.
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. promises one hundred dollars for every catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Notarized statement filed in Toledo Ohio, December 6, asserting the medicine works through the blood and secretions of the body.
A woman plagued by gall stones for a decade reports relief after taking Mayres Wonderful Remedy for stomach trouble. She credits the treatment with stopping attacks and avoiding morphine and surgery, noting the product removes intestinal mucus and reduces inflammation. The ad promises a money back guarantee.
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