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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1918
Page
2
Chicago market summary shows hogs higher with top at 19.80 and various classes guiding prices. Cattle trade steady to uneven with prime and choice calves strong, while feeders and sheep trends vary. Receipts and shipments detailed across hogs cattle and lambs with totals near 22,131 yesterday.
Grain market update from Town City Iowa with manager L Bunt detailing latest futures activity and price directions. Information provided by E W Wagner and Co including contact details and office location.
Turner Grain Co and W M Hewitt report price quotes for No 1 red wheat through No 6 white corn and oats in Saint Louis. Chicago receipts list 864 wheat cars 195 corn cars and 458 oats cars.
National League results include New York 0 Chicago 6, Brooklyn 4 Cincinnati 6, Philadelphia 7 1, St Louis 6 Boston 6, Pittsburgh 2 2 innings. American League Chicago 3 Washington 1, Detroit 6 New York 7, St Louis 1 Boston 2, Cleveland, Philadelphia 4.
Grateful mothers from Wisconsin and Ohio share experiences praising Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound for child and adult coughs and croup. They claim rapid relief after other remedies failed and note long use and effectiveness for throat irritation, chest soreness, and whooping cough.
The 1917 Iowa State Fair features a Boys' Judging Contest with 160 participants. Top score reached 684 points. eight prizes including scholarships at Ames and a $56 silver cup donated by Professor W. J. Kennedy. The event, Friday August 23 in the stock pavilion, starts at 8 a.m. judges horses cattle swine and corn.
The piece asserts that today’s boys and girls at the Iowa State Fair will become tomorrow’s leaders, citing Baby Beef contests and judging events as proof of their preparation to manage trusts and responsibilities.
Rev. Eldridge S. Wallin, just from Chicago seminary, preached at Haskins Presbyterian Church on Doing Your Bit highlighting generous sacrifice and anonymous giving. Miss Nita Wehr and Miss Lidia Walker from Des Moines sang, Mae Wehr accompanied on piano. next Sunday’s topic is Watch Your Step.
A dramatic tale titled To Hell With the Kaiser by Graham plays Friday and Saturday. The performance centers on a notorious ruler and a母 character involved in covert plots, drawing attention to political danger and personal betrayal.
Farmers in Washington township report excellent winter wheat suitable for seed. County Agent Predderson has located about 3,000 bushels of high quality seed. samples are at the office. The drive aims for 160,000 bushels next year per government request, with rising threshing reports and strong farmer support.
For week ending July 30 1918 hot weather prevailed with highs near 105 degrees in Clarinda and temperatures about 5 degrees above normal. Rainfall was heavy in northern districts and deficient elsewhere while winds and hail damaged crops delaying harvest. Corn progressed well except in the southwest where drought stressed uplands, oats and wheat faced lodging, and pastures failed in the southwest as farmers fed livestock to winter stores.
A railroad in Iowa paid out 20000 for stock killed on right of way and crossings in the last year with more claims pending. Food Administrator Deems this wasteful as hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of animals fit for food are needlessly destroyed each year across over thirty Iowa railroads due to defective fences and stock straying onto tracks.
The article argues bad fences on farmland allow cattle to escape onto rail rights of way where they are killed by trains. It cites a Texas rail line killing 131 head last year and estimates about 4,000 cattle per year in Iowa suffer the same fate, calling it an appalling waste of food.
Administration launches effort to abolish the program or policy in question, aims to replace it with new measures, and seeks broader support across departments and public groups. The campaign highlights claims of redundancy and cost concerns.
George McClain of Turtle Lake North Dakota, a locomotive engineer, reports back pain and irregular bladder action improved in a couple of days after taking Foley Kidney pills. Lemmon's Pharmacy advertises the remedy.
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