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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1920
Page
2
Estimated receipts today 19 000. Holdover 13 665. Market steady to 15 up top 16 20. Beef steers 1100 lbs up 16.00 17.10. Lambs 84 lbs down 12.00 14.75. Official yesterday hogs 28 258 cattle 10 486 sheep 16 916 calves 2 833. Also grain quotes for wheat corn oats and nearby futures across Kansas City Milwaukee Toledo and Chicago cash markets.
In Sabula a 40 year old farmer Max Dose was found dead in the river near his home after being missing since Saturday authorities and relatives consider suicide unlikely and point to possible accidental death Elsewhere in Clinton Mrs Wilhelmina Huebner celebrated her ninety eighth birthday hosting a five generation gathering In Newton Clyde Roswell learned of his brother Clarence Roswell s death in Dallas Texas accidental in hotel Cad Perry Joe Marino injured when his grocery car was struck by an interurban train in Granger and pushed along the track A army worm outbreak reported in Woodbury County near Concord and Grant townships in Sioux City LeMars farmer John Madden reports the pest on his farm Reverend and Mrs A V Gray on furlough to visit Charles City before heading to Los Angeles and on to China Cedar Falls a mail pouch containing valuable papers goes missing prompting a search in Toledo missionaries A V Gray and wife prepare for China Cedar Falls post officials seek the missing pouch as investigation continues Japanese MPs approve a salary raise for themselves.
Journal notes on poultry stock improvement with the Better sires better stock campaign. It reports a Florida farm with 200 cocks and 950 hens, single comb White Leghorns, line bred for eye production and trap nested 24 years. Also Iowa ranked sixth in auto ownership with 363,000 cars. New York 555,789. Ohio 600,924. California 493,463. Illinois 478,438. It describes blister canker on hardy apple trees and treatment methods used in Council Bluffs Iowa Experiment orchard. Reports on cooperative marketing led by J. R. Howard and expansion of rural women clubs in Iowa.
Announcements concern the Young People's Christian Union of the United Presbyterian church in Keokuk presbytery. The convention will be held in Winfield on August 16 and 11 with registration for delegates Tuesday morning. Dr. R. Ames Montgomery of Parsons College Fairfield is expected to speak Tuesday night. Local churches plan to attend. a large auto delegation may travel if roads are good. Rev. Hoy McElhinney of Burlington is presbyterial secretary.
Researchers note a pearly background in the sky seen through a telescope, debating if the shimmer is billions of suns or nebulous matter. The pearl veil shows dark gaps in Sagittarius and Scorpio, with Antares located far away and estimated to weigh about 88,000 times Earth's mass.
A new Virginia statute forbids kissing the Bible in court. It declares kissing unnecessary and unsanitary and lets officers require oath takers to place hands on the Bible instead. Violators face a $100 fine.
Des Moines Aug 4 Governor Harding will delay any appointment to the state supreme court for a week or ten days after Justice Frank R Gaynor’s death creates a vacancy. The governor can name a justice to serve until the next general election in November, with the winner taking office Dec 31 1924. Republicans have named three candidates for the existing three seats and debate how to place a fourth candidate for the unexpired term. Democrats will hold their convention Aug 12 to select three candidates for the six year terms and then name a fourth for Gaynor’s seat. Judge Frank R Gaynor died at his home age 68. cause heart failure. He was at the state house Monday before his death. His family named Mrs Verdi Evans of Cedar Rapids and Mrs Gaynor. He awoke for breakfast and was found unresponsive. Dr W E Baker pronounced death.
The low cost of rice makes it a staple in Asiatic countries and widely used elsewhere. It is easily transported and stores well, promising consumption growth as knowledge spreads about palatable preparation methods to satisfy diverse tastes.
Feared burial alive prompts described in Jans Andersen Harriet Mate tineau notes and Wilkie Collins Jezebel Daughter scene. The German death house confrontation involves an English widow believed dead who sits up to face her foes.
Impurities in the blood cause disease germs to attack the skin with pimples boils and itchy eruptions. Local applications offer only temporary relief. Seek genuine relief by taking S.S.S. For more information write Medical Director Swift Laboratory Atlanta Ga.
Sal Tonik is a ready mix of salt, Red pepper and herbs pressed into 60 pound medicated blocks. It promises self dosing by animals, warding off worms and disease, with claims of profit through constant use.
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