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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1922
Page
2
Chicago market notes show Aug 6 receipts hogs 6500 holdover 1475 and cattle 1000 sheep 3000. Second report Aug 5 lists light hogs and other weights down 10 to 40 cents with top 10.60 and bulk sales 7.65 to 10.25. heavy and light weights detailed price ranges. Official figures include hogs cattle sheep calves receipts and shipments. grain company by Beach-Wickham of Iowa City provides market data.
The report lists hogs at 40 000 head cattle 15 000 head sheep 18 000 head for Monday. Grain figures include corn 112 cars oats 137 cars with various grades and moisture notes.
OsKaloosa Aug 4 Local fuel supply unchanged as citizens stand to protect non union miners. Few miners ready to risk the hazardous task with many workers staying away awaiting a settled strike or end of guard needs.
Des Moines beefs up security at the railroad shops with more than twenty officers and sheriff deputies to prevent a repeat raid on the Chicago Great Western shops where workers were kidnapped and injured. Governor Kendall offered National Guard aid while noting perpetrators would be punished. Three of the kidnapped men were found beaten near the road south of the city.
Henry Strutzenberg of Calhoun County filed in district court for 10000 against Hawkeye Fair and Exposition and RE E Thomas of Sheffield Iowa. He was hit by a stray bullet at the Fourth of July celebration from a shooting gallery at the fairgrounds. Strutzenberg says the bullet severed an artery in his right arm and left it partly paralyzed, requiring medical care and extra farm help. He alleges negligence for failing to protect the gallery. The case is set for the August term.
M M Edmondson of Ainsworth tops the Chicago market in July with a two load shipment of Hereford steers at 10.60 per cwt. The 24 head averaged 1328 pounds, yielding a solid profit since the cattle were bought in Kansas City at 6.50 in March. Several other Hereford offerings also sold at 10.60, though few shipments reached that top. Swift's Produce Review notes higher butter output, steady prices, ample poultry, and large cold storage stocks with likely price relief for consumers.
Creston August 4 J R Sears a Burlington railroad strike guard held in Montgomery county jail Red Oak released on ten thousand dollar bond after a preliminary hearing Sears was on duty in the local yards when Chester A Blodgett Burlington railroad striker was shot his defense claims a fellow guard was injured by an unknown person and he fired as men ran
In Riga markets crowds buy American army gear and relief items disposed of after the war. Clothing sanitary articles and phonographs from the United States mingle with German and Russian goods as sellers bargain in multiple languages. The surplus includes sewing machines knives and forks while old collars bear Troy New York origins.
Fairfield reports Mary Wilson of West Point filed a $30,000 breach of promise suit against George F. Stever a prominent southeast Iowa farmer and cattleman. The suit traces a 1911 courtship from West Point California and a postponed 1921 wedding to March 1 1922 and alleges Stever broke the engagement causing suffering and humiliation. Trial set for September district court term.
Scott Hodson, a farmer from Eldon, Iowa, was found with his throat slashed near a haystack on his farm. He told doctors he cut his throat three times with a pocket knife but then chose to live, after spending the night in the hay. He was rescued and reported in critical condition.
Iowa Republicans praise the state convention for a unanimous adoption of a bold platform. They emphasize loyalty to party principles over individual candidates and anticipate Republican majorities in the November election.
A visitor named Amen visited recently asserting universal freedom while Saldehe offered it to only a few top individuals, highlighting unequal access to basic rights.
Phone 167 Mutual provides daily produce pricing from R L Gibson including fresh eggs per dozen heavy hens light hens leghorn hens and springs ducks geese turkeys and hides with per pound and per item quotes.
Sunday school lesson notes the rebuilding of a temple as a symbol of civilization. It cites Cyrus and Zerubbabel, stresses God's presence in home, industry, and church, and argues societal improvement requires joint efforts by churches, schools, families, and governments. The August 6 text urges dedicating home life and industry to God and reflects on past temple memory versus present progress.
Police arrested three boys and two men ending a two week crime wave in Cedar Rapids. They recovered hundreds of dollars in stolen merchandise from a drug store, garage, tire warehouses and an electrical shop. Buhrman and Thomas confessed to looting Zastera & Cain pharmacy. They were bound over to the grand jury on breaking and entering charges. Giovanazzi and Wallace, both 16, face arraignment on the same charge after tires and accessories were found with them. Mathews, 17, is held for investigation.
In the District Court of Washington County Iowa a long list of plaintiffs and defendants including Sarah J Wilson Pilamute and Nathan Baker with numerous repeated G W Thompson and Wilson family names is linked to a real estate claim. The notice identifies the property detail in North East Washington Iowa specifically the east six feet of lot ten and the west forty four feet of lot eleven in block six as platted by Piat in Town Lot Deed Record A page 186. The action involves unknown claimants of the real estate and references multiple parties and associated individuals.
The petition seeks to quiet and establish fee simple title for the plaintiff on described real estate. Defendants and unknown claimants are alerted that disputes arise from record title errors and that default may be entered if they fail to appear before noon on the second day of the next term starting September 4, 1922 at the Washington Court House. Attorneys Livingston & Bicher represent the plaintiff.
The advertisement from W. S. Reister & Sons shows premium poultry rates for several fowl types including heavy hens light hens and leghorn hens with per pound prices and with a separate line for turkeys. It also lists prices for beef hides and horse hides.
Jugo Slavia showcases engineering skill in rebuilding bridges destroyed by retreating armies. American experts helped by salvaging materials from rivers. A new commission will buy steel for bridges as American capital and engineers plan to build rail lines to aid farmers and boost exports.
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