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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1918
Page
2
Estimated hog receipts 9 000 with 4 618 left over yester day. Hog prices steady to 19 95 with top 19 95 and bulk around 19 25 to 18 60. Cattle receipts about 6 000 with steady demand for calves and cows quoted 7 00 to 14 00. Sheep and lamb receipts 12 000 with opening fully steady and lambs 17 69 to 18 10 for prime. Receipts and shipments noted for yesterday and today across hogs cattle and sheep markets.
Grain futures close reported by FE Wagner and Co in Iowa City. L B Hunt manages the desk with contact via phone 726.
Turner Grain Co led the St Louis market with W M Hewitt as manager. Cash close lists No 1 red wheat at 2.24 to 2.25, No 6 white corn at 1.55, and assorted oats and other wheat prices. Chicago receipts show 1917 wheat cars, 281 corn, 1187 oats.
National League games: Chicago 6 Brooklyn 8, New York 4 Cincinnati 8, Boston 1, St Louis 3, Pittsburgh 8 Philadelphia 2. American League highlights include Chicago vs New York 4 in 16 innings, Boston 7 Detroit 5 in 16 innings, and Cleveland 1 Washington 4 with Philadelphia listed separately.
Grateful mothers from Youngstown and others report Foley's Honey and Tar Compound relieved severe croup and whooping cough in children and adults. They cite rapid relief after initial doses and endorse the remedy as effective for throat irritation chest tightness grippe and bronchial coughs. Lemmon's Pharmacy Washington promotes the product.
A Havre threshing ring led by Ode Ferguson and W H Mitchell on the separator produced 56 percent bushels per acre from Sam Warren's grain, while Bert Yard and others reported oats up to 65 bushels per acre. At Charles Wolf's ring engineers C A Ruebsam and FB Meyers handled oats near 47 to 55 bushels per acre across multiple plots, with 1531 bushels from 30 acres and 1520 bushels from 10 hours work.
Jim Love paints and tar coats his shed roof and fence while hot Monday weather inspires quick work. Dick Donaldson sells land near Reynolds through Al Rodgers at 300 dollars per acre. Debord and Son leave a farm to settle in a new county. W. J. Duncan family plans a Junction chau tauqua camping trip and will return home later.
Reports from threshers in northern Iowa indicate yields for the 1918 season will be slightly below the 1917 bumper crop. Barley runs 40 to 48 bushels per acre, wheat 15 to 35 bushels, with some blight affecting spring varieties. Corn looks highly promising and should be fully ripe by late August as stalks grow unusually thick.
Extreme heat scorches southwestern Iowa with 113 degree reading at Clarinda and high winds. Government weather director Reed notes corn is firing and leaves curl due to heat and drought. This marks the hottest temperature ever recorded in the state.
In August heat and scarce moisture corn prospects in Nebraska deteriorate as temperatures top 100 degrees for days. Officials report serious damage in many areas with no rain in sight for southeastern Nebraska according to the weather bureau director.
In DC Stephens plans to finish a threshing run by week’s end with a machine at Harry Kilgore’s. They aim to clear the chautauqua duties before the threshing crew arrives. Lee Sands reports 202 bushels of spring wheat from 10 acres and 50 bushels of oats. Glenn Sands yields 15 bushels per acre of spring wheat and about 50 oats per acre.
J. M. Lord and Son lost the better of two Duroc gifts amid Sunday heat. A female hog drank at a fountain after noon and stayed nearby. George Lord reports oats over 50 bushels per acre. Kieth Lord recovers from a cow accident. W H McConnell hosts another threshing scene with oats at 40 bushels and spring wheat near 14 bushels. Wheat partly unthreshed. berries affected by scab reduced yield.
About twenty representatives from the Animal Husbandry Division of the USDA will attend the National Swine Show in Cedar Rapids Iowa from September 30 to October 5. They will assist in judging meet hog breeders nationwide and present a 1000 pound cured meat exhibit from Beltsville Maryland with daily demonstrations on carcass cutting and curing. Last year 1500 hogs from 23 states were shown at Omaha.
U S Commissioner Carl Riepe bound George McKelvey over on a five thousand dollar bond after testimony in Burlington. Prosecutor E G Moon and defense attorney Arthur Springer presented the case. McKelvey will appear at the federal court session in Keokuk next November.
A reflection on moral worth noting that the act itself provides sufficient recompense. The idea emphasizes inner satisfaction and virtue as the reward for noble deeds.
The U S Food Administration says binder twine prices for 1919 will fall about three cents per pound, totaling a saving of 60 million dollars for grain growers. A deal with the Yucatan Commission Reguladora lowers wholesale sisal to 16 cents at gulf ports from 19, while a Mexican agricultural exchange is proposed to ease trade.
The U S food administration imposes tighter sugar limits for manufacturers while households retain three pounds per month, city consumers two pounds, and rural buyers five pounds per purchase. Cream makers face 75 percent, soda fountains and candy makers 50 percent of prior quotas. aims cite European beet sugar losses, wartime shortages, and submarine sinkings reducing available sugar and shipping.
A committee of American farmers conducts a study on methods and costs of sisal production. The exchange of study aims to pave the way for mutually satisfactory conditions in future sisal arrangements.
The J Kulla firm of 2 Stone Street New York was cited for food rule violations and offered a choice of paying 25000 to the Red Cross or closing down. Investigators found excessive flour margins and imbalanced sales of substitutes. Charles Flowsen of Dewitt Indiana was fined 1000 for selling flour without substitutes.
The article explains linoleum is made primarily from cork and pine seed oil with small amounts of shellac gum resin and various pigments, outlining the basic manufacturing components and their roles.
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