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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1921
Page
4
Chicago market notes show estimated hog receipts 19 000 and cattle 10 004 with holdovers 16 498. Beef steers and butcher cattle quoted with various weight classes and prices, lambs steady to lower, receipts and shipments listed, along with Chicago grain futures and cash prices. Report by EK W Wagner & Co Iowa City.
Harry V. Scott vice president and general manager of Gordon Van Tine Co. Davenport told Davenport Ad club that maintaining advertising spend during a business lull helped the firm meet and exceed annual expectations. He spoke at the chamber of commerce meeting in Ottumwa about the tri cities.
The notice lists August 10 as a sale date featuring Spotted Poland China bred sows and boars. It notes advertising success and cites comments from W. R. Gamon of Washire, mentioning September 17 and sale impact, with references to Joe Peifer and local buyers in Tewe, LA.
Speaking to business leaders, a Chicago executive urged steady local newspaper advertising as essential for resilience. He cited annual budgets, noting the Henry W. Lytton Co kept ads in every Tribune issue since launch, and Gordon Van Tine Co spent about 10 percent of gross on ads and catalogs, totaling roughly $500,000.
New York Aug 10 The Save A Life league reports 3 738 more adult personal crisis reports in the first half of 1921 than 1920 with adults 43 average age and 4 527 suicides. Child cases more than double due to neglect fears and exam stress with 214 boys and 293 girls ending life. Worldwide rise in self inflicted deaths noted.
The article notes a favorable close of July for cattle with corn-fed cattle gaining, best yearlings reaching $10 and top steers $9.85 in Chicago. Hog prices rose with limited supplies and strong export and domestic demand. Lamb prices faced pressure from eastern oversupply and southeastern lambs, while cattle movements from Texas Oklahoma and the northwest broadened price ranges across markets.
Iowa’s American Legion officials promote Des Moines as 1923 convention host. Delegates at Spirit Lake will push to back Des Moines at Kansas City 1921 talks and seek 1922 San Francisco or Baltimore as next sites. Reports note Sweet bill aid for veterans, St. Louis conference, and upcoming August picnics and reunions across Iowa.
Three contenders to succeed Han ford MacNider as Iowa Department commander were announced for the Spirit Lake convention September 1 2 and 3 Daniel F Steck Ottumwa Ray Venter Iowa City and David Stewart Sioux City lead the field for the post C W Yeager Colo CA Pankow Spragueville and David Robinson Des Moines seek state Legion finance officer to replace D Miller White A house and lot with site for a club house also noted
More than twenty veterans are being returned home each week to Iowa as numbers die or are killed overseas. The estimates come from reports received at state headquarters of The American Legion.
A proposed resolution for universal citizen classification in peacetime to prepare for war is to be debated at the Iowa Department American Legion state convention in Spirit Lake September. The measure was drafted by Volney Diltz of Argonne Post Des Moines. Colt Donald of Macrae, noted Iowa soldier, was initiated into the Shrine of the American Legion in Council Bluffs and then led fellow members through ceremonial rites.
Cairo Egypt Aug 16 report notes a rare modern sight at Carthage with a vast lonely plain of streets where ancient arts of war and peace once flourished a camel drawn plow marks an unexpected shift in the landscape
The article describes American involvement in Tunis on the northern coast of Africa near Tunis. Native workers guide the use of modern farming equipment while Americans supervise harvesting and tilling. The soil remains rich since Phoenician times, and American industry finds a lucrative market for its farm technologies.
In Syracuse New York Audrey Munson the famous sculptor model says she will marry anyone who meets her physical standard. She has rejected seven suitors for flaws including a chin length and would marry Jack Dempsey or any man who qualifies.
A quote from American Forestry Magazine laments that laws protect deer and regulate game while allowing the ruthless destruction of habitats. The author contrasts protection efforts with habitat loss threatening wildlife.
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