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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1918
Page
2
Chicago hog and cattle prices edge higher and lower with shifts in supplies. Hog futures show steady to weaker demand as receipts rise. cattle and sheep markets display varied strength across classes with prime steers and calves fetching higher bids while low grades slip.
Trade notice directing consignments to John A Babcock at Commission Merchants and Yards Chicago Illinois with rooms 27-29 on the main floor exchange furnished by F W Wagner Co Iowa City Iowa L B Hunt manager phone 726
Turner Grain Co and W M Hewitt report St Louis cash close prices for wheat corn and oats. No 1 red wheat 2.24 No 2 red 2.21 No 3 red 2.17 No 1 hard 2.24 No 2 hard 2.21 No 3 hard 2.18 No 2 oats 67 to 68 percent and other white oats and corn figures. Chicago receipts show wheat 1066 cars corn 108 oats 865.
In the National League Chicago beat Pittsburgh 12 to 1 while St Louis defeated Cincinnati 3 to 1 New York Boston game listed as no game due to rain Brooklyn Philadelphia called off by rain. In the American League Cleveland beat Chicago 11 to 2 Boston 2 and St Louis 1 Washington 1 Philadelphia 1 in a rain shortened game with no other games scheduled.
The excerpt presents a creed that work is the sole purpose and measure of human life. It argues the aim is to maximize productive capacity, not minimize effort, promoting a strenuous ethic for those devoted to the principle.
The remark suggests that exposing an ambassador to abuse is easy if one simply sends him away without giving an answer. It frames how neglectful handling can invite mistreatment and degrade diplomatic engagement.
Brenneman reports eight to ten years of breeding the purocs from Alliman Rinner and Krebs stock. The Colt breed sows are Cherry Chief and Defender Gano lines. Pigs from the alfalfa pasture weigh about 150 pounds, and a limited number of Polled Durhams are raised. The hog house has a cement floor and modern facilities. Fall work focuses on mowing weeds as corn fields grow tall.
The snippet hints at a plausible increase in crop yield resulting from an upgrade or intervention. It notes a good chance of a considerable boost, suggesting positive impact on production outcomes pending fuller details.
Proposes saving millions by treating fall wheat to control cereal smuts. Recommends cleaning seed with a fanning mill, then applying a formaldehyde solution of 1 pint in 20 gallons of water to treat 40 bushels, followed by drying and storing in clean sacks.
In Johnson county, Kemp sold 10 brood sows and fat hogs bringing 1564 dollars. He raises Durocs and oats yielding 59 percent and 50 bushels per acre mix. Yoder grew 77 bushels per acre on 40 oats. Shaver and Fry plan a 40 head Spotted Poland circuit starting West Liberty and then Des Moines to Cedar Rapids, led by the Duke of England herd boar.
Joe Klopfenstein of the southeast reports fall wheat yield of 37 bushels per acre by machine measure from 20 acres. He delivered 725 bushels to the elevator and kept 100 for seed, totaling about 25 dollars per bushel value and a little over 41 bushels per acre. He favors fall wheat at 2 dollars a bushel as more profitable than corn and hogs.
The United States Food Administration relies on public eating houses to regulate baking and menus. Administrators J F Deems W F Miller and R E Pettigrew lead the control with involvement from Burlington headquarters. A wartime wheat bread cutback boosted flour savings, later ended by Hoover. Rules for meat and sugar service were set in Iowa hotels and dining rooms, with about 8 000 such establishments feeding hundreds of thousands.
Charles Prebyl reports his new residence nearly finished with plastering and interior woodwork including hard pine floors. The house sits opposite Ed Kallaus on land bought last winter. A J Yoruba of Richmond worked solo on carpentry Monday while Ed Shalla harvested oats at about 53 bushels per acre and noted wheat oat mix yielded well though oats measure caused slight variance. Fred Radda stores native lumber awaiting shed expansion and his orchard holds more than average apples this year though none are ready for use.
Frank Chez reports a strong apple crop and notes two spring sprayings before leaf-out and after petals fall. Leonard Lintz finishes threshing at Frank S freund’s as commentaries say machines near end of runs while some second passes await stable weather. Joe Lafourek expands drainage east of Richmond and Arthur Anderson begins an eight inch main drain across Horning’s pasture, opening opportunities this season.
In Iowa cities Burlington Ottumwa Davenport Webster City Waterloo Ames Des Moines lists of food administration posts. J F Deems and R E Logs lead the food division. PD G Thompson oversees flour. W T McElroy runs sugar. W W F Miller heads hotel and restaurant. W T Harper handles milk. Mrs Francis F Whitley heads the women’s committee. Mrs H B Roles directs the League of College Women. C F Altstadt leads bakers service. Catherine J McKay and Neale Knowles supervise home economics and home demonstration. Julia A Robinson runs the library division. A H Blank oversees moving picture division. Herbert K Wright organized for Negroes in Iowa.
Local社区 readers submit brief notes from their areas. The items cover community events and small updates in various neighborhoods.
Short notices report comings and goings across Washington County. The column lists births marriages deaths and personal notices from various communities and local households. Readers gain quick updates on family changes and social events in the region.
Aug 10 report from Young America records a hip injury to Chae Jackson during threshing at Steve Crawford's, with no bones broken. It notes visits to Ames, illness in the Phillips family, a Burlingon race trip, a church reception, and a wheat substitute demonstration by County Home Demonstrator Olsen, plus a Brighton Mill picnic and local visits.
Food Administrator J F Deems of Burlington reports that over 2,500,000 bushels of grain valued at large sums have been saved by about 9,000 threshers organized into county associations. Training and simple fixes reduced waste at threshing, ensuring farmers gain real money.
Neighbors recount a death morning shock after Ray Lemley was found near the Bowman land at Twin Bridges. Local residents recall three weeks of trips to the camp and note the cheerful, picnic filled days prior to the tragedy.
Messrs Roy and Gerald Teets and Ralph Scott joined Sherm Crone for a Wednesday evening fishing trip along the Skunk river where they landed a road scarer. Mrs L H Wallace and Virginia visited T B Thrasher. Prairie Flower threshing crew finished home work and moved to Snow Ball and south Prairie Flower run. Lincoln threshing finished at Sam Neill home. Boyer baling at W T Todds. Wheelan Horning Page and Thrasher baling next. Bergie Larson heads to Ames for work after a farewell at the Hunter home.
Bethel church in West Chester, Iowa continues Sunday school with 60 attendees despite heat and rain. Abe Pearson reviews lessons stressing balanced virtue as life’s ration and asks members to settle church bills by Sept 1 while Brumback & Dayton offer twine stock clearance for next year.
French sugar supply collapses as German control of beet lands blocks production. Rationing limits French households to about 1.5 pounds yearly per person, with annual consumption around 600000 tons imported from abroad. Before the war, France yielded 70000 tons for domestic use and export.
A vintage advertisement promotes B A Thomas’s Poultry Remedy to spur hens through moult so they shed feathers sooner and resume laying with peak winter egg production, backed by Sherman Bros. advertising copy.
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