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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1918
Page
2
Chicago market notices show hog receipts estimated at 15,000 with 10,690 carried over from yesterday. Cattle and sheep receipts are estimated at 12,000 each. Aus Til and dates unspecified.
Estimated receipts today total 13 000 hogs and 14 000 to 15 000 sheep with western steer activity slow. Hogs show top bids near 19.75 with various classes quoted between 18.00 and 19.75, while cattle offerings include butchers stock calves and feeder steers with limited gains. Sheep demand remains mostly steady with native lambs strong early and ewes lifting to 18.90.
Market report notes grain futures close for August 14 1918. Provides price movements with reference to buyers sellers and closing standings in Chicago Illinois and nearby markets.
Turner Grain Co and W M Hewitt report cash close prices for No 1 red wheat at around 2.24 to 2.25, No 2 red 2.21, No 3 red 2.17 to 2.19, No 2 corn 1.88, No 3 corn 1.88, No 2 yellow corn 1.93, No 6 yellow corn 1.67, No 3 white corn 2.00, No 6 white corn 1.65, No 3 white oats 0.69, No 2 oats 0.67 to 0.68. Chicago receipts show wheat 1 226 cars, corn 148 cars, oats 1 287 cars.
Grateful mothers from Wisconsin and Ohio share experiences with Foley's Honey and Tar Comp. They claim it cured severe croup after other remedies failed and relieved whooping cough in children. One account notes rapid fever relief and cessation of coughing after the first dose. The notice extols the remedy as effective for adults and children and mentions Lemmon's Pharmacy in Washington.
Joe Wright reports crop damage from Deming New Mexico through Kansas and Oklahoma with scorched apples and peaches, dried corn yielding around five bushels per acre, and a strong wind at 15 to 20 mph with temperatures near 110 degrees. Earl Birney of Marion township claims oats yield of 1110 bushels from 15 acres, about 74 bushels per acre for Kherson oats.
May reports show Lad's Pansy a Jersey cow topping 55 000 cows in the cowtest association by producing 94.2 pounds of butter fat. Jim Baird praises the Jersey. G A Stannard & Son hail 25 tons alfalfa from 12 acres with third cutting starting to bloom. Field inoculated with lime and nurse crop. Brighton dairymen seek cow test, aim for 300 cows, to keep records on Bessie to verify milking pay.
W. J. Holloway says the hot weather without rain will hurt crops and shorten the tomato harvest as vines stay green but fruits remain small. Terry Gowey works on his granary shingles and plans to cut 28 acres of clover seed before threshing season.
The farmer reports a heavy hay harvest from two fields with one producing a sizable crop and the other nearly as good. He expects to harvest again after an earlier bumper yield.
Samuel Savage, 86, notes he keeps weeds down with a scythe and believes orchards require careful intervention. He recently visited Massachusetts and found worms worse there, concluding most crops need some form of “doctored” spraying to grow fruit.
Brinton Bros. head B E Brinton lays the foundation for a new garage with the wall up and plans a cement floor. The Brinton orchard shows more apples than usual though not a full crop.
Roy Jones faces a crop of big long rangy Hank Poland China pigs that weigh about 100 pounds now and grow quickly when fed corn in the fall. He is presumed to know how to raise hogs.
J. H. Frazier notes his sorrel colt with a stripe has shed into a roan shade. Both of his colts have grown rapidly this summer and show no sign of slowing down.
Leo Barnes sold a young mule to Dickenson Bros for 70 dollars with a buy or sell privilege. Barnes notes the market rewards quality in mules and in live stock. Bob Leahy reports oats stored for hay and replant corn on overflow land tasseling with well formed shoots.
A renowned agriculturist on a lecture tour tries to discuss crop improvements with a skeptical southern farmer who bluntly declares I’ve done wore out two farms already. The encounter highlights rural pride and resistance to outside advice.
Des Moines August 14 The Iowa crop report pegs August 1 corn at 95 percent of a full crop, signaling about 434.7 million bushels. Dry hot spells in early August hurt southwestern counties but promise heavy yields elsewhere. Winter wheat yield expected near 8.18 million bushels. Irish potatoes 80 percent of a full crop at 11.9 million bushels. Oats near 91 percent with production around 200.25 million bushels.
A farmer seeks a benevolent woman through the government employment bureau to live with his wife and care for his Jersey herd. The letter promises a comfortable home with cream and butter and potential surplus revenue, plus a solid home for a son 14 or older if he is a capable helper. The arrangement emphasizes kindness to cows and education for their children.
Community updates from local residents arrive with brief notices on happenings in several neighborhoods. Highlights include small events, meetings, and local concerns across multiple districts.
Brief notices from Washington County cover personals births and deaths. Names locations and dates are listed for community readers in a compact society update.
Crawfordsville notes visitors and residents with trips to Colorado and Kansas. Frank Bailey and family and J W Sommer and son travel by automobile to relatives in Colorado. Harry Bennett, Norfolk based submarine cook, visited his sister Mrs Steve Jones. Mrs Kirkpatrick of Mt Pleasant visited the Howard Bowers home. Enos Davis family returned from a Kansas visit. A horse frightened by the cart caused a minor accident near the People's Bank. Chautauqua begins tomorrow. Cecil, aboard a submarine, was in Newport Rhode Island recently.
Miss Stockman departs for Brighton to visit grandparents. Dr J T Carlyon of Denver preaches at the M E church. Mrs Hummel and Mrs Phillips visit friends and kin. Mr and Mrs Harding go home after funeral. Several others, including Miss Blanch Woodburn and Judge Letts, spend days visiting in town and DC area acquaintances.
The Christian church ice cream social drew a large crowd and a neat sum. Mr and Mrs W R Davison and children planned to attend the tri state fair in Burlington. The Hill family visited Washington and Grant Earl with Clara Birney joined the weekend at the Ben Davison home. Bales and the Merrick household hosted Sunday visitors Joe Roth from Wayland. Jess and Ben Davison baled straw for Chas Nicola using an Admiral hay press.
J A Walker of West Chester visited town on Wednesday. Nurse Van Leoy was called to Ka lona Monday evening. Rex and Mrs Dunshee of near Keota were Wellman visitors Wednesday. Dr Nannie Barker returned Wednesday from Marengo visiting friends with her daughter Ina Palmeteer and son Frank.
The column lists numerous residents and visitors including Mrs. P. F. Kruger and sons back from Des Moines, Misses Schmidt visiting Mrs. M. J. Morrow, Wayne Hamilton and son from Kinross, L. E. Bidwell at Burlington races, and extended travels of families to California, Adams County, and Texas. It records engagements, job changes, marriages, and arrivals such as Elsie Patterson’s wedding in Iowa City, Ellery Foster’s return to the field, Orville Messenger relocating to Downey, and Glen Blumenstine’s marriage with Myrtle Taylor, with several domestic visits at homes in Town City and nearby towns.
Our bills become due and it takes money to pay them. We wold like to close our books Sept. 1. All indebted to us please call and settle by that time. We can save money for any one wanting twine for next year. We are closing out our twine stock. Brumback and Dayton, West Chester, Iowa.
Brighton notes show Lieut. G G Meade and family heading to Chicago for a visit before the coast. Arthur Parks returns from Virginia on a ten day furlough. Several residents travel to Muscatine Searsboro Des Moines Washington and Mount Piasact for visits and fairs.
Crawfordsville Aug 14 Mr and Mrs John Smiley are visiting their son Murray Smylie near Washington N L Long and daughter Miss Jessie of Washington spent the day with relatives here yesterday Rev Wm Jones and children Aelwyn and Dylis of Garden Grove IA arrived last night The Misses Ruth and Ethel Orris of Olds were visitors here yesterday Miss Hazel Anwyl hosted several young ladies Monday night
A Colorado Springs social gathering for Miss Alda Rhea featured a lively slumber party with little sleep but much merriment. Breakfast was served around nine, though outdoor woods plans were not carried out.
Mrs. Jim Cherwinker and Mrs. John Stafford visited Muscatine with sister Caroline Kreager who joined them home for a visit. Miss Opal Godlove and Marguerite Wallace sang at services while Red Cross meetings pause until September.
The 1917 value of Iowa crops and animal products tops the nation at 1.23 billion dollars, according to the U S Department of Agriculture. Illinois is a close second at 1.255 billion, Texas 1.645 billion, and Missouri 0.947 billion. The publication uses a U S map to show state product values and the approximate center of agricultural production.
An East Central Illinois center located near the Mississippi River assesses and reports the value of crops and livestock. The facility focuses on agricultural economics, market trends, and property valuations for farmers and producers in the region.
An Aug 14 dispatch notes British camps trade index soldiers leaving the United States face reassignment in England and France. Skilled workers from the ranks fill big repair shops at camps, including electrical, plumbing, carpentry, and architectural duties. A Red Cross funded hospital rises. men move between assignments until their tasks end or they rejoin units. Officers boast that soldiers can perform any needed job from diamond grinding to rifling head work.
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