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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1922
Page
2
Estimated hog receipts today 23 000 holdover 11 380 arrivals for Chicago market detailed by weight and grade. Cattle receipts 6 500 with beef steers and heifers price ranges and stocker figures. Sheep receipts 14 000 with lamb, yearling and ewe price ranges. overall market steady to mixed with small losses and gains.
Veterans of Civil War Mexican War and World War I are to receive free admission on designated days at the Iowa State Fair. World War veterans may enter free Aug 26 with Legion cards or service papers. Argonne Post band will perform daily with Civil War veterans hosting Old Soldiers Day plus speeches by Melvin McLean and other department leaders.
A109-word advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a safeguard for women's health and happiness. It argues fretfulness and nervousness harm disposition, claims many letters prove cures, and urges readers to try the remedy.
Joseph Barton a Des Moines county farmer led a 17 member family delegation to Chicago with 22 loads of cattle and hogs. The Barton stock fetches included 105 head of Herefords at about 1517 pounds and hogs averaging 390 pounds selling up to 11.00 per hundredweight. Several lots went to Boston New York and local packers as the family marked its fifty year Chicago trading tradition.
State fair officials prep for opening with 500 carloads of exhibits and office moves from the capitol to the fairgrounds. Chaplain S. K. Coats delivers prayer at an event with the Ladies' Colonial Glee club and a campfire. A Nevada aviator landing on Seven-mile River due to engine trouble killed a caribou for food and continued to Fairbanks by steamer after abandoning a wrecked plane.
J A Bliss reports the farm bureau bought a moving picture projector to be used in late July at township meetings on the regular Iowa State College circuit with fire protection. Tractor vs Horses in Pottawottamie County shows tractors outperforming horses in work and upcoming harvest use. Van Meter shipping association reports 112 cars valued at 263,367.44 with hogs cattle and sheep shipped, low losses blamed on cooperative management and member cooperation. Community club efforts spread in Jones county with home demonstration progress and leadership. Ringgold Lew on hog losses notes Glenprold county lowest cholera losses, no hog vaccination schools, rising state losses and vaccination permit value.
Crippled rail facilities affect livestock sellers as the cattle market shows resilience. Grass beef moves up while weighty cattle hold value. shortages and strikes pressure demand, with hogs expected to rise with the next season's crop and packers pushing for low bids.
Des Moines August 18 Iowa Governor Kendall says state miners are willing to return to work and that the main obstacle to coal production has been removed He warns operators not to take an unreasonable stand and hints at drastic action if needed The operators doubt the Cleveland agreement as the wage basis and seek an official copy before joining any peace conference Meantime Iowa gets first priority coal car and fuel officials urge small orders to keep prices down while Town mines reopen Situation centers on arbitration terms and enforcement.
An 19th century advertisement touts Mayr's Wonderful Remedy as a cure for stomach gas pain and appendicitis symptoms. It claims the product clears intestinal mucus and inflammation, promising relief and a money back guarantee through Lemmon's Pharmacy and other druggists.
Cedar Rapids and Marion City Railway says it has exhausted resources for improvements and will not spend 85 000 unless fares are raised. Three proposals include a 10 cent cash fare with tokens, a 10 cent fare with monthly passes, or 5 cent per ride under a 50 cent card plan. Present rate is 7 cents or four tokens for 25 cents. The firm cut motorman wages to 45 cents an hour and cites a 14 000 drop in earnings for the first seven months compared to last year, worsened by a July strike. City council has not acted. Mayor Huston notes an earlier August 7 agreement tying gas rate cuts to street improvements.
Mt Pleasant reports a depleted coal supply forcing an afternoon power shutoff starting yesterday. The situation affects multiple industries and prompts the News to publish at noon instead of later in the afternoon.
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