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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1921
Page
2
Chicago August market notes show estimated hog receipts at 15 000 with 9 203 holdovers and cattle at 2 000. prices move higher with thin slaughter and varied beef and lamb quotes. Pig and feeder markets steady, official yesterday totals listed alongside cash wheat corn and oats.
The notice schedules a sale dated September 17 for W K Gamon of Washington. It lists the sale as a public action under local notices and calls for interested bidders to attend.
A car load of fifty four Georgia raised barrows, finished in Iowa, sold in Chicago at 11.50 a hundredweight, near the top price. F. F. Silver of Van Buren county arranged the shipment after finding excess pigs in the south. The hogs arrived at about 201 pounds and were fed on bluegrass then ear corn.
An early account notes stoves as a recent invention with ancient precedents. It credits Dr Nell Arnott with the first real modern improvement in heat production and agency, announced to a marveling England on November 4, 1821.
The chemist Brand discovered phosphorus in 1670 by preparing it from bones in small quantities. In that era a burning, glowing substance seen without flames sparked a mystic view of life’s principle, a sensation echoing the radium discovery 250 years later.
Iowa agricultural notes explain when to cut corn for silage to maximize nutrients and moisture for proper fermentation. Advice covers mower adjustments for optimal particle size, packing methods, saucer-shaped surface to reduce air pockets, and when to add water to prevent poor packing.
E G Nourse of Iowa State College argues cooperative enterprises help towns by raising farmers’ incomes. He says country towns exist for farmers and higher earnings boost local spending, but warns losses when cooperatives aren’t needed.
September Term 1921 in Iowa District Court Howard Fisher sues to quiet fee simple title to the SE quarter of section 33 in township 76 north range 9 west at Idwaytown Washington County. Defendants include numerous heirs and unknown claimants asserting interests in the described 160 acres. Petition claims plaintiff is absolute owner in fee simple and seeks relief accordingly.
Court notice for case MARSH W BAILEY seeks to quiet title to real estate in fee simple against defendants and unknown claimants. Respondents must appear before noon of the second day of the next term starting September 5 1991 at the Washington County Courthouse Iowa or risk default judgment.
Three deaths in Fort Dodge over the past week are attributed to infantile paralysis. Harold Charles, 7, died after a forty eight hour illness following his infant brother’s death from the same disease. Mary Jane Kallansrud, 7 weeks old, died after twelve hours of illness. There are five additional children in the city ill with the disease.
Des Moines hosts Newton club members at an Ad club luncheon. Charles M. Brown asserts Newton's 7000 population supports 35 large industries and proclaims Newton as a major washing machine center and trench digging machinery hub. Speakers praise local ads and business service.
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