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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1919
Page
2
Chicago notes today’s livestock receipts totaling 9,500 hogs and 9,500 cattle with 23,000 sheep and 11,000 other receipts. Prices show uneven gains, top hogs at 21.00, beef steers up to 18.50, and calves steady. western range cattle range 11.25 to 15.50 for beef steers. Estimated totals include hogs 13,139 shipped, cattle 12,201 shipped, and sheep 19,343 shipped.
Iowa City market reports mixed corn futures with Sept Dec and May contracts showing small gains and losses. Cash corn trades around 1.73 to 1.85 with No 2 yellow at 1.99 to 2.00. oats and clover prices also listed alongside futures values for October December and March contracts.
Saturday morning Mr and Mrs Art Wameley of the Goodnow farm between Greene and Clarkesville left their sleeping baby in the house as they milked the cows. They found the home on fire upon returning from the barn and could not reach the child. An older sibling escaped.
Auction announcements include Farm Department sale dates for several properties near Washington and surrounding towns plus Milo J. Shalla Duroc Jersey sale in Noble Iowa. A Guernsey sale near Rutledge drew J H Baird and Ralph Tracy with strong demand for milk cows. Rural household programs feature lectures on milk use nutrition and economy with home demonstration agents present.
Washington County hosts its first combi nation Poland China sale on September 25 at the Paul barn east of town. Consigners include John Wagner Roy Gamon F M Smith & Son and J W Sommer, noted Poland China breeders. Fifty five head will be sold featuring open gilts and males, with strong local interest expected and the success of the new concept watched closely.
County superintendents in states with agricultural club programs report higher marks and better behavior among club members. In Monongalia West Virginia 53 club members outperformed peers by 15 percent in exams 17 percent in attention and 35 percent in high school attendance after eighth grade. Texas Comanche County data show 11 percent higher scholarship for club members amid 4000 rural students with none expelled. Officials credit clubs with greater activity inspiration and pursuit of new knowledge.
The extension department announces a state fair program focusing on women s interests with demonstrations in sewing short cuts and pressure cooking. Each day includes at least two lectures on popular topics and mornings and afternoons feature concurrent demonstrations on different aspects of home economics.
Manual 12 W. S. Reister & Sons lists current pay prices for eggs at 86 cents per dozen, hens at 60 cents, springs at 75 cents, old roosters at 10 cents, ducks 18 cents, geese 46 cents, turkeys 20 cents, and cream butter fat at 60 cents. It notes transport disruption and market dumping have lowered prices and that quotes will vary day to day with outlets uncertain.
The Department of Agriculture reports extensive lab study on spoilage bacteria and control methods including sanitation sterilization dehydration and refrigeration. Progress covers candling cooling packing shipping eggs dressed poultry precooling plants model refrigerator cars canned tomatoes ketchup and other products with research toward drying fruits vegetables and a permanent US drying industry.
In Hardin County, wild geese and ducks roam farmyards and yards in Clay township on the Jay Rain barger farm and at the D O King and H E Bateson property in Eldora. Birds have become tame enough to eat from their owners hands, attracting hundreds of visitors to their enclosures as pheasants and other waterfowl mingle with domestic fowl.
Farmers along the Iowa River south and east of Eldora use hastily built troughs connected to a gasoline engine to water potato fields during July and August. The inventive method mirrors irrigation tactics seen in other farming regions.
English Bros Realty Co of Sedalia Missouri says Central Missouri corn and bluegrass land is their specialty with a long grazing season and short feeding season. They claim high demand for breeding stock and offer maps from the Government Soil Survey. They state about half a million dollars in land sold to Home people since January 15 this year and invite inquiries via their office.
The passage notes that a scheme using a man-made device to moisten tubers has proven successful in the western arid districts. Potatoes generally yield poorly there, but moisture-enhanced plots show mature tubers with favorable quality and season-long growth.
Ray Jarkes, a farm worker near Iowa Falls, had his Ford stolen Saturday. A crystal globe reading at Alden directed police to the car traveling with two men toward Sioux City. The car was found at Logan near Omaha with two suspects in custody.
In Council Bluffs on August 20 15 year old Henry Umble son of William Umble shot himself with a 22 caliber rifle in a clothes closet after his mother asked him to go Uptown. Neighbors heard screams and found him in the closet near his mother on the couch.
Des Moines reports Governor Harding asserts Ernest Rathbun’s pardon remains valid and that Rathbun’s guilt for rape is not established. Harding doubts Ida county district court can revoke the pardon and says only he can cancel it if misled. He notes Rathbun serves time for perjury, not rape, and that the pardon last November stands.
The chrysanthemum first flourished in Europe after a specimen was grown at London’s Botanic Gardens in 1704. Its surge in popularity followed the Stoke Newington Chrysanthemum Society's first exhibition in 1846, which educated gardeners worldwide in its culture.
The record lists deception as the leading cause for divorce, followed by cruelty and adultery in a historical context. It reflects 19th to mid-20th century divorce grounds taxonomy and gendered implications within legal proceedings. The document underscores social norms shaping marital dissolutions of its era.
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