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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1921
Page
2
Hogs receipts 25,000 with holdover 12,392. Cattle receipts 19,000. Market prices vary by weight from 7.00 to 10.25 for beef, and hogs mainly 7.65 to 9.40 with light weights at 9.25. Sheep receipts 26,009 with lambs and yearlings trading down 26 to 50 cents. Official yesterday totals listed for hogs 42,070 cattle 24,586 sheep 33,516 calves 2,118.
Announced sale dates show August 28 for H. B. Beatty household goods and September 17 for W. R. Gamon Poland China sale. Local buyers are advised to note the events and locations.
A crowded Wellston district gathering watched Wellston defeat Davenport visitors 19 to 6 in a past week ball game. Local residents, trips, Chautauqua attendance and family visits fill the items, including plans for future games and travels to Peoria and the Illinois state fair.
Aug 23 report from Crawfordsville notes Miss Helen Cherryholmes returns from Quincey business college for a visit. Mrs John Wooley returns home to Columbia Missouri after three weeks with local families. Joseph Murphy briefly visited Washington yesterday. School begins next Monday with Superintendent H A Phil in charge and a list of teachers.
Iowa State College and USDA joint program offers 94 agricultural and home economics projects across 17 departments. Home economics and 26 Boy and Girl club projects lead the spread, with economics teaching farm records and crop-livestock planning. Cows in high condition need more food. tests show digestion improves with distended stomachs. Hubam clover proposed to fight weeds and improve pasture and manure. New silage practices stress removing mold from last year’s layer and sealing air to prevent spoilage.
Keota August 22 Miss Sopha Singmaster hosted a 12 oclock dinner at Lindle hotel for eight relatives and intimate friends. The event honored her mother Mrs Mary Singmaster whose eighty first birthday falls September 11 but was celebrated early due to J O Singmasters fairs travel plans.
Dr. T. H. McMichael president of Monmouth College has been named to the International Rotary committee on education after returning from Edin burgh Scotland. He was appointed by Crawford H. McCullough president of International Rotary and urged to attend the first committee meeting soon after August 22. He accepted by telegram and will attend.
Dialogue shows a telegraphist joking about ventilation and openness, suggesting a lighthearted workplace quip. The exchange highlights humor in a crowded telegraph office setting with casual questions about tenure and behavior.
Village residents from West Chester Washington Davenport Riverside and surrounding towns visited relatives attended picnics and chautauqua events. Families including the Ralstons Mayes Lefflers Chas Davis and McCreedys were among those hosting or traveling to see kin and friends over the weekend and into the week.
United States Bureau of Mines reports 9,572,543,547 gallons of gasoline produced in the first six months of 1921, up 18 percent from 1920. Domestic consumption for the period rose 8 percent to 1,998,689,989 gallons.
The plan converts a hollowed granite hill in Oakland into a Greek style stadium with a 125000 seat capacity, an arena, and stage reflections. Mayor J L Davie bought the hill and pledges to donate the stadium to the city. Chief engineer Marston Campbell offers free construction guidance for the project.
Eight years of stomach and liver trouble left me a skeletal patient with yellow skin and severe pains. Doctor’s medicine failed until Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy revived me. I gained sixty pounds and eat well again. The simple preparation removes mucus from the intestinal tract and eases inflammation causing stomach liver and intestinal ailments. One dose proves it or money refunded. Lemmon’s pharmacy and druggists everywhere.
Iowa state banking officials closed North Liberty Savings Bank in Johnson County during a routine semi annual exam. Insufficient funds to meet customer demands due to overextended loans and deposits below required level led to the action. Bank will be under state control as reorganization plans are considered.
A classroom exchange features a student claiming six senses and explaining it with common sense. The lighthearted moment highlights humor in physiology and perception.
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