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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1921
Page
2
Estimated receipts for hogs 14 000 cattle 8 000. Beef and veal demand mixed with steady to higher prices for heavy and light weights. Lambs and sheep show mixed to higher quotes with strong steer and heifer values and steady cow and bull price ranges. Official yesterday totals listed.
Public sale notices list two upcoming events with dates and sellers. On August 28 a sale of household goods by H. S. Beatty is scheduled. On September 17 W. R. Gamon will run a Poland China sale.
Waterloo hosts the dairy cattle congress and international Belgian horse show September 26 to October 2 with top figures such as Secretary Henry Wallace Senator W S Kenyon and James R Howard expected to attend. New features include Farm Bureau day and enhanced Waterloo day events with business houses likely to close for crowds.
At Creek North Dakota on August 24 the Sioux Indians convention ruled the shimmie and other wiggly dances forbidden. Miss Ray De Faith and other red skin flappers were barred from the old time fancy steps, while Indians over 60 years old were exempt.
FE W Wagner & Co of Iowa City reports on Chicago markets with a brief note about merchantry and contact via phone 726.
The journal notes a County Home event featuring Frank Beatty hosting a big picnic on August 31. It promises good entertainment and a strong program, though speaker details are not yet listed. The piece also mentions Towar oats certification by local growers Knotek, Day, and allied partners in Jackson and Hinchton townships.
Public Health Service reports to President Harding a confirmed expectation of increased pellagra in the South this year. Memoranda cite rising cases in Alabama Arkansas Mississippi Oklahoma Texas North and South Carolina with Mississippi showing a doubling in the first half of 1921. Estimated 100000 cases and 6000 deaths nationwide in 1921 amid one crop farming and diet shortages.
The quote states envy as a universal weed thriving in all soils and climates. It claims envy breaches borders of country and court, affects every rank and fortune, raging in the hearts of all degrees. Lord Clarendon’s remark underscores envy as a common human trait without social bounds.
Several hundred attend a Clay township event featuring a big noon dinner with chicken salad potatoes and desserts. Dr. Bowers of Washington speaks on price cycles and wartime economics while reminiscences honor Clay's pioneers and long-time settlers.
After the program, all interested in baseball went to Rubio to see Rubio and Brighton defeat each other.
Alfava-Groendyke of Clay township reports a 2 acre Grimms alfalfa patch yielding a healthy seed crop this year. Groen dyke expands alfalfa ventures planning alternating pasture with hogs and hay cut to protect stands and ensure ample hay for Holstein cows.
In Keosauqua, a Jersey bull owned by Tom Campbell fatally gored a valuable horse after an earlier attack on another horse. A bystander used a loaded shotgun, firing eight shots before the bull stopped. The first horse survived but was badly injured.
Two masked men held up Ottumwa Milwaukee and Wabash ticket office at 10 50 p m Saturday night, stealing 29 dollars. Passengers were not harmed. Burlington train No 15 was fired on near Melrose at 4 a m by a passing freight train. A youth named Orville Steph of Corning was arrested for carrying concealed weapons. federal charges of attempting to rob mails may follow.
Editors from across the state attended the funeral for Elmer EF. John Efer former publisher of the Iowa City Citizen in Iowa City. Services were at 2 30 p m at the Iowa City Presbyterian church with Rev Robert R Reed officiating burial followed in Iowa City.
Harold A. King tells a short scene where Henry asks for Dr. Green's pills. The druggist misreads the request as anti-bilious medicine, prompting Henry to explain the pills are for his ill uncle.
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