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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1919
Page
2
Des Moines forecast for August 25 to 30 shows normal temperatures with generally fair weather. Occasional local showers and thunderstorms probable in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys.
Chicago hogs receipts estimated at 2 000 with holdovers 2 575. Cattle receipts 24 000 and sheep 39 000. market fairly active with declines 15 to 25 cents. Prices shown for beef steers, cows, bulls, veal, and feeders across weight classes. lambs and yearlings also listed with bid ranges and decline from previous Friday. Official Saturday recap shows receipts 1 710 and shipments 3 142.
Market report from E W Wagner & Co Iowa City notes small upticks in corn and oats futures with Dec May and Sept positions. Cash corn arrives at 3 25 to 1 95 and oats at 0 71 to 0 78 with activity limited by harvest expectations and Texas selling pressure.
Journal lists farm department sale dates around Washington and surrounding towns with auctions from August to October. It also notes county agents’ reports on hog diseases, including necrobacilliosis, and a livestock farm tour led by Jno M Evaard. The article mentions W Herren’s July bulletin and Kos suth and Clay county activities.
Joe Simerman departed Saturday for Boston with a carload of 28 heavy draft horses. The shipment, handled by express, incurred charges over 400 dollars. The animals, loaded at Verdi, were described as a splendid lot fit for heavy farm work.
The Plymouth County Iowa Breeders association showcases unity by building a stock pavilion at Le Mars. A block near the station will host the venue, with Le Mars commercial club cooperation, seating for hundreds, destined to host an annual county stock show.
The American Association of Importers and Breeders of Belgian Draft Horseswill host the first International Horse Show in Waterloo Iowa during the Dairy Cattle Congress September 22 28 Belgium will send a commission to select and buy stock for export. Belgium shifts from exporter to importer of Belgian horses. Breeders in the United States are urged to supply future stock.
An Iowa Farmer summary notes a peace treaty clause requiring Germany to surrender vast quantities of livestock and farm goods to France and Belgium. The inventory lists 500 stallions and 90,000 cows to France, plus thousands of sheep and goats, with monthly deliveries over three months, as reported by M Dubois to the French peace commission led by Rene Viviani.
County agents report the lengthy highway law is complex and drive agents to seek practical shortcuts. They say the size and intricacy tempt profitable interpretations and faster implementation strategies for local roads programs.
Phone 116 Mutual 12 W. S. Reister & Sons announces handling butter eggs poultry and cream with fluctuating prices due to rail strikes and market turmoil. Current paying prices include eggs 86¢, hens 4e, springs 2h, roosters tte, ducks 8¢, geese 10¢, turkeys 20¢, cream butter fattest 8?e. Hides paid at highest price on day of delivery.
W B Buck urges farmers to use non compulsory threshermen records from Ames to assess county grain yields and adapt varieties. George Munger notes Appanoose weed invasion by sheep sorrel, controllable by cultivation and manure. Don Fish promotes a county fair judging contest with State Fair cash awards for top scorers. W A Dickinson issues a farm bulletin linking buyers and sellers. H H O Watrud reports a successful farm tour and planned harvest picnic.
Charles W. Martin reports at a Farm Bureau directors meeting that Clay county will employ a home demonstration agent for about three months. The move follows a petition by the home demonstration division's ladies committee. Helen Tobin is appointed to lead the project, previously run by the Clay County Woman's Community club now affiliated with the Farm Bureau under state law.
J. W. Rodabaugh reports Madison county threshing returns show a 25 bushels per acre yield for No. 6 wheat from the first farm. He notes scab causes light shriveled kernels lowering grade, which could be improved by extra fans or post threshing separation. Control ideas include selecting seed from less infected fields and formal seed treatment before sowing.
Notice calls members to a Farmers Union gathering at Pleasant Plain school house on Wednesday evening August 27. Secretary H L Walker urges attendance for business of interest to every member.
A college principal asks staff what would be thought of a glovers maker who returns 10 percent of stock as below standard. A teacher answers that the glove maker can select his kids, implying selective admission.
The text describes grizzly bears from birth weighing 1 to 20 ounces and the adults ranging from 600 to 850 pounds, with some reaching 1,500 pounds. It warns against domesticating grizvites by apartment dwellers due to their large size and untamed nature.
Spectroscopic measurements at Mt Wilson Observatory show star A G Berlin moving at 839 kilometers per second toward or away from the solar system, the highest constant radial velocity recorded. Lelande follows at 32% kilometers per second in the opposite direction.
The passage notes that rain can wash down objects in the air such as dust pollen and insects but finds no record of tadpoles. It argues colored rains and blood rain are explained by atmospheric dust, suggesting these phenomena are due to dust presence in the air.
Matthew Woll of Chicago was chosen as the eighth vice president of the American Federation of Labor. He has acted as editor of the American Federationist in Sammel Gompers absence in Europe and served as Gompers assistant for the past year.
A compact analysis praising a timeless classic as a blend of life and form. It lauds virtue of thought and graceful, accessible expression that feels neither ancient nor modern yet remains perpetually new.
An Eldorado young man reports a complete recovery from a recent illness but says he has forgotten how his nurse looked, according to the Kansas City Star.
English Bros Realty Co advertises Sedalia Missouri farms near the Dairy and Fair Grounds. It touts soil maps from the government survey, long grazing seasons, and short feeding seasons. The firm reports sales approaching half a million dollars to home buyers since January 15. The notice urges banks and bankers to write for the address before the ad disappears.
A family scene centers on Ruth, John, Edward and their mother as Ed ward and John grab pencils while Ruth is helped by her mother with a large blue pencil. John uses a coaxing line to entice Ruth and secures the long pencil.
The article describes Chinese cuisine centering on chicken broth or poultry jelly with a red sauce as a common accompaniment. It notes pork and mutton as staple meats while horse and camel are purchasable, and cites an estimated five million edible dogs eaten annually in China.
A Chicago Tribune clipping notes a child mentioning Bundy in relation to a funeral this afternoon, with the speaker recalling a family social context and a school-day event. The fragment reflects a local curiosity about a funeral tied to Bundy and a child’s misinterpretation of an adult discussion.
Dr Leonard Williams spoke at a nursing conference in Tendon on common sense. He argued tight collars impair brain function and worsen temper, noting that women abandoning high collars and wearing freer garments have become sweeter tempered.
A fragment from an Arkansas snippet mentions a reader named Thomas Cat in Hot Springs with an odd street language about feelings and symptoms. The text appears anecdotal and unfinished with unclear context.
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