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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1920
Page
2
Chicago market report shows hogs receipts 18 000 cattle 11 000 sheep 25 000 with prices up to 15 40 for top hogs and mixed packer grades. Beef and cattle futures steady to higher with steers and heifers quoted. hog and pig prices listed. Tulip Grain Co report notes hail storm in Nebraska damaging crops and livestock.
Miss Reba True travels to Saginaw Michigan to spend the winter with her mother Mrs. Emil True after a summer with her grandmother Mrs. E. W. Chrissinger.
Taylor Holmes headlines The Very Idea at the Fox Theatre on Saturday. The New York hit, with Virginia Valli and Fay Marbe among the cast, follows Gilbert Goodhue and his wife Edith as they pursue a baby amid comic misadventure and a Eugenics brother's plans.
Senator Harding urged greater economy by individuals and government in Marion Ohio. He credited the Republican Congress with saving nearly 31 billion dollars since taking power and called for repeal of wartime legislation and highway maintenance reform. He spoke to Wyandotte county Republicans and supported women’s suffrage as a step toward capable government.
Premier Lloyd George told Premier Giolitti at Lucerne that Britain would recognize the new free state of Fiume as proposed by Gabrielle D Annunzio. A Lucerne dispatch quotes Rome and Idea Nazionale with mention that the Italian socialist party endorsed D Annunzio proposal.
Journal notes farm sale dates for Duroc hogs Jersey cows and Poland China hogs at East End Garage with buyers L H Rinner Noble Jows and W R Gamon Washington. Also reports bus transportation to Des Moines State Fair with Rock Island shuttle trains and auto buses amid anticipated 500000 attendance.
Wellman Advance notes Merton Fisher left Tuesday for Huron South Dakota to assume management of an established undertaking business he bought recently. Fisher passed the state board with high marks and is now a licensed embalmer and undertaker.
Des Moines reports July rains boosted corn in several counties while cooler weather and frost linger. Rain totals in Humboldt 5.93 inches and Carroll 5.72 inches. Wind damaged corn in Adair, Audubon and Polk. Plowing resumes. seed beds form for winter wheat. late crops like cabbage and grapes show progress.
In Danville Illinois a mother recalls her daughter’s recovery from menstrual irregularities after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound She notes the girl now attends school regularly and gains weight Her letter offers the remedy as relief for painful periods backache and related symptoms and invites other women to seek guidance from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts
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