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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1921
Page
2
Chicago market notes show fat hog receipts around 15 000 with inland holdovers. cattle and sheep receipts listed up to 11 000 and 3 000 respectively. Pricing spans heavy to light weights with steady to slightly higher tendencies. beef and veal values vary by weight class and quality. Shipping totals indicate hogs 23 475 cattle 4 307 calves 152 and mixed shipments across markets.
An Iowa veteran seeks a new pair of 1921 model legs funded at 450 dollars donated by a fellow veteran. Rev John W Inter vows to marry service men at the Kansas City American Legion convention if brides appear, with a local jeweler offering rings for all couples. Hawaii’s AFL and American Legion push for Americanization to boost tobacco and coffee industries amid congress debate.
The American Legion of New York charged William A. Skahill with burying two and three soldiers in the same grave and billing for hermetically sealed coffin boxes not used. The Legion announced the arrest as the start of a campaign against unscrupulous undertakers.
A Loudon Bits item criticizes ear cutting of children as senseless superstition still practiced in some areas. The operation, often done by women at moonrise, causes only pain and misery for the child.
The 1919 U S potato harvest totaled 3 258 192 acres down 410 663 acres 11 2 from 1909 while production fell to 290 754 580 bushels 25 3 lower. Sweet potatoes rose to 803 727 acres 25 23 up from 641 255. Peanuts reached 1 125 100 acres with 27 449 930 bushels produced, up 29 3 in area and 41 4 in yield. Georgia Alabama North Carolina Mississippi and Virginia led peanut output.
A reflective note on circulating rumors asks why one should share evil tales, urging certainty before speaking and testing motives, with a reference to Lavater as a touchstone for restraint.
Ancient Pompeians held primary and general elections similar to modern towns. The narrative notes an exciting local election under way before the city of Pompeii was destroyed in 79 A D.
America dominates cement use with Portland cement perfected here and reinforced concrete widely adopted. The industry supports everything from simple watering troughs to grand projects like the Panama Canal, enabling vast interior spaces without numerous piers or columns.
W R Gamon and Sons announce an impressive Poland China hog sale on September 17 at the Gamon farm. Visitors report a high-quality herd with top-notch sires from The Star line. Local breeders praise Gamon for improving county hog stock and expect strong sale results.
The report covers a week ending August 24 with wheat and corn futures mixed to higher. Prices fell early due to liquidations and weak reports but rose on export demand and seaboard buying, with May wheat around 1.25. Cash markets in Chicago show No 2 Red winter wheat 1.20 and No 2 hard 1.20, No 2 corn 55c, No 3 white oats 32c. futures in Chicago, Minneapolis, and Kansas City mostly small gains or declines across the week.
Francis A. Collins reports new discoveries in the Hudson Highlands showing the West Point fortifications and encampments. Field workers of the New York Historical Society have unearthed hundreds of preserved buttons and relics from ten Massachusetts regiments, five Connecticut regiments, and one Rhode Island unit, illuminating daily life and military history.
A called meeting of the Farmers Union will be held in Washington at Woodman Hall on Tuesday August 30 at 2 o'clock. It is a pre state convention gathering and all members are urged to attend. Uncle Doran will be with us. Important subjects will be discussed. WM Sutherland President B Rabenold Secretary Treasurer 6313
We recount discoveries from Hudson Highlands camps where soldiers saved buttons by sewing, repurposed pennies, and made wire forks and carved spoons. Artefacts include British rum bottles, fine ware, crude pipes, and engraved pottery sherds. Connecticut Village yielded Connecticut and Bloody Eight buttons and 1787 and 1802 coins, indicating later occupation.
Explorers uncover a redoubt at Sugar Loaf peak about thirty-eight by forty feet and five positions at both points. Common Connecticut regiments buttons with a dolphin motif and the number three are found, tied to French dauphin celebrations in 1781. Royal signals and fires mark the dauphin’s birth, with forts garrisoned on Hudson Highlands peaks.
John Clay recounts a yearly visit to a Scot land farm where a Scotchman recalls a past accident involving a missing fur hat. He explains McGregor’s request for a drink caused him to miss the moment. The note ends with a segue to a chemical remark about zinc chloride and a controversial line about native Britons.
Keokuk city council amends park regulations to prohibit loitering and spooning after 10 p.m. in Rand Kilbourne and Triangular parks. Park commissioner Fred H. Overton says parks will be patrolled to enforce the curfew with no violations allowed.
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