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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1918
Page
2
Estimated receipts: hogs 16 000, cattle 15 000, sheep 21 000. Hogs mostly 6 to 20 higher with top at 26.10. cattle steady to lower on butcher stuff. calves and veal mixed. lambs firmer to higher while ewes and feeders show wide ranges. Receipts yesterday and shipments listed for context.
Opening highs and lows show corn and oats fluctuating with September and October contracts posting varied gains and losses. Prices for corn hover around 1.53 to 1.63 and oats range near 0.69 to 0.72 with modest shifts across months.
Turner Grain Co led St Louis trading with W M Hewitt as manager. Cash close varied by grade with No 1 red wheat at 2.24 and 2.24 1/4, No 2 red 2.21 2/22, No 1 hard 2.24, and No 6 corn 1.45. Chicago receipts listed 560 wheat cars, 305 corn cars, 866 oats cars.
Mme Neurever of Eau Claire Wisconsin and Mrs Dr Gilkeson of Youngstown Ohio share experiences praising Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for severe coughs croup whooping cough and throat irritation. They report quick relief after using the remedy and recommend it based on personal use and observed results for children and adults alike.
The passage argues that nervous energy fuels enthusiasm and action, driving ambition to reach higher aims. Without inner incentive and drive, a person remains stagnant, unable to strive beyond the common level.
The C R J P line east of Ainsworth shifts from a slip grader gang to a wheel scraper crew with about 22 horses mules and 12 men plus cooks. They expect to stay until ground freezes. Frank Mayhew near Havre plans 20 acres of fall wheat. his 40 acre crop yielded 25 bushels per acre. Frank Schneider north of Havre on the White Way sold a carload of white corn to the Brighton mill and ships from Havre. John M Boshart north of Wayland rebuilt a new barn and plans a second later. he disputes an insurance report and says he received 3717 dollars.
The Louisa County calf club presents ten calves at the Columbus Junction Fair. Boys compare calves and plan to feed again next year. Eight are Shorthorn with two grade Angus and one Hereford splash. Calves fed by Frank Wiley and others may be auctioned to breeders for profit after the feeding period.
Community brief notes arrive detailing local events and concerns across neighborhoods. Readers submit items ranging from block gatherings to safety updates, with emphasis on neighborhood cohesion and upcoming calendar items.
County letters report births and deaths, personal notices, and small updates from communities. Names of residents appear with brief details on moves, visits, engagements, and civic happenings.
Robert Quinn east of Ainsworth finished repairing his windmill pump to restore water flow. Leathers were worn and the bottom screen was rusted shut, making the task arduous and messy as workers anticipated rain while half the pump remained exposed.
Walter Boyer visited here Friday while Mr and Mrs Marshall Finney and son Wade traveled to relatives in Titus and Washington last week. Ernest Miller returned from a Chicago area trip. Merle Crayne at Titus store while Chas Strohm on vacation. Alva Nebergall and family in Illinois. Join Koehler baled hay last Saturday. Mrs John Atkinson and son William to Virginia for several weeks. Walter Kleese hosts visitors from Ottumwa. Local threshing finished last Thursday. Boyd Dill and Rodney Davis at Des Moines for the state fair. Ivan Lemley helps Derwood Sowash with threshing. Mona Lemley with Mrs Lester Beenblossom near Eureka. Mrs Orley Pace sick.
C H Direks living just over the county line east of Ainsworth begins fall wheat plowing though dry and he turns cattle onto the clover briefly. The cattle are a fine selection for a winter feed lot.
The report notes week ending August 27 with temperatures up about 6 degrees above normal and frequent showers across the state. North central areas received one to two inches, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe and Wapello counties two to three inches with lightning damage. Threshing resumed after rain delays. corn progress varies by region with some fields unsafe from frost risk and fodder silage cutting underway earlier than usual in damaged areas.
W R Gammon living west of Havre touts his Poland China sows and hogs saying they are better than described at sale. Originating from Pete Welsh, the stock has improved since arriving at the Gammon farm. Pigs destined for size and quality are in demand and fed on green corn. Some hogs are kept on the Reeves estate eighty and tile drainage has boosted land productivity.
Major General Monash commands the Third Australian division. His rapid rise began after his 1957 appointment as lieutenant in the Australian Citizens' corps. He served as chief censor for Australia at the war's outbreak and fought at Gallipoli two years earlier. He is a civil engineer noted for introducing reinforced concrete construction in Australia.
The text argues that stones do not grow like living organisms. Organic things grow, inorganic does not. stones merely form or accumulate via external processes such as erosion, rubbing, or coating, with no internal growth mechanism.
A brief dialogue from Boston Tran features a woman urging close proximity to listening, a man arguing distance keeps him speak, and her rising cue to move along. The fragment hints at tensions between hearing and closeness in a social scene.
A brief句 Ohio State Journal notes that no wife’s relative ever required forcible feeding and not necessary for care.
Miss Blanche Sutherland of Washington stayed with sister Mrs. Ben Davison. George Weaver of Rose Hill visited Coppock and Washington. J Cornick and children from Columbus City visited J L Davison. Mrs. Leslie Newman and daughter stayed with her mother Emma Carpenter. Mr. Newman left to join the colors. Arnold Shively at the county hospital improving. Elmer Reschley and wife were Washington callers.
In Hillsborough castle grounds County Down the marquis of Downshire a 120000 acre owner and long time royal official runs a miniature railway with an engine a carriage and a guard's van capable of 40 mph He has a long line of Christian names tracing to his ancestor the second marquis.
Mr and Mrs Harry Jones and daughter Helen visited the Frank Scranton home. Mrs Sickles from Washington spent days with her daughter Mrs Frank Kephart before returning home. The Garrick home near Olds hosted visits from the Kepharts Bishop family and the Gardners. A. B. Carr visits relatives in Illinois. A large crowd attended Mrs Andy Corbin's sale yesterday. Miss Myrtle Saville plans a few days with aunt Lizzie Corbin.
Warning against using drugs to induce sleep without medical supervision. Notes bromides may be safe in nervous cases but otherwise dangerous. emphasizes risk of incurable sunin with indiscriminate drugging. advises consultation with family doctor.
The quote reflects a belief that true recompense lies in the self satisfaction and moral uplift gained from performing a noble act rather than external praise or material gain. It emphasizes inner reward over worldly acknowledgment.
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Wilkin and son Loren of Washington spent Saturday night and Sunday at the David Augustine home. Winnie Deal visited Saturday night and Sunday in Washington. John Frank of Woodward Oklahoma came Thursday evening for a visit with relatives. Mrs Allie Bond and family visited at the Dave Augustine home.
Clay County residents listed include Mr. and Mrs. Allen Meacham Blaine Emry Chas Robinson Laban Johnson and family at a U S convention in Martinsburg. Red Cross sewing at the parsonage. A J Morgan to Monmouth Illinois for chautauqua with niece Mrs Gee. Reed family to Shockley Hotse reunion Rubio and Star County club picnic near Richland. Anna Olsen to Rubio Sept 7 food demonstration and Red Cross auction. Miss Ruth George and Miss Hazel Kracaw of Washington visiting Caldwell sisters.
August notices report school opening dates along with arrivals from Williamsburg and Keota visiting Wellman families. Several residents travel for chautauqua events, hospital surgery for appendicitis is described as critical, and a local death, cancer patient Horatio Hull, is noted with funeral details.
National League games saw Chicago 7-40 lose to Cincinnati 6-9 while Brooklyn beat New York 8-7 and Philadelphia and Pittsburgh had no game due to wet grounds. American League action included Detroit over Boston 6-3 and New York 2-81 Louis 4 Philadelphia 1 Cleveland 0 with no other games scheduled.
Senator Ollie M James of Kentucky dies at Johns Hopkins Hospital after three months of illness with kidney disease. A Democratic leader and five term congressman from Kentucky’s First District, he was born July 17 1871 in Crittenden County Kentucky and was renominated in August for the Senate. His wife Mrs James and his brother ER HL James were with him at the end.
A Copenhagen dispatch reports the German government will compensate Norway if it is proven that Norwegian government ships were sunk without warning outside the danger zone after Norway protested the incidents.
Lancion reports the week ended Wednesday with 14 484 British casualties, up from 4 411 the prior week. Breakdown shows killed or died of wounds: officers 387, men 214. wounded or missing: officers 1 110, men 10 798.
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