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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1920
Page
2
Market and receipts snapshot from Chicago with cattle hogs sheep and calves figures, prices for various weight classes, official Saturday totals, grain quotes from Beach Wickham, and visible supply shifts for wheat corn oats. Includes open high low close figures and tomorrow’s estimated receipts.
Route Seven brief notes record visits and arrivals in Burlington with families by the Miller Simmering McKay and Johnson circles. New babies announced for Tucker McKay and Miller households as residents move to the Brook farm and local outings at Mt Pleasant and Ollie.
An elderly Cornish woman who had never ridden by rail waited two hours at a country station for a train. The station-master approached and asked for her destination, remarking that the train had not yet departed.
Dialogue excerpt shows an elderly woman reacting to a departed person and a parish scene. The lines convey rural speech and social bustle as the narrator notes movement and surprise within the community.
Viola Dana stars as a chorus girl whose shoulder dancing fuels a plot of love and hardship. Gareth Hughes plays Horace Tarbox with Phil Ainsworth and a strong supporting cast under director William C. Dowlan. John Arnold shoots the feature with art by A. E. Freuderman as the Fox screens Wednesday and Thursday.
The item lists farm sales in Noble and Washington including Duroc hogs Poland China hogs and Spotted Poland China cattle with dates Sept 13 Sept 20 and Sept 23 at East End Garage and in Washington. It discusses hogging and lambing down corn with self feeding and high protein supplements, plus grain prize offers by the Chicago Board of Trade and Ames College honors for James Wilson. It notes growing demand for prime work horses supported by Iowa horse markets and farm interest in sustaining horse production.
The article notes that historically India produced all world diamonds, but now Transvaal mines yield more diamonds in one hour than the Indian empire recovers in an entire year.
Poultry specialist Mr. Wagner of Washington county outlines simple rules to identify good layers and poor layers. He notes late molts in fall signal good productivity while early molts suggest weak laying. He reports culling 75 percent of hens in some flocks and stresses annual thinning to maintain high laying standards.
A compilation of individuals including Joe Knotek and Joe Escher from Washington as well as A F Pearson Earl Birney and Fred Wagner. Also listed are Geo Alter Wayland John Turner Coppock Emil Stalder Fred Stalder Co W Ernest Joe Wenger Avery Horton A J Morgan W Hendrick James O Laughlin from Brighton West Chester.
Rev. D. M. Davis and family plus Miss Edith Peterson returned from an eastern auto trip through five states. Mrs. Pauline McConnell has recovered from typhoid and joined her mother Mrs. Frank Chihak at home Friday night. Rev. Hal Norton and family came back to Sandwich Illinois. A E Sands and family and A P Jeffry and Melinda Van Horn plan to attend the state fair. J A Marsh left for Chicago. R S McKiernan hosted visitors with Clerk Ware and two children from Mt Union. William Marsh and Helen Snelson traveled to Des Moines. Katie Moore of Davenport visits Edna McConnell.
Ary Is Healing Keota Fagle reports Charles Vincent from Washington visiting the G G Vincent home. He suffers a hip problem and decayed bone in his left arm after leaving school in Iowa City last fall. He spent ten weeks in bed, sought Rochester treatment, then Iowa City State University hospital where the arm is improving though still swollen. He is noted as a plucky veteran who worked at Rock Island arsenal during the war.
The notice lists prices for dairy and poultry items. Cream butter fat content 52 cents per unit, fresh laid eggs 42 cents per dozen, old roosters 12 cents per pound, spring chicks 28 cents per pound, deck absentee 20 cents.
Des Moines area forecast for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys calls for generally fair and cool conditions with local rain likely Tuesday or Wednesday.
An advertisement extols S S S as a blood cleansing remedy essential for well being. It claims impurities threaten every organ and touts free literature from Swift Specific Company for medical advice.
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