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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1918
Page
2
Chicago market report shows strong but unsettled trading with hog prices up to 20.30 top and live cattle mixed. Estimated receipts: hogs 3 900 to 5 900, cattle 3 000, sheep 4 000, with daily shifts noted and year’s high/low ranges reflected in buyers demand.
Trading data supplied by E. W. Wagner & Co of Iowa City led by manager L B Hunt shows grain futures activity as of August 31 1918 with Chicago contact details.
Turner Grain Co reports St Louis cash close for wheat and corn with prices for No 1 red through No 6 yellow and white corn, No 3 white oats, No 2 oats, and No 2 rye. Chicago receipts show 645 wheat cars, 512 corn cars, 907 oats cars.
National League games saw New York defeat Philadelphia 1 to 0 while St Louis beat Pittsburgh in a rain shortened clash. In the American League Boston routed Philadelphia 12 to 4 and Cleveland edged Detroit 4 to 1. Washington topped New York 6 to 1. No other games on the schedule.
An Ocean City guard shot and killed a man suspected of spying on a beach patrol said to watch for German agents. The dead man's cards indicated the name possibly Thomas Witt. Authorities delayed details pending naval investigation.
Farmers may store wheat at their farm or in a bin but not in a mill beyond 30 days. Chicago price basis shows Northern Spring Hard Winter Red Winter Durum and Hard White at No. 1 2.25 No. 2 2.23 No. 3 2.19. Yellow Hard Winter Soft White grades two cents lower. Red Spring five cents lower. St Louis prices are two cents less than Chicago.
Fred Radda plans a schooling move for his son to Iowa City next year and will adjust his farming operations to allow the departure. He recently sold cattle to Dan Yoder north of Kalona, with delivery this week. Glenn Hayes builds a portable 7 by 14 foot Hampshire feed bin and self feeder on skids, under a shed attached to a barn. Hayes plans a winter sale of Hampshires to test Lookout Lad blood, noting Lookout Lad won at the International last winter.
Inspector without a guide noted a clean milk house with covered empty bottles and little odor. Barn and yards were manure free and well lit. Holstein cows grazed in a healthy pasture. Milk valued at 34 cents a quart by Prof. Erb of Ohio State University is cited, suggesting higher prices could stabilize Iowa dairy cow numbers.
Dean Davenport of the University of Illinois told the Association of American Dairy Food and Drug Officials in Chicago that milk prices should not spark complaints given sanitary safeguards. He said milk is cheaper than meat and urged a food program as the war effort continues. Prof. Eric of Ohio State proposed 34 cents a quart as a proper retail price if feed costs rise in step.
At the Iowa state fair baby beef sale 95 of 107 entrants sold at auction. Armour & Co. Chicago bought 24 animals, Morrell & Co. Ottumwa 26, Sinclair Packing Co. Cedar Rapids 15, Iowa Packing Co. Des Moines 25. Highest price 22 cents per pound. average about 15. Animals ranged 12 to 17 months and 700 to 1200 pounds. Champion red Angus steer, 10 months, 900 pounds, owned by Chas Ryan of Erwin, not sold.
Farmers unsatisfied with wheat offers may send one peck of wheat and a draft to the U S grain inspector at Burlington or Cedar Rapids for grading. No 1 Northern wheat is $2.21 F O B Minneapolis less 1 percent handling, with other grades priced accordingly. Permission is also given for the
Government needs black walnut for gunstocks and airplane propellers. Logs 12 inches or more diameter and 8 to 12 feet long, or larger logs, are sought. top logs smaller are used for other purposes. Doyle rule used for scaling. owners should arrange sale terms with firms filling contracts. Logs arrive in carload lots. join cooperatives to sell merchantable standing timber.
A U S Food Administration notice to county food administrators and agricultural agents mandates that all sorghum syrup makers and distributors must obtain licenses under the syrup regulations. Exempts retailers under 100000 dollars in annual gross. Mills grinding sorghum for sale or others must license, even if sorghum is grown by the maker. Licenses available by request at no charge.
Benton L. Carey of Hornick, a 19 year old veteran of the big push in France, engaged four Germans in one fight. He killed three with his bayonet before the fourth mortally wounded him, then sprang up to finish the foe after the man stepped on his body. Carey later returned to his unit and was missing in action between July 18 and 22. He is the son of Rev J N Carey of Woolstock and was known as an athlete at Holly Springs.
Notice from the United States Food Administration CO Food Administrators instructs hay shippers not exempt to obtain licenses. Shippers must apply to the License Division in Washington DC. Aims to curb unfair practices and enforce regulations.
Cedar Rapids August 21 The nominating committee for the grand lodge Knights of Pythias reported strong approval as the officers for the coming year were elected with only minor dissent Nearly all incumbents were advanced Grand chancellor G M Van Ausdall New London Grand vice chancellor B J Salinger Jr Carroll Grand prelate H Young Bloomfield Grand master of exchequer W H Buchholz Greene Grand keeper of records and seals Ward Ferguson Rolfe Grand master of arms W C Foote Earry Grand inner guard J L Hulka Farnhamville Grand outer guard E S Marshall Gilmore City Grand trustees Bo Freel Pleasantville B B Brown North English Sioux City expected as site for 1919 session.
Four youths arrested in Lone Tree Iowa charged with criminal libel over a so called slackers monument report they acted on misinformation. They signed a retraction stating the accusation was unwarranted and untrue. The case, set for Sept. 10, is likely to be dismissed as two signatories have been called to report for military duty August 31.
Iowa City reports that 100 more men will arrive September 1 to the mechanics training school, bringing the total to 279 excluding staff. Additional groups of 100 arrive every 30 days, each staying 60 days, as men from Valparaiso Indiana report equipped with uniforms and some training, leading to about 500 men in barracks through winter.
Washington August 31 Two new wartime greenbacks enter circulation as the first federal reserve bank notes the $1 and $2 denominations intended to replace withdrawn silver certificates. The $1 features George Washington on the front and an eagle on the back while the $2 bears Thomas Jefferson and a battleship.
D. J. Behrens died when crushed between a belt and drive wheel in a Castalia area plant. Attempts to halt the engine failed. Behrens, formerly of Bloomfield Township, had two women with him and had paid a $500 fine on an earlier occasion.
Giles Puryear appeared before Judge Thomas Arthur in Logan on August 31 and received a one year term in the Anamosa reformatory for a second offense under the town liquor statute. He was arrested at Dunlap shortly before.
A Kansas City Star reader quotes a farm ad conversation where the applicant asks whether a widow should keep no hired man by wages or by marriage. The exchange highlights social norms around labor and marriage.
A catalog of southeastern Iowa farms lists dozens of parcels for sale near New London, Mt. Pleasant, Fairfield, Morning Sun, Donnellson, and other towns. Properties range from 40 to 400 acres with corn and bluegrass land, modern houses, barns, cribs, and wells. Prices span 80 to 275 per acre with terms offered on some estates.
William Segar, one of five indicted for seditious utterances, pleaded guilty before the court. He received a $400 fine and six months in jail, suspended during good behavior. Segar is described as a well to do farmer in the county.
Iowa City Shriners expect 1300 in attendance for the Kaaba Temple Davenport event slated September 25. President Harding was reported to attend, with Congressman Harry Hull also expected to be present.
Decora h Aug 31 Tuesday afternoon a worker was killed while operating near a threshing machine near Fort Atkin. The incident prompted an investigation into safety practices and the circumstances surrounding the fatal accident, with authorities reviewing equipment and现场 conditions.
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