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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1920

Page

2

Daily Market Reports from Chicago Hogs and Grains

Hogs receipts estimated at 21,900 with 13,683 holdovers. cattle and calves trade mixed with declines for some beef categories. Lamb receipts about 12,000 with prices 25 higher on the week. cash grain prices show varied bids for wheat corn oats rye and clover futures.

Chicago Stateneitial Timothy Cash Toledo Peoria Poland McCormick Janesville Emerson Hays

Special Meetings At New Haven Church Begin December 1920

Special meetings at the New Haven church start Sunday morning December 5 1920 and run for two weeks with preaching every night by Rev C E Riddington. Everyone cordially invited.

New Haven Church C. E. Riddington

Iowa Banks Show Great Resources

Des Moines reports state and savings banks and trust companies under state control posted varied changes by Nov 3. Deposits fell 20.8 million from Sept 3 but rose 1.08 million vs Nov 17, 1919. Loans rose 8.35 million. overdrafts up. cash and U S securities up. bills payable up 20.04 million. surplus increases total 4.15 million since last year. Average reserve 12.5 percent with 18 more banks than Nov 17 last year.

Des Moines State Banking Department United States

Hawkeye Conference Reforms After War Disbandment

The Hawkeye Conference is reorganized at Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls with Buena Vista Ellsworth Columbia Lennox Upper Iowa and State Teachers represented. Other colleges seek membership and a 10 to 12 school lineup is expected. Rule tweaks raise required credit hours from 13 to 15 and require passing 15 hours in the prior term.

Cedar Falls Dee Buena Vista Ellsworth Columbia Lennox Upper Iowa Hawkeye Iowa State Teachers’ College

Hawkeye Conference Reforms Signal Prosperity Amid Athlete Payments Denial

The Hawkeye Conference adopts rules with registrars sending eligibility lists at season start and teams sharing lists three days before contests. Coach Ivan Doseff of Iowa T.C. is elected president with Glenn Smith as secretary. A faculty committee will rule on disputes, while officials deny Iowa colleges pay athletes, threatening further participation yet signaling overall conference growth.

Ivan Doseff T. C Glenn C. Smith Ellsworth C. H. Bailey Rev. Collins Columbia A. EB. Lowan Upper Iowa Hawkeye Conference

Iceland's Old Mill in Reykjavik Claim to Northmost Mill

In Reykjavik, a small isolated town of about 8,000, stands an old mill likely the northernmost and among the earliest mills built in Iceland. The structure marks a primitive yet notable chapter in Icelandic milling history.

Iceland Reykjavik

Tiny tobacco seeds promise large harvests

A report notes tobacco seeds are minute, with a thimbleful yielding enough plants to cover an acre, illustrating the efficiency of seed use and potential crop yield.

Decent farm sale notices and farm news items

A list of closing out and public sales from multiple rural locations around Washington Titus Keota and West Chester with dates from December 2 to December 15. The piece also covers corn husking progress, gypsum trials on Iowa soils, a Fordson tractor endurance record, and the Iowa champions at the 1920 Chicago International Livestock Show.

Clyde Milhouse Washington J. H. Hamm J. A. Hamm Titus C. C. Hillhouse N. Marion Ave W. N. Johnson C. C. Owens West Chester Hotle Huber & McCall Brighton Oscar Bjork Grace Hill O. Dayton C. O. Dayton Keota E. T. Kauffman Wellston Fred B. Weekly Iowa Charles Vondrasek Riverside Vondrasek Chicago P. E. Brown Soils Department Iowa State College Mr. Brown Fordson N. Korpua Ludden Dickey County North Dakota Ford Company Korpug

Iowa State Teams Travel for Apple and Poultry Contests

Iowa State college dispatches its apple judging team to Columbus Ohio to face fifteen competitors in the American Pomological Society event with Ames members Niles Hahn and Hoopes plus coach Harrington. Expenses are funded by the Iowa Horticultural Society. The poultry judging team departs for Chicago for the National Poultry Show with members Fotsch Gordon Helmrich Henn and coach Bittenbender, competing December 4 in the first college team contest.

Iowa State Columbus Iowa State College Ohio P. A. Niles Ames H. A. Hahn Fr. W. Peterson Alta A. G. Hoopes Muscatine F. M. Harrington Iowa Horticultural Society Chicago PP. L. Fotsch J. L. Gordon Lenox F. H. Helmrich Crescent City 1. S. W. Henn Denmark

Iowa Trust Company Resources Increase

Iowa trust company resources at June 30 exceed 104 million with total state resources at 109,627,748 a rise of 16,804,843 about 18 percent. The United States Trust Companies report shows national resources at 12,451,877,583 rising about 12 percent. John W. Platten, president, notes steady progress in the eighteenth edition of the annual Trust Companies of the United States.

Town Trust Company United States United States Mortgage & Trust Company New York John W. Platten United States Mortgage &Trust Company

Growth and Value of Trust Companies in Modern Finance

The article highlights expanding use and recognition of trust companies as integral to the financial system. It notes total resources of 2241 reporting trust companies reaching $12,451,877,683.58, up $1,201,491,496.05 from last year and $6,123,423,555 above five years ago, underscoring broad service growth for individuals and businesses.

Superior Mulberry Tree Effort Aims for Chinese Silk Worms

A noted American horticulturist works to breed an improved mulberry tree intended to feed silkworms in China, signaling an agricultural experiment with potential trade links.

China

Red Rouge Prices Rise as Slogan Says Prices Up

A fragment hints at rising costs mentioning rouge and general price increases. The tone suggests a debate on cosmetics pricing alongside broader inflation. No clear events or entities are identifiable beyond references to prices and rouge.

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Daily Market Reports Close OF Grain Futures Beach Wickham Grain Morrison Washington, Lows John Ler J Erage High Iceland’s Mutual W. S. Reister & Sons Washington, Iowa Hotel Colenso Black Cream Station Sotirgr Journal’s Farm Department Towa Paul Taff James H. Carter Lawn Hill Clark Bull Coon Rapids Harold FE. Pace Joseph Caputo Marshalltown Marjorie McKay Maravia Vo A Pleasant Martha Eee Armour and Company Swift and Company Iowa Banker's Ass Atlas Jar Company Boys and Girls Club D. F. Macon South Dakota Kentucky Missouri Indiana Michigan Nebraska H. A. Bittenbender Iowa Trust Company Superior Mulberry Dboston Crawfordsville Isom Emerson Gang Surrey Clint Shull Frank Macon R. Dougherty Grace Will Oildag John Striegel Jr Harper, Iowa Jack Herr Ainsworth Dr. King Property Owners Federation, Inc Reni
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