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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1919
Page
2
FE W Wagner Co lists price changes for corn and cats with small tone shifts. Prices for December coffee rise from 14.60 to March 15.02. Trading details mention 68 cars for No. 4 Y. C. and 35 cars for Cats, with options labeled No. 3 W. C. and others in Iowa City.
Washington reports Attorney General Palmer rejects reopening talks with miners and urges public support for Garfield's fuel restrictions. With coal production at about half normal, officials warn against concessions that could lift prices for years while miners resist returning to work. An unrelated note discusses alleged vegetable instinct experiments and plant growth behavior.
The message invites audiences to view a performance featuring “Aztec giants” claimed as descendants of a long-extinct race. The call invites ladies and gentlemen to witness the show and be convinced by the spectacle.
An old advertisement discusses catarrhal deafness caused by inflammation of the Eustachian tube lining. It claims a remedy can reduce inflammation and restore tube function to prevent permanent hearing loss, with a testimonial claim of hundreds of dollars paid for cures.
Frank P. Frieze sold a top 2 year old sow McLong Maid for 1100 at a snowbound Kalona sale. Ten head averaged 213 dollars. Dozens of hogs and a show pig brought prices from 25 to 145 dollars with many bids and free subscriptions offered. Local buyers from Kalona Rockwell City Iowa City and Washington purchased numerous lots.
A Cincinnati Enquirer quote warns against believing secondhand claims as risky. It argues that countless rumors are unfounded and stresses skepticism toward unverifiable statements about others.
Dec 3 listing shows Earl Swailes of Crawfordsville holding a closing out sale and Chas Kosworth of Ainsworth advertising a public sale on the same date.
Dec 6 Geo Teas and Leo Shel angouskie City closing out sale. Dec 6 W A Harper guardian 2½ miles SE of Ainsworth closing out sale and farm at auction. Dec 6 Chas Kallaus Song 6 miles S of Riverside closing out sale. Dec 8 A B Gaston Keota. Dec 8 Tom Harvey 5 miles NE of Washington closing. Dec 9 Tom Kern Richmond closing out sale. Dec 9 Fred Mitchell near Crawfordsville public sale.
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