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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1918
Page
2
Chicago hog market opens with strong to higher bids as demand shows firmness. Cattle receipts estimated at 12 000 today with beef and butcher cattle rising. hogs steady to higher with practical top at 17.90. Lambs and sheep aid the broader rally as receipts approach 25 000.
Market bulletin notes closing values for grain futures provided by ER W Wagner Co Iowa City Iowa with manager Hunt and contact 726.
Dried lizards are described as a regular import to meet Chinese residents in the United States. The article notes medicinal beliefs in powdered lizards mixed with other substances. It also cites dried toads for atonic conditions, salted scorpions for smallpox, and fossil crabs as an antidote for poison.
One of Iowa’s largest independent produce houses lists today’s country poultry prices and urges readers to compare pricing and service. The ad notes delivery eggs and cream weekly in winter, with a promise to please customers and a request to spread the word if satisfied.
Public sales announced across several farms near Washington include Frank Smith Kensler Shafer Wentworth Hindall Noel Donohue and Vondrasek with dates in December. A town farmer road work challenge sparked by a six inch snow led to a joint mobilization of fifty men thirty teams and a plan to gravel the Diagonal road at a rate of about one mile per day with fires and hot meals to sustain crews.
Instruction on securing a horse tail with a long wrapping rope style, then a local note on John Simpson bringing a tein to town for mud roads. It mentions Fos ter mares, draft horses, and rising horse prices, plus observations on pig demand, corn prices, and a farmer Brinning who moved 3,050 bushels of corn for O K Scott in 28 days with average 10% bushels per day.
Cedar Falls dispatch notes work by town men aiding farmers on the road to plow fields. They plan to travel about a mile daily as long as they can endure the cold and hold out through December.
A Bremen paper notes a Deutschflie bersbund aimed at training youths for air service as Germany seeks world air dominance. The plan includes flying schools for boys aged 15 to 18 using model airplanes with a monthly fee of one mark and four marks yearly for training.
Local residents submit brief notes about community events and issues across neighborhoods. The items highlight gatherings, safety concerns, and small service updates for readers in the area.
Pleasant Hill notes report the school closed for two weeks due to new Mill cases in the area. The Missestone Root and Nine Garrett visited the Ben Miller home. Relatives were invited to the marriage of Fred Kephert and Miss Cecile Hopping on December 4. Elwyn McGinnis returned from Camp Pike. Homer Hotle from Wellston stays with the Howard Baker household.
L G Shaver of Iowa City attends International Stock Show in Chicago this week. Murph Adams and family visit son Lon and relatives in Iowa City Sunday. Mrs A C Diret and Alileson stay with her mother Mrs Anra s der. Thanksgiving visit from Mrs John Bagge in Kalona. Adams family members host Harry Jeffrey leaves for Aledo to join Williams and Vashti college facility. T R Chand fer ward J J Maske visit Wellman Monday afternoon.
Brief notice from a classified section indicating a sale or trade inquiry. Readable lines show a wish to sell items through the Journal Wiley platform with limited details and no specific terms.
Mr and Mrs Earl Kephart with two children Bertha and Beatrice visited the Frank Kephart home on Sunday. Chas Kephart and daughter Daisy called on the Harry Bishop home last Thursday. Tone Root Nina Garrett and Karl Payne spent Saturday night with Ben Miller. Daisy Kephart visited Oscar Gardner Sunday afternoon while Mrs Sam Sigarcose cares for her influenza patient. Roy Kephart and family and Mrs Cal Beenblossom, recently ill, are somewhat better.
Residents attend to ailments and travel as deaths occur. Syms Lord dies at 17 enroute to military school with funeral set for tomorrow. others depart for family illnesses, weddings, and visits in Muscatine Fairfield and Washington.
M C DeLong and daughter Irene of Washington spent yesterday in Crawfordsville visiting friends and relatives. Wil Crozier of Washington also visited. Mry Farrel Huston Amson and Joseph of Columbus Junction are visiting the J H Huston home.
Dec 2 Wellman route line reports influenza steady with small new cases in the Fred Durian and Tom Moon families. Schools churches and picture shows will curtail activities to contain spread.
Letters recall the Kaiser's fate and war deaths as families like Everette Young Testroet Schackner and Wiles discuss injuries, camps, and neighbors. The piece notes relatives visiting Wellman and plans to move homes while mothers fear for sons in French graves.
The Iowa Baptist state convention meets in Des Moines December 4 to 8 to choose the name location and character of a planned $1,000,000 Baptist college. Sessions occur at Highland Park Presbyterian church and Des Moines college chapel. Decision hinges on whether the college stays at Des Moines college or moves to a site at Chautauqua park.
Independence December 4 The influenza quarantine at the Iowa State hospital was lifted with no reported cases during seven weeks of strict measures. The hospital records show the epidemic did not affect this institution.
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