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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1920
Page
2
Estimated receipts today 6 000 holdover 4 099 cattle 3 909 sheep 1 600. Western price ranges for various weights and grades with cash and futures notes. Grain and market commentary from Beach Wickham Grain Co Morrison Building Washington Iowa. Weather cloudy cool tonight and Sunday partly cloudy.
Readable fragments show a livestock direct sale listing possibly naming John A Babcock and a commission yard in Chicago with a Main Floor Exchange. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR but indicate a trade notice.
Dr. J. W. Hanna aged 74 died at hisWinfield home after a long illness including a stroke. A longtime Democrat and public servant he served as mayor councilman and education board official and held posts as postmaster and health officer. He led medical and business efforts in Henry County and was a Mason Knight Templar Shriner and longtime surgeon for the Burlington railroad. He played a leading role in local fraternal circles and was supreme representative for the Knights of Pythias 1904 Chicago conclave.
Emma Bloomfield sues the estate of her late brother Thomas Bloomfield for about 11,000 dollars claiming 19 years of wages at twelve dollars weekly as housekeeper. The defense counters that a daughter was born to Emma and her mother, both supported by the brother, with the estate valued around 26,000 dollars. Judge Fry awarded 4,500 dollars to Emma.
Lawrence Kas Jess Willard confirms signing to meet the winner of the Dempsey Brennan bout on December 14. The former heavyweight champion says he will return to reclaim the title and defend it against the winner. A closing note mentions Russia’s high food prices.
Des Moines reports the Thirty-ninth Iowa General Assembly shows farmers heavy in the House with 45 farmers and multiple mixed occupations, while the Senate leans lawyers with 16 lawyers and 13 farmers among 50 members. Republicans dominate both chambers, signaling a conservative session likely to limit expenditures and defer code revision.
A long list of public sales and closings from Farm Department notices includes multiple dec dates and locations such as Titus West Chester Keota Grace Hill Brighton Washington and Titus with names like W N Johnson C C Owens Hotle Huber McCall O Dayton Oscar Bjork and F T Kauffman. Also reports Indian corn borer on Seneca lands and a floor hog-pen study plus Arkansas legislative visit to Iowa State College.
Des Moines, Vec. 1 Ambrose L Urick state labor commissioner warns Iowa needs more than 6000 workers to husk the corn. He says 3000 men can finish in three weeks, and a county by county list of needed help and wages has been prepared.
In Dubuque on December 2 caretakers at the Bennett undertaking establishment searched for a gas main leak using a lighted candle. Three fire companies responded to the general alarm and the fire was extinguished with slight loss.
George B. Roberts of the National City Bank of New York analyzes Iowa's financial pulse noting the farm department report on grain costs and banker farmer conferences. He argues the era's prosperity bred credit excess and warns against policy shifts that raise prices via scarcity, urging steady work and gradual readjustment toward abundance.
Sioux City reports the body of Lieut. M. D. Eckerman killed near Metz on November 1 1918 has been disinterred November 15 and will be returned to Des Moines for burial. Miss Marie Bohrer of Haggenbaugh Alsace Lorraine sent word to Eckerman’s sister Mrs. A F Swanson 3239 Jackson St. Eckerman was a grand nephew of J B Eckerman of Saahidaien.
The local runswich Balke Colander plant in Dubuque shut down Tuesday night for an indefinite period, leaving about 500 workers laid off while management had denied a near term closing. The plant previously employed over 1,200 a year ago and only twelve staff remained.
In England thirty four thousand women must seek employment due to the government's suspension of an unemployed pension of 15 shillings a week. The measure compels many households to adjust finances as the aid ends.
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