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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1920
Page
2
Chicago reports Dec 6 receipts: hogs 49 000 holdovers 1 805 cattle 18 000 calves 34 000. Beef and pork classes show price ranges with feeders and western range cattle listed. Grain futures for wheat corn rye and oats noted with closing ranges and cash prices for Chicago and Toledo markets.
A corrected stock listing from the Chicago exchange shows items on the main floor with updated figures and references to the 87 28 line. The notice clarifies the direct to yard address and the 8 8 8 notation for the floor level.
A mysterious blaze in the Odd Fellows block in Iowa City causes about 30000 dollars in damage with smoke and water ruining stock in L J Benda grocery and Henry Louis pharmacy. The fire began in Benda basement and resisted containment for two hours, spreading through floors and affecting multiple shops and offices in the three story block.
Archie Neal saw a timber wolf in his Osceola area cornfield as his bulldog Bull attacked the animal. Neal joined the fight with a club and killed the wolf, a two to three year old male. Clarke County will pay a bounty for the hide, likely worth about $10.
A fragment suggests a dog of bulldog grit may still be at liberty within a pack, hinting he could be its leader. The text evokes wild canine dynamics and potential authority within the group.
Mrs. J. W. Lucas of Glenwood is named among about 100 direct heirs to the Wyckoff estate of New York. The vast property, valued at 800 million dollars in New York real estate, traces to Abraham Wyckoff who settled in Fulton county Illinois. Expiry of leases is cited as unlocking the settlement.
In a public banquet, the chairman calls for a short recess before revealing the next speaker. A guest questions the suspense as the chairman insists on waiting until attendees return, delaying the reveal.
Journal's Farm Department lists multiple public sales and closing out sales dated December 7 to December 22 near Titus West Chester Keota Grace Hill Brighton Titus and Washington with buyers including W. N. Johnson C. C. Owens Hotle Huber McCall Oscar Bjork O. Dayton KE T Kauffman Fred B Weekly and O. S. Willey Angus cattle and timber sales noted. WAGNER WEEKLY REVIEW discusses the U. S. shift to a domestic wheat basis and market outlook for 1921, with figures on exports, home use, and price levels, plus recoveries in corn oats and provisions and trends in poultry butter and grain costs.
Des Moines reports that the second week of December is convention week for multiple agricultural associations. The state department of agriculture will hold its annual meeting and officer election at the state house on Wednesday December 8, with county agricultural societies meeting the day before.
Prices for fresh eggs cream ducks geese turkeys and fowl are listed per pound with rates for old hens roosters toms and other poultry. The handwriting is unclear and some figures are illegible but the intent is a price sheet for day listing.
The Iowa state horticultural society convenes December 7 at the state house. Iowa Implement Dealers Association holds its second December week meeting. Fleece Wool Growers division also gathers next week. National Farm Bureau Federation meets in Indianapolis this week with Governor Harding speaking on waterways. Corn Belt Meat Producers set Des Moines gathering December 14–15. A shotgun discharge incident injured a baby in a kitchen accident.
In Dubuque on December 6, four year old Mabel Ste ger was instantly killed in a local accident. The report notes preliminary details as investigators begin to document the scene and secure statements from witnesses.
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