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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1918
Page
2
Chicago traders open with quiet steady tone as hogs cattle and sheep show varied gains and losses. Estimated receipts today include 42 000 hogs 25 000 cattle and 23 000 sheep with yesterday totals of 20 192 22 692 and 19 744 respectively.
Report on grain futures activity furnished by E. W. Wagner and Co of Iowa City with Jd. B. Hunt as manager. Trade desk contact listed as phone 726 for market information and data.
A philosopher figure quips that someone who married for money will not marry again for love or money, implying a hardened stance on marriage choices. The lines reveal a dry, reflective humor about motives in union and the value of love versus wealth.
A brief note argues that wealth comes from holding onto earned money rather than borrowing. It contrasts frugal discipline with easy credit and urges prudent financial habits to build lasting wealth.
Partial text from a local page references a library, an event, and dates but is garbled and unreadable for full details. available words suggest a brief notice or item listing with no clear names or actions.
Farmers neglect bookkeeping, missing clear profit indicators as packers and taxes push for records. Regular farm accounts reveal where costs soar, equipment misuse, or overpaid labor, guiding better management and long term gains.
A reader asks whether selling corn off the farm reduces fertility for income tax purposes and whether buying feed that increases fertility should be added to income before tax is computed. The inquiry seeks guidance on how fertility changes from farming activity affect taxable income.
Riverside buyer A A Gerot is credited with selecting two mature mares, seven and eight years old, in Lefebvre's Belgians sale reports. The mention highlights Gerot's role in choosing the two animals for purchase.
At Ottumwa the Iowa Sheep Breeders chose three representative sheepmen to attend the County Agent Conference in Ames during the third week of December. They will propose forming strong county sheep and wool flower associations linked to a statewide organization. A definite plan of procedure will be set, and a central wool grading station may be established under Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Association supervision.
The famous paying cases brought by forty seven citizens against Fort Madison city and the Burlington Construction company, led by J. W. McKee, may be retried. The lengthy litigation concerns injunctions against tax collection for street work and alleged substitution of gravel for crushed stone in specifications, with claims that the gravel was inferior. The Schlapp vs. City of Fort Madison case opened in 1917 and the matter has dominated several court terms.
The district court case has accumulated thousands of pages of testimony and hundreds of dollars in costs. Judge Henry Bank Jr will leave the bench this month, forcing the action to be tried again. Plaintiffs may be dead before eventual completion, and Burlington Construction cannot force swift closure to recover thousands owed.
Mrs. L A Dringard of Jefferson City Missouri says she suffered stomach trouble and felt nervous and tired before using Chamberlains Tablets. She reports noticeable improvement within a week and credit to the remedy sold by Lemmons Drug Store.
In Paris on December 10 the condition of American POWs in German camps improved slightly due to Conrad Koffman of the YMCA who remained in Berlin after others left. He persuaded German authorities that aiding American prisoners would benefit German captives held by the United States. He was permitted to use neutral assistants in his efforts.
Hoffmans group organized prisoners' help committees in German camps housing Americans. The committees relay needs to Hoffman who sends them to A. C. Harte in Berne. Red Cross and YMCA coordinate supplying food clothing money and other essentials and letters from prisoners confirm the aid reaching them.
In Passaic New Jersey 800 pupils in School No 2 faced a liquor problem. About 200 students aged 9 to 14 reportedly came to class under the influence over two months. Principal Anna Y Smith reported access to gin beer and whiskey at local saloons and the use of a 64 percent alcohol 36 percent ether drug nicknamed white whiskey given at home to make them grow up strong.
Miss Smith described a pattern over two months where ten to twenty pupils daily fell into a stupor roughly ten to fifteen minutes after beginning class. Dr Shepherd will present the report to the grand jury and demand immediate action.
A Kansas City Journal excerpt notes a four year old from Boston who shows no interest in Shakespeare. It questions whether the child is backward or simply intrigued by the theory that Bacon wrote the plays.
Before the great war the sole town in the old world captured by the United States was Derne in Tripoli taken by an American force under General Eaton in 1894.
In France prior to postage stamps and double postage for unpaid mail, prepaying a letter to a friend was regarded as ill bred.
Historical note explains Lusitania as an older name for Portugal and traces the present name to Port Calle, the ancient name of the city now called Oporto, highlighting origins of geographical names.
Two good cows offered at halter in a tuberculin tested sale. Cattle will be conducted as in the past and buyers are urged to attend. Remember the date and location as announced.
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