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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1918
Page
2
Hog prices opened strong with top hogs near 27.90 and bids 17.80 to 17.90 for choice. Cattle and calves shows steady to strong demand, calves slow, feeds higher, and cows and bulls in lighter ranges. Receipts and shipments listed for yesterday and today across hogs, cattle, and sheep markets.
Opening grain market shows corn prices around 1.34 to 1.37 per bushel with February and March bids near 1.34 to 1.37. Oats and timothy prices listed with varying bids as traders watch futures moves.
A pensive reflection by William George Jordan on happiness and sorrow. The quote argues happiness grows from giving rather than getting and that lasting joy arises from sorrow tempered by time, shaping love and empathy for others.
One of the largest Independent Produce Houses in Iowa invites comparison of prices and service before selling elsewhere. They list poultry and fowl including chickens hens old roosters geese ducks and turkeys and rabbits and guineas and pigeons and muscovy ducks live or dead. They offer higher prices per pound for delivered goods and urge customers to deliver eggs and cream fresh at least weekly during the winning four months and to tell neighbors if satisfied.
Farmers sow timothy and oats by broadcasting then discing and harrowing while small patches skip the disc. Oats boost hay, curb weeds, and clover covers the fall. timothy benefits if left another year. When needed, meadows may be plowed for corn. Delaware County faces 1000 dollars yearly in sheep damage from roaming dogs, prompting Farm Bureau resolutions to council for action. About 4000 feeder sheep join the 3000 usual statewide. Sheep men prefer avoiding useless ears. dogs sometimes bite for leg of lamb.
The text explains that pig rooting is driven by appetite. It notes pigs root pastures and old meadows to find worms or plant roots not fully satisfied by their ration, especially when underfed, and that rooting serves hunger rather than exercise or mischief.
The narrator recalls sowing timothy and oats on damaged pasture in spring, harrowing to smooth the ground, and waiting for the old grass to regrow. By next spring a stronger pasture often appeared, with the same method used for clover.
In Washington County short notes report recent arrivals departures and life events. Notices include births marriages deaths and exchanges of neighbors in community letters and personals.
F G Martin visited Washington on business. Lyall Moore returned from Rubio after a several day stay. School opened after a weeks vacation due to district illness. Miss Jennie Strum visited Washington Saturday. Grace Peck returned to W A Leet’s after visiting relatives in Fairfield. Mrs Cavendar went home to Washington after visiting her sister Mrs Martin. Chas Johnson came back from a Chicago business trip last week. W K Leet sawed wood on Wednesday.
West Chester notes show Mr. and Mrs. Walter Clark and Miss Ellen Clark of Peoria visiting FP G. Martin. Ed Kicher visited on business. Mrs. W. B. Boyer and Vera have influenza but are recovering. Miss Jennie Lilja also ill but improving. William Parker returned from Haskins on Wednesday.
The Bureau of Crop Estimates reports a 12.6 percent rise in U S sheep numbers from July 1 1917 to July 1 1918 with January 1918 figures showing 2.7 percent above the prior year. Wool production in 1918 reached 257,921,000 pounds up from 245,573,000 pounds in 1917.
Lewis Smith is able to be out and about in town. H. W. Luers and Co. is loading corn. W. 5S. Boyer and Lee Craig returned from Chicago Wednesday. Floyd Crayne is reported better. Clarence Plummer helps Harry Davidson on the White Way. Harry moved to his own farm.
Loren Moorhead returns from Camp Grant and contracts influenza after arriving home. Mrs. Clarence Moorhead and Jack Hayley fall ill while Emma Bennett visits from Washington. Dick Lemon dies at about age twenty after influenza and pneumonia, with much of his family down with illness. No funeral plans yet.
Retta Deal Florence Frank and other families spent Saturday at C Augustine home Ott Lily Dortha Pfeifer Myre Florence Frank Charles Breitenbach Homer Mayer Louise Addie Alvin Opal Wallace Irma Delpha Black Sunday visits included B H Givans and C Augustine homes Lee Breitenbach of Columbus Junction joined family gatherings Blanche Conrad Florence Myrtle Frank and Charles Churchill with Ethel Maye at A R Conrad home Mary Augustine visited H V Franks Tuesday afternoon.
A fragment quotes La Rochefoucauld on mutual admiration and the difference between those who admire us and those we admire, suggesting social dynamics and self-perception in interpersonal regard.
Henry P. Davison, head of the Red Cross war council, asks 3,854 chapters and 22 million members to enroll during the Christmas roll call. He says future funding will rely on ongoing membership, with the Red Cross expanding peace and humanitarian work worldwide from Europe to home service.
Red Cross home service workers assist the army abroad with twenty or more inquiries daily reaching Washington and many more by mail. When full answers are not possible they provide near right help and pledge ongoing reassurance and support.
A famed actress always swore she was eighteen years younger than her real age. In court she kept the lie while testifying, and her son, called next, declared his age as six months older than his mother. The remark startled observers and highlighted the odd belief.
The instruction notes that new fern shoots in pots should be turned to the right to guide growth. Once fully grown the plant is described as a beautiful sound specimen.
A quoted reflection notes that denying freedom of the will makes morality impossible. The remark attributes the view to Proude and frames it as a concise ethical truism.
The final USDA production report shows US corn at about 2.58 billion bushels, about 300 million below private estimates. Wheat output exceeds last year, oats near last year, winter and spring wheat totals rise to 917.1 million bushels, and rye and barley also up despite corn shortfall.
King Ferdinand and Queen Marie entered Bucharest on December 3 amid enthusiastic crowds. French General Berthelot and British officers greeted them as residents of the deserted Macharest streamed into the streets to shake hands with the returning monarchs.
The article describes spikenard or nard as a highly aromatic plant native to the Indies. It notes its use in ancient baths and feasts as the source of a valued extract or perfume, referenced in biblical passages.
A columnist quotes a speaker who notes men should not eat with a knife but adds that sometimes prudent policy is to eat with their wife. The remark is framed as a wry aside on manners and partnership.
Milk cow sale announced at Washington location in the Chil cote Barn offering shelter and feed for buyers. Sale to proceed rain or shine with on hand provisions.
Saturday December 14 at 1:80 PM a sale of five good cows and several fresh and balance springers tuberculin tested will be conducted at halter. The notice invites buyers to attend and promises past sale practices.
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