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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1922
Page
2
Chicago market notes 1922 reports cattle hogs sheep with receipts projected at 15 000 cattle and 7 90 hogs and wholesale prices for heavy medium and light weight cattle and sheep. Beach Wickham Grain Co provide grain tone and car counts. Tomorrow estimates cite hogs 37 000 cattle 15 000 sheep 15 000.
The Iowa Association of Southern California invites Iowa transplants to visit its Los Angeles headquarters at Continental National Bank Corner Main and Ninth to meet friends, access services, and learn about events. Secretary C H Parsons offers information free of charge and encourages participation in Admission Day Dinner, February picnic, and August Long Beach outing.
Sale dates listed for Alfred Nash at three and one fourth miles northwest of Crawfordsville, J J Stapp Co at five miles northwest of Columbus Junction, Clyde Hill house at Brighton, and Ralph W Moore Crawfordsville, all noting closing out or public sales in December.
Viola Dana stars in They Like Em Rough at the Fox Theatre on Wednesday. Dana's character rejects discipline and schemes to marry the first man she meets for a quick wedding. A rough lumber camp romance follows with comedy and adventure.
In Middletown Indiana today William Shaffer thirty five a farmer and his wife were found murdered. Mrs Shaffer had been decapitated and Mr Shaffer’s head split open. Their bodies were discovered by neighboring farmers. A four year old daughter survived cold and hunger but could not give details. Authorities believe the couple had been dead for several days.
The surface sea shows marked salinity differences with higher levels where evaporation is strong such as the Red Sea and lower levels where rainfall is heavy or winds are calm and mood is low.
A remark on social success stating that it is the capacity for being bored. It notes that people prefer talking about themselves and that good listeners are scarce.
The Estes house, a five story brick building at Keokuk's busy intersection, began in 1857 as a grand hotel but became a government hospital during the Civil War. Anne Wittenmeyer tended wounded soldiers here as steamboats docked with casualties bound for care. The site later housed G A R activities and local National Guard armories, with parts of its wards still visible. The Lexington chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution suggests preserving the building with a bronze tablet.
An editorial argues burning raw bituminous coal instead of coking wastes fertilizer value and wheat production. It claims annual losses of two crop years’ worth of fertilizer value totaling $00,000,000 bushels of wheat.
A pithy quotation notes that at a point in learning a person understands envy stems from ignorance. The line attributes the insight to Emerson and frames envy as a lack of knowledge rather than a virtue.
The National Park Service report to Secretary Fall notes America offers premier scenery and winter recreation in Yosemite, Yellowstone, Rocky Mountain, Mount Rainier, and Lafayette parks. It highlights rising visitation, with Crater Lake and Grand Canyon growing attractions and plans for park road and facility improvements.
Rollie Ajalt hauled hay for Mack Richard last week. Three carloads of stock were shipped from here Thursday. Mr and Mrs Will Easter visited the Sherman Benson home in Ainsworth Sunday. Cecil Shrader rode as a passenger to Washington on Monday. Mrs Martin Weston hosted the Ladies Aid of the Evangelical church Thursday. Mr and Mrs Clem B Kare Macdonald Howard and others visited the McBride home Sunday. Several people attended the all day meeting at the Pleasant Hill church Sunday. Mrs Jim Shrader of Washington visited at her son Jake Shrader’s home last week.
A Buffalo Express snippet records a conversation where Mrs. Littleton complains about a large woman blocking the view, while Mr. Littleton notes the spectator is reading titles aloud, diminishing the show.
Reverend Pettit and Will Miller spend Monday at the Arthur Rheubsam home hunting rabbits. Wess Meyers sold about 1500 bushels of corn to Charney Cunningham and will shell it later.
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