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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1918
Page
2
Hogs top at 17.80 with various grades trading 14.25 to 17.80. Cattle market steady to lower with calves 15.25 to 19.75 and cows 6.75 to 13.25. Sheep and lambs weaker with feeders 9.50 to 11.06 and ewes 9.00 to 9.50. Receipts and shipments listed, market delayed by fog and darkness.
Grain futures market update furnished by FE Wagner Co. in Iowa City and J B Hunt manager reports closing figures and market direction. Information provided by the local grain brokerage with contact details.
A World Wide Magazine article describes poisonous snakes as having diamond shaped heads about four times larger at the jaw than the neck and blunt tails. It says non poisonous snakes have sharp heads and tails. The piece also claims all snakes are poisonous during a seven day shedding period and go blind two days before shedding.
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University of Illinois tests show straw mulching on wheat increases yields by 19.3 bushels in 1917 and 7.8 in 1918 versus unmulched plots. Straw protects wheat in winter and returns fertility and humus to soil, notes J. G. Nosier in Prairie Farmer.
Notices list closing out sales for December 17 to 19 with vendors Hesseltine Reneau Noel and Donahue and Vondrasek near Washington Prairie Flower Church and Red Bull. A public sale note follows. The piece then reflects on neighborly care during flu outbreaks and critiques a packing industry publicist, contrasting rhetoric with real farmer interests and market fluctuations in Washington.
The article describes using horn ends for knife handles and other thick pieces, splitting the horn, steaming and ironing it into a flat sheet from which buttons and combs are cut and polished for market demand. It notes this as a notable item picked up in Chicago and adds a seasonal wish about pigs having dry beds through December 25.
Frank L. Platt culls slackers from several farm flocks in Grundy county and numerous farmers react with indignation. Reports say 30 hens culled from Messrs Waters Hunt and others produced no eggs after a week. Prairie Farmer notes straw in field leaches plant food and decomposes, forming humus. The article discusses re incorporating straw into soil as a practical method.
Waterloo reports eight percent of families overbought their October sugar allotment. Records from W F Parrott show retailer sales evidence that could lead to prosecution under food laws. Total November sales amounted to about 100000 pounds in the county.
Rev Joseph Meck an American born pastor of a German leaning congregation returned to Aurora Illinois after an uneasy session with Assistant U S Attorney Francis Borelli at the federal building. Auditors cited complaints about his remarks on the United States and Germany and he was placed on probation with promises to refrain from further criticism and to be 100 percent patriotic henceforth.
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