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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1919
Page
2
Estimated receipts today show hogs at 9 000 with 9 722 left over while cattle reach 3 500 and 7 000 sheep. Beef steers and stockers mostly 25 off with strong sheep and lambs led by top lambs at 17.00 and prime ewes 10 to 50 higher than week ago.
Market totals show December corn opening at 1.40 to 1.41 with a close around 1.40. May corn moves to about 1.32 with a 1.30 close, oats near 0.76 to 0.77 with 0.77 close, and cash market reports listing 150 cars of corn and 100 cars of oats with tone off. Clover futures for March steady at 30.22.
Edward A. Cudahy Jr, once kidnapped from Omaha and ransomed for 25000, is engaged to Miss Margaret Carry. Cudahy, now vice president of Cudahy Packing, served as a World War I coast artillery captain. Carry is daughter of Edward F. Carry, aide to E N Hurley on the wartime shipboard board.
The passage describes traveling from Africa across the Indian Ocean along the equator through Borneo and Sumatra and notes orangutans in those forests. It speculates the Malay Archipelago could be a submerged continent including the Philippines and could become a landmass near Australia with geologic uplift.
In 1848 the British Naval academy at Annagelix is cited with George Ban Croft the historian involved in its early establishment. The fragment notes his influence as a naval figure during that period.
A fragmented note discusses an archaic form of the word gen or Gena as a sign of a con to Christianity, implying linguistic shifts in early religious terminology. The text references Gent and Genter as variants amid an evaluation of linguistic roots and usage.
The Journal lists numerous closing out and public sales across Iowa towns from Walton Brothers near Riverside to Jarrard in Washington. Entries specify dates December through February, with sellers such as Walton Brothers, Fred Donaldson, J F Striegel, Manford Wilcox, C R Johnson, Wim Krabill, T T Hummelrich, and many others, covering hog and dairy cattle auctions and stock sales. Locations include Washington, Riverside, Brighton, Crawfordsville, Keota, Havre, and Brighton among others.
The 1930s-era report shows total farm crop value at 14.09 billion dollars, up nearly 1.5 billion from last year, with corn valued at about 3.93 billion and cotton 2.33 billion. Harvested area extends over 359.5 million acres, led by corn, hay, and wheat, with increases in many crops and higher prices paid to producers.
Closing out sales and public sale notices list sellers R H Fetters near Washington Jake Ramsey Keota Lloyd Kennedy Washington John May Washington Matt Easley near town and Washington County Duroc sale by I K Beal Ainsworth on Feb 27 with dates Feb 19 to Feb 27 attached to each listing
A Chicago formed American Farm Bureau Federation faces farmer scrutiny amid concern over timing and radical influence. The author urges careful examination of aims and funding, warns against strikes, and proposes limits on leadership, spending, and member rights to protect farmers and other classes.
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