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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1921
Page
2
Chicago markets show strong demand with higher quotes across hogs cattle and sheep. Estimated receipts total about 40 000 hogs 8 000 cattle and 9 800 sheep plus 1 550 calves with buyers pushing prices up to 25 higher on beef and lambs while hogs gain firmness.
December 28 sales at Reneau and Schulty Myers Farm near Prairie Flower. January 10 closing out sale for Val Redlinger 5 miles northeast of Washington. January 20 Stephenson and Shaner Wineld Duroc bred sow sale. January 28 Alliman Bros Noble Duroe sow sale Yeh. February 2 Hunter and Hunter Spot ted Poland China.
The American Legion home theater production All Aboard faced a stage fire just before curtain. Cast included children and seniors. everyone escaped with no injuries. Firefighters cleared the scene. building sustained damage but usable after repairs, with performances resumed Monday and Tuesday next week.
Mabel condemns Tom for poor manners after breaking their engagement. Tess notes his lack of action, while she recalls returning gifts. he sent back cigars, a ribbon, a necktie, and five boxes of face powder, claiming the amount matched what he took.
Grace Hill Church prepares for Seletmas season with a Sunday school rehearsal on Saturday morning and a 7 30 program. Christmas day services include study at 10 and preaching at 11. Evening program features school songs, recitations, bells, a star drill, gift distribution, and a minister’s talk.
In Marshalltown on December 22 Arthur Goodman 25 and Glencoe Corbett 17 were fined in municipal court for using a public highway near State Center to stage a car race observed by a large crowd. Goodman paid 25 dollars plus costs. Corbett, a minor, settled costs with suspended fine conditioned on not driving again until July 1 1922 without parental accompaniment.
Dr. L H Pammel head of Iowa State College botany department discovered a huge buffalo skull while with a dendrology class two miles northeast of Ames in a peat bog. Prof J E Guthrie measured it nearly matching the Smithsonian’s big buffalo skull, with earlier finds by Beal noted and elk antlers also found on college lands.
Popular Mechanics notes Washington operates the world’s only convict run game farm. Trustees raise large numbers of pheasants on penitentiary grounds for distribution statewide and women work as freely as inmates.
A young woman answers a question about late hours saying she does not know if her mother would object but adds she always beats her mother in. The paraphrase implies a joking remark on parental oversight and the girl's independence.
The Journal reports a second series of two day courses for livestock shipping association managers in nine Iowa cities starting January 3-4 in Davenport and ending January 30-February 1 in Mason City. Additional sessions are set in Dubuque Burlington Creston Spencer Sioux City Omaha and Des Moines. The classes aim to teach uniform accounting and better methods for cooperative shippers.
Secretary Wallace warned at the Boston chamber of commerce that the United States is in a severe agricultural depression with crop prices at historic lows. He urged relief measures including credit improvements, lower freight rates, and federal supervision of market systems to protect farmers. He compared the era to England after the Napoleonic wars and warned against sacrificing agriculture for industrial growth.
Norfolk Neb December 21 report shows a state price investigation commission listening to butcher W A Mouritsen claim a price war exists between butchers and farmers peddling meat at cut rates in the city. Mouritsen says half hogs sold at 5 cents per pound with outside competition killing. prices may rise 1 to 2 cents per pound afterward.
A courtroom scene unfolds as Mr Bully presses a downtrodden witness about what a gentleman looks like. The witness stumbles over words and finally bristles at the judge’s testy prompt, anger flaring as he demands the jurors clear the way.
Des Moines reports on the federal road act providing Iowa 2.10 million dollars for road building in the year ending June 22 1922. The plan divides funds into interstate and intercounty systems with maintenance and matching requirements under the agriculture department and state highway commission.
A Scotsman hoping to profit from tin cans and scrap iron sent his haul to a junk shop but the items were misrouted. He awoke to a garage letter stating his motor car was severely damaged and an estimate for repair with an approximate delivery date.
A compact reflection on improvement as a constant human effort, asserting that progress is the greatest reality in the world, attributed to L. Gorvin.
Burlington dispatch reports Captain John N. Bell died in Dayton Ohio on December 18 at age eighty three. Bell had left the Hawkeye staff in 1862 to serve as captain of Company EB in the 25th Iowa Infantry and fought in the Mississippi River campaign and Georgia march with Sherman. He was a longtime Grand Recorder of the Knights Templar in Ohio and married Annie Acres of the Acres Blackmar firm. Bell returned to Burlington after the war and remained active in veterans circles.
The editor endures a barrage of foolish questions from readers and rivals, likening the ordeal to answering a square inch of space. The piece blends satire with an indulgent nod to press bravado and newsroom wit.
Dubuque reports 1921 income tax returns will exceed 4 million dollars in Iowa. Collector Lars Bladine notes 1922 will see more returns but less total taxes due to higher exemptions and business conditions. Delinquencies rise as the December 15 last quarter payment deadline approaches.
A clipped dialect snippet shows a character gossiping about aging, work, and a blessing from the Land with talk of directions and memory gaps. The passage evokes rural voice and humorous self reference in a compact dialogue style.
Gas that is practically incombustible is yielded by some wells drilled for natural gas in Oklahoma. The discovery highlights variations in gas quality among Oklahoma fields and may affect processing and use.
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