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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1918
Page
2
Chicago market report shows estimated hog receipts 57 000 with openers steady to 16 cents lower and top at 18.00. Cattle receipts 25 000 with calves strong 16.00–19.75 for good stock. Sheep and lambs demand steady to firm with calves and veal listed. Receipts yesterday and shipments recorded. prices vary by grade from hogs 16.85–18.00 and cattle 9.75–19.75 depending on quality.
Grain futures close report from Iowa City noting price movements and market activity. Includes broker name E W Wagner Co and contact data for B Hunt manager. Information reflects commodity trading details for the day.
Rural Route 4 reports visits among area families. Tom Nicholson and family visited Oscar Gardner. Frank Sickles stayed with Frank Kephart. Homer Kephart visited A B Carr. Charlie Kephart and Harry Jones sold hogs and bags to Joe Link. Ed Lins family and Howard Beenblossom family visited Cal Been blossom.
Notices from commission shippers urge farmers to deliver poultry and other goods due to bad roads. Offers include a pay premium for poultry delivered to town, and listed prices for turkeys ducks and cotton tail rabbits along with handling instructions to keep products clean, cool, and dry.
W J Brooks and son sold about 300 bushels of apples from four acres at 1.50 to 2.50 per bushel. Ross Van Nostrand tests silage fed with Angus yearlings for beef. a separate load of butcher stock will be finished on silage and clover hay with no corn. An Ames Bulletin No 158 promotes creosote treatment for fence posts and notes a wheat census totaling 722 046 acres.
An advertisement for B. A. Thomas' Poultry Remedy promises increased egg yield and healthy poultry. Sherman Bros. guarantees customer satisfaction and offers a refund if not satisfied.
News letters from Washington County report various comings and goings in the community. Items include births, deaths, marriages, and other personal notices, highlighting local families and notable events.
We the undersigned forbid hunters and trappers coming on our premises with dogs or guns. Signatories include J. H. F. Taylor Ralph Livingston John Simmering John Speidel Jas Crawford Thos Simpson W R Stryker C H Dittmer John Jackson Medes Beliel Chas R Shaffer J H Baird J D Hays John Zaring Albert Donovan Arthur Wead R P Dewey. 7116
In September Frank Macon purchased a Duroe gilt and a litter of twelve pigs from Ernest Carlson. He paid 125 dollars for the pedigrees and gilt, noting the sire Dutch Model and the pigs by Premier Chief. After about ninety days he sold all twelve pigs to A C Cannon for 240 dollars, keeping the sow for future use. Cannon also gained two especially valuable pigs.
A Farmers Union of Washington County meeting will be held at Woodman Hall on Saturday January 4 1919 at 1 PM to elect officers for the business year. W M Sutherland is president.
J F H Taylor lost a fine Short horn heifer on his place just north of the city limits after an act of wild shooting by hunters. The animal was found by Taylor and tenant Mr Crawford in the cattle shed with a bullet wound behind the car. The incident has stirred local feeling and farmers vow to bar irresponsible hunters from their premises.
Iowa State College poultrymen say nearly half of Iowa flocks are unprofitable layers and could be culled without harming egg output. Case studies in Butler Bremer and other counties show substantial feed savings and maintained production after removing diseased or nonproductive hens.
Iowa reports 85 percent of farmers selected and stored seed corn this fall. The program, led by Iowa State College extension, the State Council of Defense, and county farm bureaus, appointed 10 622 census takers who found 164 037 farmers stored seed while 19 606 did not. All but three counties participated.
Marshalltown hosts officers and reps from sixty of Iowa’s ninety nine counties as the Iowa Farm Bureau federation organizes. J R Howard becomes president with Adam Middleton first vice president Frank Justice second vice president L S Fisher third vice president C F Coverdale treasurer and J E Craven treasurer. The group aims to improve production and distribution via surveys and legal counsel and opposes daylight saving arguing it harms farm labor. It also rejects any nonpartisan league political influence.
Neighborhood residents joined Christmas morning visits at various homes including Mrs. Frank Bailey and Mrs. James Eckels. Willis Peterson welcomed a new grandson. Snowy weather followed a bloom of dandelions with 15 to 20 inches of snow and a zero reading by Thursday.
Mrs. Carl Sneider stayed with Claude McCall in Washington last Thursday. Several families shared Sunday visits including the Bakers Pattersons and their daughter Rosella. The Kepharts and Lins households hosted visits, and flu cases at Harry Bishop's were under Dr. McLaughlin care. Additional gathering at Cal Beenblossom and Howard Baker's occurred, with Pratt visiting Sigafoose.
The Department of Agriculture reports December 1 1918 commercial wheat stocks at 219 454 932 bushels across 10 669 firms surpassing 1917 by 206.1 percent. Other cereals show gains with corn oats barley rye rising over prior year. flour and meal stocks also exceed last year with notable percentage increases.
Kalona report from December 30 highlights Miss Ruth Schreiner returning from Mt Pleasant to the high school staff. Kenneth Hicks departs for Detroit to begin auto school training. Local residents relocate or visit. school resumes with limited teachers due to vacation.
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Homer Bowen on December 28. Mrs Carrie Fenner of Moline visited Ottumwa and will stay a week with her parents Mr and Mrs Walter Brim. A son was born to Mr and Mrs John Crile on Christmas Day. Miss Emma Brim visited her grandmother Mrs Walter Brim as Leona McNeese resumed teaching. The Boys Club issued tuivita.
Private Archie Bierghard, held in the local jail, is charged with desertion after leaving Camp Dodge without leave. He awaits transfer back to Camp Dodge as Miss Dorothy Barkoff returns from Des Moines on Sunday.
In Richland the flu situation remains steady with quarantine releases roughly matching new cases. Christmas visits include Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Mowery in Fremont and the Ackermans. the Harmson family hosted travels. Rev and Mrs Hansen returned to Indiana after their daughter's illness and death. The marriage of Frank Pugh to Decia Wade in Ottumwa was announced. they are in Chicago. Ottumwa couple O. S. Trigg and Geo. Trigg are home for the holidays. School plans to reopen January 6.
J H Lee visited Washington yesterday and Ira Mitchell returned to work after visiting family over Sabbath. Deward Franklin came home from Cambridge Mass for a ten day furlough. Mrs Marshall Gannon of Washington visited the Stump family. Bruce Lease will re-enter Grinnell College. Arthur Orris returns to Camp Sherman after furlough. Hazel Anwyl resumes work in Mt Pleasant college. Mrs S A Dwinell and son Billy visit W E Stump family. George Stump travels to Washington. Mrs T W Rickey returns from Washington. Mrs J A McCleary and Mina visit Ellis Kongable near Winfield. Bess Graham returns to Barnes City after Christmas at Stump home.
Dee SC reflects on Czecho Slovak and Bohemian immigrants in Iowa, noting initial poverty and later advancement through business acumen. The writer recalls two Bohemian funeral scenes showing changed social status and wealth, and remarks on the strong work ethic that propelled immigrants from hardship to success in America.
The piece recalls Maple Grove’s shift from desiring 40 acres of Washington county soil to owning over 400 acres in Jackson township. It honors the late Samuel Anderson and civil war veteran Samuel C. Gardner, and ends with a New Year farewell to 1918.
An Old World health advertorial urges elimination of poisons to extend life and keep youth. It extols kidney filtering power and purifying the blood, recommending Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules and Gold Metal Tinariem Oil Capsules from Dutch labs as reliable remedies claimed to maintain strength, nerve steadiness, and vigor. It notes availability from druggists in sealed three sizes.
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