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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1920
Page
2
Chicago market shows estimated receipts of 44,900 hogs and 25,000 cattle and calves with slow to weak trading patterns. Beef and pork prices range with tops around 15.65 for cattle and 14 to 19 for calves, while lambs and yearlings move 15 to 21. Official Saturday totals list hogs 4,875 and shipments of hogs 4,343, cattle 329, sheep 151.
Purnished data shows corn May at 1.36 percent and July at 1.82 percent, with Sept at 1.30 percent. Oats May at 0.34, duly 0.76. Cash market lists 215 cars of corn at 1.46 to 1.48 and 98 cars of oats at 0.89 to 0.90. March Clover priced at 5.10 dollars.
In shallow waters the bottom shows clearly revealing pebble and sand. A strong light reveals the wreck-strewn depths as pure and serene. The depth clearness contrasts with hollow dearness, a positive quality versus negative.
The Italian government installs a five mesh steel wire net about nine feet high along the Swiss frontier with gateways at various points to deter smuggling.
A terse observation notes many feel they have done their duty by being kind to friends and family while remaining harmless to others. The tone critiques those who overestimate moral virtue and avoid broader responsibility in society.
Fragmentary note describes teak forest handling by elephants. It claims one elephant can process from fifty to perhaps one hundred logs in a season, and references image center areas and forest tops. The passage is unclear about location and context.
The journal details a sequence of public and closing out sales across Washington County Iowa from Feb 3 to Feb 28. Listings name buyers sellers farms towns and sale types including Poland China and Duroc Jersey hog sales and stock gatherings.
Iowa’s top corn yield for 1919 came from LeRoy A. Haines of Princeton in Scott County with 111.6 bushels per acre. He received the Raymond A. Pearson silver trophy cup from the Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers association. Other high yielding contestants included L. J. Meyer and Chris Kinsell with yields from 88 to 106 bushels. Continuous fertilizer not used. best yields came from ordinary farming practices on well kept land.
Chinese engineers are praised for skilled operation of airbrakes with exceptionally smooth control. Breaks in cars are rare and damage on Shuut-Ing Chinese railways remains minimal.
A damaged text fragment mentions currencies and exchange values including 12.00, 5.00, and 81.50, hinting at trade or valuation notes. No clear entities or events are identifiable, leaving the exact context uncertain.
A student corn show at the Washington area high school, judged by County Agent M H Fedderson, awarded Glenn Minner first in the seed selection contest with 9 girls and 15 boys participating. Separate judging led by Prof Overmeyer named Harlan O Loughlin as top, followed by Elmer Steele and Gayford Waymack. The event coincides with a Parent Teacher Association meeting open to attendees. Also reported is J M Lord & Son’s Lord’s Duroc Jersey sale at Columbus Junction, top price $150 from 40 head sold. Mount Ayr coverage quotes Buck urging market access, profit in production, and stronger farm bureau efforts in Ringgold county.
The Uintah railroad runs 62 miles from Mack Colorado to Watson Vinge over the Atchee mountains. The line crosses peaks over D000 feet high and features 75 percent curves, marking a challenging elevation profile for the new route.
A St Louis man arrested for stealing eighty pounds of metal claims the theft was to fund a new wooden leg after suffering a bad leg. Police report he took small amounts at a time to avoid detection.
For sale 20 Duroc sons yearling and spring gifts bred to Long Model 263681 and Pathfinder Likeness Jr. 327601. Pathfinder Likeness Jr. is champion Des Moines 1918 and top boar in Mike Trier sale last fall. expected among top under year hours in Iowa. Washington Iowa R. R. 6.
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