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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1925
Page
2
Hogs receipts 51 000 with prices generally 5 to 16 cents lower. Packing hogs 16 10 to 19 10, most 180 to 220 pound averages 10 60 to 10 85. Cattle receipts 3 000 with fed steers 7 25 to 8 75, few above 9 56, vealers 25 to 50 cents lower. Sheep receipts 14 006 slow, bulk 18 00 to 18 35, top 18 50, feeding lambs steady, early sales 17 50 to 76.
Berlin reports that in 1924 American currency left Germany rapidly as inflation waned and the Rentenmark steadied. With Germans losing faith in foreign coinage, demand shifts to stable dollars, while foreign gold and silver fetch steep discounts and small money changers accept them at far lower rates.
The state department rescued a cache of east Asian gifts from wartime quarters in a basement. The collection includes swords from Japan and Siam, a Chinese wall stone, Korean relics, rare embroideries, plus miscellaneous documentary material and art objects now kept by the department.
Market listing shows per pound prices for butterfat cream eggs hens and spring fowls plus old roosters ducks geese and hides. No market for cull sick or crippled poultry noted and a stray figure appears as four dollars.
Wheat No 3 hard 1.78 1.84 percent. No 4 hard 1.65 1.82 percent. Corn mixed prices from No 4 to No 6 and yellow editions. Oats No 2 white 57 to 59 cents. Rye No 3 1.61. Barley 58 to 1.01. Timothy and clover seeds listed with firm ranges.
Officials believe the state department would value the swords at millions if offered for sale. The blades arrived with the first Japanese mission in 1869 during treaty exchanges and matched gifts Commodore Perry took to Japan. The Korean mission and the 1872 Japanese mission also brought gifts.
John Greiner of Washington, formerly Keota, completes cash purchase of Elmer Lyle’s 159 acre home place and the Adam Smith 160 acre farm for 72000 with possession March 1. Lease to present occupants. Greiner becomes a major landowner in Keokuk and Washington counties.
Birth announced for a son to Mr and Mrs Richard Burkett on Monday February 2. Neighbors welcomed the Ormen Stoner family to Washington with a farewell party. Various residents visited or traveled to Burlington Iowa City and West Chester. The Kalona basketball team lost at West Chester 11 to 13. Local visits include Miss Marie Sakulin and Mrs Geo Amlong. The Baptist Ladies Aid meets Wednesday and flu kept Mrs Vemla Way at home.
Mr and Mrs Delbert Darnell were visitors in Washington Saturday afternoon. The Hotle and Mayer groups hosted gatherings and helped with hog and cattle butchering. Several households including Wehr Robertson Carris Augustine Wilkin and Philips are noted visiting or assisting in various towns.
Dr Fritz Lang after returning from the United States told Berlin audiences that American directors are too commercial and less devoted to art than German counterparts He singled out Griffith as the only American with ideals Lang also claimed Germany has better actors in his view.
Dr Lang argues the United States offers wider acting talent and athletes who stay in shape, while German actors lag in physical conditioning, a notable handicap. The comment highlights the roles of sport and ongoing training in sustaining actor performance.
A series of closing out and public sales dates are announced near Riverside Washington Crawfordsville and nearby towns. Specific listings include Wm O Connor Chas Houck Tom Downing Mrs Lou Gormly J C Riley and Mrs J W Kilgore with locations given as miles north south east or west of Washington Crawfordsville and Amesworth with sale dates from February 10 to February 17.
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