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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1920
Page
2
Estimated receipts today include hogs 38 500 and cattle 1 000 with holdovers 6 130. Market strength at Chicago shows top hog prices near 15 00 with most sales 14 25 to 14 85. beef and lambs show varied declines from week-ago levels while official yesterday tallies list hog receipts 25 628 and cattle n/a with shipments of hogs 3 158.
The Journal's Farm Department lists numerous hog sales and auctions around Washington Iowa from Feb 9 to Feb 28. Entries name buyers sellers towns and sale types including closing out sales public sales and Jersey hog sales with locations near Washington, Ainsworth, Haskins, Keota, Riverside, Bata via and Des Moines connections. Notable mentions include Pathfinder Likeness Jr and Long Model boars, with commentary on lineage and champion status from Des Moines 1918 and Mike Trier's sale last fall.
Chicago grain report from February 7 notes a weaker tone over the weekend with buying by shorts and cautious domestic demand. Cash corn movements expected to rise, while New York stocks and foreign exchange stay weak. prices for corn and oats shown with bid and closing levels.
Native washers and placer miners in Colombia's Tigul region earn only 25 cents to 1 dollar per day. Wages vary with flood timing which shapes riffies in river bars, affecting work opportunities and income.
Dugald Stewart notes that a good memory requires susceptibility lendence and readiness. He observes that memories often exhibit two traits together yet lack detentive strength due to conflicting habits. He argues the combination of all three qualities in one person is uncommon.
Readers are invited to send or call farm items to the Journal office. Livestock shipments, public sale prices, or any special farm activity items are especially welcome.
From the Boston Transcript comes a doctor’s note on walking a mile before breakfast to stimulate appetite and aid digestion. The column suggests a simple morning routine to curb hunger and improve health.
An elderly speaker greets a woman, recalling a christening from years ago and noting how much she has changed. The exchange hints at a long friendship and nostalgic memories between old acquaintances.
Des Moines reports the committee of 48 formed in St. Louis is active in Iowa politics with H. H. Griffith as Iowa chair and James M. Pierce promoting the group. The Greater Iowa association disputes the backers’ claims, while the Labor Party plans to enter Iowa politics amid radical reform proposals. A separate note covers a congressional probe into Judge Landis over remarks about the IWW and related groups.
Time and tension mount as Representative Sinclair debates Judge Landis's message. He telegrams Minneapolis asking for a direct statement on quoting him correctly and hints at a possible house speech on the subject.
The seven reel drama The Boomerang starring Henry B. Walthall arrives at the Graham Theatre for one day. It tackles capital and labor with ambitious scenery from poverty to Wall Street palaces and the stock exchange drawing praise from New York critics.
Special arrangements are being made to handle the large audiences who will attend the event described as a mass romance of love and labor, high finance and pitiful poverty, signaling a significant public gathering.
Mahala Hough born January 30 1840 in Ashland County Ohio died February 4 1920 aged 80 years 4 days. She married David Bennett November 25 1860 and moved to Iowa settling in Dutch Creek township later living in West Chester after 189? Her survivors include five children Mary Goldman Dora Waddell Clara Waddell Loren Bennett and Bessie Bauer with 28 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren. Funeral February 6 at 10 30 in West Chester Methodist Church.
In Crawfordsville on Friday the Argonaut Society welcomed Brightonians and faculty after a tardy marks contest at the high school. Miss Lola Romig and Gladwin Ingham wed February four at Bethany Missouri, the couple planning a farm home near Bethany. Also, the John Smylie farm house ten miles west burned last night with no salvage.
President Wilson nominates former Virginia governor Henry C. Stuart to the Interstate Commerce Commission to replace James Harlan of Indiana as his term expires. Louise Titus, San Francisco attorney, is named to the Shipping Board succeeding Henry M. Robinson who resigned last year.
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