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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1922
Page
2
Cattle and hog markets mixed with steady to higher tone. Estimated Chicago receipts: cattle 7,000. hogs 18,000. Cash grain bids shown for wheat and corn with prices per bushel and market activity noted. Official figures include yesterday's receipts: hogs 32,379. cattle 10,370. sheep 13,555. calves 3,528. shipments 13,078. 3,002. 7,209. 419 respectively.
A list of farm stock and public sales with dates from February 9 to February 25 near Washington and surrounding towns. Pairs of sellers include Orris Bros, Keating Bros, J L Benton, Smiley, Hayes, Lauderman, Krebs, Shalla, Furnas, Edmondson, West, Pieper, Acheson, Limerman, Clegg, Brockway, Huston, Schmitt, Lord, Dodson, Dalmer, Jugenheimer, Nevins, Adkins, McCoy, and Helmick.
Des Moines theater owners including B I Van Dyke and A P Pramer push against censorship at a district meeting. They cite Miss Rappe as a rare provocation and discuss voluntary restrictions with Vitagraph Omaha, while proposing a March policy to limit rentals to fund conventions and reduce member dues.
A Missouri note presents a mock recipe for home brew. It lists chasing a wild bull, three miles for hops, ten gallons of tan bark and shellac, home made soap, a thirty six hour boil, straining through an I W W sock, bottling, and adding one grasshopper per pint to give it kick. The piece is signed Author Still at Large.
President Harding sent to the Senate nominations for three diplomatic posts. Fred Mortis Dearing of Missouri is named minister to Portugal Roy T. Davis of Missouri to Costa Rica and Joseph M. Denning of Ohio as consul general at Tangiers Morocco.
Copenhagen reports the Karelia rebellion defeated on all fronts by the Bolshevik forces. General Sergius Kamenov, the Soviet commander, is said to announce that operations will end within a few days.
The Crawfordsville area shows rising interest in a baby beef club with 13 or 14 boys signaling entry. County Agent H V Elite urges parental support, citing the program’s educational value and long term benefits, while listing local contacts for calves and county agriculture instructors. Also announced are ongoing potato preorders from Keokuk County Farm Bureau and seed crop samples including clover and alfalfa at the office, with a poultry pen of white wyandottes mated to boost local flocks.
Ten potato houses burned at Mapleton Maine on an unknown date in February. About 60 barrels of potatoes were destroyed. The loss was estimated at 5000 dollars.
Rome reports deny Cardinal Marini has died and say he appears fully recovered from his recent illness. The Vatican had circulated unconfirmed claims of his death, but witnesses indicate he is alive and improving.
Chicago February reports say United States Labor Board will hear March 6 hearings on wage reductions and higher pay demands by railroads and labor groups. Only 82 of 208 class one roads have filed for changes, while boards expect most roads to seek lower schedules and some resistance from executives.
An involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed in federal court against United States Food Products Corp, a New Jersey company headquartered in New York, dealing in wine whisky alcohol yeast and related items. Creditors total claims under 750 dollars. Also reported are gold bars valued at 2 900 000 said to have been held by the Russian Soviet government and arriving from Stockholm for reunion, consigned to a Sweden bank.
Our piano tuner Mr Kurtzman will be here Thursday. Phone or ders to Stephen Jewelery Store. Phone 1806.
Doctor Henry A. Atkinson, general secretary of the World Alliance for International Friendship Through the Churches, announces a world church backing for the Washington armament conference results. He says leaders from global churches will organize to preserve the peace outcomes as American delegates prepare for Copenhagen talks.
Two assailants held up Sam Cohn the cashier of Hyman Brothers wholesale clothiers on the first floor and escaped with the payroll amounting to 81860. A revolver was used.
Benjamin C. Marsh testifying before the Senate agricultural committee urged extension of a 100 million dollar government farm loan and revival of the United States Grain Corporation as immediate relief. He said the Ladd bill would help later but not now.
Regular army officers testifying before the Senate investigating committee described testimony by ex servicemen about mass executions as shock dreams. Colonel Halstead Morey of Fort Myer said the men suffered severe mental shock from action and mistook dreams for real killings, sharing them with comrades as if true.
Iowa State College and the U S Department of Agriculture report that about half of Iowa counties have had soil surveys. H W Warner explains meetings to promote soil fertility, survey purposes, and utilization of reports for improving farm productivity.
Informational note on agricultural practices covering soil conservation methods, crop rotation benefits, and prevention of erosion with miscellaneous supporting tips.
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