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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1920
Page
2
Chicago market report shows estimated receipts for hogs 40 006 and cattle 14 900 with holdovers 6 574 and sheep 10 000. Second report notes uneven trading 95 to 60 points lower and lists beef and pork routings with price ranges for various weights and classes. Official yesterday totals include hogs 48 286 receipts and cattle 13 201 receipts with shipments and sheep figures.
Market data shows corn contracts for February through September with small gains and losses, oats trading around eighty to eighty two, and cash market activity noted with cars counted. The column ends with a vignette about Dorothy who asks for a ruby ring if she stops biting her nails and wonders if daddy will remember better.
The Journal lists farm public sales dates through Feb 28 for residents from Warner to Palmer, with farm bureau and extension department plans for two men to conduct two days of demonstrations on pruning grapes and fruit trees, spraying, poultry housing, breeding stock, and incubation. Demonstrations occur at Lime Creek, Riverside, Oregon, and Crawford townships on Feb 26 and 27.
Washington county farm bureau sets annual meeting for Saturday February 21 at the new high school auditorium. C W Hunt vice president of the state federation will speak. County officers to be elected and other business transacted. About a thousand members expected to attend. An interesting session is planned with the best town auditorium secured. February 21 Sidney Smith furniture 514 West Main Washington.
Readers are asked to send or call in farm related items to the Journal office. Livestock shipments public sale prices or any special farm activity items are particularly welcome.
A concise reflection notes that a poor start foreshadows a poor ending, invoking Euripides to underline the causal link between initial and final outcomes. The line frames moral implications about preparation and consequence.
The report lists bronchitis as the leading fatal disease in England, followed by consumption, heart disease, pneumonia, and scarlet fever, signaling major health concerns of the era.
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