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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1925
Page
2
Daily Market Reports from Chicago show hog receipts at 37 000 with broad price ranges for various weights, top at 11 40 per pound and most packers steady. Cattle receipts 11 000 with better grades firmer than feeders, fat steers uneven, yearling heifers high, veal calves 160 to 180 pounds, and sheep at 16 000 marked by weaker fat sheep and steady feeding lambs.
Official live stock estimates for tomorrow list hogs 26 000 cattle 10 000 and sheep 14 000. Also notes about castles in Germany now government property and many vacant later sold to foreigners. A healthy adult can lose about a quart of blood before serious effects. Drought causes autumn leaves to fall not frost. There are 174 947 one teacher schools with 3 500 000 children.
A series of upcoming sales through late February list buyers and locations around Washington Iowa. Entries include Keating farm eight miles east of Washington, Peterson Closing Out Sale in Washington, Davis Closing Out Sale near Crawfordsville, Mas ons Transfer Co. household goods, a Goodhber property sale at 2 PM, Mrs. John Taylor Closing Out Sale at 712 South Sec Avenue, H R Baker Closing Out Sale one mile south of Washington, Ernest O Carlson diversion sale, Smylie Bred Low Sale at Columbus Junction, and Smylie Farm Bale at Columbus Junction.
A Washington market listing shows various per pound and per dozen prices for dairy and poultry items including cream butter at eight dollars per pound, fresh eggs at twenty eight cents a dozen, hens of different weights and breeds priced per pound, springs in several varieties, old roosters, ducks and geese per pound, and horse hides. The total value noted is 84.60.
Chicago price table shows May wheat at 1.81, July 1.52, Sept 1.41. corn May 1.26, July 1.27, Sept 1.27. oats May 53, July 63, Sept 53. rye May 1.57, July 1.32, Sept 1.15. Lard May 15.20, July 15.55. ribs and bellies listed with varied figures. Market activity reflects mixed near term gains and declines across grains and fats.
Chicago on February 17 reports wheat prices with no hard values and mixed corn grades from No. 3 to No. 6. Mixed and yellow corn and white corn ranges appear, along with oats rye barley timothy and clover seed, lard ribs bellies prices.
A collection of quips on marriage folly and social foibles framed by jokes about matrimony and mistaken views. It closes with stark data noting that seven eighths of an iceberg lies below the surface and that U S wars since 1789 have cost pensions totaling over 6.8 billion dollars.
The brief notes Captain Dunn of the Towa national guard to receive 65.16 for service under a special appointment. A bill to create a state board of cosmetic therapy and licensing for beauty parlors is introduced by Burlington Beauty Parlor Association. A child labor amendment hearing is set for Feb 16 with speakers for and against. Legislative recess runs Feb 25 to Mar 3 for land loan concerns. Assistant county attorneys in Des Moines and Sioux City seek salary increases. Additional items cover North Louisiana oil tanks and Wahabism, with brief mentions of a Boston hot dog seller’s fortune from a legal win.
S W Livingston trustee seeks court authority to settle all liabilities of David McLaughlin and estate with Farmers and Merchants Bank of Washington Iowa. He asks to borrow 15000 and to mortgage estate property to secure the loan, with a February 1925 hearing set in Washington County Iowa Court House.
A writ of execution directs a sheriff sale of lands and chattels of Large Fonchek in Waslington County Iowa. The sale is at the courthouse steps in Washington on February 28 1925 from 1 45 PM to 4 PM with cash terms. Property includes multiple described parts of Section 22 Township 75 North Range 6 West and surrounding parcels totaling 18 acres. Plaintiffs A B Moore and Irene Moore vs Large Fonchek. Sheriff Charles M. Denison announces.
A writ of execution directs sale of the real and personal property of Matilda Pierce and Lillie M Sitwell. The sheriff will offer the goods lands and tenements at public sale in front of the Washington County Court House on February 25, 1925 between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. in Washington Iowa.
The notice records the sale of multiple land tracts in Town, Washington County, Iowa. Matilda Pierce and Lillie M Sitwell are the defendants, with The Midland Mortgage Company as plaintiff. The sheriff lists the property description, total area around 280 acres, and sale during the 1:30 p m day, at the Washington County sheriff's office on February 10-17.
Mrs J C Huston attends cousin Mrs Benzinger funeral in Winfield. Marsh Sewell of Winfield visits relatives in town. Mina McCleary returns from Keota for weekend. W E Anwyl and son Lyle spend day in Washington. Ellis Kongable and children visit J S McCleary relatives. Howsare Fletcher Hawking attend Mt Union basketball camps. Sophomore class hosts Valentine party at high school. Miss Mabel Crooks and pupils present a Valentine program. Mr and Mrs C R Gallagher of Washington visit Mrs Sarah Davidson. Dr and Mrs S W Huston and son attend in town.
Mrs Adams from Washington visited over the weekend with Mr and Mrs Elwyn Davidson. Rome Premier Mussolini is ill with a slight influenza attack but not seriously ill.
Jewish immigration into Mexico has risen from about 100 per month to 200 or more as Calles speeches promote Mexico as a colonization destination for roughly 10,000 Jews detained at European ports.
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