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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1919
Page
2
The Chicago market notes estimated receipts for cattle hogs and sheep, with mixed activity and price ranges. Hogs show steady to slightly higher prices around 17.50 to 18.00, cattle and sheep receipts varying, and how yesterday’s levels compare to today across packing hogs and feeder stock.
A historical note explains Cinderella did not wear a glass slipper. The French term vair means fur and a mistranslation led to the popular belief in a glass slipper. The translator confused vair with verre, causing enduring confusion in the tale’s history.
The Chinese introduced rice culture to Hawaii and remain the island’s chief rice growers. They first planted sugar cane at the Crossroads of the Pacific, produced sugar, and when Hawaiians reduced taro cultivation the Chinese became taro planters.
The Exchange laments that workers living hand to mouth lack hope in their work and cannot develop habits of intelligence. It argues insufficient means and short leisure prevent the laboring class from engaging with broader culture and ongoing societal developments.
A series of farm and public sales are listed with dates from February 24 to March 14 across Iowa towns. Names include J. C. Duncan Haskins Perry Ayres Jas 8 Duncan Thos Falone M L Miller David Rittenhouse Osbert Allender Howard Crozier Bird Ross A T Augustine D E Brumback W S Boyer Edward Miksch Lena Rath estate Frank Dunshee Lloyd Hoyle Floyd P D Robison P S Conrad Margaret and Glenn Pratt Jeffrey Wallace Clegg Bros. Ainsworth West Chester Riverside washed through.
The article promotes farm labor efficiency by learning gas engine operation. It cites USDA Farmers Bulletin 1013 which details locating engine trouble, testing ignition fuel and compression, starting tips, and cold weather guidance. Copies are available from the U S Department of Agriculture in Washington DC while supplies last.
Sixty one Iowa counties schedule dual poultry and orchard demonstrations by Iowa State College extension experts from February 3 to March 29. Each two man team covers two days per county with poultry topics on stock breeding early hatched chicks mite control and disease while fruit topics include pruning care of grapes small fruit and trees plus spraying discussed within local equipment limits. Most counties in the southern tier have plans with enthusiasm highest in the north central region and fewer in the northwest.
The article explains singing telegraph wires as a weather omen with debate on its meaning. It suggests the aeolian harp effect causes the sound, influenced by wind direction relative to wire orientation. Pitch changes reflect temperature driven tension variations in the wires.
Dialogue fragment shows a character asking Richard about attending the Blank's dance and planning attire. The speaker weighs going out versus staying in to apply a mustard plaster and rest, indicating a tension between social engagement and illness.
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