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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 24, 1920

Page

2

Market Report Opening Market for Hogs Cattle and Sheep

Chicago prices show heavy cattle receipts and mixed hogs with fair activity. Estimated receipts today 96 000 hogs 14 000 cattle 14 900 sheep. Beef steers and calves range from 8.50 to 16.00 with varied weights and quality. Lambs and yearlings command 15.50 to 20.65 for prime cuts, with other ranges reflecting market steadiness. Official yesterday totals show large overall arrivals and shipments across hogs cattle and sheep.

Chicago

Grain futures close with mixed tones in corn and wheat

Grain market closes with corn firming 1 to 2 cents as 400 cars trade and No 4 Y C moves around 1 39 to 1 40. Wheat shows 280 cars at steady tone with No 2 W QO quoted at about 84 86.

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Second Tingley bank robber nabbed in New York

The second Tingley bank robber has been arrested in New York and confessed naming R. M. Jones. Harry Taylor, a Negro, was captured at Ottumwa. About 1500 dollars of the stolen funds were found on Jones. Deputy Lew Brinkerhoff travels to recover him. The Dec 22 robbery melted locks with an acetylene plant. the escape auto was abandoned at Lorimer where about 15000 dollars in bonds were found. Taylor’s arrest yielded more recovered funds.

Tingley New York R. M. Jones Harry Taylor Jones Lew Brinkerhoff Lorimer Taylor Otlumwa United States Baltimore & Ohio Pennsylvania Maryland Baltimore Southwestern Knights of Labor Honpestead Homestead Steel Company Pinkerton Monongahela River

Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted as Constitutional Cure

The advertisement claims catarrh is widespread and incurable by local means but can be treated systemically. Hall's Catarrh Medicine from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio is described as a constitutional remedy that reaches the blood and mucous surfaces. The claim offers one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure and mentions testimonials and circulars, with The Mall as a distributor.

Hall F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio EJ. Chmney & CO Th. Mall

Farm Depar tment public sale dates listed for Feb to March

The Journal lists closing out and public sales in the farm department with dates from Feb 25 to March 10. Entries name buyers and locations near Washington and Wellman, including J R McCreedy hog sale and Corneal Welch public sale. Authorities mention speakers Mr Kerrick and Mr Usserd for the poultry context.

G. L. Duke Washington Fred Coakley M. G. Proudfit Madison Matt Pasley J. R. McCreedy Haskina Duroe Jersey Ilda W. Koehler Administratrix C. H. Palmer J. A. Thompson Corneal Welch Riverside J. S. Mangold Virgil Turnipseed Wellman W. EE Turnipseed Chas Shalla R. F. Kerrick Usserd

Farm Items Sought By Journal Readers

Readers invited to share farm notes livestock shipments public sale prices and other notable farm activities with the Journal office. Officials ask for timely reports from local farms and communities.

Journal Office

Poultry and Orchard Demonstrations Set for Four Farms

Farm Bureau notes announce a series of demonstrations across four farms in Lime Creek Brighton Oregon Crawford townships. Programs cover orchard work pruning grape and fruit trees, spraying equipment, poultry breeding stock selection and early hatch actions, ice and disease control.

J. B. Hansey Lime Creek Township Riverside School Brighton Township G. Campbell Oregon Township Lee Hannah

Sol Butler Aims for Olympic Team Tryout

Dubuque columnist reports Sol Butler the Dubuque college track star will seek a place on the American Olympic team this year. The sprinter and broad jumper dispels rumors that he will not try out, clarifying misreports from Des Moines about eligibility and amateur status.

Dubuque Sol Butler Dubuque College Presbyterian Butler Des Moines Hitler

Death and visits mark Haskins news notes

Word arrives of the death of Mrs. Ethel Houseal Hatfield near the Junction and her ill mother Mrs. Jno Houseal. Local residents visit kin in Fairfield Ames Cincinnati Washington and Muscatine as neighbors pass news of illness moves and family travels.

Alfred Stock Ralph McCreedy J. R. McCreedy Wilbur Gardner Odebolt Pearl Nate Crawford Ames Mary Barbour Clarence Irvin Chas Davigs Cincinnati Farnsworth Oskaloosa Zene Edwards Dan Washington Chas. Hazens Frank Embree Haskins Roy Littrel Smouse Reister Cloyce Benson Littrel W. F. Welliver M. EB. Sands Fay Cherwinker Musca‘tine Rose

On Loving by Kate L. Bosher

quotation from Kate L. Bosher asks why people crave love yet fail to give love themselves. It notes the idea that one cannot receive what one does not give and attributes the sentiment to Kitty Canary.

Kitty Canary Kate LL. Bosher

Lessons from historic strikes warn less violence today

An analysis by Alfred B. Williams in the New York Times reviews major American labor upheavals from 1741 to the 1890s, noting two conclusions: Bolshevism is less virulent, and general tendencies toward disorder have weakened. It highlights key strikes from 1877 to 1894 and links labor unrest to economic cycles and currency trends.

New York Times Alfred B. Williams New York Mr. Williams

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Market Report John A. Babcock Yard Illinois Mein Close OF Grain Futures E. W. Wagner & Co Iowa City Iowa B. Hunt Journal’s Farm Department Farm Bureau Notes Mutual Cream Station Green Hotel Colenso W. S. Reister & Sons Washington, Iowa Uptown Clear & Prime Butler Dentes Weill Drilling Lee J. J. Foss Ford Street Are New York Harbor Ecommerce America Chamberlain Lenmon Advt John Striegel, Jr Harper, Iowa Mahaska, Keokuk Haskins, Iowa Farrow Col. Reminder Jr Orion J.R. McCreedy Macon Will Albaugh South Bend Ida W. Koehler Dorotheus Koehler Ainsworth Said Estate Eclipse Great Western Emerson Sattley Dorotheus C. Koehler D. F. Macon R. E. Dougherty East Second Steel Rock Island Durham Ealf McCormick John Deere O. H. Palmer Dougherty
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