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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1920
Page
2
Estimated receipts today total 49 000 hogs and cattle with holds of about 6 155. Market ranged strong to 16 up, closing weak, top 14.60 for cattle and beef prices from 8.75 to 19.75 for various grades. Officials report yesterday hogs 17 527 received, cattle 4 4 shipments 6 985. sheep 8 343 receipts and 8 340 shipments.
A clever irrigation idea from Popular Defense Monthly describes attaching a three fourths inch perforated pipe along the Arroyo Reco library and playgrounds in Los Angeles. Water feeds through the pipe to sprinkle rose hedges and vines across the grounds and terrace with minimal effort.
The Boston Transcript advertises a writer offering services to the public as a literary writer for solemn obituaries and joyful memorials, promising tasteful tributes and moral welcome for departed friends.
The American Chemical Society reports that cigarette smoking does not harm frogs after testing to identify the least injurious cigarette, cigar, or pipe. The claim emphasizes experimental results rather than broader health implications.
An old quotation attributed to Lincoln extols the value of men who rise from poverty and earn their keep without resorting to theft or corruption, praising integrity and self reliance as the highest virtue.
Jud Tunkins says he does not want to be made younger because he dislikes the bother of trouncing more baseball umpires.
An early 20th century advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness stems from Eustachian tube catarrh and claims Hall’s Catarrh Medicine, distributed by Chaney & Co of Toledo, cures by clearing mucous surfaces and restoring drainage.
The Journal lists an extensive sequence of farm sales across Washington County Iowa from January to February including breeders and cattle hog sales. Names include J M Brockway Thos Thompson J D Patterson Bert Booth E L Stover C T Olson Harry Hesseltine John Wagner Roy Wagner J E Wright J G Love Joe McGraw Chris Horning Mike Trier Ernest Carlson Gee Wiegman Wallace Savage W H Snyder Shalla Cannon Otto Hanlon W Todd Mart Crandall J M Lord I M Stewart E J Paul Davis Roberts Koehler Robert Shaffer L C Woodburn Geo Foster Franz Landau J H Genkinger Glenn Hayes W H Hunt Son A Debord Charles Hodges Wm Burton Chas Hoxworth R A Warner Chas Scranton R H Fetters Jake Ramsey Jackson Rathmel John May Lewis Duke Matt Essley I K Beal and others. Sales cover closing out and various hog and dairy sales across Kalona Washington Ainsworth Wellman Pleasant Hill and Columbus Junction areas.
The notice lists daily buy prices for farm goods including fresh eggs, butter, various poultry such as hens turkeys and chickens, geese, ducks, and small animal hides and furs. It invites sellers to bring furs for the highest price and notes payments per pound or each for hides and pelts.
Cattlemen across Kansas and southern Iowa face fodder and grain shortages. Fremont and Warren counties report high demand for alfalfa hay, corn, and oats as feeding operations struggle to secure adequate forage.
The farm crops department of Iowa State College shows that Iowa's 1919 corn harvest of 417 million bushels would form a 40 foot wide road around the world. Iowa leads the nation with the largest crop, far surpassing Illinois at 275 million bushels.
J. W. Coxsee of Monticello argues that paving the Dubuque to Cedar Rapids route would free Jones county farmers from slow freight trains and uncertain Chicago markets. A year round transcontinental road would let farmers sell hogs by telephone to Cedar Rapids or Dubuque packers and deliver in about two hours, accelerating profits.
The piece warns that prosperity attracts risk and advises households to salt away surplus funds. It recommends setting aside up to ten percent for risky ventures and another ten percent for savings or secure securities such as Liberty bonds. It also suggests spouses share equally in any high risk gambles to protect joint finances.
The article urges limiting speculation to ten percent of money and saving surplus during prosperity. It argues many fail to advance because they fritter away funds and stresses paying debts, building a cash reserve in sound securities for ready use when opportunities arise.
In Washington County Iowa W J Morrow sues multiple defendants including Simon Teeple Richard Moore and various McElroy and Werts families claiming fee simple ownership of lot seven block ten Original Plat Washington. Petition seeks quiet title confirmation and barring of known and unknown claimants with no personal claims against defendants. Default judgment threatened if not appeared by March 1920 term. Kicher Livingston Richer attorneys.
The yellow-breasted chat is an eccentric bird noted for flamboyant tail flirting and head twisting when singing and a jerking tail in flight. Its song is described as a grotesque series of syllables lacking real musical quality.
A quotation from Blackstone on restraint of the will of rulers and assemblies sparks a discussion on tyranny in political discourse. Analysts argue the line frames debates over authority and liberty amid current events.
Reynolds and Gibson Produce Co announces ducks priced at 63 cents per unit. Local market listings show availability and contact details for purchases.
A Punch magazine quip notes little hope of wallpapers coming down as residents keep leaning against walls. a suburban builder’s view on persistence amidst decor trends.
A brief overheard dialogue centers on health. One person asks how another is and learns she was seriously ill, nearly dying. The reply expresses relief then irritation as the conversation reveals tension and miscommunication.
The women of the Sikhs hold a high place in their society. As the sword was taken up and the profession pursued, many Sikh women distinguished themselves for courage and statesmanship.
A. Verley of Isle-Saint-Denis France patents a method to extract perfume from flowers using powdered wood charcoal as absorbent instead of grease and washing the charcoal in alcohol for purification.
Parisian poet Paul Verlaine awoke to find burglars in his room. Moved by his poverty the visitors handed him a franc apiece.
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