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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1922
Page
2
The Chicago market reports strong hog and cattle trade with higher prices. Estimated receipts include 37 000 hogs and 10 000 cattle, with heavy weights and feeders showing firm to higher bids, while lambs and other stock receive varied bidding across size classes.
A Christmas exchange was held at Mrs Preston Hoover s Wellston home on Thursday December 29 as the W S club met. The house was nicely decorated with a Christmas tree enjoyed by the children. Refreshments of perfection salad nut bread and lemonade followed a short business meeting and the exchange.
Japanese cabinet members sold paintings and writings at a Tokyo Fine Arts club auction. The late Premier Hara produced three paintings selling for 600 dollars, another set of four for about 890. Prince Baionji’s writings brought 200. Minister Noda painted a chrysanthemum and an orchid while Minister Tokonami wrote a poem.
A sequence of farm sale notices lists dates from January 10 to February 8 with sellers including Val Rediinger Havre Charles Churchill West of Washington and Thompson Lang northwest of Washington. Descriptions mention closing out sales and bred sow or brood sow sales across locations such as Winfield Keota Noble and West Chester.
Review notes Joseph Jefferson 1829 1905 actor and author of an 1889 autobiography. It highlights his stage career especially Rip Van Winkle and Bob Acres and his blend of humor and pathos. The portrait praises his humility, affection for art nature and family of actors, with emphasis on his reserved private life and artistic devotion.
Mrs Ray Perrin came home to Chariton this morning following a visit to Mrs Max Perrin.
Rice, Newberry area market prices listed by W S Reister & Sons include eggs fresh laid 120 per dozen, butter fat content BOC cream 30c per pound, various fowl prices for hens, leghorn varieties, springs, ducks, geese, and roosters. Also shows hides pricing and half price sale note.
U S Bureau markets report shows Chicago and Minneapolis wheat mixed with declines, cash wheat prices firming on export demand. Corn and oats steady to lower with livestock prices generally down, cattle and hogs uneven but weaker on the week. Minnesota and Chicago markets cite specific prices for bread and feed grains, with western roads worsening transort and freight reductions anticipated.
Eastern potato markets show a firm tone with round whites up 35 to 40 cents in New York wholesale at 2.50 to 2.55 per 100 pounds ship loose, northern round whites easing to 1.65 to 1.80 in Chicago, and New York sacked whites at 2.05 per 100 pounds fob shipping points. Cabbage remains firm with Danish type apples rising in several cities and Atlantic region stocks reported in various crate formats. prices vary by region with cold storage stock cited for Baldwins and Spitzenbergs firm in New York Philadelphia and Chicago markets.
A brief syndicated note from The Bulletin Sydney recalls a motor tour followed by a friend’s letters from a police station and a hospital. The quip contrasts a fun trip with reports of trouble while traveling.
Paramount picture The Idol of the North stars Dorothy Dalton with Edwin August. A large crowd of 500 supporting performers including miners dance hall girls gamblers fur traders and gold seekers filled key scenes in the Aurora saloon and dance hall under director William Neill with four assistants. The drama centers on the virile wife of Canadian Northwest citizens and marks a standout in Dalton's filmography.
A sermon study on Elijah confronting Ahab for Israel's idolatry. It traces Elijah's stand before God, the drought declared by his word, his retreat to Cherith, and then to Zarephath where a widow sustains him. Lessons stress God's providence, reliance on Him, and Gentile mercy foreshadowing future nations.
A brief Bible verse exhorts workers to do all things without murmuring and disputing so they may be blameless and shine as lights in a crooked and perverse world. It cites Philippians 2 14 to 16.
A short prayerful verse quotes Saint Paul from II Timothy to affirm perseverance in faith and the promise of a crown of righteousness for the faithful.
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