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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1923
Page
2
Chicago January 6 1923 livestock market report shows hogs estimated receipts 98000 holdover 8693 cattle 1000 pigs 3900 sheep 3000 with prices dipping about 1 to 2 percent from Friday. Inches of vintage grain futures listed with rye wheat corn oats and cattle figures included.
A long list of closing out and public sales dates and locations across Iowa including Washington Crawfordsville Has kins Ainsworth Letts Wellman and neighboring towns. Notable entries include J M Walker Estate Sale Jan 18 Washington and J M Brockway Jan 24 Letts with multiple firm and farm sales through February featuring livestock and Poland China stock.
Chief Forester William B. Greeley warns the world and the United States must reassess forest resources. He notes a global study showing softwoods are scarce and self sufficiency is essential, with Siberia and tropical hardwoods offering limited substitutes.
A compact note reflecting a quotation from the Boston Evening Tran script about personal responsibility and the demand for skill by the world. The lines imply a shifting balance between deceit and merit in social expectations.
The Rev. John M Moore of Brooklyn cautions girls against marrying men without a sense of humor. His remark appears in the New York World as a lighthearted take on domestic life and housing issues.
Oscar E. Bradfute newly elected president of the American Farm Bureau Federation will address the Des Moines convention January 11 and 12. He operates a grain and stock farm near Xenia Ohio with his son and is active in Farm Bureau leadership. The Polk County Farm Bureau women will host with a luncheon and sessions at the Savery Hotel and Auditorium.
The Des Moines convention runs January 11 12 with morning and evening sessions and speakers including C W Hunt J W Merrill and Dwight N Lewis plus officials from American Federation Iowa State College and Chicago Producers Commission A market report shows that over half of the 1922 alfalfa marketable surplus has been sold by December 15 and prices rose to 23 75 per ton from 21 50 while timothy prices fell. Drouth in the Southwest boosted alfalfa movement into drought areas and affected markets. Fifty percent of prairie surplus has been marketed versus 35 percent last year.
Des Moines reports Curator Edgar K. Harlan says Iowa plans a Grand Army corridor behind the capital museum to house Civil War artifacts including over 100 flags, trophies, and records. A second structure may follow to store World War items as space runs short.
In a striking note on social customs a single woman in a thousand marries after reaching sixty years. The observation highlights late marriages and hints at changing norms influencing matrimonial timing.
Doan's Kidney Pills praised by a Glasgow resident who reports relief from backache and kidney irregularities especially in cold weather. He credits quick access at Sheman Bros Doug Store and urges others to try the remedy rather than other pills.
Des Moines Jan 6 The fortieth general assembly will consider building a new heating plant for the state house to replace the aged plant that also powers the capitol lights. A site on the southeast corner of the canal grounds near the Rock Island tracks has been prepared and a large tunnel exists to carry conduits. The executive council plans to submit a bill authorizing the expenditure for the new building with a warehouse for direct unloading from freight cars.
Fred M. Hansen selected as general state secretary of the Y M C A and will assume duties February 1 with a new staff under a new constitution. He has 18 years in Y M C A work, including service at Camp Dodge during World War I, and has led county and college Y M C A activities in Iowa.
A note recalls Henry Muay's 1922 Atlantic crossing in a small boat built from a wreck after surviving Bermuda. He reportedly reached England safely. The text also urges tracking children's growth by monthly or biannual measurements.
St Louis Park banks second Forest Park in the United States and traces its size at 1 374 acres.
Emmerson Perrodin, 16, of Wisconsin Rapids disappeared last May while working on a local farm. A card dated Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, delivered to his parents in July warned of remote harm. He is 5'7" tall, 135 pounds with light hair and complexion and has used the names John Emerson, John Perrodin, and Emmerson John.
A reflective saying argues that obtaining wealth is easier than retaining it, noting fortune assists in gaining but steady effort is needed to keep what is earned. The speaker frames keeping riches as the harder task in life.
Market short list shows prices per pound for fowl and hides. Roosters ducks geese and old toms priced per pound. Pigeons sold individually. Beef hides priced per pound and horse hides offered per individual item.
A diner argument reports a head chef insulting an assistant with a racist remark about Black people. The exchange includes praise for one worker and demeaning language directed at the other, illustrating workplace prejudice.
A 19th century quip notes that a man with nothing to do tends to hunt with great caution. attributed to Josh Billings, reflecting a wary approach to tasks and activity.
Local ad for Hall's Catarrh Medicine promotes a two part remedy a topical ointment and an internal tonic. Claims quick relief by direct mucous surface application and blood absorption. Advertises with 49 years of experience and lists Ir J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as sponsor.
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