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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1921
Page
2
Estimated receipts today show cattle and hog totals with beef steers strong to higher and lambs advancing. The report lists bids by weight class and highlights top prices, along with official cash quotes and wholesale figures from Chicago and Toledo. Local grain and feed prices are provided by Reach Wickham Grain Co with extensive commodity ranges.
The Pinto pony famous from William S. Hart Westerns, prominently featured in The Toll Gate, will have a key role in Sand a new Hart vehicle directed by Lambert Hillyer. It debuts at the Fox Theatre Saturday.
Community Choral class meets at the high school auditorium at 7 30 p m inviting all residents. The next night the high school basketball team hosts Brighton at 8 p m in Washington gymnasium with 25 cent admission. On Thursday film titled Pictures of the World War screens at 7 30 p m with 10 and 15 cent tickets.
An ironic reflection from the Boston Transcript on the social value of wit. The aphorism suggests people prize cleverness perceived by others, prompting readers to consider how self presentation shapes judgment.
The Journal lists farm auctions and closing out sales from Jan to Feb near Washington Iowa. Entries include milk cows and hogs at multiple farms such as Olds Iowa Heford Sale and Duroc sow sales in Washington and Keota. Public and joint stock sales occur at Brighton Stock Pavilion, Columbus Junction, and adjacent towns with dates from January 12 to February 19.
Iowa will buy 2 500 carloads of apples from outside the state this winter to support a $3 000 000 fruit industry that could grow in Iowa. Horticultural specialist HE Nichols notes many plantings fail from neglect and outlines spraying and pruning practices during Farm and Home Week. Orphan pigs can be raised with minimal effort and good returns, with cows milk used for young pigs though it is not a true substitute for sow milk.
Provide one quart of cows milk per day per pig, exercise, sunlight, and clean drinking water. Offer yellow corn tankage and salt in a self feeder for early grain eating. Avoid crowding, use a dirt floor, and keep pens clean to prevent disease. with attentive care pigs stay healthy and can be saved easily.
Poultry officials warn that contagious roup is common in farm flocks this season. It causes death and weakens breeding, with symptoms including a cold discharge from eyes and nose, coughing, poor appetite, drooping feathers, and head swellings. Infected birds should be isolated and disposed of, quarters burned, and head dips in bichloride solution used.
A father asks his four year old if he saw the elephants at the circus and the boy replies that the elephants waged their tolls in front, delivering a humorous mispronounced memory of the show. The quip captures childlike mishearing and playful word choice.
A brief quotation notes social equality as wealth shifts meat access, saying the poor cannot always get meat while the rich cannot always digest it. The line frames economic balance through a wry ethical lens.
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