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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1922
Page
2
Chicago market notes show estimated receipts for hogs 67 000 cattle 12 000 and sheep 6 000 with mixed weights and price ranges. Beef steers and butcher cattle listed with various weights, quality grades, and prices. lambs and feeder lambs also given with bid ranges. Official yesterday figures recorded receipts and shipments across hogs cattle sheep calves.
At the Fairfield meeting on January 2 1922 Jefferson County Farm Bureau endorsed stabilizing farming and backing the Farm Bloc in Congress including regulation of grain exchange and Capper Volstead. They condemn war taxes and the Fed eral Reserve policy while criticizing bond tax avoidance and high reserve salaries and criticise the Pittsburgh Plus steel rate.
Research abroad shows many micro organisms can endure six months at liquid air temperature with no notable loss of vitality though chemical processes stop. At this temperature organisms exist in a third state between living and dead rather than in ordinary life.
Iowa State College engineers introduce an L shaped concrete block eight by sixteen by one and a half inches that uses one third the material of common blocks yet withstands two thousand one hundred psi. The compact block speeds building with unskilled labor and requires simpler, cheaper forms. Buildings in Ames already use the blocks with satisfactory results. Eyvard takes leave from Iowa State College to seek health, after decades advancing livestock feeding and farm reform, with wide influence in corn belt farming and farm press.
The wider streets in Peking invite many uses making travel hard, while the imperial highways in China are not kept by the emperor. These roads deteriorate from neglect and become worse than no road at all, suggesting a chaotic system of repair and maintenance.
The article notes three prominent oaks in the United States honored in the Hall of Fame aside from the South Carolina oak. An oak in New Jersey, another in New Orleans, and a third in Massachusetts, the Indian War oak, located in Grafton.
The fragment ponders whether mermaids of marriageable age ever drop a ring from the beli buoys. It hints at maritime lore blending romance with nautical lore and playful mystery about oceanic traditions.
Final 1921 crop summary shows Des Moines total crop value at 305.46 million dollars, near 1905’s 302.29 million, after 1920’s 560.46 million and 1919’s peak of 950.06 million. Weather bureau notes from meteorologist Charles J. Reed describe a mild winter, early spring planting, March sowing, and damaging freezes in late March and mid-April plus drought and heat affecting harvest through July.
A dated list of upcoming sales and closing out auctions with names and locations across Washington and surrounding areas. Entries include farm sales, Duroc and Poland China sow sales, garage sales, and two distant auctions scheduled from January through February.
Fire safety guidance advises not to run or dash downstairs or outdoors. Do not roll on carpets or wrap in wool or blankets. Keep your head down to avoid inhaling smoke.
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