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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1921
Page
2
Chicago market analysis shows estimated hog receipts 75 400 and cattle 14 000 with lambs 24 000. Second report notes prices across weights with hogs steady to lower and cattle and sheep mixed. official yesterday figures list receipts 78 874 hogs 29 022 cattle 29 22 sheep 4 551 calves.
A fur skin display featuring fifty species continues through Monday with skins shown both natural and finished names like muskrat to Hudson Seal and Coney to Near Spal. The Alaska and otter skins are shown raw and finished. A fur garment clearance sale offers 25 percent off, with muffs neckpieces and coats on closeout.
A Bend Oregon sawmill worker reports his hen laid a fresh breakfast egg on his bed after retiring at 3 am. The bird then woke him by pecking his forehead just before noon, proving the hen's industrious nature per the Timber Trades Journal.
R A Pearson president of Iowa State College tells farmers at the short course that the low mood period is ending and better times lie ahead. The report cites co operative efforts and wool marketing as strong returns while experiments test molasses as a sheep feed substitute for corn in the coming year.
In Pocahontas county the Farm Bureau shows cash returns of 154513 from three of thirty seven projects. With an actual local investment of 6171.06 this yields about twenty four hundred percent. The 1920 county expenditures total 9007.06 after treasury deficit and payments to the Iowa Federation.
H. M. Terrell of Ringgold County Mt. Ayr toured the city campaigning for the United States marshal position. The Ringgold sheriff for four terms previously served in the attorney general's office at Des Moines, then returned to Ringgold to win re election last fall.
In District Court January Term 1921 the state of Iowa Washington County notifies all interested that a document purporting to be the last will and testament of Isaac Kicese deceased has been filed for probate and appears to involve estate proceedings requiring response or appearance.
On January 14 1921 at 9 o clock a m a hearing is fixed to prove the matter as filed and read on that day. Dated January 11 1921 J D Glasgow Clerk District Court. Tet issue the 11th.
Analysis of Vestergot land coal in Sweden reveals 0.95 percent ash content with vanadium comprising about 25 percent of that ash. The find highlights the presence of a rare and valuable metal in the coal.
Mrs. Harry A. Wilson of Clearfield Pennsylvania describes severe monthly pains after her last child’s birth. She credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restoring strength and health, noting relief from backaches bearing down pains and other symptoms.
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