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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1922
Page
2
Jan 1 receipts estimated 48,000 cattle and 16,286 sheep. Jan 18 receipts 48,000. Market mostly 15 to 25 cents lower with varying lot prices across weights and types. Document lists detailed beef and lamb price ranges, trade activity, and a separate St. Louis cash grain quote for wheat and corn futures.
Milford January report on Arnold's Park operator Arthur C. McKinney running a vast frog breeding business. About 40 000 dozen live frogs stored in lake enclosures, with 10 cents a dozen from northern Iowa and Minnesota frog catchers. Frogs slaughtered, legs shipped primarily to Chicago and markets nationwide from September to May.
The American Legion weekly prints a remark attributed to a snobbish young woman who asserts she is glad she is not one of the many kinds of people that make up the world. The snippet reflects a column voice on social types.
Jan sales notes show double and single tub washers and power washers available, with six automatic washers and a multi motor washer touted. Various customers and repairs listed include conveyor belts, grinders, saw mandrels, oil, and chicken waterers, reflecting a bustling local repair shop catalog and light social commentary.
The Farmers Week Short Course at Iowa State College Ames runs January 30 to February 4 featuring discussions on whether Iowa corn acreage should be reduced, clover, and livestock marketing economics. Experts like Dean F D Farrell and Prof M F Miller will speak on livestock feeding, horse breeding, dairy, and farm finance. The program includes beekeeping, poultry management, seed selection for corn, and potato seed treatment research. Affiliated reports note reduced rail fare and free course tuition with potential rail discounts.
The piece discusses tenancy in Chickasaw County Iowa with 791 rented frames and 60 percent cash rented farms in 1920. It highlights risks to soil fertility under current leases and calls for better agreements between landlords and tenants to sustain land productivity. It also notes a Sioux County bee conference with demonstrations and Newman I. Lyle from Iowa State College attending.
A sequence of sale notices lists dates from January to February for farm auctions and livestock sales across Iowa. Entries name sellers such as Joe Amrine William Johnson B Millikan Arthur Nicholson Stephenson Shaner Thompson Lang J Turkington Ernest Carlson Mike Trier Chas Shafer Alliman Bros R F Johnson A J Fullerton Roy Busby E J Paul James Helmick Son Hunter Helmick L F Larson T A West J M Brockway Glenn G Hayes Harry Dodson with locations including Brighton West Chester Washington Winfield Columbus Junction Haskins West Chester and Lone Tree. The notices cover closing out sales Duroc Jersey and Poland China hog sales and Hampshire bred sow sales.
A Cook County jury found Mrs Marie Carbonara not guilty of murdering her husband on May 31. The verdict came three hours after the judge instructed the panel. Leonard Saving, her brother, was also freed of the charges in the same case.
In Montreal during January, unemployed workers found jobs clearing heavy snow from a blizzard delivering eight foot drifts in some areas. The record notes workers were mobilized as winds reached 40 miles per hour.
Governor Nett proclaims martial law in Mexia and adjacent oil fields. Brig Gen Jaedi Wolters will command and can call Texas National Guard when needed. Texas Rangers have begun a cleanup campaign against saloons and gambling resorts with officers on duty Saturday.
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