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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1925
Page
2
Daily market report from Chicago shows hog receipts at 68 000 with prices 15 to 25 cents lower and demand for heavy weight hogs. Cattle receipts around 6 000 with beef steer and yearling demand near standstill and calves steady. Also includes grain quotes and open close figures for wheat corn oats rye and fats.
Martha Ann Riley Griffin died January 14 1925 at Brighton Iowa after several months illness. Born August 2 1861 in Henry County Iowa she married Newton Griffin August 27 1881 and had two children Chas Griffin and Emma Nelson both of Washington. She leaves a husband two children two sisters Mrs Messenger and Mrs Fairchild three brothers Charles David Riley and Elmer eight grandchildren and many relatives and friends.
Historians split on which U S vessel completed the voyage first. Some sources credit the 1819 1820 Vincennes sailing frigate, others credit the Potomac cruiser beginning in 1831.
Chicago January 16 wheat prices fluctuated for early trading with a broad drop in the May contract as heavy selling dominated. July and September held firmer showing gains, while May sank amid expectations of new European supplies from Argentina. Corn and oats followed wheat moves with May corn slipping to 1.32 and oats down to 61. Provisions weakened as hog values declined.
Chicago January 16 reports early demand limited due to rain while market remains firm. Receipts total 32 carloads with United States shipments at 743. Wisconsin sacked round whites quoted 1.10 to 1.20 per unit with fancy shade higher.
Listing of prices for eggs hens and pullets by weight and breed, roosters in multiple weight classes, ducks geese and beef hides, with notes on culls and market conditions. Prices include hens under four pounds at .22 per lb, hens over four pounds at .16 per lb, roosters various weights from .17 to .18 per lb, ducks and geese priced per pound, and hides priced per pound or per head.
Bids to buy school textbooks and supplies for Washington County Iowa schools are invited. Items include reading arithmetic spelling geography US history language physiology civics agriculture domestic science manual training and dictionaries for grades one to eight. Samples must be deposited at the County Superintendent's office. Bids due February 2 1925 with sessions Feb 2–3. The board may reject any or all bids.
Crawfordsville notes Luther Gormly traveled to Iowa City with his brother Robert and Rev. W C Porter for a medical examination. The Methodist church Ladies Aid hosted a social with chicken sandwiches and coffee. Edwin Chrissinger remains ill and absent from the store. H D Sommer of Washington attended Mrs C C Sommer sale. Hayden Huston of Mt Pleasant visited.
A bashful young man finally speaks his heart by telling the beloved that if he were her, he would marry him. The playful aside captures a candid moment of romantic boldness.
A series of farm and estate sales listed with dates from Jan 20 to Feb 6. Sellers include Claire Gray Dan Rohrer Jr J F Duffy J E Wright M C DeLong Homer Jarrard Geo Burge Fred Sipe Roy Fisher and Earl Edmondson. Locations span Dublin West Chester Washington Keota Crawfordsville and nearby towns with sale types closing out public stock and public sale noted.
Pharmacists tout Joint-Ease as a remedy for sore inflamed rheumatic joints. The ad claims it lubricates and penetrates to relieve joint agony quickly, priced at sixty cents a tube at all druggists everywhere.
Mil lions of Americans will witness a total solar eclipse on January 24 with a belt from northern Minnesota to Rhode Island seeing totality and major cities such as New York Philadelphia and Chicago experiencing partial or near total shading. The spectacle includes corona formation and Baileys Beads guidance and notes on planetary alignment.
In a State fragment from Ashington the National Republican names Joseph W Fordney of Saginaw as dead and the Saginaw editor prints a playful reanimation notice. The stunt claiming Fordney is alive again mocks newspaper practices and political rhetoric.
The American Nature Association notes that midwinter evenings reveal the best starlight with unusually brilliant views as the dense cold air enhances sparkle. It explains daylight glare hides stars, and if seen from the moon, stars would appear clear and steady beyond Earth's atmosphere.
Thomas J. Feeney a former Davenport newspaper man died at his home after a five week illness of sleeping sickness. He served as business and advertising manager for local papers and later district sales manager for the Dalton Adding Machine Company. He was 54, leaving a wife and five children.
Uncle Eben quips about a lawyer praising a client and expressing sympathy that the client did not steal more chickens. The remark appears in a Baltimore Star item reflecting local vernacular and humor.
A fragment notes the daytime sky as star thick, contrasting with the Moon where air is scarce or absent. The observation hints at a celestial panorama emphasizing airlessness and stark contrast between lunar and earthly skies. The tone evokes scientific or literary reflection on lunar conditions.
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