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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1913
Page
2
Chicago on January 18 1913 reports estimated receipts at 12000 with 2666 left over from yesterday. Market prospects cited as shade higher than yesterday with light grades at 7.30 to 7.55 and mixed at 7.25 to 7.59. Heavy shipping grades range from 7.10 to 7.60 and rough from 7.10 to 7.20.
Chicago Illinois January 18 1913 hog market receipts today 12000 yesterday 20385 shipments yesterday 3436 left over yesterday 2666 estimated receipts tomorrow 44000 market strong to shade higher than Fridays average bulk of prices 740 755 mixed 725 757 rough heavy 710 725 heavy 710 760 porkers 745 750 pigs 600 745
Cattle receipts today total 100 with the market steady for cattle. Sheep receipts reach 1500 with a strong market for sheep.
Market figures show Siow at opening prices with bulk Coe at 7.40 to 7.55. Light trades around 7.30 to 7.50, mixed 7.25 to 7.71, Ve at 7.60 to 7.60. Cattle and sheep listed as steady.
The column highlights multiple local events and daily happenings across county communities. It notes gatherings, arrivals, shifts in leadership, and small town activities reflecting everyday life and civic spirit.
Jan 17 1913 Titus notes several visits and movements. Mrs Charles Sullivan of Monmouth Illinois stays with her mother Mrs E M Lydy. Clare Jay wed Walter Smith at S D Carris home near Dublin. Ladies Aid meeting at Mrs Lemley near Grace Hill.
Funeral services were held yesterday for W A Turner at his East Sixth Street home with Rev A S Smith and a Methodist choir. Pallbearers included Frank Bandy James Rathmel and others. interment followed at Elm Grove Cemetery. Dr C L Thomas Funeral in Miller parlors featured a quartet. over two hundred attended. interment at Elm Grove. The remains of iown Houck arrive from Parsons Kansas and funeral set for tomorrow at 3 PM in Wilber Miller chapel conducted by Rev W R Sawhill.
Richland reports Miss Mabel Lockyear ill with rheumatism and several residents ill or recovering. Revival meetings led by Rev De Vol and his whistler son continue at the Christian church. Local travels include A C Brady visiting Chicago. others send regards to Storm Lake and Keota. Masons banquet, house fire in Minnesota, and bad road conditions noted.
The Dixon and Thomas partnership is dissolved. B F Dix buys J P Thomas interest and will settle all accounts promptly. He will be found at the old stand on North Marion Avenue 2878 to adjust outstanding balances.
Sabbath school at 9 45. Morning worship at 11. Senior Endeavor at 6. Evening worship at 7. Rev Willis E Parsons D D of Fairfield Iowa president of Parsons college will occupy the pulpit both morning and evening. A cordial welcome is extended to all.
Special tables will be arranged in the south room of the church for a school children dinner next Tuesday. The same menu as the basement will be served and plenty of waiters ensure prompt service. All the children are invited to come and enjoy a good time together.
Des Moines Iowa January 18 suffragists say they have found the legislators vulnerable stomachs and expect success this session. They report pledges from senate bachelors to back woman suffrage and plan entertaining feeds to sway votes while Governor Clarke applauded in inaugural remarks. Dr Nina Wilson Dewey acts as official lobbyist for the cause as opposition among some Democratic senators surfaces.
A remedy touted as world renowned and dependable for curing colds is Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Advertises it as locally available at Ss Pharmacy with strong claims of merit and proven cures.
The Northwestern Christian Advocate notes the death of Rev. Morris Bamford at Hastings Nebraska from asthma. Born September 16 1848 in Muscatine County he trained in public schools Washington Academy earned an MA from Iowa Wesleyan. He served as pastor in Morning Sun Mediapolis Sigourney Fairfield and Oskaloosa and preached in Kansas and Nebraska. He was known for founding churches paying debts and building new worship spaces and was a noted gospel preacher and lecturer.
An old advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine tablets claiming to cure a cold in one day. Druggists refund money if it fails to work. The box features E W GROVE S signature. 25c.
A crucible of quiet dedication is described as building a reef of righteousness in time. The speaker suggests giving lives like coral insects to create lasting moral progress, even without understanding the purpose.
The Confederate cruiser Alabama was faster than any Union warship pursuing her and engineers urged Washington to build faster ships.
Twenty-five years ago today coal in Philadelphia stood at eight dollars a ton while the normal price was six dollars and twenty-five cents. A blizzard swept over Dakota causing a traffic blockade.
Fifty years ago on January 19 President Lincoln pressed Congress to authorize a $100,000,000 appropriation to pay soldiers abroad. The era also saw mail delays due to heavy travel congestion between Washington and the north and the death of Horace Vernet at seventy four, renowned for historic battle paintings.
An advertisement claims catarrh germs are best killed by Booths Hyomei a penetrating antiseptic air breathed directly over the infected membrane. It states the product contains no morphine and offers a complete outfit for 1.00 with extra bottles at 50 cents and a money back guarantee through Lemmon's Pharmacy.
In Philadelphia on January 18, University of Pennsylvania coach Roy Thomas directed a batting practice for candidates at Franklin Field. The day reached 62 degrees by 3 p.m., the warmest January reading in local weather bureau history.
Vienna reports that twenty five thousand Albanians have been killed in Kosovo since the invasion of European Turkey by Servian regulars and irregulars. The Reichspost calls for a European commission to investigate the alleged atrocities.
Wells Lounsberry of Medford Oregon was found guilty by a federal court in Kansas City Kansas in the August mail car robbery on a Union Pacific Overland train between Kansas City and Lawrence. Charles N. Beam of Minneapolis was released on $30 000 bonds after a three year conspiracy sentence in dynamite cases.
Washington January 18 Senate passes Kenyon bill to eliminate the segregated district by injunction. The measure follows an Iowa law pattern and seeks to end segregation in the nation’s capital.
Two lawyers debate a looming loss as the first vows the client may lose. The second counters that all avenues have not yet been exhausted, while the first admits remaining avenues belong to the client, not him.
Geo H Ward, 74, lives on crackers oatmeal and peanut butter and credits walking five miles daily with preserving childhood feeding instincts. A weekly long distance walk of 15 to 25 miles is suggested, stating women can learn to walk similarly and benefit as result of such practice.
Raymond Poincare is elected president by the National Assembly on the second ballot with 483 votes to 296 for Jules Paris. The vote follows a first ballot where Poincare led Paris but failed to secure the absolute majority. Politically active since 1887, Poincare is a lawyer and author and will assume residence at the Elysee on February 18.
President elect Wilson will have ten cabinet appointments to make instead of nine. Senator Horah completed a canvass showing the bill to create a separate department of labor will pass the senate before March 4. The house passed the bill in July. Democrats will line up solidly for the bill and Perah's canvass shows a majority including Republican votes.
Col George W. Goethals, chairman of the Panama Canal Commission, had a long talk with President-elect Wilson in Trenton New Jersey and urged him to visit the canal at the earliest possible moment. The governor said he would like to go.
A Pittsburgh report notes several injuries and significant property damage from a today incident. An advertisement warns parents about croup symptoms in children and urges using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at the first hoarseness. Sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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