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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1904
Page
5
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with probable snow south and east portions. Colder tonight.
Local Mews covers a Saturday basketball game at the Commercial Club touted as the best of the season with scores 87 to 31. The column lists travelers, baker Johnson’s sales, and social notes from the city including church moves and railway stockholders meeting postponed to evening.
Ice coated streets bring widespread damage as trees bow and shed limbs in Central Park and across the city. Telegraph lines suffer underground cables escape damage, western union reports outages while trains run behind schedule. Snow and colder weather loom with potential further fruit and tree damage.
Rev. J. B. Schreckengast, pastor, announces the evening service will be withdrawn because of weather and no lights.
A social gathering of the W R C is planned at the home of Mrs. with date given as Wednesday and term indefinite.
Rainfall by noon totals 1.64 inches as city officials including Mayor Albert son and managers respond to widespread sewer blockages. Slush and ice clog east and southeast Washington sewers, hampering workmen and spilling dampness into the opera house basement.
Degree of Honor ladies host a quilt raffle Thursday evening in the A O U W Hall. All interested are urged to attend for a social event with preparations underway.
I. B. Schreckengast reports no services tonight at the Methodist church because of bad weather and absence of electric lights, withdrawing the evening observance.
Dr. F B Mumford of Missouri Agricultural College reports Missouri now trails Texas in mule numbers with about 300000 mules valued at 23000000 dollars. He notes rising cattle and hog herds, improved stock quality, and potential for further growth in the next years. He also praises mule breeding as a sound investment and cites Boer War shipments from Missouri.
The piece notes that crossing Herefords with Jerseys would yield limited value for milking or beef. It asserts that Herefords excel in one domain and Jerseys in another, and that a cross would not form a strong merger for either purpose.
Belvue Kansas farmer Milton Hancock notes alfalfa hay Revolutionizing local hog raising with sows producing seven to eight pig litters and stronger pigs. He claims alfalfa replaces corn, enabling farms to outproduce the corn belt and grow thirty to forty acres of alfalfa. Wheat screenings show value for lambs in Montana, while turns to ensilage and root crops enhance cattle feeding and digestibility, with coarse foods aiding digestion and waste reduction.
Washington dispatch reports on open sessions over the Panama treaty show Democratic opposition coalescing while Republicans seek compensation for Colombia. Senators Elkins Hale and Gallinger push for an equitable settlement to secure the canal, avoid war, and address Colombia's concerns. John Allen notes the Louisiana Purchase commission and potential abolition of the railroad commissioner post Pacific railroad debt.
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