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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1920
Page
2
Notice announces a Farmers Union gathering at the Young America school house on Friday night January 23rd with special business and a call to attend. The notice is brief and emphasizes the date location and purpose.
Estimated receipts today 28 000 cattle 10 000 sheep 11 900. Market slow to steady with cattle and beef ranges 9.75 to 18.50, hogs 13.75 to 14.75, lambs 14.25 to 18.65. strong to higher for several classes. Receipts total hogs 48 047 cattle 17 661 sheep 14 320 calves 3 866 with shipments 5 317, 4 856, 3 009, and 426 respectively.
A community farm page lists dozens of upcoming public sales closing outs and breedings across Iowa towns from Jan to Feb. Sellers include Marsh W Bailey Shalla Cannon John Nelson Harlan Emry Loveland Stock Farms Osbert Allender W M Forner Mose P Yoder Otto Hanlon Grant Thomas G G Vincent Wm Todd Upper Mill Farm R L Livingston Mart Crandall Mahannahs J M Lord J M Stewart Clyde Birney Davis Roberts J A Koehler J M Soukup R Shaffer W Mayhew L C Woodburn Washington County Duroc Iowa Hampshires Ainsworth Riverside Crawfordsville and more with specific sale types and dates.
R R Shaffer of Crawfordsville will close out his farm equipment February 5 and move to Crawfordsville. He invented a hog waterer with a heating device that is popular with local farmers. He and his brothers Fred and Lee plan to establish a Crawfordsville factory to manufacture the waterers. Lee will do road work while the brothers run production. The waterer keeps a continuous supply of warm water for hogs in cold weather.
At the Jackson township meeting held at Jackson Center school house last Thursday evening Ralph Zeck was elected president and becomes director for the township to the County Farm Bureau. Joe Knotek was elected vice president with co-operators named for each district.
A Sioux City Journal note observes that among all Smiths in the country none has become president, highlighting an amusing presidential rarity tied to a common surname.
A quotation attributed to the Boeston Transcript notes that real busyness occurs when many tasks crowd in and most must be prioritized before others. The line reflects a humorous take on time management and obligation.
Carl W. Semolke from Capetown studies dairying at Iowa State College Ames with government support. J. R. Howard of Clemons Marshall county leads the National and State Farm Bureau Federations, a former Penn College graduate and banker turned farmer with 450 acres. Visiting nurses report Clinton county milk and coffee use among schoolchildren, showing 720 with one cup milk, 340 with two cups, 240 with three, and 1550 using coffee, 1059 with two cups.
Fort Dodge complaints reach state game warden about ongoing practice. Details continue on page seven.
C H McKenny of 511 Payne Ave St Paul Minn now 75 says Tanlac rebuilt his health after two years of weakness weight loss and fatigue He gained from 134 to 148 pounds and reports better appetite sleep back pain resolved and daily energy He endorses Tanlac with multiple local sellers listed Sherman Bros Stites Cash Wilkinson Rogers Sands Advt.
Cedar Rapids area yields a skua aboard in the University of Iowa museum collection. The seabird, rare for the interior, likely arrived by freight or railcar. Also added are a Clark's nutcracker near Solon and a Harris sparrow not seen here for about fourteen years.
The university zoological laboratories are evolving tanning and preservation techniques to reduce shrinkage and loss of flexibility in skins. Professor Homer R. Dill, the university taxidermist and zoology professor, has long worked on the process and reports it is entirely satisfactory and superior to traditional methods, though details cannot be released yet.
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