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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1921
Page
2
Chicago cattle and hog receipts and a follow up day show mostly higher bids. Hog prices range 9.15 to 9.85 with top 9.85 and hocks near 9.60 for light weights. Cattle and sheep receipts are listed with holdovers and shipments, while grain prices show quotes for wheat corn and oats across futures and cash markets.
In Chicago yard news Linde Courne reported an 87 09 maln floxchange incident affecting operations. Officials from Maln and Floxchange confirmed adjustments to schedules and safety measures.
Mrs. Roy Moore and Mrs. Harold Nichols hosted a Social club gathering at the Nichols home with an elaborate two course luncheon. Grover Neiswanger and Nita plan to leave for their Conesville restaurant, while Mary Breed visits Davenport relatives. The new high school auditorium opened for a declamatory contest won by Elizabeth McBlain, Norma Reaney, and Alice Peterson. out of town judges attended. Roy Moore cut his left hand while sharpening a knife and required stitches. W. White now oversees stock whipping at Ainsworth.
Polly Wallace, All American 1920 center at Ames, earns a large share of college expenses by selling popcorn, peanuts and candy bars at athletic events with a team of assistants. Fred Hansen of the college YMCA notes about student work and earnings, citing that about 30 percent earn part of their expenses, while a few earn most or all. Other students run merchandise lines through mail orders or work for laundries.
A tale explains Mark Twain as a river term meaning two fathoms deep. Samuel Clemens, known as Mark Twain, reportedly chose his pen name after a friend advised during sounding duties while Clemens was a pilot on the Virginia City Enterprise reporting staff.
A long list of farm sales and closings around Washington Keota and area dates from Jan 24 to Feb 23. Entries name sellers such as Ernest Carlson Mike Trier T Todd Chas Shalla Ed Goosman and many others with locations and sale types including closing out and public sales. The piece also summarizes government emphasis on better livestock via purebred sires and improved herd genetics.
A Franklin Center gathering of farmers focused on proposed taxes and equalization. County Agent Fedderson brought C. O. Dayton to explain tax allocations, with William Wheelan and others highlighting bridge needs and farm bureau plans. A three member committee was formed to present taxpayer propositions to the board of equalization.
A fragment quotes Christiania Tyrihbans contemplating life's duration. The speaker muses that if they survive a few more years they can endure for life, reflecting a stoic view on time and resilience.
An open competitive exam for clerk and carrier positions at the Washington post office will be held Saturday February 12 at 9 AM. Applications on prescribed forms available from Charles St Ragan, local civil service secretary, at the post office. Submit filled applications to J W Shoemaker in St Paul Minnesota with a recent photograph for each applicant.
A note from the Volumitede Reschua Army requests clothing and hats for distribution. Major and Mrs Sneath oversee the drive at 429 South Third Street. The article mentions a British locomotive with steel springs, built a century ago, still on display at South Kensington Museum.
Clark Pfeifer worked at the Charley Harvey home this week. Fern Hartnell is ill. Ald meeting had eleven members and five visitors, finishing a comforter top and knotting another. Will Brinning's house sees piping for water, and Washington men do the work. Snow melts but roads are rough and travel hindered.
The Court of Lions is the famed Alhantra court in Spain named for 12 white marble lions whose mouths spurt water into a central alabaster basin. The landmark reflects historic artistry and fountain design.
The column lists current poultry prices including eggs at 40 cents per dozen and various fowl prices per pound such as hens roosters geese ducks and turkeys with small itemized notes on old roosters stags and cottontails as well as horse hides priced at $2.00 each and per pound.
Fragmentary text notes a man ridiculing a woman for shopping for long hours, hinting at social commentary on marriage and modern gender roles. No place or date is provided.
Mrs. A D Dusenberry of 616 EB Second St credits Doan’s Kidney Pills with relieving long standing kidney pain and illness. She reports improved sleep and energy after taking the remedy and confirms her 1910 statement in 1910 and again later, noting continued faith in the product.
Mrs Williman of Hamilton Ohio testifies to severe back pain headaches and weekly hemorrhages. After taking eight boxes of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound four bottles Blood Medicine and Liver Pills she gained weight and reports feeling well. She offers to let her name be used in advertising.
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