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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1920
Page
2
The journal reports opening farm market activity in Chicago with hogs cattle and sheep data. Estimated receipts total around 13 000 with varying holdovers and prices across weight classes. January prices reach highs for yearling sheep and cattle while hogs show strength in some weight categories. Local sale dates and listings for auctions around Washington Iowa follow.
Market report from Iowa City shows corn opening and closing at 145 for January and 1.44 to 1.45 for May, with July near 1.33. Oats trade at about 83 and 76 for May and July, cash markets list corn and oats car loads, and March clover appears in notes.
A sequence of farm sale notices lists dates from Jan 27 through Feb 9 for sellers near Kalona Washington Eldon Riverside Crawfordsville and Framlid. Entries include Closing Out Sows Percheron horses Poland China breeding stock and hog sales with locations and nearby towns such as Washington Crescent Riverside and Columbus Junction.
The text argues pottery is the oldest and most widespread human art. It notes its recorded history may begin with Babel and cites Egyptian pottery as the earliest known. It claims all cultures, civilized or barbarian, have practiced pottery since soon after the Mosaic flood.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a young woman on her first Western visit asks about the saddle coil and its use for catching cattle and horses. The cowboy explains plainly that the line is for lariats while the visitor probes about bait, prompting a light Western wit.
Hereford cows and heifers consigned by Grosscup Brothers Edgar Ingham and C C Free will be sold May 1 at the Brighton sale pavilion Washington County. The event follows the FE C Turkington Hereford auction at Letts and precedes the Louisa county calf club sale at Junction pavilion.
Farmers Union Local No 270 calls members to elect officers for the ensuing year. Meeting set for Wednesday January 28 1920 at John Griffith school. By order of members from meeting held January 21 1920 29114.
The first American minister to France was Thomas Jefferson serving under the Confederation and during the Revolution before the Constitution. After ratification, William Short served as chargé d affaires and Gouveneur Morris became minister in 1792.
Birds provide essential pest control by eating harmful insects eggs and larvae. Their constant activity helps protect trees and crops from caterpillars beetles borers and similar creatures, highlighting the value of birds to man.
A short proverb-like line has Uncle Eben remarking that some men boast of their honesty yet seem inwardly tempted by fault. The quotation suggests suspicion of outward appearances versus true character.
Ancient Egyptian and Roman chariots served to move troops and break enemy lines. They also functioned as improvised fortresses behind which marksmen sheltered amid battle. The curved front acted as a shield long before modern armored tanks emerged.
The text notes the tam bo urine and castanets as inseparable partners in modern Spanish dances and traces their usage back to ancient Carthage and Athens long before the Christian era, through to Rome. The pairing accompanied amorous and bacchanalian dances across ancient civilizations.
An ad style health note promotes Jad Salts for kidney and bladder relief. It warns that meat can form uric acid harming kidneys, urging a daily tablespoon of the four ounce Salts solution in water before breakfast to cleanse and stimulate sluggish kidneys.
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