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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1921
Page
2
Chicago notes: estimated receipts hogs 65 000 cattle 22 000 sheep 21 000. Market mostly steady to higher with top hog price near 9 85. Beef cattle and veal show ranges from 7 26 to 12 50. Wheat corn and oats quoted with varied futures and cash levels. Official tomorrow projections: hogs 60 000 cattle 12 000 sheep 15 000.
Two trusties from the state penitentiary were thought to have escaped when their Velie truck became mired near Fort Madison. Holdover aged nineteen and Murray aged thirty five had three months left to serve and were reported missing after failing to appear for a work detail. Police in surrounding towns were alerted while it was later clarified no escape occurred and the two were simply stuck in mud.
Readable fragments report two men stranded by county mud return to a prison and are safely inside the walls tonight. The car was en route to the prison when found and is presumed secured.
Advertisement notes a rent for a furnished room in Boston suitable for a gentle man who is described as air y and cross eyed and well ventilated in a casual classified style from the Boston Transcript.
A long list of farm department notices announces closing out sales and public sales by numerous sellers around Washington, Columbus Junction, Ainsworth, West Chester, and nearby towns. Entries include dates from Jan. 25 to Feb. 23 and feature buyers and farm locations with Chester White and Spotted Poland China hog breeds, Duroc bred low sales, and Hampshire bred sows.
About 300 Fairfield residents signed a petition urging Mayor C. J. Fulton to call a special election to decide on employing a city manager. The move follows strong sentiment after a Fairfield Community Club meeting, and Fulton is currently a state senator from the Jefferson-Van Buren district.
Through a general microscope such things as nettle sting and other particles are clearly visible the senses and smoke blur into visible detail.
Hans Thompson, a stockman near Preston, saved his house from a gasoline fire by using five pails of milk. A clogged feed pipe leaked gasoline as he attempted repairs, igniting the room. he blocked the door, retrieved milk, climbed a ladder, broke a second floor window, and doused the flames with the milk.
Des Moines January 24 Judge Winfield S. Withrow of Mount Pleasant resigns from the state board of parole. The move fuels talk of merging the parole board with the board of control as Governor Kendall urges reorganization. Lt Governor Hammill merges prison and charitable institutions committees into one body. Withrow’s term would have ended June 30 but he resigns effective March 31 to devote time to personal affairs.
For the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys the forecast calls for generally fair conditions with temperatures at or above normal. This item also includes a human interest quote about a Hartford matron noting her husband’s card game for recreation rather than money.
Hides furs and pelts pay for poultry deliveries fresh eggs and held eggs by value. Cream butter fat test prices, various fowl and poultry types listed with per pound values. Includes hens stags roosters turkeys geese ducks guineas pigeons and livestock hides with unclear final figures.
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