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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1920
Page
2
Opening market in Chicago shows steady to weak trends across cattle hogs and lambs with high activity. Estimated receipts include 21 000 cattle and 57 000 hogs while beef steers show wide price ranges for various weights and quality categories. Official yesterday tallies list hog receipts at 43 388 and cattle at 18 523 with shipments.
Farm department notes a series of sales and closings across several farms near Washington and surrounding towns from Jan 28 to Feb 27, including Poland China and Duroc hogs, Percheron horses, and breeding stock. Vendors include Wm Todd, J M Stewart, Clyde Birney, Davis Roberts, and others with locations such as Keota, Riverside, Crawfordsville, Fairfield, and Columbus Junction. A market update cites a Farmers Union Exchange carload of flour and related feeds.
Grain futures and cash market notes show corn and oats activity with bid prices and movement. Prices for corn contracts Jan May July and oats May dry and cash market figures for No. 4 YC and No. 3 W.O. listed with car counts and tone notes.
Fragmentary text mentions two delictive fruits among unnamed Ureal ied sons of Clee Phillipe Pines. Olive curtand and Hinugeeteety appear as rare fruit phrases within a puzzling scene, tied to Squixitelys Pavpayryl and Prengr ven in an unclear setting.
Fragmentary OCR yields a quirky town report with references to residents and nonsensical quotes. The readable bits hint at local happenings and community commentary, with scattered names and phrases suggesting a small town info item.
The ad lists prices for pigeons hides pelts wool tallow beeswax and other furs with per Ib rates and quantities. It notes the company pays top prices for raw furs and offers robe coat rug and ladies furs. Three trucks are loaned to help moving and hauling services with quotes available on request.
Report from Kimberly South Africa notes luck drives diamond finds. A September 1917 discovery yielded a 444% karat stone worth $800,000 after a boy started work at Du Toits Pan mine. Workers earn bonuses for big stones, but the 500-dollar reward and wardrobe were given with release from contract.
Virgil Halladay of Kirksville Missouri presented an animated skeleton demonstration in Toledo during the State Osteopathic association meeting. Using a Morbiloing fyld he claims to retain vertebral elasticity after death, a novelty at the national osteopathic convention in Chicago.
After a season of field trials in the western United States the wireless telephone system used by the forest service proved effective for reporting fires and coordinating firefighting. Tests on a 30 mile trail from Mud Creek to Beaver Ridge Idaho showed reliable communications despite fires and terrain. The Beav er Ridge operator moved gear to a fog raft when flames approached and resumed reporting within an hour of safety.
Seven member Henry county hospital board visited the Washington county hospital to gain ideas for the new Henry county hospital the first and third such Iowa facility for the county. Board members chaired by C B Rogers and secretary F B Crane include John McKinnon Owen Garretson James Bates N C Buck and John A Lange. A $100000 bond issue was approved, a 30 acre site acquired with about four acres to be used for hospital grounds, construction to begin next spring with an architect to be hired soon.
The text notes emeralds found among Aztec treasures in Mexico and describes their fine cut. It claims these gems are the source of magnificent emeralds now believed to form part of Spain's royal collection.
Miss Agness Jane McNevin who cared for Mrs Mary Knight for years receives the Knight home in Boston with its furnishings and funds valued at about 200000 dollars. Mrs Knight died at 78 leaving a will naming McNevin and several public institutions as beneficiaries of the 150000 dollar estate.
An advertisement touts Sage Tea and Sulphur Compound and Wyeths Saree and Sulphur Compound as home remedies to darken gray hair. It promises natural looking color, thicker and glossier hair, and a youthful appearance by morning after one or two uses. The copy notes the product is not a disease cure.
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