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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1919
Page
2
Chicago markets show opening slow and steady with hogs, cattle, and sheep receipts detailed. Top hog price reaches 17.75 with various classes quoted from 12.50 to 17.75 and lambs showing softer demand as receipts and shipments flow daily.
Grain futures close report from E W Wagner & Co Iowa City Iowa with B Hunt manager details and contact number 726.
Incomplete OCR reads a dated numeric fragment with figures 86.00 and 83.00, unclear subject, time, or location. no identifiable people or organizations present in legible text.
Journal's Farm Department notes Keota farmer Mike Trier will hold an annual Duroe sale at the Singmaster barn in Keota with about fifty bred sows and gifts. The herd is led by High Orion King and includes animals bred to Top Orion, described as the best Trier has produced.
An Iowa State College extension expert in Ames urges pruning orchards while warm weather lasts. Focus on removing dead wood and crossing limbs, watch for disease, and disinfect tools after each cut with kerosene. Use a swivel blade saw and hand shears for efficient cuts.
Organized campaigns in northern and western states last year led county agents to arrange 7,631 canning demonstrations for women aside from club work. An extra 4,500,000 quarts of fruits and vegetables were canned, while home gardening help reached 169,163 people and 82,423 farmers received guidance on storage methods.
The nation faces a severe dairy shortage due to labor and feed costs. Farmers report hired help refuses milking, forcing families to milk or shut dairies. Even when milking is a primary job, finding workers remains nearly impossible, and high feed prices add to dairy discouragement.
An Iowa Farmer editorial urges a patriotic duty to revive dairy farming by selecting good milkers, studying feeding, and turning milking from a chore into part of the daily work to make it profitable.
Public auction on Saturday at 3 PM offers 100 new U S Government leather halters with strong leads. Each halter cost the government $5.00. auctioneer is Chas Brown operating at 9712 on the northeast corner of the square in Washington.
Property owners announce no hunting trapping or shooting after night on their premises. Signers include Charles Horak Floyd C Letts Judge F D Letts Mrs Richard Hughes and Kolesick Bros with location K February 138 th sa we 86t12.
A Paris physician links premature baldness to trouble with the teeth. He suggests dental issues may trigger hair loss conditions. The remark appears as a local medical observation from the era.
Logan Jan 30 Mr F E Teel of Carrison County describes cooperative farming with his renter he partners with on the farm He markets cattle and hogs fed by a tenant stock and feed jointly owned He takes half the crops while the tenant gets half and both share sale proceeds If losses occur both bear half the cost Horses and machinery belong to the tenant seeds are bought by the partnership Land is leased annually Feeding is the county’s main farming activity with many livestock operators and easy tenant access
A brief note records an engagement cancellation followed by a quoted inquiry as Mr questioned where the evening lecture would take place. The fragments indicate social or domestic interruption without further context or named individuals.
A wife, a noted equal suffrage lecturer, proposes Tam address the Cooks and Housemaids Union. Her husband dismisses it, arguing maids move too often to gain voting rights. Mrs Wise cancels the engagement, recognizing his point. Read the advertisements.
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