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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1913
Page
2
Chicago January 31 1913 market report shows hogs with mixed price ranges and lower overall tone. receipts 25000 with leftovers 5016. Cattle outlook strong. sheep strong to 19 higher. Regional quotes cover hogs cattle and sheep with several price bands and regional notes.
Chicago market notes show slow early decline with mixed livestock prices. Bulk prices sit around 7.60 to 7.65 for certain loads, with light at 7.40 to 7.65 and mixed 7.40 to 7.67. Heavy trades range 7.25 to 7.70, rough heavy 7.25 to 7.40. Cattle and sheep values are reported as strong.
OCR shows a nonsensical mix of percentages prices and units such as flour per each and meal sacks with scattered numbers 75 1.60 1.60 and 10 16 suggesting a broken market list. No coherent event or entity context is available.
Local notes from Crawfordsville Iowa recount visits and errands by Claude McCall Havre Alva Sands Ainsworth J B Crooks Washington W E Anwyl and others. Families depart for North Bence Colorado and Wilfred Smith home. Church services listed for Jan 31 with Rev W G Robertson preaching at the United Presbyterian.
A crowd gathers at the village pump as residents discuss labor, marriage, and the social view of women while lamenting economic hardship and changes. The piece notes local activities including Chas. McKinstry selling self feeders, Earl Burroughs supplying corn, and a birthday gathering for Mrs Ed Libe and daughter Geneva with neighbors.
Mr and Mrs Seth Carris north of Dublin entertained a company of relatives to a turkey dinner Sunday.
Abe Hellopeter fractures his hip at an old age requiring care from daughter Mrs Delia Roach of Des Moines. A 10 cent Presbyterians social at John White home draws about 90. Brighton high school hosts Batavia Friday night. Stockport revival begins at Christian church led by Rev C L Walker. Mrs Smiley of Hedrick makes business call. Kenneth Elmore buys Buck property for 1500 dollars. Mrs C H Lloyd and Georgia depart to Denver for health. Rev De Vol from Missouri starts revival at Christian church next week. Mrs Charlie Woodford hosts M E F ladies Friday.
Dublin reports gradual recovery from la grippe among the Augustine family with Mrs. W. E. Augustine visiting at the Stevenson home. Jacob Hotle and son Will traveled to Washington. J B McCaleb butchered near West Chester for Lee Craig. Will Augustine went to Verdi. Clent Robertson delivered hogs to Jake Hotle. Ladis Aid to meet Mrs W E Augustine. Henry Luers and wife en route to Washington. auto travel improving. small talk of flowers and California-like winter.
Grace Hill Moravian church Ladies' Aid will serve lunch at the Park's sale on Tuesday February 4. Several local residents are mentioned visiting, helping with deliveries, and attending social events, including Will Taylor and family at a golden wedding, and a church social at I. Lemley's.
A Kansas physician recalls a neighbor borrowing instruments and airily suggesting his own child accompany a risky call. A city doctor’s insistence on help and a door plate slogan spark a wry wait for medical aid and a sharp cross examination.
A catalog lists 60 head of good young horses and mares for sale including 35 head of young mares and 10 mares in foal. Most are Percherons with some fat market horses, describing this as one of the best lots offered.
Ainsworth on January 28, 1913 reports C. A. Whitlock and wife of Lancaster Mo arriving due to the illness of Mr. Whitlock's mother Mrs. T. J. Whitlock. T. Y. Wickham left for Syracuse N Y for his brother's illness. Fannie Rowan visits from Westboro Mo with her elderly parents. W T Trotter Jr and wife return home from Keota after a short stay.
West Chester village in 1913 notes the funeral of Will Reinier’s baby at the Baptist church with burial at New Haven cemetery. Local items mention hog shipments by Frank Pringle and Fritchen Bros, residents visiting Washington, a chicken pox case, and plans to rebuild a hotel with a new brick building coming in spring.
To help in hanging pictures cut a groove in the end of a curtain pole place the end of the picture wire in it and hoist it up to the nail or hook from which it is to hang. This saves climbing up and down and also allows one to see more clearly how the picture is going to look.
In Sofia battalions of French reserves pass to the front as Bulgaria ramps up conscription. The city shows a calm but patriotic mood with recruits singing “Slavna Bulgaria” as they march to the station, faces set with stern pride and a nation’s resolve.
Giuseppe Giovannetti, a young Roman, discovers a brickmaking method used by Romans 2000 years ago. Experts test his bricks and find them highly resistant to fire, damp, cold and time. Government experiments ongoing in Italy with promising durability. Building experts hail a new era in construction. Tripoli contracts mandate Giovannetti bricks for new dwellings.
A New York to Chicago pet transport cost 595 for a three pound pomeranian valued at 5900. The note cites Pullman service and the dog's high value as context for the price.
Carl D. Higgins, 19, juror in Dr. Hyde murder case in Kansas City, fell ill with fever delaying proceedings. He became delirious but was reported improving and expected to return to duty shortly. This marks Hyde’s second trial for the murder of Colonel Swope.
The judge compares Squire Simmons to a winter snowstorm with wind and little movement, signaling a stubborn, elusive nature. The remark paints him as a man of steady, wary demeanor, hard to press or sway.
The government thermometer under W. A. Cook recorded a chilling day with temperatures near 24 percent below zero shortly after noon and at 2 30 PM stood at three below zero. Forecasters warn of a colder night approaching the winter’s coldest, which was ten below.
Three Greek warships were attacked today by a Turkish cruiser Hamidid and destroyed. The battle occurred near Astra Avatia, Washington DC. In a separate report from January 31 in Athens three hundred Women Suffragette leaders invaded the Capitol defending the French Bill for enfranchisement. The hearing before the House elections committee was led by Chairman Rucker with Mrs. Clara BR Colby presenting the argument.
Marshalltown Iowa reports unusual warm spells lure frogs from winter homes. N S Whitman a Hardin county pioneer captured a lively January frog noting it is the first seen in Iowa this month. The specimen is described as a good size for bass bait.
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