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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1920
Page
2
Chicago market shows hogs up to 15.50 with heavy weights strongest. Beef steers and butcher stock mostly steady to 25 off while in between heifers drop about 50. Receipts today include hogs 27,502 cattle 9,129 sheep 11,180 calves 1,841. shipments: hogs 6,973 cattle 4,197 sheep 2,725 calves 323.
Iowa City report shows corn prices near 1.49 to 1.51 for January and May contracts with slight shifts. Oats and other grain figures listed with car counts and price ranges. A Riverside City anecdote notes a neighbor's harsh note about a singing girl and a child delivery message from Indianapolis News.
Catherine of Siena, canonized as Saint Catherine, devoted her life to good works and divine love. The 14th century mystic mediated peace between warring states and helped restore the pope to Rome.
A writer argues that persuasive talent convinces readers they need five new tires immediately, in contrast to the prior hopeful belief that current tires would last the season. The piece explores how communication can shape consumer fear and urgency.
A reader notes a child feigning illness to miss school only to learn the teacher was also sick and no class was held. The piece highlights the irony and frustration of a double sick day.
A dense listing from Havre to Washington details numerous farm sales and closing out auctions by date. Entries include R D Snyder Grover Booth near Havre and multiple closings of out sales by buyers such as Davis Roberts Crawfordsville John Schuman Keota and G Foster at various Iowa towns while Duroc Jersey and Poland China hog sales are noted among others in Fairfield Washington Ainsworth and surrounding areas.
Harvey Strum near Marshalltown sold 26 progeny of a single pure bred Duroc Jersey sow for 5355 at a Friday auction in Marshalltown. Average price 205.96 with buyers mainly farmers within ten to twelve miles. The sow produced 103 hogs from four litters between 1918 and 1919.
Hans Mark of Shelby County operates a compact three story hog house nicknamed a bank building. The design includes a ground floor stock shelter, dual chutes for moving hogs, removable sow pens on the second floor, an eight foot feed area, and loft space for feed and partitions. Professor John Glass of Town State College praised the efficient layout and drainage while noting initial grading challenges.
A fragment discusses a barn or shed used for hog housing in Iowa. It notes that such buildings are common for barns and cattle sheds, with the structure having endured several seasons of use and proven its utility beyond question.
The first meeting of the Washington township unit of Washington county farm bureau was held on Thursday evening January 29. County agent M. H. Fedderson led the program explaining the County Bureau’s work while Max Workman from the state federation outlined state and national federations. Officers for 1920 were elected: President F. K. Palmer, Vice President John Stewart, Secretary Frank Wheelan, with school district representatives William Galloway M. E. Smylie Frank Beaty R. Blankenhorn Glenn Beal Nelson Thompson O. S. Ferguson Micheal Flynn and F. S. Dodds.
A large gathering attended the Uppermill Farm Duroc sow sale in Wapello. About sixty hogs sold with top price at 350 dollars, eight averaging 175, and the catalogue average 106. Buyers included Cartwright of Burlington and James Brockway, while A C Can yon of Washington bid on several lots. Proceeds pleased Weaver and Garden, the herd owners, and Col D F Macon conducted the sale. The event suggested the hog market dominance growing.
Rev. T. H. Tedford editor of the Ringgold Record-News is seriously ill at his Ringgold home. The 86 year old former United Presbyterian minister, known for fearless impartial editorials and long involvement with Iowa Republican circles, remains in ill health but friends hope for a rapid recovery.
Henry Meyertholen, Fort Madison resident, died at the state hospital asylum after an apparent pin puncture in his left arm. A nearby hot pin suggests the wound punctured the artery. Officials state murder is unlikely and determine if self inflicted or accidental remains unresolved.
Waterloo January 81. County attorney EB J Wenner tried a criminal case by long distance wire and saved carfare for his client Stanley Ehrman who was arrested at Davenport on a charge of beating a board bill of 90.07 at a local hotel. He authorized a local attorney to defend him and through his attorney he acknowledged guilt.
The defendant agreed to pay the bill and a $50 fine plus $7.78 in toll charges. Upon payment of the amount, he will be released in Davenport.
Chicago January 31 W P Hinton of Winnipeg vice president and general manager of the Grand Trunk Pacific railway says more mills are needed to meet a world paper shortage. He notes no pulp wood shortage in North America but European demand is huge and prices are high with print paper at 160 dollars a ton on the Atlantic coast.
A new glazing device resembles a grease gun and is secured to the wrist. The user applies pressure with the hand to squirt putty into place and guides flow by hand, controlling how much is dispensed for glazing work.
A French inventor claims a world record level of efficiency with an oil engine that consumes less than forty pounds of fuel per horsepower per hour, asserting remarkable fuel economy for power output.
The American Legion now has 422 posts organized within Iowa an average of over four for reach county. Seventeen women's auxiliaries have been formed.
A brief literary note describes a modern east Indian figure at a Brittany cathedral doorway, evoking Nina Larrey Duryea’s Harper’s piece in which Krishna, long ago, questions the road’s importance if it leads to God.
The note explains mosquitoes spend early life in water and do not travel far as adults unless windborne. It advises checking for stagnant water around to reduce numbers and applying kerosene to the water to control breeding.
An excerpt attributes a public service ethic to women and men with a call to contribute to the community. The line credits Dr. Esther Lovejoy and frames personal duty as essential to social value and stability.
Advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness arises from inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining and cannot be cured by local applications. It claims only a constitutional remedy, Hall's Catarrh Medicine, can restore normal function and offers a $100 reward for any uncured case.
Malaria remains the greatest threat in Venezuela's rural areas. In the state of Carabobo with 198 396 residents there were 1 484 malaria deaths last year, highlighting the disease's deadly reach across communities.
Eight year old musician Arthur Sullivan is noted for mastering wind instruments he could play all winds in the orchestra. He is famed for later works including The Mikado and H M S Pinafore, and is described as the son of a henilenasten.
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