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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1918
Page
2
Estimated hog receipts 44 000 with 4 200 left over from Saturday. Hogs mostly steady with top at 17 10 and 16 45 17 05 bulk. Cattle receipts 19 000 with good steers steady while weaker grades slow. calves steady. Lambs strong to higher with best westerns at 19 00 natives 18 50. feeders 15 50 16 00. Receipts and shipments provided for yesterday and today.
Furnished by FE Wagner & Co Iowa City with J B Hunt Manager. Contact 726 for details on items offered. Prices listed include percentages and figures such as 13 50 and 67 for unknown goods.
Mrs T Nevrever of Mau Claire Wisconsin and Mrs D Gilkeson of Youngstown Ohio laud Foley s Honey and Tar Compound as a powerful remedy for coughs croup and whooping cough in children and adults. The letters claim rapid relief after trying other treatments and endorse Lemmon s Pharmacy Washington for purchase.
The Department of Agriculture and the agricultural college are enlisting workers. Kansas City Missouri reports 10 000 enrolled, Kansas City Kansas 1 200, Topeka 2 100, with other towns following. The drive mirrors Liberty loan and Red Cross campaigns to secure needed labor for the upcoming wheat harvest.
Joe M. Wolfe lost a prime nine month old Joan Shorthorn calf weighing near 1000 pounds to lightning while being prepared for the International Show. Insurance paid about one fifth of the calf’s value and the hide remains as a robe. Wolfe had planned a major show entry amid growing lightning losses noted by H L Clark of the rendering plant.
A National Wool and Sheep Bureau meeting in Chicago warns of rising wool demand threatening fleece supply. An educational campaign backed by the bureau targets farmers and business leaders to safeguard sheep farming, with Prof. Harper highlighted for stressing farm safety as essential to national security.
A Washington conference between Food Administration official Joseph P. Cotton and livestock reps decided to lower the Army beef carcass minimum to 400 pounds and urge Britain to accept 25 percent of purchases in 400 to 500 pound carcasses. Feeder buyers object, but segregation of stockers may be possible.
Telegram from Food Administrator H. M. Eicher announces new wheat prices across markets. No. 1 wheat grades receive varied base prices with regional differentials. No. 2 is three cents below No. 1 and No. 3 four cents below No. 2. Lower grades handled by sample.
Kansas plans to harvest its 100 million bushel wheat crop using urban labor from offices stores and shops. It is estimated 80 000 men will be needed from June 20 to mid July with chambers of commerce mayors and other leaders coordinating with United forces.
Des Moines Iowa June 29 1918 forecast covers upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. North portion expected fair and moderately cool, south portion to see showers at the start and end of the week with temperatures below normal.
The article notes Cuba’s enduring Indian name despite multiple European baptisms. Columbus named it Juana for Prince John, then Ferdinanda in memory of Ferdinand, later Santiago after St. James, and Ave Maria for the Virgin Mary, but none stuck and the native name endures.
Report from the Challenger expedition notes a penguin in the far north divers by weight. It is said to swallow stones to sink with ease when feeding and regurgitates them on surfacing.
Reading aloud at home enriches children with a broader vocabulary and self confidence in language. It starts early, with parents guiding practice and choosing engaging material to cultivate gains in communication.
A fragment quotes Meister Eckhart on love as the foundation of morality and commandments, asserting inward and outward virtue understood through love. The line emphasizes love as core to ethical living and belief.
Washington county Iowa threshermen adopt a resolution to follow food administration rules and maximize grain saved for allies and self. they propose waste reduction tips, tight sacks, small measuring cups for leaks, clear threshing sites, apron under scoops, and tight grain boxes. season charges set at oats and barley four cents per bushel wheat and rye eight cents per bushel timothy thirty cents per bushel.
Food Administrator Deems announces new Iowa license system for grocers to prevent sale of bad eggs. Licensed buyers must handle and count eggs from producer with loss out rules, or risk license loss. Enforcement covers storage, handling, and timely marketing to cut waste and save food.
The government announces a program to replace wooden telegraph poles and letter box posts with reinforced concrete structures. The move aims to modernize infrastructure and improve durability across the network.
The Moralist tells a joke about happiness arising from thinking of others, while the pessimistic man laments that others owe him money, leaving him gloomy. This light exchange appears in the Birmingham Age Herald.
The article recounts the faint stars overhead forming Coma Berenices or Berenice’s Hair. It notes the tale of Queen Berenice, wife of Ptolemy II, offering her hair to Venus for his safe return from war. Her hair supposedly vanished from the temple and became the constellation.
A Londoner visits an eminent physician and teases the attendant about door duties. The attendant replies with a humorous mispronunciation, saying the visitor is "a hunit in the docean," a playful wordplay exchange reported by the Boston Transcript.
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