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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1919
Page
2
Chicago July 1 Hog and cattle markets rise with active bids. Estimated receipts today 31 000 hogs and 14 000 cattle plus 16 000 sheep. Top hog price 21 75 with most sales 21.00 21.65. beef steers mostly steady to higher, heifers and cows varied. lambs strong to 17 50. Official yesterday shows receipts 54 535 shipping 10 148.
The Legislature approved a program to plant nut bearing and other edible shade trees along state highways. The plan tasks the Highway Commission and Agriculture Commission with overseeing planting, with stock distributed at minimal cost by the Agricultural College and Public Dominion Commission. Trees will be spaced 20 to 40 feet apart. Violations include injuring trees or posting notices with fines from 1 to 25 dollars and up to 30 days in jail.
In Iowa Polk County voted four to one for paving rural roads and approved a 2 million dollar bond issue. Tama County rejected the paving proposal by about two to one on incomplete returns. Local rival highway factions influenced the campaign.
Furnished by E. W. Wagner & Co Iowa City 7 B Hunt Manager shows opening highs lows and closes for futures and cash markets. Corn No 2 yellow around 1 80 to 1 82 with 130 car tone up at 1 81. Oats July around 68 to 69 cents with December coffee not fully readable.
An Irish sailor mutters about the line as he hauls sixty fathoms, noting the task would take five men a week. He suddenly warns the officer that somebody must be cutting off the other end of the line, cursing his luck.
A reflective fragment on nature describing constant, gentle changes from morning to night and through life, highlighting the beauty nature provides in every season and time. It invokes Dickensian tone to emphasize the smooth, almost unseen progression of events in the world.
A reflective line on fellowship distinguishing dreamers from doers. It speaks to loneliness and imprisonment as contexts for longing versus action and shared purpose. Mortis implies fellowship requires effort, not mere contemplation.
A Somerville Journal poem laments a nocturnal plant eater described as a pest that devours tomatoes lettuces and flowers. The speaker recounts digging out the offender a hiding squash and vows to end its havoc in the garden.
The botany section reports Hungarian brome grass common on the Iowa State College campus at Ames since 1888 and spreading across northern and southern Iowa. The plant with a running root stock and open panicle is valued as a forage crop in parts of Minnesota and the Dakotas. Federal road work notes South advancing in high grade construction with Georgia projects including bridges and concrete.
An agricultural ad from W S Reister & Sons of Washington Iowa highlights egg price trends due to heat and demand for good eggs while noting butter fat prices and projected supply shifts. It cites payments to Mrs L E Hoyle and lists prices for dairy and poultry products including eggs cream beef hides and turkeys.
The state highway commission in Ames explains the Primary Road System is a state system, not a county network, built and maintained with state funds. Counties only participate via bonds or land assessments, with interest and possible deficiencies borne by the county, while statewide citizens fund and benefit from the system as a whole.
The quote argues that a person cannot act beyond their nature and that even wise individuals carry some folly within. If we err in a moment, it is the natural outcome of our inherent traits, blending grains of folly with an ounce of wisdom.
A terse meditative line presents man as a fragile yet thinking reed. The quote frames human frailty alongside intellect, invoking Blaise Pascalstyle imagery and philosophical contrast.
Des Moines precincts report 1481 yes 256 no for paved roads and 1415 yes 300 no for bonds with Polk county backing road funds. Rural Crocker township reports 217 yes 17 no on roads and 209 yes 72 no on bonds, indicating large majorities citywide for the propositions.
Miss Mary Cunningham aunt of President Woodrow Wilson endured German occupation with windows shot out and home stripped for fuel. She sheltered in a humble lodging, faced winter hunger, and survived until liberation brought a hopeful day for her and others.
National League results show Cincinnati 4 Chicago 2 and New York 7 Boston 4 with Pittsburgh 4 St Louis 1. American League games Chicago 5 Cleveland 3 and New York 1 Boston 4 Philadelphia 4 Washington 3 Detroit 6 St Louis 1. American Association entries list Indianapolis 4 Columbus 3 and Toledo 1 Kansas City 1.
Seager Wheeler introduces Red Bobs wheat as a new Canadian variety expected to extend western wheat belt cultivation by about 100 miles north. The seed, distributed by United Grain Growers, promises early ripening, frost and rust resistance, and strong straw. Wheeler, famed for Marquis wheat, notes Red Bobs ripens before Marquis and may add millions of acres to Canadian production.
Fargo announces that after Thursday's referendum seven laws approved the industrial program allowing North Dakota to begin grain handling and flour manufacturing. It will inaugurate a state bank and farm credit program up to 10 million dollars. The industrial commission may authorize additional farm product manufacturing or marketing enterprises without new legislation.
Waterloo reports July 1 that F C Anderson of Port Dodge and aviator Darr were badly hurt when a distance calculation during takeoff sent a biplane into electric and telephone wires at Cedar Falls fair grounds. The craft and men fell about 80 feet.
Orders calling out electrical workers in Oregon and Washington in sympathy with California and Nevada striking operators and linemen were issued from the Pacific coast district office in San Francisco. Secretary Charles B P Ford of the International Brotherhood of Nutrient Workers announced the action.
A dentist style advertisement touts a cabbage and sausage diet as a cure all. It claims Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy freed a patient from ailments after doctors recommended surgeries and promises quick results with a money back guarantee. Lemmon's Pharmacy distributes the remedy nationwide.
William Martin of the French foreign office oversaw the signing ceremonies in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. He delivered the treaty to President Wilson, Mr. Lloyd George, and M. Clemenceau and then called other delegates to attach their signatures.
Questionnaires of Harvard medical and law school graduates show average physician earnings at 554 in year one, about 1000 in year two, about 2000 in year five, and nearly 5000 by year thirteen. Lawyers earn 064 in year one, 110 in year two, 2068 in year five, 4426 in year eight, and 5825 in year ten.
The warm early months brought early bloom across Japan with higan sakura in Ugeno path and yoshino blossoms at full florescence. The yoshino variety opened on April 3, marking the first emperor’s anniversary as springtime fills the nation with arborescent beauty.
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