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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1918
Page
2
Chicago market summary shows heavy cattle and hog receipts with slow early trading. Hogs mostly steady to lower with tops near 17.00. cattle and calves mixed with demand easing for lower grades. Sheep and lambs generally steady with higher native lambs and solid feeder values. Receipts and shipments figures provided for hogs, cattle, and sheep segments.
Furnished by E. W. Wagner & Co. of Iowa City with J. B. Hunt as manager. Contact phone number 726 provided for inquiries and listings.
The article argues that breeding stock gains value from individual merit and lineage, not only market price per pound. It warns that buyers seeking cheap stock undermine breeders and the industry, while recognizing breeders’ risk of overvaluing purebred stock. A bull investment yielded strong returns, proving quality blood benefits future herds.
The county fair, essential to local life, teaches lessons that push exhibitors toward broader ventures and more general institutions. Its continued presence lends credit to the community, though some fairs are abandoned this year.
Iowa State Fair premium list updates include a new Premier Exhibitor ribbon in four draft horse divisions Percheron Belgian Shire and Clydesdale. The award honors the exhibitor with the highest total in regular classes and a Special Premier Exhibitor's Championship Ribbon will be awarded in each breed.
L A Ferrin of Cherokee County State Bank notes the first Hereford calf club in Iowa is the Cherokee County club at Meridian, organized with farm bureau help. About 30 registered heifers, aged 12 to 14 months, were distributed to members with appraisal and aid from R W Coverdall of the Iowa Beef Producers Association and P B Shearer of Iowa State College.
The Creeder's Gazette notes boys will grow Herefords this summer and return them for the fall show and sale. The piece praises farm families and the various federal and state agricultural agencies for their wartime efforts and preparation.
Five women appointed by USDA dairy agents with state colleges and dairymen associations. One placed in Iowa, four in Wisconsin. Wisconsin hosts the country’s first woman contester now entering her second year. All trained in agricultural high schools or dairy work courses.
Lareze numbers of horses are gathered at army camps across the United States and require heavy hay shipments from primary points to large marketing centers. Many horses will be shipped abroad, and hay and concentrated feed must follow them, with more horses needed at training camps. The Bureau of Markets grain and hay reporting service stands ready to assist in marketing hay.
A 1918 notice invites threshers and all county residents to a convention at the Washington County Court House on Saturday July 6 1918 at 2 PM. The agenda covers saving grain from loss, fair prices, and government aid in fixing prices to prevent crop waste during the war emergency. County Food Administration and County Council of Defense urge attendance.
Sponges are animals that eat and digest food. They start life as eel-like larvae, free in the sea, then attach to rocks and grow in various shapes. Some form fanlike, treelike, or cuplike structures, and others spread as carpet or sea nests resembling birds' nests.
A few years ago Switzerland adopted nature study as a regular school subject and trained teachers accordingly. It soon emerged that pupils often knew more than the teachers, whose information relied too much on books rather than direct contact with nature.
The report notes an airplane contains 4326 nails 3377 screws 920 steel stampings T08 forgings 276 turnbuckles 65 pounds of aluminum plus other materials such as varnish rubber linen wood.
A private Ford Motor Company investigation of the YMCA in 32 U.S. army camps found clean health reports for YMCA facilities and funds, with praise for morale boosting, educational, medical, and recreational programs. It notes volunteers and staff, including “Fighting Parson” Wedge, and details library, language, and vocational offerings.
Supper at Sunset Park with athletic contests in the afternoon. At 7:00 patriotic pageant The Dance of the Allies with casts marching from the Opera House to Sunset Park featuring several national dances. 8:00 Pershine's Crusaders at Graham Opera House. 8:00 to 10:00 band concert in Central Park. Pink lemonade and ice cream proceeds go to the Red Cross. Stands run gratis by Silas Ross. Contact J. R. Maxwell, Secretary, for inquiries.
A fragment quotes a detective saying there is no place like home, but the YMCA is a good close second, reflecting a local sentiment about community spaces. The remark emphasizes familiarity, belonging, and the YMCA as a favored nearby gathering site.
Free of charge sample bottle of Green's August Flower advertised to relieve indigestion and dyspepsia and to aid liver function. Claims fifty years of success and gentle laxative effects. Lemmon's Pharmacy promotes the remedy as suitable for headaches caused by stomach disorders and available in all civilized countries.
A Popular Science Monthly tip suggests repairing valuable china with a mix of alum and water. Bake until transparent, then warm pieces, coat edges quickly with the glue while warm so it adheres. The method promises resistance to hot water and normal use after drying.
On a back road near White Plains an offer to pay for a glass of milk met with the reply I never make no practice of charging nobody nothing for no milk. The statement reflects a generous stance by a local resident in a casual encounter over dairy.
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