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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1920
Page
2
Market in Chicago shows slow activity with prices mostly 40 to 65 cents lower than yesterday. Cattle and hog receipts are listed with detailed weight class prices and losses, while beef steers and other stock categories show declines from week-ago levels. Totals include hogs 26 959 cattle 6 504 sheep 11 877 calves 1 774 and shipments of hogs 7 884 cattle 4 435 sheep 3 988 calves 89.
Reach Wickham Grain Co furnishes details on grain futures closing values. Morrison Building, Washington, Iowa address listed for inquiries and price updates.
Corn and rye show mixed values across July September and December contracts with July corn at 1.68 and near 1.63 closes. Barley and wheat quotes hold firm while provisions edge higher though oats and rye see mixed activity. Liquidation persists in grains with rallies met by selling pressure and fast price swings as traders balance holiday effects and supply signals. No trading session Monday.
The Dairy Division of the USDA with Purdue University reports costs of keeping a cow for one year and producing market milk. Key figures include feed 57.6 percent of total cost, labor 19.5 percent, and overhead 22.9 percent, with calves and manure offsetting 22.3 percent. The bulletin highlights efficiency from high producing herds and provides details from the Northwestern Indiana study.
Herbert Ashby and Carl E Symon were convicted of shooting Louis Fine during a store holdup last Tuesday. In Cedar Rapids district court they were sentenced to thirty years each in the state reformatory at Anamosa and will be taken to prison immediately.
Arthur Reynolds former head of the Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago calls credit the world’s biggest problem. Speaking in Des Moines at the Iowa bankers convention he says cheap postwar credit failed to stimulate production and lowered living standards, warning that the era of easy money is ending and prices rise as credit tightens.
Mrs. Jesse H. Wallace, home economics expert, urges that housewives continue home canning of fruits and vegetables to cut living costs. She promotes using corn syrup, glass jars, and emphasizes superior flavor and lower total cost vs store-bought canned goods amid tin and sugar shortages.
Dysart Iowa July 8 Six miles northwest of Dysart Mr and Mrs Lloyd Grimsey are erecting a splendid home valued about 25000 dollars. The oak finished house sits on a hill near crossroads with wide shade trees and a modern fully equipped interior including hot and cold water furnace electric lights bathroom fireproof roof and fireplace. Built of red brown brick it rests on a cement basement. Grimsey a young farmer about 30 owns 985 acres and ships eight carloads of hogs and cattle to market yearly. A large barn is planned soon.
Mail receptacles have been placed in Los Angeles to receive aerte mail. The new boxes provide a secure drop for correspondence and improve handling times for postal deliveries in the city.
July 3 report from Fort Madison notes only four applicants answered County Superintendent E. C. Lynn’s call for country school teachers. The annual examination at the county courthouse uses elimination to select tutors, and this year the four candidates cover the needed quota of teachers.
Des Moines July 3 Republicans plan a county convention this week to decide primaries nominations and choose delegations to the state convention. Governors, lieutenant governor, auditor and attorney general candidates expect to campaign hard for votes. Nate Kendall and E R Moore in town. Kendall argued a supreme court case while Moore attended banker convention. W F Moore leads Guthrie Center ticket and bankers presence grows. Delegates will be hotly contested with campaigns already mapping lists for post convention literature. A possible but unlikely governor deadlock. four primary candidates favored for nomination.
In the District Court of Washington County Iowa Ralph Nicholson Sadie Nicholson plaintiffs sue Norman Everson Joseph A Green George C Stone Cyrena Green Kate M Stone John C Mason Sarah H Mason and others to quiet and confirm fee simple title to Lots four and five in block six Smouse's Second Addition Washington Iowa The petition alleges adverse claims by unknown claimants and seeks barred claims and equitable relief The next term begins Sept 6 1920 at the Washington County Court House Attorneys Livingston Ebeicher for plaintiffs June 26 July 2 10 17
Oildag uses Acheson Graphite dispersed in neutral oils to form a lubricant for cars trucks and tractors. It claims to increase power prevent wear reduce carbon deposits lower fuel and oil consumption decrease valve pitting prevent sparking smut and deliver perfect lubrication.
A church lesson outlines David facing Goliath in 1 Samuel 17 with fight and faith. It notes Goliath’s boast, David’s use of faith over Saul’s armor, and the victory that follows, leading to Saul’s jealousy and David’s rising favor with the people and God.
The quotation reflects Bishop Westcott arguing that the Apostles likely spoke truth about Christ and the Kingdom, not deception, asserting their testimony with greater likelihood than being deceived. The remark emphasizes faith in early Christian witness.
A brief meditation on the idea that true mastery of life comes from faith and courage, enabling individuals to shape their world and exert power through conviction.
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