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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1918
Page
2
Chicago hog and cattle market update with estimated receipts for today and week totals. Hogs showing higher opening and steady to higher prices across weights. beef steers and cows largely steady, feeders dull. Idaho lambs and sheep prices listed with varying grades and loads. week receipts reported with totals and last week figures.
A road trip past oats hay and wheat fields near Ainsworth and Monroe notes harvest scents from oats and milkweed blossoms. Mentions Iona McDuff bidding 560 dollars for litter pigs and Thos Grendyke selling four litters of piglets totaling 39. John WW Davis tends Percheron stock and a prized roan mare as rain looms over the oats.
A reflective account of a farming crew finishing the final corn plow row of the year. The team faces a hot day, a hard last pass, and the bittersweet sense of closure as the final row is completed and the crop awaits weather and care.
Bob Smylie praises his Golden Model Booster hog as a sought after sire shaping his herd and litters sold. He plans trips with Orion Cherry King stock from Iowa and Ohio Cherry Kings, previewing three booster litters though late and smaller than 140 pigs raised this spring. Summer sale delayed to a big harvest with oats promising steady shocks as the binder works the slanted straw field.
Pat Tobin owns white and roan twin calves from top bloodlines in Shorthorns. His first sire, a son of The Callant, yielded above average cattle he sold for good money. The new beef type sire promises higher value per pound by passing superior beef traits to offspring. Quality drives better feeders and Chicago sale prices. Ernest Chrison’s wale gifts raise 10 pes this spring for Mr. Allgood of Lacy.
Instructions advise preserving eggs during low prices so they keep well into winter when prices rise. Use a crock with boiled water and water glass or lime solution, then cover eggs with two inches of liquid and store cool.
A. o. P. recommends a mixture of one gallon ker osene and one pint stock dip or coal tar disinfectant to spray around roosting places nests and chick houses as an effective inexpensive mite remedy.
South Dakota towns mobilize labor to shock and harvest wheat in Warrick County Indiana. Businessmen, clerks, and volunteers close shops, travel by auto to fields, and work without discussing pay. Farmers may donate labor or money to the Red Cross. Authorities coordinate with USDA specialists and county defense councils.
Otters favor sliding down snowy ridges in a head first dive and, in summer, choosing sloped clay banks by deep water to plunge into the river. They climb to the top, push off with a bound, and glide down before entering the water with speed.
The Antung consular district covers the southeastern Manchuria area about twice Vermont in size. It is mountainous with a sparse rural population. Communication to interior points relies on crude votive carts and pack animals, except for the South Manchuria railway's Cowmile section and the Yalu river to the east.
A poetic vignette portrays a jaywalker crossing diagonally as a motorman, a cop, and nurses in a hospital scene unfold. A dog at home howls for its master while the crossing summons the man to an uncertain fate.
Uncle Eben jokes that many women see a man writing a love letter as vain when he could be earning four dollars a day, suggesting practicality over romance. The line reflects rural humor and value placed on work over courting.
Agreements reached between threshers and farmers set standard rates for threshing services. An administrator will oversee enforcement and handle disputes. Local parties anticipate smooth harvest season with clear compensation terms.
At a courthouse conference of threshermen and farmers about seventy five attendees set threshing rates for the coming season four cents per bushel for oats eight cents for wheat four for barley eight for rye and thirty cents for timothy seed. The meeting stressed efficiency and readiness against saboteurs and endorsed uniform county pricing and practices to save grain.
A farmers and threshers meeting considered a dinner pail habit to have threshers dine at home to ease housework and conserve food. A letter from a farmer's wife urged men bring dinners from home, but the motion failed. Food administration urged reduced sugar in drinks and urged wives to aid sugar economy during threshing season.
A Detroit Texas justice of the peace, W. H. Hill, testifies Foley Kidney Pills are the best he has used and they have done the work where others failed. He notes backache rheumatic pains sore muscles stiff joints and frequent bladder action as kidney trouble symptoms. Lemmon's Pharmacy advertises the remedy.
Italy cries for grain as famine looms, with bread rationed in Rome and rice scarce in Milan. Despites shortages from war and refugees, the country relies on U.S. aid to supply wheat and cereals. France has redirected grain to Italy, with macaroni bans and high prices underscoring urgent needs.
Herbert Hoover states the food administration is not a general price fixing body. He notes price control applies only to wheat and sugar, due to abnormal overseas trade relations and risks to farmers and consumers. The department acts only as intermediary among producers and commodities, not to set agricultural prices.
Washington July 8 moving picture players are classed as legitimate theatrical performers In an order announced by Provost Marshal Crowder and draft boards to consider such players musicians and all skilled persons in moving picture productions as engaged in productive employment
State and federal agents conducted an unexpected roundup in St Paul capturing more than 500 young men on suspicion of draft evasion. Some were released after proving innocence, as authorities reported the operation’s sweep and follow up. In Lisbon incidents left several dead or wounded after a meeting of democratic and revolutionary factions. Police counted many arrests and noted violence in the aftermath.
The Chilean cabinet has resigned after a brief tenure formed on April 22 this year. Santiago reports indicate the entire government team stepped down as the crisis meets political pressure.
A viewpoint argues that exposing an ambassador to abuse requires only sending him away without an answer, highlighting the dangers of silent or evasive responses in diplomatic conduct.
The text describes James and John as twins with James being weaker and emotionally dependent. John, the elder, checks on him from the stairway, asking in a sympathetic tone why James is crying and whether he is still awake upstairs.
A good-natured man improves outlooks for himself and others. His cheerful leadership at work boosts morale and productivity, spreading sunshine through daily trials and keeping him on a high pedestal.
A historical note suggests cleaning badly spotted hardwood floors by wiping with gasoline. Moisten cheesecloth with gasoline and rub the surface vigorously, changing cloths as they become soiled.
A fragment from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer discusses a proposed method to inoculate the milkman's voice with a new anesthetic called alkalgia. The note speculates that sleep could be improved and fewer stitches wasted on care, signaling a quirky, era-specific medical satire.
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