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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1919
Page
2
Chicago market update shows estimated hog receipts 40,000 and cattle 15,000 with early bids weaker on hogs but beef steers and bulls up slightly. Prices span from 20.00 to 22.66 for various hog weights and 12.28 to 16.50 for beef categories, with lambs and sheep posted broader ranges and steady to higher trends for native lambs.
The document lists commodity prices and market figures from Provsded by BE W Wagner Jows City Iowa KK Huet Manager. It shows July high and low prices for commodities like corn oats and cotton along with cash market quotes and reports. It includes stray notes about oats prices and a passage describing a decorative plant growth pattern.
Outlook discusses repeal impact on evenings, urges farmer support, and cites petitions from 1500 Washington county farmers. It lists Farm Bureau services including labor placement, soil testing for acidity with lime recommendations, and preparing a state fair exhibit of Washington county crops. Also notes G F E Hopping joining the Live Stock Breeders' Association.
Washington residents threaten violence while posses scour the countryside for a Black attacker of 22 year old war worker Miss Mary Saunders near the Chevy Chase and Kirkside golf clubs. Maryland officials aid in the hunt as police chase the same suspect blamed for other assaults on women in Washington suburbs.
Fragmentary text notes beards in the era of Henry IV and Louis VIII, mentioning attention to dress and royal hair fashion as part of the period’s style.
The notice lists two business locations 120 East Third Street and 107 North Iowa Avenue with Harold Hays in charge. It details current prices for eggs buttercream hens spring chickens roosters turkeys geese ducks rabbits beef hides calf hides and horse hides with varied per pound rates.
The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation plans to hire a market expert at Union Stock Yards Chicago to aid live stock shippers. The official will handle complaints about the market dead stock docking shortage and more to ensure fair treatment by packers, commission firms, and railroads.
Voters in Tama County rejected the primary road system proposals on Monday, arguing the plan would burden residents. The Toledo Montour corridor and east west routes drew discussion, with engineers noting cheaper ridge and adjacent roads could be built, while communities like Clutter Vining and Elberon were left out.
Washington July 8 Acting Secretary Ousley of the agriculture department warned of a broken meat distribution system as live cattle and wholesale beef prices fell since March while retail prices held or rose in some cities. He urged federal state and municipal supervision to curb profiteering and protect both cattle raisers and consumers.
The article notes Tama county went ahead with grading and draining before a state primary system. It stresses it cannot vote again for two years, and urges including every town in the county in the future primary system for access to state reference money and eventual hard surfacing.
Fred Luckenbill a Des Moines county farmer is bound over to the grand jury on a murder charge after shooting a 14 year old boy. He cites intoxication as his defense and had purchased whiskey to cope with a prohibition drought before the shooting near his 200 acre farm as a car with three children approached.
Lueckenbill, intoxicated, drew a revolver and fired into the back seat wounding William Verling. The boy died in Burlington hospital while in his father’s arms. Lueckenbill claims he aimed behind the car to “make a Fourth of July noise.”
A schoolmaster shows a portrait of Charles Dickens to students and invites discussion on individuality. A bright pupil notes the features, then adds a humorous observation that the face is marked by a lot of whiskers.
A humorous diary of a stomach narrating a day of meals and energy, describing how ice water, peanuts, caramels, eggnog, fried potatoes, vegetables, and drinks affect digestion. The entry details lunch, snacks, activity, and fatigue from meals and exertion.
At 8 50 p m the veal. 9 10 p m she sent for the doctor. mother cites weak stomach inherited from her husband. 9 30 p m doctor says slight upset due to the weather. Good night. An anonymized note in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Dale Holmes 20 was charged with second degree murder and released on 2000 bond. A preliminary hearing before Justice Berkley is set for July 15. The June 20 crash in West Union killed 8 year old Gladys Nelson and injured her sister Helen and Pearl Lyon.
The text argues that discontent drives progress as a motivator for improvement. It emphasizes that a man must be discontented with his current state to strive for better circumstances.
An inquisitive scientist asserts the typical American family has 4.6 people. The joke asks who is the missing sixth, answering that it is the old man.
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