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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1922
Page
2
Estimated receipts for hogs today 6 000 holdover 7 455 cattle 500 holdover 7 455 Iowa City market notes show bulk sales 9 25 to 11 00 for heavy to light weights with top at 11 00 and lower ends around 10 10. Official yesterday receipts hogs 21 293 cattle 4 409 sheep 12 996 calves 1 511. Livestock outlook for Monday hogs 45 000 cattle 16 000 sheep 15 000.
Davenport Iowa July 8 Scott county may honor Col William F Cody Buffalo Bill with a permanent memorial at his birthplace Le Claire the offer includes life trophies saddle spurs saber uniform and letters from presidents and generals The effort seeks community support from local clubs chamber of commerce and Rotary to establish a shrine at Le Claire birthplace and birthplace landmark preservation backed by Buffalo Bill's grandson who resides in Colorado
Col S W Brookhart plans a weekend at home after a strenuous campaign as endorsements flood in. Judge Kenyon praises Brookhart’s stance on public questions and warns of a nationwide move to end primaries. The letter cites Weeks’ primary defeat and predicts Brookhart’s large statewide majority.
Mayor A C McKinney and H V Yackey acting for Attorney General Gibson conducted a crackdown for the Fourth of July in Arnolds Park Iowa. They seized twelve quarts of gin two gallons of alcohol thirteen pints of bonded whisky from a Sioux City bootlegger and found a still with twenty five gallons of mash and twenty gallons of liquor at the Sandman farm southwest of Lake Park. The town was left free of booze gambling and wild women.
Iowa 1921 figures from the state board of health list 3 571 preventable deaths including 172 drownings 149 infant deaths 120 typhoid 124 railway derailments and 2 961 infant deaths under one year. The report urges sanitation and fly control with anti fly rules and school vacation pledges to curb summer fatalities.
Sioux City July 8 The McMillan case seeks 700000 from South Dakota stockholders of Midland Packing Co and a related suit against 300 Iowa stockholders for more than 1 million remains pending in courts.
The Japanese government notified Peking it will dispatch troops into China to safeguard Japanese lives unless China guarantees protection. The move follows the June 26 raid by bandits in Tow-Taowho near Manchuria, which left six dead, burned the Japanese consulate, and destroyed the consular rolls.
The American Legion organizes a sea voyage for several hundred former service members and auxiliaries. They sail aboard the President Pierce August 5 to Cherbourg then Paris with an official welcome. The route includes Brussels Ostend and London with fields of Flanders and a return on the Metagama to Montreal September 16. John J. Wicker Jr. of Richmond VA leads arrangements with headquarters in New York.
Washington July 5 The Senate defeated a cloture motion to speed up the McCumber tariff bill. Senator McCumber and Senator Curtis led the bid but the measure failed 45 to 3 with a two thirds requirement. Party line vote as five Republicans broke ranks.
Iowa extension officials will host two day conferences in Ottumwa Red Oak Storm Lake and Charles City July and August. Ex tension staff leaders and editors will discuss agricultural publicity report preparation and community programs with agents and home demonstration leaders.
The Department of Labor reports retail food prices rose from May 15 to June 15 in 18 cities. Increases ranged from three percent in New York Pittsburgh and Newark to under 0.5 percent in Washington DC Portland Maine. Some cities like Manchester Norfolk Providence saw slight declines under 0.5 percent. Other areas posted one to two percent gains including Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee Rochester and Baltimore Dallas and Philadelphia saw about one percent.
In Rome the Vatican gendarme mutiny was resolved with the officer agreeing to resume duty while reforms to service conditions are promised. The incident raised questions about Vatican security and discipline.
Acting Secretary Roosevelt reviews general court martial records of United States marines who shot up Monacua Nicaragua. Some sentences were set aside while others were reduced in the announced review.
The Lincoln Pageant notes recount research on Confederate flags for a Chilcote Library 4th of July display. It covers Harper’s magazines fashion plates, portraits of Mrs Grant and Mrs Lincoln, Ford’s Theatre imagery, and the Stars and Bars history with multiple flag designs and changes through 1861 to 1865.
A simple kitchen trick helps loosen grease before washing. Lightly beat the pan to loosen stubborn grime, then apply soap and water for easier cleaning.
Washington citizen Mrs. Mary Dowgill reports Doan's Kidney Pills relieved her backache and irregular kidney action. She says dull back pains vanished and she felt less fatigue after using the 60 cent remedy recommended by neighbors. Foster Milburn Co. Detroit Buffalo NY markets Doan's Kidney Pills.
Moose Jaw Sask July 8. Shopmen on Canadian railways threaten to strike if carriers push for straight-line Sunday and holiday pay. James Somerville international vice president of the machinists union announced after touring roads from Vancouver to Montreal.
Paris reports President Millorans decorated Miss Frances Elizabeth Crowell director of visiting nurses for the Rockefeller Institute as a Legion of Merit recipient. The ceremony honors her service to public health and nursing.
Sunday school lesson for July 9 discusses Daniel interprets Nebuchadnezzar's dream of a statue representing successive world powers. It contrasts gold head of Babylon with silver Medo Persia brass Greece iron Rome and the clay nations, ending with God's eternal kingdom. The piece invites readers to reflect on current powers and Providence.
Five alleged bootleggers were captured in Trenton as authorities linked the incident to a broader plot to raid warehouses with 200000 dollars in liquor. In Montreal two armed men yesterday stole payroll of 20000 from a Dominion Textile messenger on St James Street during a quick daylight heist.
A professor notes that prolonged sitting reduces stamina and physical resilience. The remark, echoed by researchers in Boston and other cities, links deskbound habits to lower endurance, urging more movement and breaks in daily routines.
Mrs Jesse Petersen of Jasper Minnesota writes that the medicine relieved stomach pains backache and fatigue enabling her to work again. She praises its effect through the Change of Life and notes many friends have been helped. The compound has stood for nearly fifty years of service.
A historical price list shows Eges fresh laid per dozen and per pound, Heavy hens per pound, Leghorn hens and springs from the 1922 hatch, old roosters, geese, turkeys, pigeons, beef hides and horse hides with unit prices. It reflects farm produce costs of the period.
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