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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1923
Page
2
Hogs estimated receipts today 85000 holdover 5571 cattle receipts 23000 sheep 21000 Beach Wickham grain co report describes market as fairly active on good kinds slow on others with prices around 25 40 lower for hogs. Edits show mix of grain and livestock futures with wheat corn oats and wheat futures outlook for tomorrow hogs cattle sheep calves figures and deliveries.
Dr Daniel A Poling associate president of the Christian Endeavor movement denounced pessimists and infidels as false prophets in a Des Moines speech to the twenty ninth International Christian Endeavor convention He urged militant Christianity tempered by intolerance to aid the world while praising Christianity for its sacredness of personality and works of mercy.
The Journal advertises second sheets for carbon copies of letters sold at 81.50 per thousand, detailing availability and price for printers and businesses seeking duplicate letter forms.
Thorinaite, mainly used in mantle manufacture for incandescent gas lamps, is currently known to occur only in the island of Ceylon. The mineral was discovered through the work of the Ceylon mineral survey and is exported to Europe and the United States.
Ames Ta July 9 1922 report from the state highway commission summarizes Iowa highway deaths for 1922 at 330 with 264 on roads and 66 at railroad crossings. It lists 6,513 accidents and 7,281 serious injuries, notes months with high and low fatalities, and argues carelessness is the main cause while outlining crossing plans and safety conclusions.
Plaintiffs Emma Jones et al sue numerous defendants including Nathan Baker Thomas Baker John Lyon and the Anwyl and Dicken families in the District Court of Washington County Iowa case from the September term 1925. The sprawling list names many Ashby Dicken Bryson and Watson related parties and trustees in a complex civil action.
The petition filed in Washington County District Court seeks to quiet and confirm fee simple title to multiple Ashby Ritchey and allied parcels in East Washington and Ashby additions. Plaintiffs name many defendants and unknown claimants, asserting invalid adverse claims and requesting judgment to bar any such claims. If not answered by September 3 1925 default will be entered against defendants.
More than 500 delegates to the Christian Endeavor convention camped on state fair grounds forming a temporary city. Rev Ira Landrith spoke at the Coliseum session causing applause as he rolled up his sleeves. The crowd filled the arena and lawn concerts carried by loudspeakers as the pageant The New Life was performed Friday night.
This notice states it has been in manner required by law approved and ordered published by Brookhart Bros Attorneys for Plaintiffs. July 29 16 23.
The meeting Friday evening saw a malfunctioning loudspeaking device repaired after the speech. Seven thousand voices joined in community singing of Christian Endeavor hymns, not jazzily as Boston leader Augustine Smith objected. Hotels woke sleeping guests as Endeavorers sought late-night recreation, with a group serenading the Fort Des Moines at midnight. Autograph hunters besieged prominent speakers, one fan carrying a twelve inch pencil for signatures.
Health experts compare copra cake to beefsteak noting the dried coconut meat residue after oil extraction provides similar nourishment. The claim highlights copra cake as a protein rich staple in nutrition discussions.
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