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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1918
Page
2
Daily market summary from Chicago notes estimated receipts across cattle hogs and sheep with mixed movements. Prices show gains for hogs and strong demand for good to prime cuts while cattle and lambs vary by class and quality. Yesterday’s receipts and shipments are listed for reference.
Close figures for September corn and July corn show slight changes while oats supply quotes fluctuate. The report from Iowa City lists managers and market activity with varied settlement levels across contracts and months.
Mrs T Neureuer and Mrs Gilkeson testify to Foley's Honey and Tar Compound curing severe croup and persistent coughs. They report quick relief after doses and recommend the remedy for children and adults with coughs chest irritation and bronchial symptoms.
National League standings show Pittsburgh 4 New York 9 and Cincinnati 7 5 with Brooklyn 64 and Chicago 1. American League games list Cleveland and Detroit results, Philadelphia and Washington in rain, and St Louis. American Association notes Laureville 6 Columbus 4 and Kansas City 1 in a slow day with no other games played.
A brief reflection on how pastime serves as the mind’s relief from life’s cares, offering mental respite through simple, hopeful reasoning and quiet consolation.
W. K. Henss near Wayland sold several Angus bulls to Chas. Shalla Walona Mike Trier Keota M G Timmons Morning Sun Hugh Davis Columbus Junction and Anderson Bros Mt. Union. The herd boasts 100 head with a 1500 pound two year old bull. The son W H Henss has joined the navy. cattle production is expected to decline. Wheat scab disease is widespread lowering yields in parts of the state due to favorable conditions for the pest.
The Des Moines Weather Bulletin reports a hot start to the week with a cool, cloudy turn and a 2 degree deficit. Heavy rains delayed harvests in the north and east, oats lodged, and rust affected spring wheat. drought and grasshoppers harmed crops in the southwest and west central areas. Corn is tasseling and largely laid by. harvests are underway in the central region and beginning in the north. Crop acreage estimates list corn 10,140,000 acres, oats 5,526,500, spring wheat 580,400, winter wheat 197,270, barley 340,100, rye 50,040, flax 8,687, potatoes 97,210, hay totals, and pastures. Last year’s figures are shown for comparison. State Horticultural Society fruit ratings on July 1 indicate mixed yields. average fruit readiness at 48 percent, below five-year average by 9 percent, with apples and plums expected to be half of last year, grapes and raspberries similar to 1917.
C. M. Kauffman, formerly near Coppock, occupies the old John Wenger place and appears to have a good crop this season as the place also looks well.
C J Leichty's family moves hay and oats with a binder after wheat, totaling about 170 acres harvested and 230 acres cut so far. Aus Sutherland reports 60 pigs from 7 sows, windmill issues hinder pumping, and hog cholera fears spread through the county with concerns about transmission by boots, wagons, animals, and even dogs. A sample of RL Livingston's spring wheat was sent to Ames for diagnosis of a countywide wheat disease.
About a dozen Johnson County men met in Iowa City at the call of the county agent and food administrators. They urged farmers to bind grain in smaller bundles and shock in smaller shocks for easier handling while threshermen keep machines in peak condition. By resolution they plan to ask the war department to allow class 1 men to stay home to finish threshing or to grant furloughs to experienced threshermen now in service to assist in this labor.
Elk Horn July 11 Johannes Jensen a local farmer gains notice for labor saving devices including an electric fan placed behind the cow while milking. The device keeps flies away and cools the animal improving comfort and efficiency during milking time.
Burlington Iowa July 11 United States Food Administrator J F Deems rules farmers may not feed wheat to hogs in 1918. D G Thompson notes no change despite large crops. Propaganda claims of a threshers tax are denounced as lies with no such tax planned.
In Hamburg on July 11 harvests progress with heavy wheat yields. P McBride demonstrates tractor powered S-foee binder cutting forty acres in a day, an unusual record. A A Simons and others use tractors. B P Reeves ranch shows three binders with teams of six or four mules aiding the harvest.
The three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hazen in Meadow township had both feet cut off by a mower while playing in the yard as the father cleared weeds. The injured child may die.
Kk L Beatty a farmer is in a local hospital recovering from injuries after a mad bull attacked him on his farm north of town. Beatty was riding a horse when the bull charged, striking the horse and throwing him. He dragged himself to a fence seventy five yards away to escape a second charge.
A line reflects that true recompense lies in the awareness of doing what is right. The saying emphasizes inner satisfaction over external praise for acts of virtue.
June 11 report from Council Bluffs notes dramatic exemptions re-examined by county defense councils. In Montgomery county 22 registered exemptors faced questioning. 11 withdrew claims, others gave reasons from Swedish army service to wealth and fear of injury. Page and Taylor counties report lazy farming, breakfast at eleven, Ames graduate, and locals promised wartime effort after federal scrutiny.
An advertisement advises a rheumatic shoulder ailment called Lave shoulder be treated with absolute rest and Chamberlain's Liniment. Lemmon's Drug Store promotes the remedy for relief.
Secretary Baker refused to grant an exception to the War Department rule barring Red Cross nurses with husbands or relatives in service. Mrs Mary Roberts Rinehart, novelist and nurse, has three sons in or headed for the American Expeditionary Forces. The decision confirms no exemption now, though her application may be among first if the rule changes.
In a New York paper a curious headline notes Milk Men in Pool, with the Boston Transcript remarking the scene seems a suspicious spot for dairy workers.
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