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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1919
Page
2
Chicago hogs receipts 25 000 holdover 6 215 with active trade and gains up to 15 cents. Cattle receipts 6 000 with top beef steers strong to 25 higher and calves steady to strong. Sheep receipts 14 000 with native lambs steady to strong and feeders up to 25 cents higher.
Close of grain futures reported by BE Wagner Co Iowa City with figures for corn oats and coffee. Prices show opening high low and close with percent changes and cash market tones.
Dan Lof dahil, aboard the Cusco schooner bound for a gold hunt in the frozen North, catches a four foot shark while fishing. The crew skinning the shark discuss its use to hold yellow Siberian dust, a miner's poke. The Casco lies between piers 42 and 44 as Stevenson’s cabin lore lingers.
In Oregon Township De Bord submits a sample of Reid’s Yellow Dent for the State Fair Exhibit. A Farm Bureau meeting for boys 10 to 18 to try for the State Fair Judging team is set for Monday evening July 16 at the Farm Bureau office. W A Phillips shows a portable chicken house with rodent proof design and two rows of pens. Farmers Union of Nebraska is cited for cooperative successes. Wayne Dinsmore reports improving horse exports from Chicago with draft horses valued at 325 to 350 dollars, and Montana drought relief plans are discussed. Production forecasts for major crops from Washington include figures for winter and spring wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye, potatoes, apples, peaches, and other crops with state-by-state notes and stock levels.
Phone 116 Mutual 12 W.S. Reister & Sons publish their cash buyers note for butter eggs poultry and cream with today’s delivered prices. Egg and cream values shown, hides at high levels with quotes for various splits and weights. The uptown station under Harold Hays welcomes patrons and promises service.
A petition filed with City Clerk Carlin on Monday seeks a special election to switch Oskaloosa Iowa from mayor and council to a city manager form. The move, bearing over half the last election voters, prompts the council to set a canvassing date. If approved three council members would elect a city manager with a ten year term influenced by performance.
The Iowa Federation of Colored Women’s clubs launches a state drive to buy a residence in Iowa City for Delta Sigma Theta as a home for colored girls seeking to attend the university. Tag days span July 11 14 16 18 19 with Mrs Martha White of Indianola as president and Mrs Helen Downey of Ottumwa directing the campaign.
Jans Heddons found his car in flames while driving to Rivertown township and pulled the emergency brake. He was later picked up by the roadside and learned the vehicle was completely destroyed by fire, suffering bruises to the chest.
July 11 Shenandoah reports farm labor commanding six dollars daily during the harvest rush. Grain and hay work remains scarce as cradling by hand is used to salvage crops before weather damages them. The high wages support the seasonal labor pull but are limited to peak activity.
Des Moines physicians cite past plagues and a new state law making flu re portable and quarantinable. Quarantine lasts three days after the patient’s temperature returns to normal.
Mr and Mrs Tracey Baker of Desolation near Okiah Oregon woke to a bear tearing at a back porch window screen. The man fired but failed to kill the animal though he wounded it, as the bear attempted to enter the kitchen.
Eight robbers attacked Sing Hop a San Francisco shirt manufacturer at his factory demanding 2000 dollars. He resisted and was beaten until surrendering his cash while his 12 year old son Sing Fa alerted Patrolman John Floyd and Detective Sergeant James Skelly who, with Chinatown squad, burst in and captured the thieves as they attempted to claim 235 dollars.
In Clifton Arizona a unique jail sits in a quartz hillside, consisting of four large apartments carved from rock. An entry vestibule of heavy masonry guards the three sets of steel gates, highlighting a fortresslike penal site in a key copper area.
Sioux City and Woodbury County favored hard surfacing for roads with a 3 026 majority in Woodbury and 13 1 in Sioux City. City totals show 2 937 for paying and 221 against, with 29 879 for the bond and 220 opposed. Sixth precinct reported 465 for and 11 against. Seventh precinct had 483 for and 10 against.
In Hampton Franklin county and surrounding townships vote against the hard roads plan with rural areas largely opposed Deliberations show 1041 to 675 in precincts heard before final counts Ingham township favors 65 to 22 Eight precincts may swing results Municipal votes in Hampton 405 to 86 Sheffield 121 majority Rural districts like Marion Morgan Oakland Lee Osceola reject the measure Hardin county also defeats paving of primary roads 2170 to 1437 in Eldora July 11.
Instructions describe rolling twine on a littl wooden handle attached to a package and hanging the roll on a hook for storage or hanging. The guidance emphasizes avoiding a ball of twine and using existing small handles.
S. S. S. is promoted as a blood purifier that removes the cause of rheumatism by cleansing the blood. The ad urges readers to stop local applications and seek the remedy at drug stores, offering Medical Director address for advice in Atlanta, Ga.
In the American League Chicago defeated Philadelphia 9 to 2 and New York 1 to 3. Cleveland beat Detroit 6 to 7, Washington 5 to 7, St. Louis 4 to 4, and Boston 1 to 3 as rain canceled NL games.
Hungarian bolshevist troops reportedly withdrawn from the Czecho Slovakia front attacked Romanian forces along the Theiss river. Transylvania reports indicate fighting is ongoing with no clear outcome yet.
A Topeka Capital quip notes that in novels a man often matches the right woman and in real life he succeeds about half the time.
Mrs. Darlene Newby of the Red Cross in Kansas City asks a returning soldier about the location of God’s country and learns the phrase refers to the Vanseas wheat belt. The exchange underscores regional pride as Kansans humorously judge the idea of “God’s country.”
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