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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 11, 1922

Page

2

Daily Market Reports Opening Report Mogs Chicago

Market summary from Chicago July 11 with estimated receipts for cattle 22 900 hogs 30 000 and sheep 16 000. Beef and veal prices shown with tops and ranges by weight, plus packing and feeder categories and grain quotes from Beach Wickham Grain Co. Iowa City. Livestock projections for tomorrow list hogs 22 000 cattle 10 000 sheep 11 000.

Mogs Chicago Beach-Wickham Grain Co Iowa City Iowa W. H. Deming

Sheep Market Receipts and Lamb Prices Reported

Sheep estimated receipts today total 16 000 with lambs mostly 25 lower. Spot prices for natives steady and sheep steady. Lambs 84 lbs down ranged 12.25 to 13.50 for medium to prime. culls and common 7.00 to 12.00. Yearling wethers 8.50 to 11.50. ewes culls and common 2.00 to 4.25. Breeding ewes 6.25 to 11.26. Feeder lambs medium to prime 11.60 to 12.75.

Chicago Ovn

Agricultural Receipts and Shipments Totals

Receipts report shows hogs 53791 cattle 19578 sheep 17914 calves 3336. Shipments list hogs 14353 cattle 5211 sheep 796 calves 449.

Henry County Farm Bureau Praises Silos in County Notes

Henry County Farm Bureau reports two local farmers, W. K. Henss of Wayland and John G. Abraham near Mt. Pleasant, crediting silos with profitable silage feeding and efficient stock production. Both cite labor to fill as the main drawback. demonstrations planned to compare corn yields from various breeders.

W. K. Henss Wayland Henss John G. Abraham Mt. Pleasant

Lewis Nebel Shows Off Baby Beef Calf

Lewis T Nebel tends a home raised Angus calf chosen from two pure bred calves bought by Joe Nebel for the baby beef contest. The calf, kept in a shaded barn with burlap curtains, receives clover hay and regular exercise. Henry County fair will host the entry alongside other county calves.

Lewis T. Nebel Joe Nebel Wayland H Brothers Lewis Nebel Henry County

Coal for threshing runs plentiful in county survey

The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation secretary urged a survey of local coal supplies for threshing. County agents found most coal handlers say farmers have enough coal in their areas. Nearly every community appears to have sufficient stock, mostly stored on farms for immediate use.

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation

Corn Test Plots Visited On Sponberg Farm In Wayne Township

Last week a corn test plot visit at J. R. Sponberg’s Wayne Township farm examined 14 four row plots to measure development and potential soy bean interplant effects. Some plots show stalk counts around 423 to 435 with Illinois corn noted as smaller, while overall care and weed control are described as excellent.

J. R. Sponberg Wayne Township Ilinois J. D. Moore Newell D. Moore FP. Kopp EE. G. Lewis Illinois

Suzanne Lenglen Defends World Tennis Title

Mile. Suzanne Lenglen defeated Molla Mallory of America two sets to love 6 2 6 0 to retain her world champion status. The match finished in about 25 minutes before an official 14 000 spectator crowd including the king and queen in attendance.

New York Mile Suzanne Lenglen Molla Mallory America Lenglen

30 Hurt In Auto Collision Near Niles

Chicago July 10. More than 30 persons members of the Vera Athlete club 1411 Luce street were injured when a Milwaukee road picnic truck overturned after being cut off by a speeding automobile near Niles. The top ditch gave way tossing passengers. Oser Gavelek 755 North Cleere avenue driver of the other car was held in 2000 pounds for reckless driving ami detention.

Chicago Vera Athlete Club Luce Street Milwaukee Road Niles Oser Gavelek North Cleere Avenue Wes Bed

Army of Sphinx Moth Larvae Invades California Field

An army of worms reported near Sierraville, California, along a front of nearly a mile, identified by entomologist Harry B. Smith as larvae of the sphinx moth. Worms described as about four inches long and thicker than a lead pencil, prompting state agriculture concern.

Sacramento Cal Sierraville State Department of Agriculture Harry 8. Smith Department

Mail Lost With Egypt Steamer Sinks

The Post Office department reports 18 bags of U S mail were lost when the steamer Egypt sank. Parcels included mail from New York accumulated between April 20 and May 2.

Washington Egypt Post Office Department United States New York

Justice and Mrs Taft Sailed for the United States

Chief Justice Taft and Mrs Taft sailed from Liverpool on the Canopus. They occupied the bridal suite lavishly decorated with flowers. Mr Taft called the London visit one of the most delightful episodes of his life in interview remarks.

Justice Mrs. Taft Liverpool Jinatice Taft United States Mr. Taft London

Wreck Heroine Found in West Philadelphia Hospital

Margaret Loughman a seventeen year old Keystone telephone operator from Winslow Junction disappeared from home last Wednesday and was found at the Women's Homeopathic Hospital in West Philadelphia by a New Jersey state policeman. She appeared there Wednesday night in a daze from which she has not fully recovered.

Philadelphia Keystone Margaret Loughman Winslow Junction OX Reading Women's Homeopathic Hospital West Philadelphia New Jersey Miss Loughman

Harding Back at White House After Ohio Auto Trip

President Harding returned to the White House from a big week's automobile trip to Ohio, resuming official duties and engagements in Washington.

Harding White House Washington Ohio

Peasants Make Up Vast Majority in Far Eastern Republic

Ninety percent? No. Eighty per cent of the 1,800,000 inhabitants of the Far Eastern Republic are peasants. The republic covers an area equal to the combined lands of Central Europe Germany Czech Slovakia Poland Austria and Hungary.

Far Eastern Republic Central Europe Germany Czecho-Slovakia Poland Austria Hungary

Morse Denied Appeal in War Contract Conspiracy Case

The Court of Appeals denied a special appeal by Charles W. Morse his three sons and eight others against a District Supreme Court decision overruling demurrers to an indictment for conspiracy to defraud the government in war contracts. The court found no emergency to justify a special appeal.

Washington Court of Appeals Charles W. Morse District Supreme Court

Rain Delights Midwestern Farmers Across Illinois Wisconsin Iowa

Rain drenched the district between midnight and morning bringing relief to farmers in Illinois Wisconsin Iowa and states west of Chicago The city recorded 0.86 inches marking the first meaningful rain since May when 5 inches fell June was unusually dry with only 1.6 inches Illinois south of Peoria saw only a light sprinkle.

Chicago Ilinois Wisconsin Iowa Illinois Peoria

Car Hurls 5 Off Trestle Near Deaths in Cleveland

Olga Vadcacer, twenty, is near death after being dragged between two interurban cars and hurled from a trestle. Four others including her sister are dead in the incident near Cleveland on July 11.

Cleveland Olga Vadacer

Retired Broker Kills Self in Winnetka Health Resort

Richard Roland Rollins a fifty year old retired real estate broker from Veg Moines Ta ended his life by shooting in his room at a Winnetka health resort. He had been in ill health and a patient at the sanitarian since last March. He leaves a widow and one grown son.

Chicago Richard Roland Rollins Veg Moines Winnetka

Train Derailment Near Sciotoville Injures Engineer Minor

Fifty passengers escaped unhurt when a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train from Parkersburg to Portsmouth derailed three miles east of Sciotoville. The baggage car and smoker turned over. engineer Fred Moore suffered a slight cut.

Portsmouth Pssengers Baltimore & Ohio Parkersburg Sciotoville Fred Moore

American War Stock in France Sold for 252 Million

Paris reports the American war stock left by the American expeditionary forces in France has been sold by the government to private individuals and companies for 299000000 francs, about 252 million dollars at current exchange.

Paris France

Blackburn College to Build New Women’s Dormitory

Building in Chamville TL July 11 reports Blackburn College will construct a new women’s dormitory. The contract has been awarded to Willan P P Dunn of Carlinville and construction is scheduled to begin soon.

Blackburn College Chamville Willan PP Dunn Carlinville

Flood Floods Nogales Arizona Destroys Bridges

A destructive flood hit Nogales Arizona on July 10 flooding thirty business houses and washing out three bridges. Mexican dwellings floated away as water four feet deep filled streets and an arroyo carried floodwaters from the north into the city.

Nogales Ariz Senora

New York executive dies from Santa Fe wreck injuries

Harvey Vr. Miller, vice president of the Fairbanks company, of New York, died in a Hutchinson hospital from injuries suffered in Saturday's Santa Fe collision near Barton Kansas. Nine others were injured, three seriously.

Harvey F. Miller New York Fairbanks Company Hutchison, Kan Hutchison Kan Harvey Vr. Miller Barten

Col A B Enloe Dies at 86 in Tennessee

Col. A B Enloe aged 86 and longtime chairman of the Tennessee railroad and public utilities commission died in Nashville. He had been in fitness since February and was a prominent figure in the region.

Col A. B. Enloe Tennessee Railroad and Public Utilities Commission Nashville Tenn

Missionary's Long Journey Opens Gaiden Anniversary

Omaha July 8 A missionary in Korea Miss Helen Anderson has reached Guanda to attend the gaiden wedding anniversary of her parents Mr and Mrs James Anderson of this city. The celebration is set for July 16.

Omaha Helen Anderson Korea Guanda James Anderson

Threat to Close Theaters Over Taxation

Voerts reports the federation of theater and cinema halls has voted to shut all playhouses in Fratee fest by February 1 unless the government reduces taxation on values before that date.

Voerts Federation of Theater and Cinema Talons Howes

Ceiling Collapse Injures Twenty At Star Theater

A large plaster ceiling section 100 by 20 feet weighing several tons collapsed at the Star motion picture theater in Honolulu on July 10, injuring twenty people, one seriously. The incident disrupted a busy cinema night as responders treated the injured and secured the area.

Honolulu Star Motion Picture Theater

Japanese Firms in Manchuria Aggregate $478 Million Capital

Seven hundred eighty Japanese companies operate in Manchuria with total capital near 478 million dollars. More than 59 percent of this capital is paid up, indicating substantial investment activity in the region.

Manchuria

Maine Voter Absentee Rights Expanded By Amend ment

A Maine constitutional amendment allows a voter who has filed an absentee ballot application with the clerk of their city or town to vote by mailing or delivering the ballot to that official. Alaska farmers in 1921 produced 3 000 bushels of wheat 2 000 bushels of oats and about 1 000 bushels of barley. Field wheat at Matanuska Station yielded 40 bushels per acre. Most of 3 500 bushels of spring wheat near Fairbanks was milled into flour locally.

Maine Tanana Valley Alaska Matanuska Station Fairbanks Station

Trade Items Used as Money Across Regions

Cowry shells function as currency in Siam the East Indies and West Africa. Sperm whale teeth serve as money in Fiji. In some South Sea Islands red feathers and attractive stones act as currency.

Siam East Indies Africa Fiji South Sea Islands

Bumper Corn Crop Seen in July U S Forecast

Washington reports the July Department of Agriculture forecast for 1926 corn at 2.8 billion bushels, up 20 million from last year. Wheat is forecast at 817 million, with winter and spring yields 560 and 548 million respectively. Illinois corn area 8.819 million acres expected to yield 803.726 million bushels. winter wheat 47.25 million.

Washington Department of Agriculture

Eliot Wadsworth to Wed in Hempstead

Felter Wadsworth 45 of Boston assistant secretary of the United States treasury obtained a license to marry Mrs Nancy Whitman Seall widow of the late Guy T H Seall deputy police commissioner in New York city under Arthur Woods in Hempstead New York July 11.

Fire destroys Lansing business district in Kin

A major blaze in Lansing Kin started by a basement explosion at a grocery store. Large portions of the downtown district burned, with estimated damage around 35000 dollars. Local fire crews fought to contain the flames from July 1 to July 4.

Leavenworth, Kin Lansing, Kin

Farmers Special Meeting at Woodman Hall Washington

A county meeting is called for Saturday July 15 at 1 30 at Woodman Hall Washington to finalize plans for a booster picnic and other business. All locals are urged to attend. Whi Sutherland pres I B Rabenold secretary treasurer 1244.

Woodman Hall Washington Whi. Sutherland I. B. Rabenold

Gypsies in Hungary Rally Against Jazz Music

Hungarian Roma groups publish a manifesto to condemn jazz and claim to push out Negro jazz band artists from Budapest and other cities as seven town councils issue decrees banning jazz performances.

Hungary Budapest

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