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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1921
Page
2
Chicago market reports estimated receipts of 58,009 cattle and hogs with heavy packing sows and feeders showing variable prices. Lambs and sheep demand steady to strong with mixed weights, top hogs around 10.40, and cattle ranges from 4.50 to 9.15 depending on weight and grade. Official yesterday receipts and shipments also listed.
Burlington residents respond to R. W. Reeves offer of 26 dollars and two days labor for a bathing beach. The Hawk Fye adds 125 dollars and ten days labor or equivalent, as praise and offers accumulate without solicitation.
Winfield residents consider a few hundred dollars to transform Crookedroek east of town at Prairie Bend into a dammed swimming pool and natural park. A shaded, accessible site could offer bathing boating and picnics though spring high water and summer floods pose drawbacks.
The World Outlook recalls Bishop Thoburn dictating a letter to a native Indian stenographer and saying I am sore over the matter and chagrined. The stenographer returns a signed version reading I am sore over the matter, and she grinned, causing astonishment.
The American Forestry Magazine of Washington notes tennis rackets rely on choice woods with strength from the bentwood rim usually ash or hickory. Elm is serviceable but its appearance lags behind hickory or ash, and appearance matters in the sport.
A proponent urges farmers to favor pure bred Duroc Jersey hogs over scrub or mixed stock. He cites 1920 Ohio data showing low pure bred rates, argues for concentrating on improving Duroc Jersey herds, and highlights profitability, mortgage relief, and the value of uniform, high-quality stock through breeding programs and breeder accountability.
Miss Clara Wood traveled to Norfolk Nebraska to visit. Mr and Mrs Chris Mi of Olds were visitors at the W. G Huston home. A boys game at Wyman saw the local team beat Wyman 8 to 6. Mrs Charles Fishburn helped care for a new baby in Sheffield Illinois at the Homer Bill home. Mr and Mrs Arthur Griffith of Washington visited Wednesday with D H Griffith.
The Muscatine gas rate case is reopened and sent to special master in chancery Dean William G. Raymond of the Iowa university. He will determine if the application is in good faith and what rate might be fair for running expenses and proper valuation. The dispute began July 29, 1918 with Muscatine's $1.10 rate and potential $1.55 as fair rate.
A collection of humorous quotes from a Washington Star and other papers features Uncle Bill Bottletop, jokes about yeast cakes in buckets, Cuba’s humidity and cheap prices, and a cellar serenade by burglars. The bits illustrate light newspaper wit and cross-paper punchlines.
Merie May, first Iowa trooper killed in the war, will be buried Sunday afternoon in Glidden. Six Merle Hay Post pallbearers, all Legion members, will lead a public service at the schoolyard with speakers Chaplain Robb, Hanford McNider, and Col. EB Bennett. American Legion posts from nearby towns will march in uniform. troops from Coon Rapids through Rippey attend.
The John Burroughs club jury, appointed by President Harding, reports owls have economic value as pest destroyers and as prey on other birds. The memorandum references hundreds of briefs to the American Forestry Association and notes debates over whether owls should be allowed to live on White House grounds.
The listing shows cream at .800 per pound and eggs 12 per dozen. Prices for Bic Hens springs old roosters turkeys old toms ducks and geese are given per pound or per dozen as applicable.
The John Burroughs club appeals to the president to spare birds of prey from death sentences. They argue that owls hawks and even crows provide ecological benefits by controlling pests and that survival of the fittest should not justify mass killings. The letter lists members Harold Roach Howard Tindell Esther Rogers and others urging restraint.
A bashful suitor tells Mr. Cumrox that his daughter invited him to dinner. Cumrox replies by inviting the suitor to breakfast to gauge her appearance without makeup, in a witty rural exchange.
An article notes a local proprietor described as a sure signer who can operate a cash register with ease. The piece centers on his skills and presence at the Place in Toledo.
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