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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1923
Page
2
The report covers Chicago market activity with hogs cattle and sheep data, showing receipts and prices for today and yesterday. It notes open higher trade, slow bidding, varied cattle grades, and specific figures for hogs calves and sheep, with official yesterday totals and arrivals from Beach-Wickham Grain Co. in Burlington Iowa.
After centuries of ruin the ancient Carthage site is being settled as villas rise on the Punic capital’s sea wall foundations. American excavators and Tunisia’s antiquities department probe for hidden remains while builders erect homes and dig for foundations. Pere Delattre notes early pillars and animal decorations echo early European evolutions.
An early device resembles a small gas filled drum. It is designed to inflate a tire without jacking, reaching a set pressure in seconds. The description emphasizes portability and speed for standard tire inflation uses.
Rufus marries Martha and plans to avoid charity children but a farm accident leads to hospital care. Two orphaned boys share his recovery as Martha recalls their past and Rufus rethinks his stingy stance. The couple eventually welcomes two more children and plans a brighter life together.
A Northwestern travel pitch extols fifteen thousand square miles of Glacier National Park and nearby ranges with forests, streams, lakes, and trails. It highlights rustic inns and tepees, alpines, fishing, hiking, ponies on the Continental Divide, and scenic camping. Burlington service plans trips including Pacific Northwest, Yellowstone, and Colorado with early reservations urged.
Areader notes that posting in the Journal is an effective way to promote oneself. The remark highlights the perceived value of newspaper ads for self presentation and outreach.
Auction of farm animals including horses hogs cows and pigs, poultry and hay to be held Saturday July 21 at 2 oclock. Furniture machinery harness and farm implements plus household goods offered for cash terms. Administrators and heirs listed with location one mile east of Washington No 11.
Abe Martin muses on speed and longevity arguing faster travel shrinks life and changes manners. He notes gasoline as a new limit to time, discusses auto impact on safety, and reflects on Democrats and pedestrians as society ages and adapts.
A Cleveland dealer recounts inviting a girl named Charlotte to lunch with soft foods. She quips she eats big girl food. An Australian brush turkey behavior is described with eggs laid in a high heap of decaying vegetation, hatching from warmth.
Nature Magazine notes that young lions and tigers are fed from bottles before being nourished on ground pigeon meat. Baby elephants enjoy bread and milk, while several top camels in American zoos were raised on cow's milk from a bottle.
As the American Relief Administration withdraws its personnel, it leaves supplies for thousands of Russian children in Moscow and other centers. Colonel William N. Haskell had mobilized food for up to two million youngsters, and centers will continue with local committees until harvest. The article notes the children benefiting from cocoa, corn grits, fats, wheat bread, and milk in bleak famine conditions.
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